Thank you to Ray Maddox of Faith in Practice, and Joanne Wessels (their in-country coordinator) for taking care of this case. COTA has a 75 yr old gentleman who is in urgent need of inguinal hernia repair. His hernia is not strangulated, but he experiences frequent bouts of incapacitating pain. He is located in Retalhuleu. [...]
Tag Archives: Retalhuleu
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.
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: Rotaplast International
Posted by Laura on April 21, 2010
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Rotaplast is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides free multidisciplinary care for cleft lip and palate and other conditions requiring reconstructive surgery. They promote self-sufficiency in the countries where they work by training local physicians, counseling families, and collaborating with health officials on the development of sustainable cleft lip and palate programs. What is a [...]
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: Comunidad Nueva Alianza
Posted by Laura on March 15, 2010
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Comunidad Nueva Alianza is an organic coffee and macadamia plantation owned and operated by a cooperative of forty Guatemalan families, located in a sub-tropical area 1000 meters above sea level 45 minutes north of the coastal town of Retalhuleu. The community is nestled amongst a 300 acre plantation of organic coffee and macadamia trees where [...]
Volunteer Opportunity: Semilla Nueva
Posted by Laura on February 15, 2010
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Semilla Nueva is a growing organization with many possible avenues for involvement. If you think you have something to offer the team, please contact us and let us know! Given that 2010 is our first full year of operation, we are focusing our volunteer recruitment efforts primarily on long-term volunteers willing to spend extended periods [...]
Profile: Semilla Nueva
Posted by Laura on February 15, 2010
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Semilla Nueva is an organization unified around a shared vision for an equitable and environmentally responsible society where people live in peace with dignity. Their mission is to help empower agricultural communities in Guatemala by jointly developing and implementing strategies that facilitate the achievement of community-defined objectives for natural resource conservation, economic prosperity, and social [...]
Update: Children of the Americas January 2010 Surgical Trip
Posted by Laura on January 31, 2010
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Children of the Americas has returned from their annual medical /surgical trip to Guatemala. While in Retalhuleu from January 16-22, COTA donated 128 general, orthopedic, obstetrical and plastic surgeries to the citizens of this western coastal region. Over 1,400 women and children were seen in our medical clinic and all patients received donated pharmaceuticals from the [...]
Profile: Children of the Americas
Posted by Laura on August 25, 2009
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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, [...]