Medical Missions
Refuge International currently has medical missions traveling to San Raymundo, Chocola and Sarstun, Guatemala and Kenya, Africa. There are a total of six to seven medical missions a year with varying group sizes.
San Raymundo, Guatemala
ALERT! New Travel Guidelines for San Raymundo!
San Raymundo is located in the highlands one hour northwest of Guatemala City. Our groups of volunteers - physicians, nurse practioners, dentists, surgeons, nurses, translators, pharmacy staff, construction workers and other ancillary personnel - operate a week long clinic in a free-standing hospital. The trip is from Saturday to the following Sunday. We travel to Antigua for a nice hotel stay at the end of the trip. Refuge goes to San Raymundo the last weeks in February and October of each year.
Travel Guidelines for
San Raymundo
Designated Flights for
San Raymundo, October 18-26, 2008
Chocola, Guatemala
While working with one of our partners on the Adios Lombrices project, Refuge International volunteers were led to a hospital/clinic in a remote village near Mazatenango, in western Guatemala. Dr. Sergio Castillo has been working alone for the last 12 years in Chocola, serving the people living in the area. Refuge International has agreed to help supply medical equipment and will take medical, surgical and construction teams several times a year to help this amazing man do what he has been called to do.
July 20-27, 2008
Please fill out the proper paperwork for a medical mission. We are looking forward to working with you!
Kenya, Africa
Volunteers with Refuge International have made two medical mission trips to Kenya. In collaboration with Orphan Grain Train, we have been able to send medical equipment and supplies that are greatly needed in this impoverished African country. Refuge International teams work closely with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya (ELCK) to help six remote clinics near Kisumu, in western Kenya. These mission teams have also worked in the Matongo orphanage, supplying needed infant formula and general pediatric care. They have worked in an ELCK clinic on the edge of Nairobi, the largest slum in Africa, where the poorest of the poor exist. Your cash donations will allow us to buy necessary supplies and medications to help the people of Kenya.
March 14-March 22, 2009
Sarstun, Guatemala
Sarstun is a small aldea (village) located on the Sarstun River, which forms a portion of the border between Belize and Guatemala. There are no roads in or out of Sarstun, making it accessible only by water, like many of the surrounding villages. The nearest town is 1 1/2 hours away by boat. A clinic/hospital was recently opened by Refuge International, thanks to the generosity of many donors and another nonprofit organization, Faith in Practice. A health care provider working full time will be available to help the more than 12,000 Mayans living in the area. Ongoing support is needed to maintain this wonderful facility, as there is little or no source of outside income for the people living there. This medical mission trip is very challenging physically and is not the trip for anyone with physical constraints.
Guidelines for Medical Mission - Sarstun
Sarstun 2008 Trips
May 17-23, 2008
November 29-December 7, 2008
Designated Flight Information (updated 5/15/08)
Reserving Your Place
The following are required for reserving your place on a Refuge Mission Trip:
- Application and Waiver
- Copy of current passport
- Copy of current medical license (if applicable)
- Copy of your airline travel itinerary (you are required to handle your own airfare - please note, designated flights for your trip can be found on this web page)
- Fee of $650 which covers all lodging (including 2 nights in Antigua on the San Raymundo trip), meals during the mission, meals in San Raymundo, luggage tags, t-shirt & medical supplies to be used on the trip. A nonrefundable $100 deposit is required with your application; the remaining balance is due 30 days prior to departure date. T-shirts, luggage tags and travel packet will be sent to you when the balance is paid.