As the Solidarity Bridge organization contemplates recent events at the national level, we reflect deeply on the meaning of the word “solidarity.” This value lies at the heart of our work, is reflected in our name, and has served as the core motivating principle of our mission for over 25 years. Rooted in Catholic social teaching, we seek a just, compassionate, and interdependent world, where the health needs of those most vulnerable are prioritized. Out of these values, we feel called to speak about the recent US cuts to foreign aid, international cooperation, medical research, and global healthcare funding, which threaten essential services while undermining efforts to prevent and respond to health crises, in the low-income regions in which we work and around the world.
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Mission trips constitute only one aspect of our year-round work, but these visits provide unique opportunities to expand our minds and hearts.
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There is growing consensus that pre-travel preparation is one of the most important practices for a successful global health mission. This fall, we are offering our preparation curriculum via an online learning platform tailored to each team, specific to their host community and medical specialties.
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Embracing solidarity assumes the truth well-expressed by Fr. Greg Boyle: “The measure of our compassion lies not in our service of those on the margins, but in our willingness to see ourselves in kinship with them, in mutuality.” Out of both necessity and desire, I’m learning to make a permanent place in my heart for the ills of our world while making sure I have additional room for life’s joys.
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We have been addressing healthcare inequities for more than 20 years and thanks to the deep partnerships we’ve formed in South America, we are well-positioned to respond to the heightened needs of today’s crisis—and we feel called to do so as faithfully and ambitiously as possible.
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