Health and Disease Prevention

from clinics to mountain-top villages

AIRLINE AMBASSADORS delivered
$1,748,273 worth of medications, supplies and equipment to 46 hospitals and clinics affecting thousands of lives in 2005.

Thanks to our partner Project Cure, and American Airlines we were able to identify and transport specifically
needed supplies to hospitals in EL SALVADOR and GUATEMALA, saving hundreds of lives and affecting thousands.

We sent medical and trauma teams to THAILAND after the Tsunami as well as to ECUADOR for cleft palate surgeries, chiropractors to EL SALVADOR and helped provide general assessments for children of mothers with HIV in SOUTH AFRICA.

The medical clinics we started in Soyapongo, EL SALVADOR and Juampas, HAITI continue to thrive and provide medical service to their communities. Our teams deliver needed items, HIV medication, wheelchairs and other medical and physical therapy equipment to many clinics in rural communities and mountaintop villages.

AAI members delivered hygiene kits of soap, shampoo, washcloths, toothbrushes, etc. as part of each mission. This year we also completed our Health and Hygiene manual. Airline Ambassadors volunteers use the manual to teach basics such as hand-washing, tooth-brushing, the dangers of smoking, and importance of cleanliness, good nutrition and pure water.

On medical missions, our teams also instruct on issues such as maternal and pre-natal health, breast exams, birth control, safe sexual practices and HIV protection.

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