Pura Vida is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization working to promote health and education in the Quiché department of Guatemala. They are currently focusing on rural villages in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. “Travel with a purpose” is a good way to describe what an international work trip is all about. The emphasis of these trips [...]
Tag Archives: Surgery
Profile: Hospital de la Familia
Posted by Laura on September 1, 2009
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What started over 30 years ago as a small dispensing pharmacy in Nuevo Progreso is today a year-round medical facility offering general medical, minor surgery, pediatric, obstetrical and dental services. The hospital consists of wards that can accommodate 72 patients. During the past several years, the hospital has maintained a staff of over 60 full-time [...]
Profile: International Eye Institute, Inc.
Posted by Laura on September 1, 2009
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The International Eye Institute, Inc. (IEI) is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation (final approval pending from the Internal Revenue Service). Their purpose is to provide adult and pediatric eye care and surgery to people of impoverished regions around the globe. The team typically visits Nuevo Progreso, in the San Marcos department of Guatemala, [...]
Profile: Medical Missions for Children
Posted by Laura on September 1, 2009
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Medical Missions for Children (“MMFC”) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization providing free quality surgical, medical and dental care to poor and under-privileged children in various countries throughout the world. MMFC also facilitates the transfer of knowledge and recent innovations to the local medical communities. Since 2000, MMFC has traveled annually to Antigua, Guatemala, [...]
Profile: Salud y Paz
Posted by Laura on August 27, 2009
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Clinic: Salud y Paz currently operates two health and dental clinics that primarily serve the Mayan population in the Quiche Department. 71% of the rural Mayan population lives in EXTREME poverty, with an income of less than US$1.00/day, or approximately $360/year. Since August 2001 the clinics have been open full time. They have now documented [...]
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, [...]
Profile: Matthew W. Wilson, MD
Posted by Laura on August 21, 2009
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Dr. Wilson’s Specialty is ophthalmology, particularly pediatric eye cancer. He has a relationship with Unidad Hospital in Guatemala City (website in Spanish), and regularly travels there to perform pediatric eye surgery. More information about Dr. Wilson can be found by visiting his profile, provided by St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
Profile: Healing the Children
Posted by Laura on August 19, 2009
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Healing the Children is a national, non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to providing medical care to needy children in our own community and around the world. Foreign children are treated by volunteer medical teams in their homeland and other children are flown to the United States for donated specialized care. For general information about this group, please [...]