Gesundheit hosts events focused on education—at the site of the future hospital and elsewhere.
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October 7th, 2016
by Carl Hammerschlag, MD For the 11th time we gathered in Iquitos Peru for the Belen Festival, an extraordinary gathering of clowns from all over the world who spread joy, build relationships, and promote health and healing in community. This…
October 3rd, 2016
Every November I see Sheremetyevo Airport transformed: strange people in bright costumes and funny hats appear, surrounded by clouds of soap bubbles. In their midst a tall oddity sporting a blue mustache stands out. He marches about the airport with…
August 11th, 2016
After a soggy, flooding, rainy-wet summer we are finally setting a solid pace with the construction of the Teaching Center on the land in West Virginia. After additional delays due to a lack of cranes following the major floods in Greenbriar County,…
March 2nd, 2016
My first clowning adventure. by: Jeffery “Lion” Forbes Those 11 days changed my life like very few moments ever had. I had been corresponding with Patch Adams since before the movie came out, yet had never met him face to face. When we finally…
December 30th, 2015
Gesundheit has had a great year, infecting the world population with peace, justice, and care for all people. Thanks to a bequest from Merry Kay Powell, and help from Bruce Perlowin we have raised enough funds to put our first…
April 24th, 2015
Every year, Sose and I consider how to develop interventions that engage otherwise unnoticed spaces and deliver a clear message addressing issues identified by the community. Our first steps when we work around a theme are to talk to people…
March 24th, 2015
The bells are tolling! This year we celebrate the 10th Annual Belén Festival, the central action of the Belén Project. We are 10 years into our “marriage”with Pueblo Libre’s families and each year we rekindle and nourish the friendships we’ve been…
May 15th, 2014
Join Patch and Gesundheit doctors in designing the world’s first curriculum for loving kindness and compassion in health care. “The Education of Compassion”, a 2-6 year curriculum, will be designed for teaching medical students, nursing students and other care givers…
May 8th, 2014
Located in a low-income Philadelphia neighborhood, this clinic will provide community-based health care that is genuinely non-profit, preventive, humane and fun. It is a refuge for doctors and nurses who want time to heal patients. It is a refuge for…
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