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.
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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 Antigua on Friday morning, September 10.
If anyone is interested or able, please comment here, contact Rick Harper on Facebook or my e-mail Rick at HTIRick@aol.com
Anyone game? The test will be run in English – but the tool, when it is ready, will be available in Spanish. Email me at Laura@ClinicLink.org if you would like to help, I will just need to know your cell phone number, and service provider (Claro, Tigo or MoviStar). This annoucement is from Safe Passage. Click here to read the annoucement in its entirety.
An announcement from Safe Passage:
For more information or to apply, visit their website.
They are in need of volunteer interpreters. HTC could pay for room and board and possibly a small stipend. If you have any leads, please comment below, or email Mike at michael.mallahan @ gmail . com (remove spaces).
To date,this group has conducted 20 medical missions to Guatemala, Peru, and Ecuador, and their physicians and dentists have treated well over 65,000 patients. Their teams have performed numerous medical procedures including, but not limited to: hundreds of surgeries; pathological reviews; gastrointestinal endoscopies; pap smears; dental procedures; and many more specialized medical procedures. Each mission’s group size consists of approximately 40 doctors & nurses, and 40 to 50 volunteers, to treat 4,000 to 5,000 patients per mission. Patients are offered a broad range of medical services & specialties: Pediatrics, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Pulmonary, Urology, Infectious Disease, Dermatology, Hematology, Oncology, Dental, General and Maxillofacial Surgery, Podiatry, Psychology, Pharmacy, Chiropractic Services and Registered Nurses. Emmaus Medical Mission is a Catholic based foundation. It is open to, and welcomes doctors, nurses, and volunteers of all religions, beliefs, and all walks of life. For more information, please contact Elicia at info@emmausmedicalmission.org. As Green As It Gets has published an update on its Post-Agatha recovery & rebuilding efforts. Click here to access the entire update, and to get details about rebuilding volunteer opportunities!
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 it fell through last minute. If you would like to pitch a volunteer project to him, please contact Lisa at crawfordlk@gmail.com, and she can put you in touch with him. 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. November 2010 Mission to Guatemala Contact Andrew Herrera at andrew@curamericas.org for more information. 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 hygiene, sexual health, and violence prevention to children ages 6-18 and to parents involved in the Adult Literacy Program. This volunteer also acts as a confidential resource for basic health information for children and parents. If you’re interested in this (or another) position at Safe Passage, please contact volunteers@safepassage.org.
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. This job will require a lot of planning and organisation, and therefore Maya Traditions seeks a person that is creative and flexible, with the ability to work effectively and efficiently within Guatemalan culture. To view a more detailed job description, with qualifications and compensation details, click here.
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.
Click here to for details about the job description and qualifications.
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:
Spanish is helpful but not required. The group expects to many children and elderly people. They also offer health education and a woman’s clinic. They also give out reading glasses. If you would like more information, please review this attachment, or contact Milt Camp at www.MiltCamp.aol.
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.
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 skills using simple techniques. These local Guatemalan teachers only have high school diplomas, so they have very limited training. Many teachers start with a classroom when they are only 17 or 18 years old. From February to October 2010, experienced preschool and primary teachers with proficiency in Spanish are being sought go into the classrooms to work with the teachers to demonstrate techniques and coach the teachers. After being oriented, volunteers will go to nearby schools and and/or rural pueblos to work with the teachers. The program started 2 years ago, and was enthusiastically supported by the local Board of Education and parents. The goal is to influence the quality of education in the pre-primary and primary grades in public schools this year. Preferably, volunteers would commit to a minimum period of 3 weeks, although longer-term volunteer placements are preferred. The program focuses on using Creative Curriculum techniques in conjunction with their National Curriculum to prepare children for the first grade. Teachers and student teachers with materials and abilities to demonstrate the basic techniques are valued, but other interests (such as dramatic arts, plastic arts, music and puppetry) can be accommodated. For more information go to the Let’s Be Ready website.
Common Hope is currently seeking five full-time, long-term volunteers to support our programs in Guatemala. The following positions are yearlong commitments:
For more information or to apply, visit their website.
In response to the murders, women in Guatemala are organizing to protect each other. MADRE’s sister organization, the Women Worker’s Committee in Guatemala, has created neighborhood watch groups in their communities. Sandra Gonzales of the Women Worker’s Committee describes the violence as “getting worse every day.” However, she says “with your help we can continue to defend human rights for all women.” You can help these women by providing whistles and flashlights for the neighborhood watch. According to Sandra, “flashlights and whistles are essential to providing security for women and girls in our community,” where there are no street lights and no reliable police protection. If you don’t have the supplies to donate, but still want to make a contribution, you can make a monetary donation to help alleviate the costs of shipping the whistles and flashlights to Guatemala. To find out more about MADRE, please click here.
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 looking for a bilingual individual who can post profiles of Spanish speaking charities in English on our blog. If you are interested, please add a comment to this post, or click on the “Contact Us” button, above. Feel free to pass this link along!! |
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