International Awareness & Involvement

Mary Help of the Sick Mission Hospital (formerly Thika Memorial Hospital)

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. began making plans and laying the groundwork to establish a maternity hospital in the African country of Kenya in 1955. In the early 1960s Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. made a major donation to help finance the construction of the Thika Maternity Hospital in Thika, Kenya.

It provides affordable prenatal and postnatal care, nutritional education, child immunization, and family planning. The hospital gives prenatal care, including lab work, blood tests, and examinations to more than 200 women daily. The facility also has a special care nursery for babies after delivery. The hospital also serves as an educational institution for nurses and midwives.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Elementary School (Chérette, Haiti)

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., in collaboration with Water in Education International opened the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Elementary School, The Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre Campus in Chérette, Haiti June 15, 2013. The Water and Education International Student Collaboration for Haiti Outreach Opportunities for Learning (WEI SCHOOL) Project was established to provide an adequate school facility to include clean water for school children in Haiti. It is the first of many initiatives to alleviate some of the challenges in obtaining a quality education in Haiti. The remote village of Chérette is located 96 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince.

Delta House (Mbabane, Swaziland)

Dedicated in 2002, the Delta House is a home for children who became orphans due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It is located in what is now known as Vashti Village, in Mbabane, Swaziland along with two similar structures. Built to accommodate 12 children and a housemother, the home was made possible with funds contributed by Delta sorors at the 45th and 46th National Conventions held in Chicago (2000) and Atlanta (2002). Situated in a picturesque valley, an expansive vegetable garden flourishes behind the Delta House where residents (most of whom are adolescents) grow some of their own food. The village is still a work in progress with an office complex, conference center, church and apartments envisioned for the future.

 
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Economic Development

National economic trends, such as unstable employment, the threat to Social Security and the widening gap between wealth and poverty are the bases for the development of Financial Fortitude...
 

Educational Development (GEMS)

A natural outgrowth and expansion for the continuation of the highly successful Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy...
 

International Awareness & Involvement

Mary Help of the Sick Mission Hospital (formerly Thika Memorial Hospital) - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Elementary School (Chérette, Haiti) - Delta House (Mbabane, Swaziland)
 

Political Awareness & Involvement

Delta Days in the Nations Capital - Delta Day at the United Nations - Social Action
 

Physical & Mental Health

As an organization of predominantly African American women, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is uniquely positioned to impact not only the well-being of its membership...