Hospital de la Familia Foundation

We have a generous donor who is matching any gift up to $50,000. This means that if you donate today, your impact will be DOUBLED!

Help us meet our $50,000 goal and maximize the match potential from today until September 14th, 2024. Visit our website to learn more. Thank you familia!

https://hospitalfamiliafoundation.org/

Experience the thrill of contributing to positive change! Join our open jornadas and be part of our mission to provide life-changing care in rural Guatemala. Click the link in our bio to join a jornada or donate🏥🇬🇹

Our first jornada of the year is in the books! Thank you Mark Schwartz team for your incredible work and dedication.

Here are a few snapshots of cherished moments and a message of gratitude✨

Happy 2024 HdlFF Familia! We have our jornada dates ready for this new year. Swipe right to learn more about:

- What are HdlFF jornadas?
- Jornada dates for the next 5 months.
- Availability and volunteer needs for each jornada.
- Joining a jornada.

We hope you, or a friend you know will be a great fit, join us on a jornada! It will be the experience of a lifetime.❤️‍🩹🇬🇹✨

Happy Indigenous People’s Day!

About 30 Mayan languages are still spoken by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize (UNESCO).

Guatemala has a population of over 15 million people, nearly half of whom self-identify as indigenous. Unfortunately, these communities are the most underserved and have high rate of poverty and malnutrition (USAID).

We are happy to serve and provide care for all who come to our Regional Medical Center and La Familia Eye Center in Nuevo Progreso!

One year old Atalia captured the hearts of our Plastics/OR team upon her arrival, her mother Sonia brought her into our Hospital for a cleft lip repair. From pre-op, surgery, to post op she received the best care available! Her story is one of many children in Nuevo Progreso, Guatemala and its surrounding communities; we are happy to provide these much needed surgeries to all who make the trip to visit. It is through donations and special events, like our upcoming Fundraiser, that help us make such a positive impact in their lives. We hope you can join us on Thursday September 28th!

Juntos Adelante! Together, Forward!

Register here:
https://hospitaldelafamilia.networkforgood.com/events/59509-forward-together-juntos-adelante-2023

Donate here:
https://hospitalfamiliafoundation.org/donate

These women embody teamwork and strong work ethic, they are always smiling and looking for ways to help.

When our medical teams arrive at Nuevo Progreso, they are part of the welcoming party and make sure that we have everything we need. From surgery materials and scrubs, to sheets and personal laundry.

We are very grateful to have our Laundry team at Hospital de la Familia! Juntos adelante! Together we move forward!

Muchas felicidades a Flavio, es recien graduado de la escuela de enfermeria. 🥳👨🏽‍🎓

A big congratulations to Flavio on his graduation, he is now a Registered Nurse. Flavio is dedicated to his work at our hospital and it shows by his work ethic day in and day out. He is always helping, learning, and striving to be better. His first role at the Hospital was as a janitor 21 years ago, with passion and determination he has acheived his biggest goal. We are very grateful to have him and hope you wish him a big congrats! Show love in the comments

Please join us for our Annual Fundraising event on September 28th.

Each year with your help, we raise money to help over 20,000 patients in rural Guatemala.

Join us by purchasing your ticket here:
https://hospitaldelafamilia.networkforgood.com/events/59509-forward-together-juntos-adelante-2023

OR if you’re unable to join us and would still like to donate, you can do so here:

https://hospitalfamiliafoundation.org/donate

Happy Sunday, Feliz Domingo!

Here is a view from Hospital de la Familia in Nuevo Progreso, Guatemala to brighten your day.

Together we move forward, juntos adelante!

The team of local Guatemalan medical staff receive training from US based Anesthesiologists. We strive to educate and work together in order to help treat each patient with the best medical care available, on every trip. Together we move forward, Juntos Adelante!

Team Siegler Day 5:

What a day! We had an amazing turn out for our Mother and Baby Education class. At the end of it, we gave them prenatal books and donations (toys, clothes, and shoes).

Afterward, we walked over to thank the Laundry ladies for taking such great care of us and washing our clothes daily during our trips.

Dr. Bill McClure (with help) organized a “Ladies Night” dinner where he pampered the ladies with guacamole, salsa, and margaritas while our traveling Troubadour serenaded us!

This was a lovely end to a long day in hospital, clinics, and the OR’s.

¡Juntos Adelante! Together we move forward!

Team Siegler Day 4! On this day we took a morning stroll to the old cemetery and tried very hard not to slip on the mud.

Here you see pictures from the Eye Clinic, the sewing school, general surgery, plastic surgery, and the town of Nuevo Progreso in its natural element. Together, we move forward! ¡Juntos Adelante!

Team Siegler day 3: Our morning walk included some much needed incline since the wonderful kitchen ladies have been feeding us so well!

We had the opportunity to visit a local Elementary school and administer Eye Screenings to 100+ children and adults. We brought along sunglasses to give away and set up appointments at our Eye Clinic for those who need prescription glasses.

A special thank you to all who donated sunglasses, writing & coloring materials, erasers, sharpeners, and toys for the students.

Team Siegler day 2 ✌🏽Every morning we go on a walk at 6 AM, then breakfast at 7, and straight to work! We work in the eye clinic, perform surgeries (general, gyn, plastic, eye), and teach/train as we go.

We got to meet the newly elected Mayor of Nuevo Progreso, visit and speak to our Nursing School class, and dyed our Musician’s hair!

Little Sandra Susanna was delivered at HdlF during Team Arlene Cosca's visit in April!
Dr. Sandra Torrente delivered and CRNA Susan Bennett administered the much-needed epidural. Mom was so grateful she named the baby after them! At HdlF Maternal Health is a priority and with our newly acquired ultrasound, we can help provide care for women during their pregnancy.

Ready for Surgery! Both local and visiting doctors/nurses work together to perform much needed surgeries. Together, we move forward! Juntos adelante!

Every visit to Nuevo Progreso, Guatemala, every team begins their day with a morning walk (optional). It's such a beautiful place and the best way to start the day!

"The La Familia Eye Center is a true representation of Juntos Adelante, or Together We Move Forward. The ophthalmology program is run completely by Guatemalan ophthalmologists... all women! Not only do they run the center, they also train new medical school graduates from Guatemala City and other countries.

The La Familia Eye Center team
Table 1: resident performing SICS, Wilma assist
Table 2: glaucoma specialist with pterygium, Marilyn assist
Table 3: LFEC Fellow with phaco, assist Paula
Circulating: Ober and Cristian
All nursing staff graduates of HdlF nursing school.
In clinic: Dra Sofia Bravo, cornea specialist.

A big part of how our doctors and nurses contribute to the Hospital de la Familia is, training. We strive to teach local doctors, nurses, and staff the skills needed to thrive. Here, you see us teaching the local team how to use an Ultrasound Machine on themselves.

Last month the local staff at Hospital de la Familia had an employee celebration day with games and all kinds of fun! We want to celebrate them and all of their efforts in providing quality healthcare to Nuevo Progreso on a daily basis!

HdlF visiting teams bring more than just medical care to the community of Nuevo Progreso! Team Arlene Cosca just returned and in addition to performing 42 surgeries, they hosted a girls' soccer camp! Over 250 girls showed up, and with US and Guatemalan coaches, not only did they have a ton of fun, each girl walked away with their own jersey.

500K Patients Treated Since 1976
2.3K Children Treated for Malnutrition in 2019
7K Eye Surgries Performed Since 2016

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The gift of sight.

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We have been helping over 20,000 patients a year since 1976... Check out our video for more about how we change lives...https://youtu.be/oJYoSD2utQA