Last year, Aussies Michael and Shoshanna Hindmarsh took their 2-year-old daughter Amaya on a bike trip from Barcelona to the Baltic Sea in Germany to raise support for Clinica Verde. We were awed by both their kindness and adventurous…
Clinica Verde General Manager Rafael Morales awards David Narvaez the prize for his winning entry. IN DECEMBER, we held a "Great Ideas" contest at Clinica Verde, where we asked each employee to come up with an innovative idea for…
Azucena Narvaez Campos is one of our cherished nurses at Clinica Verde. She’s 22 years old, single, and lives in the community of Boaco with her parents. She is the youngest of 4 siblings. Azucena humbles us with her dedication…
PHOTO BY KATIE RUMMEL Clinica Verde's Director of Maintenance Roniels Sotelo, 30, is in charge of taking care of our building and site. He has an 11-year-old son, and lives with his mother. Roniels is, simply, a treasure - a…
Hellen Matamoros Hellen del Socorro Matamoros Aguilar is 34 years old and has two children, ages 6 and 10. As Clinica Verde’s housekeeper, she makes a huge difference in our patients’ experience, keeping the environment super-clean at all times. Not…
By Maria Oviedo When Ana Urbina, 47, visited Clínica Verde for the first time in November 2012, she complained of having body aches and pain in her right arm. She had suspected something was wrong with her heart since the…
By Elexise Chung, 20, Junior at Pacific Union College. Major: Nursing Blood flows through the heart. Through a beat of motion, the heart is able to sustain life, the same beat that flows through each one of us. Life is present…
A single mother named Maria Urbina Mendez from the village of El Tule showed up at the clinic carrying her 7-month-old baby, Danilo, and accompanied by her 5-year-old daughter, Maria Jesus. It was clear to the staff immediately that they…
The incomparable Ken Gomez, center. One of the greatest things about working for Clinica Verde is the extraordinary people we meet along the way. People who step forward and want to help. People inspired by the vision. People who inspire…
Cony Acevedo and Kelli Stam at Cafetin Verde Clinica Verde was designed with a small cafe connected to the clinic, as a place where patients could relax and buy healthy food while offering a small business opportunity for a member…