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UMHS Students Visit the Cardin Home for Elderly & Disabled in St. Kitts

Posted by Scott Harrah
October 27, 2015

A group of students at UMHS, one of the leading Caribbean medical schools, gave back to the community in St. Kitts earlier this month by visiting a local home for the elderly and disabled.

The UMHS Endeavour spoke to Stefanny Santana, president of the UMHS AMWA (American Medical Women’s Association), about the visit on Sunday, October 11, 2015 to the Cardin Home.

Community Outreach Project

For the past eight months, UMHS AMWA members have adopted the Cardin Home in St. Kitts as their community outreach project, Ms. Santana says.

“We have made fundraiser events such as talent shows, breakfast sales, and bake sales in order to be able to donate essential things that this place needs,” she says. “This home is government funded, but the government does not provide money for diapers, wipes, cleaning supplies, among other day-to-day necessity products. Their goal is to be able to establish a fund with the help of our chapter and the St. Kitts community to be able to provide them a monthly donation of these essential supplies.”

The UMHS Student Government Association (SGA) and the Muslim Student Association (MSA) also collaborated by helping with transportation to the Cardin Home and activities involved with the visit.

UMHS students have been helping out at the Cardin Home for many years. Back in 2013, the UMHS African Students Association and Walden University worked on the “Gift from the Heart” fundraising campaign to get people to donate supplies to the Cardin Home via Facebook. Residents at the Cardin Home are all ages and have a number of physical or mental disorders. Many residents there also do not have families, so UMHS students bring warmth, comfort and cheer to these special people.

The UMHS Endeavour commends the great work UMHS AMWA, SGA and MSA did to raise the spirits of the Cardin Home residents.

HELPING OUT: (left to right) Stefanny Santana (AMWA President), Nurse Bass, Krystal Hasel (AMWA Vice President) & a Cardin Home resident on October 11, 2015. Photo: Courtesy of UMHS AMWA

HELPING OUT: (left to right) Stefanny Santana (AMWA President), Nurse Bass, Krystal Hasel (AMWA Vice President) & a Cardin Home resident on October 11, 2015. Photo: Courtesy of UMHS AMWA

UMHS STUDENT LIFTS SPIRITS: Cardin Home residents with UMHS student Caitlyn Fitzgerald (AMWA Secretary). Photo: Courtesy of UMHS AMWA

UMHS STUDENT LIFTS SPIRITS: Cardin Home residents with UMHS student Caitlyn Fitzgerald (AMWA Secretary). Photo: Courtesy of UMHS AMWA

CARDIN HOME VISIT: A Cardin Home resident with (right) Director of Community Outreach Chloe Balanda. Chloe & Soraya Quedaza worked with Dr. Beachman to help coordinate the event. Photo: Courtesy of UMHS AMWA

CARDIN HOME VISIT: A Cardin Home resident with (right) Director of Community Outreach Chloe Balanda. Chloe & Soraya Quedaza worked with Dr. Beachman to help coordinate the event. Photo: Courtesy of UMHS AMWA

UMHS TEAM EFFORT: UMHS students from AMWA, SGA & MSA all helped make the Carin Home visit a success. Photo: Courtesy of UMHS AMWA

UMHS TEAM EFFORT: UMHS students from AMWA, SGA & MSA all helped make the Carin Home visit a success. Photo: Courtesy of UMHS AMWA

(Top photo) GIVING BACK: UMHS students visited the Cardin Home in St. Kitts on October 11, 2015. Photo: Courtesy of UMHS AMWA


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Posted by Scott Harrah

Scott is Director of Digital Content & Alumni Communications Liaison at UMHS and editor of the UMHS Endeavour blog. When he's not writing about UMHS students, faculty, events, public health, alumni and UMHS research, he writes and edits Broadway theater reviews for a website he publishes in New York City, StageZine.com.

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