We have collected an extensive list of online resources related to international health and medical missions.
SewHope is a non-profit organization focused on working in the Peten region of Guatemala. SewHope conducts 4-5 short term mission trips annually, providing pediatric, dental, gynecological and primary care in the village of Pueblo Nuevo.
Sharing the Journey International provides humanitarian aid in the form of food, clothing, medical and dental services to the people of Guatemala. In addition to medical and dental trips, Sharing the Journey International organizes surgical missions focused on providing cleft lip and palate corrective surgeries for children.
Hombro a Hombro is a non-profit NGO legally registered in Honduras since 1998 but operating under the sister U.S. organization Shoulder to Shoulder since 1990. It represents a partnership between the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the City of Cincinnati, the Ministry of Health of Honduras and most importantly, the Community Health Board in Santa Lucia, Intibuca. The Shoulder to Shoulder medical clinic in Santa Lucia, Honduras was constructed by U.S. and Honduran volunteers in 1994. More recently, a modern dental clinic and nutrition center were added. Two Honduran physicians staff the medical clinic round-the-clock and offer some preventive dental services. Patients treated run the gamut from primary care and preventative needs to urgent life-threatening illnesses or injuries requiring surgical intervention.
ShuarHands assists in maintaining a rural medical/dental clinic in San Marcos, Guatemala. In addition, they send 3 mission teams each year to San Marcos to work in the clinic and to facilitate mobile outreach clinics to more rural populations.
Siempre Unidos has the mission to provide life-saving outpatient medical treatment, social support, education, and pastoral care to people living with HIV/AIDS in Honduras. Services are open to all without regard to gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, political affiliation or ability to pay. Clinics are staffed by Honduran physicians and nurses with education and back-up provided by US HIV/AIDS specialists. Social support, nutritional supplementation and pastoral care are provided by the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras. Clinics are in San Pedro Sula, Siguatepeque and Punta Gorda on Rotan.
Mission is to support the treatment, education and development of children with disabilities towards a fuller integration into the community at large. Support orthopedic services, special education and adjunct programs that support the families of these children at Pazapa Center in Jacmel, and in four outreach zones of LaFond, Bellevue, LaCroix and LaVoute.
Sociedad Amigos de los Ninos provides support, through social and developmental programs, to the most vulnerable sectors of the Honduran population. The group works to improve the quality of life for destitute children, young people, mothers, families and communities in Honduras.
Non-demoninational Christian Organization supports medical and Christian ministries and operates a medical clinic in the San Juan, Dominican Republic area.
Somos Amigos Medical Missions is a service trip that travels to the El Naranjito, Dominican Republic multiple times per year to provide medical and dental care for the local communities. The program was established in 1997 by a group of volunteers, dentists, and physicians looking to bring care for under-served areas in developing countries. The program welcomes physicians, dentists, hygienists, medical and dental students, nurses, and translators of all backgrounds and ages.
Sonje Ayiti is a group of Haitian and international humanitarians who collaborate to provide education, economic development, and health promotion. Works in Limonade in the North side.
Sonrisas Siempre provides dental services to underserved children in Honduras and Ecuador. It does so by educating and providing preventative, restorative, and surgical care during short term dental mission trips.
SAMS recruits, trains, and sends missionaries to several South American countries. SAMS staffs medical clinics in Honduras and the Dominican Republic. They sponsor short- and long-term missionaries in many countries.
Sove Lavi operates a primary care clinic in Port Sonde in Artibonite Valley. Hosts medical missions. Other work includes clean water projects, education and clothing and nutrition.
This church founded and sponsors the St. Genevieve Health Clinic in in Duval, Haiti. A nurse is at the clinic 6 days a week. The group sends short term medical and dental trips to the clinic as well.
Summit in Honduras is a humanitarian, non-profit 501 (c) 3 based in Breckenridge, Colorado. They provide outreach to impoverished families and children in rural western Honduras. Summit In Honduras missions include medical outreach, education, literacy, clean water and construction projects. On medical missions the team visits 3-6 villages and treat up to 7 or 8 hundred people over a week’s time. Medical mission teams offer basic health care and health education.
Surgeon Volunteers conducts short term surgical missions in Haiti and Cambodia. They have focused on providing urology and breast surgeries to these medically underserved countries.
Surgeons of Hope brings surgery and medical care to indigent children. They have established programs in countries throughout the world including a pediatric cardiac unit within the Lambert Clinic in Petionville, Haiti.
Surgical Eye Expedition (SEE) International provides sustainable medical, surgical, and educational services through volunteer ophthalmic surgeons with the objectives of restoring sight and preventing blindness to disadvantaged individuals worldwide.
Surgical Volunteers International recruits highly skilled medical professionals to travel to developing countries for the purpose of delivering surgical care to children and young adults. SVI teams have performed surgeries on children with clefts, burns and urological problems in several countries including Guatemala and Haiti.
Surgicorps International travels the world to provide free surgical and medical care to disadvantaged individuals in developing countries. Sends one trip per year to Antigua, Guatemala.
SOIL is a non-profit organization focused on ecological sanitation and composting as a means of enhancing public health and agricultural productivity in Haiti. SOIL also sponsors a weekly health clinic at the Technology Center in Shada, Department du Nord.
Dentists, ophthalmologists, obstetricians from Taiwan travel to Belize, Dominican Republic, and Haiti on medical missions.
Team 5 Medical Foundation sends teams of medical and veteran volunteers to remote areas throughout the world, including Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, to provide medical assistance and medical training.
Team 5 Medical Foundation sends teams of medical and veteran volunteers to remote areas throughout the world, including Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, to provide medical assistance and medical training.
Started in 2002, Team Canada Healing Hands works closely with Healing Hands for Haiti, a US based NGO, and works and stays at the Healing Hands clinic (Kay Kapab) and guesthouse. Work is dedicated to the provision of rehabilitative education, training, and care in areas of need.
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