Each January, Children of the Americas, Inc. sends a volunteer medical/surgical team to work in a different area of Guatemala. The duration of the trip is one week, and generally takes place in the second half of January.
Click here to view a trip report from their 2010 visit to Retalhuleu.
Children of the Americas, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing necessary medical and surgical services to indigent children and their families in Guatemala. This goal is accomplished through annual surgical trips to the outlying regions of Guatemala, as well as by networking donated surgical care in the United States for Guatemalan children who are in need of critical surgery that is not available to them in Central America.
Since 1987 the corporation has identified specific medical needs of patients through volunteer medical/surgical mission teams and by referrals from other agencies. The teams of volunteer staff provide medical services and surgeries on-site in Central America within the realm of our surgical, medical and dental expertise. We also provide donations of ambulatory aids, prosthetics, and orthotics.
Since incorporation, more than 300 children have come to the United States for medical treatment that they could not or were not receiving in Guatemala. In addition, over 5,000 women and children have been helped abroad through the medical-surgical teams and the delivery of supplies. This includes children with craniofacial deformities, heart problems, burn scars, lymphademas, hemangiomas, and complicated orthopedic problems.
To find out more about Children of the Americas, visit their website, or blog. Children of the Americas, Inc., is an all-volunteer organization.
Here is one of the many precious children whose life and health was improved by the dedicated volunteers at COTA:
Alex, upon his arrival in the US (5/08), and upon his return to Guatemala (12/08).
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