The mandate of Operation Walk Canada is twofold: To provide hip and knee replacement surgery to indigent patients suffering from debilitating bone and joint conditions; and To foster improved healthcare by teaching and sharing knowledge with in-country medical professionals. In November, the team of anesthesiologists, internists, surgeons, nurses, physiotherapists and general volunteers performed over 50 [...]
Tag Archives: Sacatepéquez
Profile: Casa Shalom
Posted by Laura on August 4, 2010
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Casa Shalom, a Christian home for children in San Lucas, Sacatepéquez is offering help to the truly helpless. Started in 1987 by Dr. Rick and Janice Waldrop, Casa Shalom was birthed out of a vision of an orphanage that provided a home, food and education with the love of God enveloping in all aspects of their [...]
Profile: Emmaus Medical Mission
Posted by Laura on July 25, 2010
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In 2001, a small group of doctors, nurses and volunteers traveled on the first medical mission to Sumpango, a small village in Guatemala, Central America. Their mission then and now is to provide quality medical care, medicines and vitamins free of charge for humanitarian purposes and further enhance goodwill of the United States in Latin [...]
Profile: Guatemala Aid Fund
Posted by Laura on June 21, 2010
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Guatemala Aid Fund (GAF) began 10 years ago when Bethany Eisenberg Zeeb, an adoptive mother of two Guatemalan-born children, decided to stop exchanging expensive Christmas gifts and instead began collecting necessities such as medical supplies to help Hermano Pedro Orphanage/Hospital in Antigua, Guatemala. What started out as one family’s effort in giving back, turned into the Guatemala [...]
Profile: New Life With Education
Posted by Laura on May 28, 2010
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New Life with Education, a school for children with special abilities, it is located in the village of Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala. In January 2000 the school, Nueva Vida, was founded for those with different abilities who were not allowed into public schools. It started in one room with one Guatemalan teacher and eight [...]
Current Need: Cleft Palate in Santiago, Sacatepéquez
Posted by Laura on May 28, 2010
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A little girl, 20 months old has a cleft palate and has already had the lip repair, and needs phase 2 of her surgery. She doesn’t need special supplies or formula at this point. We are networking to find a cleft team that is going to be in Antigua or GC soon. Any ideas? [...]
Profile: Wuqu’ Kawoq
Posted by Laura on May 26, 2010
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Guatemala is one of the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere. Decades of violence, corruption, and racism have stranded much of the population in poverty with uncertain prospects for the future. Although nearly 75% of the population in Guatemala is Mayan, and speaks one of over 20 different indigenous languages, there are no health care [...]
Upcoming Trip: Gyn & Plastic Surgery
Posted by Laura on May 20, 2010
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Health for Humanity‘s surgical team is preparing for two upcoming surgery trips: Obras Sociales in Antigua, Nov 6th – 19th: Gyne general and plastic (cleft lip and palate) surgery. Hospital Hilario Galindo near Retalhuleu: Nov 11th – 18th doing Gyn surgery. Patients need to be registered with and assessed by the respective hospitals first. Contact information@healthforhumanity.org for more information.
Profile: Friends of the Deaf / LAVOSI
Posted by Laura on May 13, 2010
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The Friends of the Deaf, officially known as the Friends of People with Auditory Deficiencies, a non-profit 501(c) (3) tax exempt organization, founded in 2009, is dedicated to improving the lives of people with auditory deficiencies through their support of Las Voces del Silencio (LAVOSI). LAVOSI is an educational project for the deaf in Guatemala; [...]
Profile: Project HANDS
Posted by Laura on May 8, 2010
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Project HANDS is a group of people whose goal is to provide healthcare, education and other support to those who, by chance of birth, have lives less fortunate than their own. Their projects are aimed at improving the quality of rural Mayan life by providing healthcare and education. Healthcare: Because the Maya have little or [...]
Profile: Engineers Without Borders
Posted by Laura on April 28, 2010
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Dubbed the “Blueprint Brigade,” by Time Magazine, Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) grew from little more than a handful of members in 2002 to over 12,000 today. EWB-USA has over 350 projects in over 45 developing countries around the world including water, renewable energy, sanitation and more. These projects are completed in partnership with local communities [...]
Profile: Faith in Practice
Posted by Laura on April 15, 2010
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The mission of Faith In Practice (FIP) is to improve the physical, spiritual, and economic conditions of the poor in Guatemala through short-term surgical, medical and dental mission trips and health-related educational programs. Their mission is based on an ecumenical understanding that as people of God they are called to demonstrate the love and compassion [...]
Profile: Let’s Be Ready
Posted by Laura on March 30, 2010
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Let’s Be Ready’s mission is to prepare at-risk Guatemalan children for the first-grade by establishing preschools and training preschool and first-grade teachers. Their vision is to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala by reducing the high rate of drop-out and repetition of children in the first-grade. Their goal is to have 80% of [...]
Profile: CasaSito
Posted by Laura on March 24, 2010
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CasaSito increases educational opportunities in rural areas of Guatemala so that indigenous people living in poverty can attend school, receive quality instruction, and obtain the skills they need to improve their lives. CasaSito has two approaches for addressing educational needs, depending on location. In the Department of Sacatepéquez, they offer scholarships and work closely with [...]
Profile: De Casas a Hogares (From Houses to Homes)
Posted by Laura on March 19, 2010
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From Houses to Homes (FHTH) aims to strengthen community harmony in highland Guatemala by building lasting, healthy homes, improving access to health care and education, and inspiring participation between the poor and civil society. From Houses to Homes is a New Jersey-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in September 2004 to build homes and improve the [...]
Profile: Open Windows
Posted by Laura on March 13, 2010
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Open Windows is a dynamic children’s educational center (library, computer center, and more) in the town of San Miguel Dueñas, ten miles (15km) from Antigua, Guatemala’s famous Spanish colonial city. Open Windows Foundation is a US non-governmental organization (NGO) that currently provides 1,000 children in the community with important educational services and programs to help [...]
Blog: Think Green, Live Clean
Posted by Laura on March 11, 2010
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I would like to introduce you to a blog that my twelve year old daughter discovered and recommended, Think Green, Live Clean. TGLC provides people with the simplest, easiest, and smartest solutions for living a ‘greener’ lifestyle. One of TGLC’s contributing writers is Trent Hodges, a Peace Corps volunteer currently residing in Santa Catarina [...]
Profile: Guatemala Healing Hands Foundaiton
Posted by Laura on February 25, 2010
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The Guatemala Healing Hands Foundation (GHHF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality and availability of health care in Guatemala through education, surgery, and therapy. Specializing in the treatment of congenital and hand injuries, they aim to reach Guatemalan children and adults through medical missions led by a team of specialized and skilled [...]
Profile: The Valhalla Experimental Station
Posted by Laura on February 22, 2010
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The Valhalla Project is a Guatemala based organization that seeks to reverse global warming, assist indigenous people in developing self-sustaining agriculture, and educate the public about the environment. They accomplish this mission by planting trees. The Valhalla project introduces ungrafted Macadamia seedlings to indigenous people as an alternative to slash and burn agriculture, which contributes [...]
Profile: Project Seres
Posted by Laura on February 16, 2010
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“THOUGH THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD ARE INCREASINGLY MORE COMPLEX, THE SOLUTIONS REMAIN EMBARRASSINGLY SIMPLE…” – Bill Mollison, co-founder of the world-wide permaculture movement The mission of Project Seres is to help at-risk groups in developing countries build resistance to climate change threats using knowledge, tools and resources that are environmentally ethical, ecologically sustainable, [...]
Profile: The Children’s Malnutrition Center of San Juan, Guatemala
Posted by Laura on February 15, 2010
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The Children’s Malnutrition Center of San Juan, Guatemala provides temporary care to infants and young children who are severely malnourished. The children range in age from infancy to 10 years of age. The children come from homes where they did not receive proper nutrition, primarily due to their parents’ lack of means to provide the [...]
Profile: Niños de Guatemala
Posted by Laura on February 12, 2010
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Niños de Guatemala (NDG) was founded in 2006 to play a part in building a better future for Guatemala and its citizens. NDG aims to realize its mission by initiating and supporting small-scale development projects where they are most needed. Local involvement and community development are central to NDG’s projects. NDG runs by three [...]
Profile: Intelligent Mobility International
Posted by Laura on February 8, 2010
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Inteligencia Móvil Internacional de Guatemala or “IMI Guatemala” is a non-profit association that seeks to help people with disabilities in Guatemala by providing low cost and locally assembled wheelchairs. HISTORY: IMI Guatemala is the pilot project of the U.S. non-profit Intelligent Mobility International, or “IMI. The idea started from a collaboration with students from the [...]
Profile: Hope Haven International Ministries
Posted by Laura on February 8, 2010
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Hope Haven International Ministries (HHIM) reaches beyond the borders of our nation by extending mercy to people with disabilities around the world. This is accomplished by working closely with relief and development organizations, mission groups and individuals in various countries. In the early 1990’s, Hope Haven, headquartered out of Rock Valley, Iowa (USA), had an [...]
Profile: Casa Jackson
Posted by Laura on February 1, 2010
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“Infants are the most vulnerable victims of poverty. Children come into the world ready to thrive and grow. When they are denied proper and sufficient nutrition in their diets, their systems are ill-equipped to prepare for it and the consequences can be permanent. Casa Jackson for malnourished Infants is rejuvenating the most defenseless victims of [...]