Your support means life-saving healthcare for vulnerable children in the Amazon.

Your support means life-saving healthcare for vulnerable children in the Amazon.

Urgent: Help get the Amazon Hospital Boat back on the water.
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Extreme poverty, isolation and the COVID-19 pandemic have created a health and nutrition crisis in the Amazonas region of northern Brazil.

Until recently, a World Vision hospital boat has been providing life-saving healthcare to vulnerable communities in this region that can only be reached by boat or airplane. However, the funds keeping this boat on the water have run out. This means thousands of families relying on the boat for essential health and nutrition services have nowhere to turn.

Please help get the Amazon Hospital Boat back on the water. Volunteer doctors, nurses and dentists are standing by. Your donation can help provide them with equipment and supplies, as well as cover the boat’s fuel and maintenance costs.

A message from our CEO, Daniel Wordsworth

Why your help is needed urgently

75% of people
in the Amazonas can only be reached by boat or plane.

12 million people
in the Amazonas go to bed hungry every night.

10,000 children and adults
can be reached by the hospital boat annually.

Please help vulnerable children living in Brazil’s Amazon region.

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Where will my funds go?

Your donation will support the Amazon Hospital Boat Appeal. In the unlikely event we receive contributions in excess of the needs of this appeal, we will use the excess in other areas of our work, where funding is needed most.

Why do you need funds to get the boat back on the water?

The hospital boat provides much-needed medical and dental care to isolated and vulnerable communities in Brazil’s Amazon region. Funds are needed to cover repair and maintenance costs for the boat itself, as well as the specialised medical and dental equipment on board. They are also needed to cover the costs of food, fuel and other supplies for the crew and healthcare volunteers embarking on up to 10 trips per year, each lasting 5-7 days.  

What happens if you don’t raise $800,000?

Funds raised through this appeal will be sent to World Vision Brazil and may be combined with funds raised from other sources to get the hospital boat back on the water. Even if we don’t reach our fundraising target, all contributions made to this appeal will be used to support the boat’s maintenance and operating costs.

When will the boat be back on the water?

Once it receives the funds needed, World Vision Brazil estimates that it will take around 45 days to prepare the hospital boat, crew and healthcare volunteers before recommencing operations.

What happens to the hospital boat when these funds run out?

Your donation will help to provide the hospital boat with enough funds to operate for one year. This means World Vision Brazil has time to find more sustainable funding sources for the boat’s ongoing maintenance and operations.

Is my donation tax deductible?

Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible (depending on your personal tax position).

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World Vision hospital boat

The World Vision hospital boat serves more than 80 remote riverside communities in the Amazon region, providing life-saving health and nutrition services for thousands of children and adults each year.

Medical and dental checkups on the medical boat

The ship has facilities to provide patients with medical and dental check-ups, as well as basic surgery and pharmacy services.

Cooking community

Many of the communities served by the hospital boat are struggling without access to basic health and education services. Poor sanitation leaves children especially vulnerable to waterborne diseases.

Health and nutrition packs for vulnerable communities

As well as providing health and nutrition services, the hospital boat also provides vulnerable communities with essential supplies such as food and hygiene kits.

Dentists volunteering their time for vulnerable children.

Brazilian doctors and dentists volunteer their time to work on the hospital boat and there is a special focus on meeting the health and protection needs of vulnerable children.