Last weekend our plane touched town with 26 volunteers and 28 empty medical bags returning from another successful Ortho/ Plastics Operation Kid Docs Mission. We were hugely successful this mission donating 76 surgeries and several pieces of specialized equipment. This equipment included an ultrasound machine (Thank you Sonosite), a new surgical saw (Thank you Stryker), […]
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Welcome Home, April 2022 – First Trip Back Post-Covid
Last week, we returned to Austin with our hearts full and our duffle bagsempty. After two years, and three postponed missions, we were able to return tothe Moore Center in Guatemala City. We exceeded our goal of performing 50 ENT and Orthopedic surgeries andaccomplished so much more. We traveled with over 500 pounds of unused […]
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A Walk Down Memory Lane
Join us on a trip from November 2019
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A Different Kind of Journey
Making lasting connections with our friends in Guatemala has been one of the unexpected gratifications of our mission. When I arrived at The Moore Center in November 2015, I was introduced to the new “local orthopedic surgeon”, Dr. Juan Carlos Navas. I was told that Dr. Navas would be taking care of our patients after […]
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Guatemala Spring 2019
The warmer weather of Spring met our team as we prepared to return to Guatemala for the Orthopedics and Plastics trip in 2019. We traveled with just over 20 volunteers and the same number of triple-XL duffle bags, zippered seams bursting with medical supplies. We left Austin on a sunny Sunday afternoon, the last bounce […]
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