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The AWLC (American Women’s Literary Club of Lima, Peru) has selected DB Peru as the recipient of a grant for the second year in a row for our Norma Louise Stainsby scholarship program. The grant will cover tuition for one year for one student in health career studies. Nancy Rengifo from San Alejandro Aug 4, 2017...
Lucia Findley, member of the local Dining For Women chapter in Tellico Village, TN hosted Diana Bowie for an update on the cervical cancer project sponsored by a DFW grant. Lucia used to live in Lima, Peru and now moved to TN – she served traditional Peruvian appetizers and drinks. ...
To support the prevention of violence against women and girls, the World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative will award 10 teams from around the world with funds to support research and innovation to help address this global epidemic. The award ceremony will be live-streamed in 3 languages – English, Spanish and Arabic. On Tuesday...
Dr. Sara Warzecka will lead the Palliative Care initiative on our April jungle trip. To begin the research, she will be surveying leaders and health workers to investigate current attitudes and practice about death and dying in jungle communities. She is joined by medical students from the University of Warwick in England and from Denver,...
A message to Dining for Women members Diana Bowie, President and Geordan Shannon, Medical Director We want to portray how powerful this project has become, both for the communities involved and for us as an organization. It has become even more powerful than we realized at the time. The grant from Dining for Women has served...
Once again the Kindness in Action NGO from Canada joined us in Peru, this time in the northern town of Chulucanas. More than 1000 dental treatments were provided in record-setting heat. The team of 23 volunteers consisted of 8 dentists, accompanied by dental assistants and helpers. Local Lima dentist Nickolas Koenig participated as well. People received extractions,...
The World Bank Group and Sexual Research Violence Initiative have announced that DB Peru and the University College London will receive $150,000 grant for Gender-Based Violence Prevention in the Amazon of Peru (GAP). Author of the grant Dr. Geordan Shannon has done extensive research on gender-based violence in the area of Iquitos and the lower Napo...