by Linda Eastman | May 27, 2019 | News
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...
by Lilianna Hibbeln | Nov 30, 2018 | News
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...
by Linda Eastman | Mar 12, 2016 | News
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...
by Linda Eastman | Jan 15, 2016 | News
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...
by Linda Eastman | Dec 30, 2015 | Events, News
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...
by Jeannine Moreland | Oct 14, 2015 | News
What does it take to prepare for a medical/dental trip at Casa Colibri? A lot! Extensive planning is underway to ensure that 19 members of the Casa Colibri team will be able to effectively meet the needs of the approximately 1,000 patients they anticipate seeing...
