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Today in the Mission Yearbook: October 5, 2018
PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP 'HOTLINE CUBA - When a psychological help “hotline” was started at Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada de la Habana (First Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Havana) in 1995, there were virtually no telephones in Cuba, “so we had to adapt,” said Martha Rodriguez, one of two psychologists who run the unique counseling service.
The service — the first “hotline” service of its kind in Cuba — was inspired by the Rev. Dr. Héctor Méndez, the longtime pastor of the church who recently retired. Based on similar hotline services in the U.S., the church’s service now draws callers from all over the island in addition to walk-in clients in the nation’s capital. All services are free. Since the Cuban government doesn’t allow the service to be advertised, its popularity is entirely due to word of mouth ...
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PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP 'HOTLINE CUBA - When a psychological help “hotline” was started at Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada de la Habana (First Presbyterian-Reformed Church of Havana) in 1995, there were virtually no telephones in Cuba, “so we had to adapt,” said Martha Rodriguez, one of two psychologists who run the unique counseling service.
The service — the first “hotline” service of its kind in Cuba — was inspired by the Rev. Dr. Héctor Méndez, the longtime pastor of the church who recently retired. Based on similar hotline services in the U.S., the church’s service now draws callers from all over the island in addition to walk-in clients in the nation’s capital. All services are free. Since the Cuban government doesn’t allow the service to be advertised, its popularity is entirely due to word of mouth ...
• CLICK HERE to read more.
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