Bloomington Noon Rotary: International Village Clinic Update 2024

Dr. Abul Sharah has spoken to us many times about his work in India. This week we heard about an expansion of the same work Abul has been doing in India. This new clinic is being established in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala. Abul always dreamed about expansion of his work and he has finally been able to achieve this dream.
The program they have been establishing in Guatemala is much like his Prevention Program at International Village Clinic in India. The program in India is currently working with about 60 villages. They provide a nutrition program for children and pregnant women; a vaccination program for polio, tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis, cholera and other diseases. Their maternity services include doctor visits, nutrition and hygiene instruction. Their work with the children who are born under this program monitors the child’s growth for at least the first five years. This preventive program has made a significant difference in the lives of the children in these villages. Abul is hoping for similar results in the small villages surrounding San Lucas Toliman in Guatemala.
Abul retired from his corporate life early and followed his dream to help the poor villages of Uttar Pradesh, India, and establish a medical clinic. Abul has indicated that he is dedicating the rest of his life to this work. And, today, he is seeing his dreams coming to life as well in Guatemala.