AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ABROAD

USAID’s American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program provides assistance to schools, libraries, and medical centers outside the United States that serve as study and demonstration centers for American ideas and practices. ASHA’s grants help cultivate positive relationships and mutual understanding between citizens of the United States and other nations.

ASHA awards support construction, renovation, and the procurement of scientific, medical, and educational equipment. Since its inception in 1947, USAID/ASHA has assisted more than 300 institutions in over 80 countries and currently manages a worldwide portfolio of over 100 awards. Many of the partners ASHA works with are faith-based since missionaries established numerous hospitals and schools in the nascent years of American foreign aid. Here are a few of ASHA’s faith-based partners:

CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL CMC is one of best hospitals and one of the top ranked medical colleges in India. Founded in 1900 by an American missionary, today the hospital serves more than 23 million patients and enrolls nearly 2,000 students annually. Over the last decade, ASHA has provided CMC Vellore with more than $2 million dollars to procure equipment to improve the hospital’s efficiency and quality of care including an electronic medical record system and a new library for the college of nursing.

CURE INTERNATIONAL CURE is a network of charitable hospitals and surgical programs that delivers medical care and Christian values to children worldwide. Since 1998, CURE has helped more than 2 million patients and trained over 7,200 medical professionals in more than 30 countries. Over the last five years, ASHA has worked with CURE to procure medical equipment, build and renovate hospitals in Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Zambia, Uganda and the Philippines. Most recently, ASHA provided CURE with $379,000 to procure commodities to support surgical services and training at Tebow CURE Hospital in Davao, Philippines.

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH SUDANDespite the violence and instability in South Sudan, Catholic University has remained open to more than 500 students studying the arts, sciences, and engineering. With funding from ASHA, Catholic University is constructing its main building, which will house administrative offices, a library with audio-video facilities, and production materials for distance learning programs for other faculties and centers in South Sudan.

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June 2015BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS

Doctors John Mugamba and Kachinga Sichizya meet with the mother of one of CURE Uganda's patients.

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USAID’s OFFICE OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS & HOSPITALS ABROAD PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS

RAMALLAH FRIENDS SCHOOLThe Ramallah Friends Schools (RFS), located in the West Bank, was established in 1869 by American Quakers to provide educational opportunities for students based on the values of equality, tolerance, open mindedness and creativity. It is first school in the West Bank to mainstream students with disabilities and the first and only school with International Baccalaureate accreditation. With $1 million dollars in ASHA funding, RFS has constructed a new classroom building; renovated campus facilities; and purchased commodities to ensure an environment that is diverse, safe and supportive.

RAMBO COMMITTEEFounded in 1897, Christian Hospital Mungeli in India is a 120-bed hospital that provides medical services to the people of Mungeli, Chhattisgarh, and the surrounding districts in India. USAID/ASHA’s 2014 award provided $600,000 to the Rambo Committee to purchase commodities that will equip the new maternal and child health wing at the Christian Hospital Mungeli with a neonatal intensive care unit and a mobile health clinic.

SAMARITAN’S PURSEHarpur Memorial Hospital in Menouf, Egypt was founded in 1910 and provides affordable, quality healthcare to underserved communities in the Nile Delta. The FY 2014 USAID/ASHA grant to Samaritan’s Purse provides $1.4 million to support the initial construction of a two-story outpatient building for Harpur Memorial Hospital and procure commodities to equip the facility. It is the first time Harpur has benefited from USAID/ASHA funding.