May 1, 2012

The Spring Mission members have just returned from Guatemala. This mission was divided between a clinic in our usual site, Nueva Santa Rosa and a new site in Cuilapa. The new site enabled people from remote villages closer to Cuilapa to reach us. Therefore, we saw a population we had not been able to serve before.

The Nueva Santa Rosa site was as busy as ever. Because we were unable to send a full mission last October, due to flooding and mudslides and earthquakes, many patients were desperately in need of treatment and medicines.

Approximately 2400 people were treated in 5 days by our fantastic volunteers.

The Glens Falls Medical Mission Foundation is a non-profit* organization formed to provide services to a medically under-served area of Guatemala. Our goals include determining the area’s health needs through discussion with the local residents and community leaders. We then work to provide a wide range of medical and other health-related services to meet these needs.

Our team members have joined together to develop this volunteer medical project as a non-denominational community effort. Services include both direct medical care and the tools to empower the people of Guatemala to improve their own health care system. We strongly emphasize health related education.

We have conducted medical mission trips to this rural area in Guatemala for the past several years. This web site includes information about our past trips, how you can join in to participate in our projects, or support us. We also have included some photos, personal stories and trip logs from members of our teams.