Partner for Surgery
Description
Partner for Surgery reaches out to rural Guatemalans with Mobile Medical Missions, the opportunity for free or low cost surgery, cervical cancer screening, and infant nutrition programs. Partner for Surgery is on the frontlines of medical and surgical care in Guatemala, helping impoverished Guatemalans living in remote locations. Children with cleft lip/palate, fathers with hernias, and mothers with early signs of cervical cancer have all received our help.
Since Partner for Surgery was founded in 2001, tens of thousands of impoverished Guatemalan children and their families have received medical attention and health education, and thousands of people have received access to surgery.
Our staff is present year-round in Guatemala, building trust locally. From our Guatemalan Health Promoters, to our network of Rural Midwives, to our medical teams in the field or at our surgical facility, we bridge the language, distance, and cultural barriers, making each patient's long trip from their village and back home again a safe one.