Doctors for Orphans

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WORKdsc09613dsc09524dsc0928201210-28-2006-02.119105638[1] Through no fault of their own many children are born into environments where extreme poverty,abuse, illiteracy, disease, war, domestic strife,and other ills of trauma are rife. Made homeless, or estranged from loved ones they arrive in orphan communities for many different reasons. These youth possess one thing in common: their childhood loss humbles and burdens them. The challenge of individuals and communities to transform the downward spiral of trauma and its concomitant vulnerabilities into personal actions for improved health is a daunting task . From our twelve years experience we know orphan children are exposed to increased harm to health factors and marginalization with unequal access for:health,mental,literacy,emotional,social,and physical development. Doctors for Orphans mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of indigenous children who live in extreme poverty. The purpose of our activities is to deliver strategic aid for better health outcomes of impoverished youth in orphan communities.ABOUTNo matter where in the world we go,we witness small children as enthusiastic learners,courageous, relationship oriented, and keen observers. We know there is a direct relationship between health and literacy and we believe literacy is a human right and paramount to health. Good medicine is good public health and requires a literate citizenry.While schools everywhere aim to develop cognitive skills, literacy is the voluntary engagement of these skills outside a classroom and requires access to quality reading material. From our combined fifty-five years experience with young children we continue to witness these little ones as having an inherent affinity for their mother tongue. That is why we initiate native language children's libraries. Literacy and nurturing as part of health is the only long term strategy away from extreme poverty. Children strive to be happy, to engage in meaningful activities, and to love.Dr Adam Hoverman, D.O. board certified practicing family physician who is also multi-lingual along with Alexandra Morgan,M. Ed., lead the management team of Doctors for Orphans. Since 1999 we collaborate with U.S. and international professionals for the purpose of delivering necessary resources to children who otherwise would have no access. Volunteers, partners and advisors share our dedication to delivering practical assistance for the establishment of child sensitive communities. Peaceful children more often grow to be peaceful adults. Doctors for Orphans' activities aim to bring interventions that will positively influence the health-literacy outcomes of children in their native environments.They want to be healthy, and they strive to develop competencies regardless of their earliest beginnings. Access to normal development opportunities is imperative in order to accomplish this goal.

aid for children014088013vision screening 1ADVISORSThe management team and advisors to Doctors for Orphans believe children are precious. We also think children want to grow up to be wise full participants in society. Since 1999 we are a nonprofit orgnization and our endeavors are domestic and international. Doctors for Orphans works to make a positive difference through the delivery of strategic health and literacy initiatives to indigenous children living in communities of extreme poverty. We believe environments which are mapped to childhood sensitivities encourage development along a healthy spectrum. Many thanks to those listed here as well as unlisted others who uphold our mission and our endeavors.Doctors for Orphans is non compensated and volunteer: Board, Management Team, Advisors~Dr. Adam Hoverman, D.O. Co -founder Medical Director Alexandra Morgan, M.A. Co -founder DirectorDr. Virginia Bennett Ph DKristine CastellanoSenator Jerome Delvin State Senator WashingtonFrank EllisonMichelle Gaul NPDr. Bertha Gonzalez MDElizabeth Gray M.AOwen Hanley MPHDr. Stephen Hoverman O.D.Karen Olson MANancy Russell MAJill Marie SchwartzChristopher SinclairDr. Clara Sitter PhDJerome Walker MAWilliam Yu Abby Zapanta Researcher: Lynette Stewart

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Doctors for Orphans is not an adoption agency.Doctors For Orphans was incorporated and formed in 1999 as a 501 c 3 non profit organization for health, education and literacy initiatives.We are an all volunteer non compensated organization.Mission Statement: Through strategic health and native literacy initiatives Doctors for Orphans works to make a positive difference in the lives of children who live in communities of extreme poverty and exclusion. We were incorporated as The San Diego Montessori Society Inc and legally operate as a dba entity: Doctors for Orphans. Our endeavors are in Africa,Peru,Guatemala,Philippines,U.S.,Mexico,Nepal; in three languages:French,Spanish and English. We are invited to to increase our endeavors, to go to more regions, and in additional languages. We work for the benefit of children in need.There are an estimated 100 million children who have lost loved ones and are orphaned because of death, disease,war,strife,abuse, abandonment and other ills of trauma. This number is the size of a small nation. World Health and UNICEF estimate the numbers of orphaned children will grow exponentially over the next decade.World health organizations report that 70% of childhood diseases are preventable and 25% are treatable. According to UNICEF children continue to be the most vulnerable and most unprotected in human society. Of 3.8 million people living in extreme poverty, 40% are children.While schools everywhere aim to develop cognitive skills, literacy is the voluntary engagement and practice of these skills outside a classroom. There is a direct relationship between literacy and health.For example, in some of the poorest regions of Peru without libraries, and without other child development resources the literacy rate is only 30%.NEWS

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