Santo Domingo, Ecuador
About Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo province is located between the coast and the Andes. With a population size of nearly 300,000, Santo Domingo is the fourth largest city in Ecuador—but it only has one public hospital available to its inhabitants. This region is susceptible to flooding and roads are often washed out and in need of repair.
Barriers to Healthcare:
Lack of educational resources
Low access to healthcare
Affordability of medication
What’s happening in Santo Domingo?
We support this site through clinical care and a nutrition pilot program. Your donations help patients receive care, transportation and purchase medications.
Clinical Care
The Hombro a Hombro team provides daily clinical attention to patients.
If a Timmy patient requires more specialized treatment, the patient is referred to the Timmy Global Health Referral Partner Network.
Nutrition
We have designed two pilot nutrition programs with partner, Hombro a Hombro to combat nutrition related diseases in Santo Domingo.
Local Team
Annie is passionate about improving community health through nutritional guidance and supportive networks. She works with the team to design programs designed to improve infant and maternal nutrition status and support groups for community members with nutrition-related non-communicable diseases. In her personal life she dedicates a good portion of her time to the in-depth study of the local cuisine.
Annie Allnutt
Nutrition Programs Manager
Maricela Morales
Head of HaH clinic
Meet our Partner
Hombro a Hombro
We have been in partnership with Hombro a Hombro since 2013. In Santo Domingo, we work directly with Centro de Salud Hombro a Hombro (CSHH), a local clinic that was established in 2007. The facility has three medical exam rooms, a dental room with a dental chair, an office, and a pharmacy. Despite the modest size of the clinic, CSHH serves about 20,000 patients from the barrios (poor urban neighborhoods) each year. CSHH also supports a number of community health projects—including a partnership with area schools that help receive regular well checks, much-needed lab exams, and health education workshops.
