Amazon Promise
Founded in 1993, Amazon Promise is a U.S.-based global health charitable organization dedicated to delivering essential healthcare to communities in the Upper Amazon Basin of northeastern Peru.
We collaborate with government agencies, local nongovernmental organizations, and Peruvian healthcare providers to advance women’s and family health and strengthen community health education.
In partnership with Engineers Without Borders, we also install rainwater-harvesting systems that expand access to safe drinking water and reduce water-related environmental health risks in underserved communities.
Our hands-on model joins together international medical, dental, and nonclinical volunteers with experienced U.S. and Peruvian staff. Through outreach clinics serving 32 geographically isolated river communities, these teams bring vital health services directly to medically underserved populations.
Headquartered in Iquitos, our Peru-based operations provide residents of remote river communities with ongoing access to medical services, helping ensure continuity of care where it is needed most.
Amazon Promise Partnerships
Amazon Promise is a secular, apolitical nonprofit organization. We are proud to be affiliated with the following dedicated partners:
Keeping a Promise That Benefits ALL
A two-minute video by filmmaker Brooklyn Demme that beautifully reflects our mission and honors the people we serve.
Watch Updated CNN Heroes Segment
“You gotta have guts. Working in the Amazon jungle is not an easy job.”
View the story about Patty at CNN Heroes.
Through the Eyes of Celine Cousteau and Patty Webster
A short video by filmmaker Celine Cousteau featuring Amazon Promise at work in Peru.
Note: This film shows indigenous communities that our organization is able to visit infrequently due to their extremely remote jungle locations, which can only be accessed with transportation assistance from the Peruvian military and other government entities. However, most communities that Amazon Promise medical teams work in receive care year round from us.
Where Western and Traditional Medicine Meet
A short film by journalist and filmmaker Danny Bull that shows the blended approach Amazon Promise takes to healthcare delivery in remote Peru.
