In light of the recent catastrophe in Haiti, Austin Samaritans has been prayerfully considering what, if any, our response might be. On the one hand, we have no established ties to programs in Haiti. On the other hand, our mission is to improve the human condition in God's larger world.

Those on the ground in Haiti are expressing an urgent need for medical supplies and equipment. Austin Samaritans has a warehouse of medical supplies and equipment ready for shipment. They have the need, we have the resources; it seems so simple. Of course, it is not that simple. Shipping items without a destination is folly and we had to find programs who expressed a need and people in Haiti willing to receive them. In other words, we needed to collaborate with churches, non-profits, and organizations of benevolence to ensure that our participation is indeed helping the intense suffering.

You are invited to volunteer Saturday, January 16th, from 9am to 1pm at Austin Samaritans’ warehouse as we inventory donations and prepare container shipments to our ministries in Nicaragua.

Call for Volunteers

If you can sort, organize, pack, clean, or count, you can help folks in Nicaragua by volunteering for our Warehouse Work Day.

The shipments are destined for the clinics we support providing breast and cervical cancer care. We will also be packing supplies for our upcoming trip to Nicaragua.

Austin Samaritans' Executive Director, John Doty MD, provides an overview of how we came to focus on a particular condition in a particular country, and outlines our strategy to provide significant return on donated funds by

• Collaborating with other like-minded non-profits to achieve greater returns
• Targeting an area where our efforts will be felt strongly
• Establishing a strategy for ongoing care and long-term effects