Timeline

<section class="cd-container" id="cd-timeline"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-block cu"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Board Meeting</h2><br> <p>Initial board meeting. Casa Colibrí board members met in Chicago to establish the mission, goals, and guiding principles of the organization.</p> <p><span class="cd-date">November 2006</span><br></p> </div><br> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-block fds"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie "> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Medical Mission</h2><br> <p>First medical mission to NW Guatemala. Some 800 patients were seen and treated in the clinic building which was still under construction. Since then, 29 medical/dental teams have served in Guatemala.</p> <p><span class="cd-date">November 2007</span><br></p> </div><br> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-block searchoptics"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie "> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Officially Official</h2><br> <p>Official not-for-profit status obtained as Casa Colibrí received its 501(c)(3) designation from the U.S. government.</p> <p><span class="cd-date">Feburary 2008</span><br></p> </div><br> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-block sprinklebit"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture sprinklebit"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Training</h2><br> <p>First training course for traditional birth attendants (TBAs). Forty TBAs received 2 days of training and were given supplies to support healthy births. Since then, Casa Colibrí has trained over 400 TBAs.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">August 2008</span><br> </div><br> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Opening!</h2><br> <p>Casa Colibrí clinic was completed and opened to serve the health needs of the indigenous Mayan people of the area. </p><br> <span class="cd-date">October 2008</span><br> </div><br> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Encephalocele Procedures</h2><br> <p>First encephalocele repair. A 2-year-old Mayan girl and her family were brought to the U.S. where a team of surgeons successfully repaired her encephalocele. Casa Colibrí is currently working with 9 other Mayan children in need of this life-changing surgery.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">December 2008</span><br> </div><br> </div>  <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Training</h2><br> <p>First training course for village health promoters. Fifteen village health promoters were trained in basic health-care practices and provided with medication and supplies, allowing them to provide better care for the indigenous people of their villages. Since then, a total of 98 village health promoters have been trained.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">July 2009</span><br> </div><br> </div>   <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Training</h2><br> <p>First dental mission. Dentists treated 466 patients. Since then, dental care has been a part of every medical mission.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">May 2010</span><br> </div><br> </div>   <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Filtration</h2><br> <p>First water filters provided, enabling the 25 families of Nuevo Edén to have clean drinking water. Since then, 505 water filters have been given to families, schools, and churches, providing clean water for 13 villages</p><br> <span class="cd-date">May 2010</span><br> </div><br> </div>   <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Training</h2><br> <p>Started supporting the nursing education of a local indigenous man at the University of San Carlos in Quetzaltenango. When his education is completed, this nurse will serve the Mayan community by working at the Casa Colibrí Clinic.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">August 2011</span><br> </div><br> </div>   <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Literacy</h2><br> <p>Reach Out and Read program launched in 13 villages after a successful 5-year pilot program in San Francisco Momonlac. This program provides 10 books to each of 280 children, starting at 6 months of age and continuing until they are 5 years old, so that they start kindergarten ready to read and ready to succeed.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">August 2013</span><br> </div><br> </div>   <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Vision</h2><br> <p>Vision mission trip. Over 200 patients were given eye exams and received eyeglasses or were scheduled for cataract surgery.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">November 2013</span><br> </div><br> </div>   <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Cataract Operations</h2><br> <p>Cataract surgery mission trip. Seventy satisfied patients had cataracts removed.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">January 2014</span><br> </div><br> </div>   <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Microfinancing</h2><br> <p>First microloans were made to local Mayan entrepreneurs, enabling the startup of successful businesses.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">March 2015</span><br> </div><br> </div>   <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Education</h2><br> <p>First Teachers' Workshop. Ninety teachers received training on ways to make reading fun and selected 35-50 books to establish classroom libraries.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">May 2015</span><br> </div><br> </div>   <div class="cd-timeline-block verve"> <br> <div class="cd-timeline-img cd-movie cd-picture verve"> </div> <div class="cd-timeline-content"> <br> <h2>Full-Time Care</h2><br> <p>Mateo graduates and becomes the clinic’s first full-time medical practitioner on staff! This was a huge accomplishment in turning Casa Colibrí from an emergency care clinic to one which could help promote everyday health of the communities we serve.</p><br> <span class="cd-date">December 2015</span><br> </div><br> </div>  </section>

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