About Us

MISSION:

To show and share the love of Jesus Christ by providing accessible health care oriented to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the underserved community.

VISION:

“Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.” Isaiah 58:8

OUR STORY:

Through a series of divine appointments, Cheryl Thieu and Dawn White met for the first time in 2001. They soon discovered that God had placed a call on both their hearts to provide faith-based health care for the underserved community in the Silicon Valley. Since there was a clinic at City Team Ministries, where Dawn worked, this seemed the logical place to begin.

2002-2003: Other like-minded Christian professionals in the San Jose area joined Cheryl and Dawn. Together, they began to pray for God’s leading and direction for the future.
October 9, 2003: The Silicon Valley Christian Health Alliance (SVCHA) incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Fall 2003: The Christian Health Alliance received its first grant, funded by the Compassion Capital Program Collaborative through the Christian Community Health Fellowship (CCHF), part of President George W. Bush’s Faith-Based Health Care Initiative.
June 12, 2004: SVCHA opened its clinic doors for the first time.
June 2005: SVCHA celebrated its one-year anniversary by beginning its dental ministry.
January 2008: Construction is completed on the second dental room.

WHAT WE DO:

Medical Services:

SVCHA provides urgent and limited primary care on a walk-in basis. The Gardner Family Health Network provides the medical clinic infrastructure, and SVCHA provides the volunteer physicians.