Global medical outreach · since 2011
We provide health care access and medical supplies to people living in the developing world, and we bring the next generation of physicians with us.
Who we are
We are an organization dedicated to providing health care access and medical supplies to those people living in the developing world, who are much less fortunate than us.
“The Hands for Health experience has truly molded me as a physician, educator and most importantly as a human being.”
Provide funding for global health related medications, supplies, and special services to those in need.
Provide global outreach opportunities for members and friends of the medical profession.
Provide scholarships to medical students aspiring to work in an international capacity.
Get involved
We support global outreach in Kenya, Ecuador, and Guatemala through volunteer opportunities for licensed healthcare providers and medical students, and through financial donations that fund the work.
Upcoming outreach
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From the field
Accounts from the volunteers, students, and physicians who make the trips.
April 24, 2020
A Wrinkle In Time could well describe our Guatemala 2020 medical trip. In late February our medical team left behind our customary lifestyles in the USA to offer clinics in Guatemala sponsored by Hands for Health Foundation and Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Consider the bow and arrow, and imagine yourself on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota at the second annual health fair of the Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, May 3–4, 2019.
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Sights and insights abounded in the 2019 Guatemala trip in March 2–10. Team members included a first-year student who described collaboration among fellow medical students as well as a sense of being daunted and undaunted.
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