San Antonio Guatemalan Endeavor
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For the past 16 years, SAGE has taken teams of as many as 135 volunteers into the mountains of rural Guatemala to provide medical care and community development to those in need. This includes medical professionals, med and nursing students, the construction team, plus a kitchen team and translators.
Many Guatemalans never have the opportunity to receive medical care, and their illnesses often go untreated for years.
Over the course of 5 days, SAGE medical teams work to provide medical care to these Guatemalans. The team sees patients in medical clinics, dental clinic, vision clinic, and performs surgeries such as cleft palate repair.
2017 Statistics
Outreach clinics saw over 600 patients in 3 communities plus 170 students received dental lacquer. The Vision Team treated nearly 1100 patients, giving out a lot of new glasses!
The community development team installed efficient wood stoves to replace open fires, and water filters to eliminate water-borne diseases. The end result of these efforts provided a safer, more efficient environment for 40 Guatemalan families plus 1 school, to live, grow, and face the future.
Please join us in our mission to serve the people of Guatemala.
