Canadian Jesuits International awards scholarships to underprivileged students at the Ateneo de Zamboanga in the Philippines. The students help address health problems in the region. Photo: Ateneo de Zamboanga
On World Health Day, April 7, Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) draws attention to many people living in the Global South who are deprived of their fundamental human right to health care.
CJI and its partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America continue to provide free medical care, facilitate health and medical training, and promote and advocate for access to quality health care for all.
In India, CJI supports Jesu Ashram, a health care centre of the Jesuit Province of Darjeeling that provides free medical care and treatment to the poorest of the poor, especially those living with leprosy and tuberculosis.
CJI also supports Metta Karuna (MK, Loving Compassion), a project of Jesuit Service Cambodia, which accompanies persons with disabilities and those living in poverty. MK provides and maintains wheelchairs for PWD, provides the with housing and water and sanitation infrastructure, and assists with healthcare needs, among other things.
In the Philippines, CJI awards scholarships to six students from poor families to help them obtain a combined degree of medicine and public health at the Ateneo de Zamboanga. Their education aims to tackle health problems in the region while incorporating social accountability values.
Learn more about CJI’s work in the area of health and education: https://www.canadianjesuitsinternational.ca/project-theme/eduation-and-health/
