ESPERANCA 1911 West Earll Drive Phoenix,  AZ  85015 Phone: 602 252-7772 Email:  WWW Site: http://www.esperanca.org Make A Donation Add to Donation Basket Donate Your Vehicle     One billion people live on less than $1 per day. Thousands of children die daily from poverty, hunger, and preventable diseases. Help us save lives.   Harry Owens, Jr., M.D., served as a volunteer physician at the Esperanca Clinica dos Pobres (Clinic of the Poor) from 1972 to 1978. During that time, Dr. Owens treated thousands of poor remote villagers throughout a 1,000 mile radius of the central Amazon and its tributaries. During a trip to a very remote river village, Dr. Owens came upon a mother in a very difficult labor, unable to deliver her child (who was breached). Dr. Owens was able to assist in the delivery. Mother and child survived, and in gratitude the mother named the boy 'Haroldo d'Esperanca' in honor of Dr. Harry Owens. Upon a return visit to the Amazon 12 years later, Dr. Owens had the privilege of again meeting Haroldo d'Esperanca, who had traveled by canoe to the Esperanca Clinic for needed dental work. It was a tearful, happy reunion with the grateful mother, child and doctor.