Mission Minute – Jovencitas Sanas 2023

Mission Minute – Jovencitas Sanas 2023

Mission Minute – Jovencitas Sanas 2023 The long-awaited Jovencitas Sanas program was a great success! We held the program at each of the middle schools in the villages of Yulaxac, Victorias Chancolín, and Santa Elena. There was a fourth session scheduled for...

Our Documentary Film

Our Documentary Film During our 2018 Journada, we were accompanied by a videographer who spent the week filming our clinic and interviewing members of the team. We’re excited to share the final product in a few different lengths, depending on how much time you...

Changing Lives with Collaboration

Collaborations are very important to Casa Colibrí. In October 2018, we partnered with the World Pediatric Project and Hospittalia Amatitlán for a craniofacial mission. In total, the team of U.S. and Guatemalan surgeons completed twenty-four evaluations and eight...
Literacy Matters

Literacy Matters

During the past hour, you have most likely read an article, email, book, sign or form. We read without giving it a second thought. There are millions of people around the world who cannot read or write. This became more than an abstract idea to me when we housed and...
Jornada 2015: A Turning Point

Jornada 2015: A Turning Point

Once again, the Mayan villagers welcomed the team with smiles and waves as our trucks bounced over the rutted roads as we neared the clinic. Once there, our team of two physicians, three dentists, three nurses, translators, and support people, started unloading the...
Graduation Day

Graduation Day

Four years of perseverance and sacrifice were culminating in the ultimate accomplishment – graduation with a nursing degree from the most prestigious university in Guatemala. Mateo was becoming a professional nurse! He will be working full time at the clinic, allowing...