AidJoy began working with Project Amazonas in 2008. This charity was founded with support from the Peruvian Ministry of Health to do what the government could not afford to do: bring medical aid to remote villages in the Peruvian Amazon via medical boats. During their first fourteen years of operation, (and before working with AidJoy) they reached approximately 1,500 patients per year.
“ The United States Embassy Association – USEA is pleased to support AidJoy’s programs in the Peruvian Amazon. Spreading the word about the Hospital Boats and the possibility to help and get to know the Peruvian indigenous communities in the jungle will leverage the cultural exchange between Peruvians and volunteers from all over the world. While these communities have developed great knowledge about their environment, medical doctors and other volunteers can share their expertise and knowledge to help these communities.
This amazing project puts together the health and medication needs of the communities located in the isolated veins of Peru’s jungle, and the medical vocation, philanthropic interests, the possibility to become a volunteer, and the opportunity to have a unique experience of humanitarian assistance while traveling by river several days. Thousands of mothers and kids, men and women have benefited from this project, being able to get to a hospital and have their medical needs attended. Many lives have been saved. But there is s till much more to do.”
“On a near daily basis, Project Amazonas has faced the moral and financial dilemma of matching limited resources to overwhelming need. So it is that I find myself as ing questions like, “Do we implement a parasite control project that will enhance the nutrition and health of an entire community; or do we fund a lifesaving surgery for the sickest child in that community, knowing full well that lack of community-wide intervention will lead to suffering and death in the future?I’ve stopped worrying about these issues. Not because of the emotional toll that they take, but because I’ m not faced with these dilemmas as often. Today, Project Amazonas is more often able to fund that life-saving surgery AND implement the community-wide program. AidJoy is the partner that is making my life easier, and that saves lives and improves health f or thousands of people in remote communities in the Amazon.
AidJoy is unique. I know of no other charity whose goal is to help organizations like Project Amazonas do what we do better. In a very tangible way AidJoy is saving and bettering the lives of thousands of people in the Amazon. What AidJoy has done for Project Amazonas will have growing positive consequences for many years to come. They will have a similar impact around the globe in coming years as they partner with other humanitarian organizations. If you have the chance, visit us in the Amazon and see first hand the impact that AidJoy has made .”
