The wellness centre is a space dedicated to addressing the basic health needs of our staff, students and their community. With very limited access to healthcare services especially for the undocumented, every bit of intervention helps. A small team of care givers with occasional volunteers manages the place. We maintain a small inventory of essentials for basic primary care, provided free of charge.
The experiences at our wellness centre have been both joyful and challenging. The number of patients served increased consistently because of the listening ears and love shared. Follow ups are often through home visits. We operate three days a week across two centres and visit homes twice a week. During community visits, we reach
out to the families who have health issues and provide them with holistic care.
Health services are more than medical care—they are bridges of love that draw us closer to families and communities. This year, we regularly visited about 15 families who struggled with health conditions and limited access to our wellness centre, while others received one-time visits. Each encounter allowed us to know them more deeply, to share prayer, and to bring hope in a personal way. Since January, our centre has welcomed over 300 patients, each story reminding us of God’s presence in this work.
One moving testimony began with a student who introduced us to a Rohingya family of six after the father was detained by immigration. The mother and four young children were left vulnerable, with no home and no food. One family in the community
offered temporary shelter, while ElShaddai provided financial aid and connected them to UNHCR.
Another story is of an Indonesian student born with a serious condition. Through our team’s unrelenting effort of knocking at the hospital and generous support from church volunteers, she now receives treatment appointments and support. Truly, this is Christ’s body in action.
We are very grateful for the contribution of every partner and volunteer, helping us to
meet the needs of these most vulnerable, left behind communities.
