AFRICA

The Servants of Mary arrived in Cameroon, Africain 1971. The Sisters worked in a hospital inNguti,Cameroonfor 26 years in collaboration with the Brothers of Saint John of God.

Widikum, Cameroon: The city of Widikum belongs to the Archdiocese of Bamenda. In 1986 the Sisters took charge of a health center where they continue carrying out their wonderful social, evangelical and healthcare ministry. The health center has several beds, consult and treatment rooms, maternity ward and a laboratory. The Servants of Mary are also in charge of providing infant vaccinations in the surrounding area; they make home visits and take in patients who have no home or family to care for them. The inauguration of the Health Center was on August 31, 2001. 

Bamenda, Cameroon:  Requested by the Archbishop of Bamenda to respond to urgent healthcare needs, the Sisters opened SAINT MARIA SOLEDAD Hospital and maternity ward. It was inaugurated on March 23, 2003, receiving its inspiration from the “Good Samaritan”. Their goal is to fight against and eliminate diseases if possible by means of education, good hygiene promotion, adequate nourishment, preventive medicine and the specific and appropriate treatment for all seeking care.

Batseng’la – Dschang, Cameroon. This new mission has been founded in recent months for the purpose of caring for the sick and poor of the area.

THE AMERICAS

Sucre, Bolivia:  The Sisters have been in the Hospital “Santa Bárbara” since 1899. In the same Bolivian locality, they have been in “Hogar 25 de Mayo” since 1905 and in the Hospital “San Pedro Claver” since 1967 at the service of the rural communities of that area.

Portachuelo, Bolivia: On Febuary 25, 2006 the Servants of Mary arrived at the hospital for the sick who come in from the neighboring rural towns. Our Sisters not only care for those who come to the hospital, but also go out to the rural communities to promote preventive medicine. They also tend to the elderly who come to eat at the hospital. Currently, a maternity ward is being built.

In the Antilles

Port Margot, Haiti: The Sisters began this mission of caring for the sick in a clinic on August 8, 2009. Despite immense poverty, the little that the Sisters can provide for them is a great help and source of joy for all. The Sisters consider it a blessing to be among the people and a privilege to serve them. Even though it is not easy, the Sisters are happy sharing who they are and what they have with those who are suffering.

ASIA

Lagonoy, Philippines: Our Sisters first arrived in the Philippines on June 20, 2001. The area belongs to the Diocese of Caceres and is more than 600 km from Manila.

Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines: This is the second foundation in the Philippines where the Sisters began their mission with the sick on June 7, 2003.

Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines:  This new missionary community began on May 31, 2010, for the purpose of taking charge of a clinic for the poor.

The Sisters carry out their mission with the sick by making home visits and providing them with the necessary medical treatments, medicines and food. They also have a health clinic. Although there is great poverty and suffering, there is also great faith in God which is what makes this mission so beautiful.