Village Partners International – Partnering to Help People Help Themselves

A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION

partnering to help others help themselves

Who We Are

Village Partners International is an organization of committed volunteers who partner, village to village, to help others help themselves. Since its beginnings in 2007, it has helped to ensure the delivery of medical care and public outreach programs in outlying areas of rural Uganda and Haiti and is committed to supporting those experiencing housing insecurity in Tampa, Florida. VPI believes that empowering those in need with the tools to develop their own resources improves sustainability and viability of projects that ultimately heal, nourish, and empower those who have such great need.

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How We Began, What We Do, and Where We Are Going

What We Value

Our organization believes in improving the lives of others by sharing compassion, gifts and personal presence as we help them help themselves.

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Uganda – The Robert H. Cooley Pediatric Clinic and Safe House

A clinic that cares for vulnerable children with HIV and malaria, helping to restore health, nutrition and medical care. In late 1999 an email was sent to Dr. Sylvia Campbell by a young girl in Uganda, Martha Ofumbi, in hope of finding SOMEONE who could help her. Along with meeting the…

Uganda – Medicine for Miracles

A program to ensure vaccinations and public health initiatives are delivered to the rural areas surrounding the village of Papoli. Medicine for Miracles was created as a pilot program in 2016 to bridge the gap between the poorest community members in Papoli, Uganda and the Robert H. Cooley Pediatric Clinic’s inability…

Uganda – Jay and Janice Jester Maternity & Outpatient Clinics

Clinics which provide antenatal and postnatal care, public health education and safe deliveries, as well as outpatient services to adults and elderly. The maternal mortality rate in Uganda stands at 438/100,000 births, most due to the lack of prenatal care or delivery outside of a healthcare facility. Realizing the lack of…

Haiti – Mombin Crochu Hospital Support

Funding to support medical personnel, purchase medications, food and supplies to treat patients in both an outpatient and in-patient setting. Village Partners International was created as a way for people to help people help themselves. As such, it is an effort that is worldwide, and is inclusive of all those in need.…

Haiti – Mobile Clinic

A bi-monthly program where travel to surrounding rural areas bringing medical personnel and medications from Mombin Crochu Hospital to those unable to travel to the medical clinics. THE MOBILE CLINIC: A SAFETY NET Lack of safe roads and transportation in the mountains of rural Haiti has made access to health care…

Haiti – Clean Water

A program to build and maintain cisterns in the remote mountain villages where there is no other access to clean water. CLEAN WATER: WATER IS LIFE The fall of 2016 brought significant drought to the mountains of NE Haiti. During this time, crops failed, and the incidence of malnutrition rose significantly, especially…

Haiti – Malnutrition

An outreach screening program to identify and treat infants and toddlers suffering malnutrition, restoring health and healing. During a public meeting in March 2016, the community of Mombin Crochu in North East Haiti issued a desperate plea for help to VPI. Twenty-six children in the region had died within the year…

Florida – Kindness Matters

A weekly outreach to those who experiencing housing insecurity – supplying food, clothing and supplies as we act as a bridge during this time. Village Partners International is pleased to incorporate Kindness Matters as one of our missions. This outreach to the homeless in the Tampa Bay area grew out of…

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