Ties To The World (www.tiestotheworld.org) would very much like to partner with a group of pediatricians to set up regular exams at their orphanage in Guatemala City.  If any traveling groups with family doctors and/or pediatricians are looking for a great partnership, please comment here, or email me at Laura@ClinicLink.org.

Health Talents International (www.healthtalents.org) has a surgical team coming to Guatemala next week, September 4.  In the past two weeks, they have had three RNs drop off of their team. Please spread the word that HTI has a need for 2-3 RN’s who can work that week.  They will begin surgery on Sunday afternoon and conclude surgery on Thursday, then travel to [...]

If you are in Guatemala now, I am looking for someone to help with a really quick test:  I am setting up a tool that will allow our website to notify Guatemalan users of new announcements (like patient needs, and new resources) via text (if the user elects to do so).  All I need is someone [...]

This annoucement is from Safe Passage.  Click here to read the annoucement in its entirety. Safe Passage is in search of long-term volunteers to fill positions that include stipends! Volunteer Program Coordinator * Adult Literacy & Empowerment Coordinator * Support Team Coordinator * Health Program Coordinator * Health Educator

An announcement from Safe Passage: Safe Passage invites women to come share a journey with other like-minded women. Spend a week experiencing another culture like never before while making a real difference in people’s lives. We offer you the special chance to meet and volunteer side-by-side with women and children from the program in Guatemala and others from around [...]

Common Hope is currently seeking a physician to serve as a full-time, long-term volunteer in our Antigua clinic. The position, ideally a yearlong commitment, includes a stipend for living expenses. For more information or to apply, visit their website.

Children’s Aid Missions has equiped a pediatric physical therapy room in Santo Tomas, Milpas Altas, Sacatepequez.  The room is operational, and they are recruiting physical therapists to go there and do a rotation, and help train parents on what they need to do.  Contact Judy at jfschwank@yahoo.com for more information.

Ties To The World is looking for someone to maintain its website. Their current website has a very appealing design, but needs to be updated and maintained.  If you know anybody, please comment here or email me at Laura@ClinicLink.org.

ASSCA is looking for a volunteer to translate their site into English from Spanish.  If you are interested, please comment here, or send me an email at Laura@ClinicLink.org.

An 18 year old American is seeking a short-term (2-3 week) volunteer opportunity in or near Antigua this July.  He is a third year Spanish student, and would like to work on his language skills.  He will cover all of his own expenses.  He had an ideal position working with kids in a school but [...]

Link for Health has an advisory Board Member who is seeking employment in Guatemala. He is a native Guatemalan, fluent in English and has been a practicing surgeon in Guatemala. He is seeking employment as either a surgeon, health services coordinator or as a medical consultant. He can be reached at papieduardo39@hotmail.com.

Would you be interested in taking on the role of Health Educator with Safe Passage?  If so, contact volunteer@safepassage.org or healthprogram@safepassage.org.  The outgoing volunteer was able to use her experience at Safe Passage as part of an internship towards a Masters in Public Health. The Health Educator’s role is to teach regular sessions on basic health and [...]

Maya Traditions is looking for a person with marketing knowledge and/or experience, a passion for Fair Trade and an understanding of international trade justice. Our ideal candidate will have a motivation for change; and the ability to highlight the plight of underprivileged producers in developing economies by encouraging the sales of our high quality products. [...]

Hey, all you Boston area folks – The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group has posted a job listing on their blog for a Program Assistant.  Click here to see the entire job post. AIDG is hiring! Program Assistant (Boston)  by Stephen Lee April 20th, 2010 AIDG is currently seeking a Boston-based Program Assistant to provide program and [...]

  Los Medicos Valadores (Flying Doctors) are seeking volunteers to staff their July 31 thru Aug 8, in San Francisco del Alto.    In particular, they need volunteers with the following qualifications: 2 MDs 2 to 3 Family Nurse Practioners 2 Registered Nurses . 1 Dental Hygenist, to assist the DDS who is traveling Spanish is helpful [...]

  Whirlwind Wheelchairs are looking for volunteers.  These are nice opportunities to contribute to the Global Health Movement in a non-clinical way.  Whirlwind is located in the San Francisco Bay area. We have projects that need volunteers with specific skills: RoughRider User Manual Translators- we need help translating & editing in French, Tagalog, Russian, Afrikaans, [...]

Volunteer opportunities for Teachers in Early Childhood Development Let’s Be Ready is seeking Spanish speaking teachers to volunteer in a pilot program for preschools where Common Hope sponsors children and in 14 other locations, around Antigua and in more rural areas in Guatemala. The program, run by Let’s Be Ready, aims to improve teachers’ classroom [...]

Long-Term Volunteers Needed Common Hope is currently seeking five full-time, long-term volunteers to support our programs in Guatemala. The following positions are yearlong commitments: Vision Team Coordinator (2 positions, March start date) Speech Therapist (March start date) Housing Volunteer (March start date) Volunteer Physician (June start date) For more information or to apply, visit their [...]

Life of Hope Ministries regularly organizes and hosts short term mission groups to Guatemala.  Their organization has several field partners who serve in and around Guatemala City, Guatemala.  Because the mission statement of Life of Hope Ministries identifies their focus to be on street children and children at high risk, their efforts are located in [...]

In the past decade, nearly 4,000 women and young girls have been murdered in Guatemala. Many of them, including girls as young as 10, were tortured and raped, their bodies left in public places.  As a result, women have coined the term “femicide” to describe these widespread, gender-based killings committed with impunity. Of the 383 [...]

To our bilingual friends…we have a volunteer opportunity that you can do from your couch!  As you know, our blog currently profiles grassroots groups working on the ground in Guatemala. Eventually, our blog will be bilingual.  Until then, we don’t want to miss out on the many groups that have websites only in Spanish. We are [...]