Author Archives: Meghan Ochal

EPES needs our help! Can you help us raise $30,000 by June 30th?

The May 2019 EPES Update is here! We hope you’ll take the time to read about all the great work EPES has been doing lately, but we ask that you first read about the serious situation EPES is currently facing in the letter from the EPES Director and AHA President below. We always welcome donationsContinue reading “EPES needs our help! Can you help us raise $30,000 by June 30th?”

Recap from the 10th International Training School!

We’re so excited to share this beautiful summary and photos demonstrating the incredible impact of the EPES International Training School on Popular Education in Health. Held January 6th-16th in Chile, this year marked the 10th for the “Escuela” and resulted in its 187th graduate. AHA is so proud to be a part of EPES andContinue reading “Recap from the 10th International Training School!”

EPES is experiencing a perfect storm this year – but it’s not too late to help this great work continue!

Dear friends of EPES and AHA, I see the above photograph from a recent EPES workshop on women’s health and I am reminded of so many things I like about the work of EPES, starting with the way they have consistently built community in the midst of poverty, discrimination and natural disasters, over more thanContinue reading “EPES is experiencing a perfect storm this year – but it’s not too late to help this great work continue!”

EPES has been busy in 2018 – read the November Update here!

Dear friends of EPES and AHA, As you will see in this Update, EPES is tireless in its commitment to health and human  rights—in the Nutrition and Justice Program; in Valparaiso, where communities that are still recovering from devastating fires in 2014 are now facing personal tragedy; in training workers of Chile’s National Disability Service;Continue reading “EPES has been busy in 2018 – read the November Update here!”