For more than 20 years, Seton Institute has been supporting the work of Catholic Sisters who deliver life-sustaining primary healthcare services to the world’s poor.

We make grants that support our Sisters’ health projects – the only reliable source of healthcare services for so many.

We deliver medical aid to our Sisters’ clinics and hospitals that are short on resources but long on love and compassion.

And we respond to humanitarian crisis that impact these often forgotten communities.

   Sister Arthur Gordon, DC (left) created an innovative medical voucher
   system in the Bangladesh Slum of Nairobi Kenya.

Investing in Primary Healthcare

Seton Institute makes grants to primary healthcare programs of Catholic Sisters in developing countries. Our grantmaking program fuels important health projects which bridge life-threatening gaps in basic health services available to the world’s poor... read more

Health Education & Training, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease, Medicine, Mother & Child, Nutrition, Water & Sanitation.

Delivering Medical Supplies

Catholic Sisters manage hundreds of clinics and hospitals in the developing world that care for vulnerable communities. Like the populations they serve, these health facilities are resource poor. The beds are full, but the medical supply shelves empty. Through our medical supply shipment program, we aim to reverse that situation.

Medical supply shipment program

Responding to Emergency Crisis

Seton Institute is an early responder to humanitarian emergencies in communities our Sisters serve. Earthquake. Famine. Hurricane. Tsunami. The type of disaster matters not. Seton Institute will respond. Our urgent action program raises funds and in-kind support to supply shelter, nourishment, clean water and healthcare to those displaced.

Emergency Relief