San Alejo, El Salvador, Mar 15 - 23, 2025, Student Trip, w/Huck Whitener & Nate Benard, SR1686
Urgent Need for Primary Care (MD, DO, PA, NP), Dentistry (DDS, DMD, hygienist, dental assistant), Pharmacist, Nurses, PT, OT
Student and Family-Friendly Trip
We welcome physicians, dentists, pharmacists, dermatologists, optometrists, ophthalmologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, first responders, dental hygienists, dental assistants, physical/occupational therapists, students, servants (non-medical helpers), and a trip photographer/videographer on all of our general medicine and dentistry trips.
This is a truly life-changing trip. We serve in San Alejo, which is a small town about 45 minutes outside of San Miguel. This town was once incredibly oppressed by the evil that stemmed from gang activities. The government of El Salvador took aggressive actions against the gangs and went from being one of the most dangerous countries in Central America to one of the safest. When we first served there over a decade ago, it looked like a ghost town. People were afraid to come outside. Pastor Orlando, our in-country partner, with his church has done an amazing job bringing San Alejo back to life. I never read 1 Peter 2:9, "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.", without thinking of San Alejo. These fine people need help physically and spiritually. We usually have some opportunities to do some home visits which are unbelievable! Come join us for the mission trip of a lifetime!
Our clinic weeks are complemented by the bilingual Christian school that Iglesia Cristiana Por la Gracia de Dios church sponsors, which provides our excellent interpreters who have a heart for evangelism.
For information on immunizations, please refer to the Centers for Disease Control website.
For more information about this trip, contact team leader Huck Whitener, DDS by email at [email protected] or assistant team leader Nate Benard, MDiv by email at [email protected]
Global Health Outreach
P.O. Box 7500 • Bristol TN 37621
Phone: 888-230-2637
Fax: 423-764-1417
Financial
$3,195.00
$150.00
| $150.00 | Application Fee (due upon applying/acceptance) | |
| $1,845.00 | Project Fee (due two weeks prior to trip) | |
| $1,200.00 | Estimated Airfare (will be adjusted to actual airfare total and is due upon ticketing) |
Requirements
Prerequisites
- IMPORTANT! The expiration date on your passport MUST be at least 6 months past the return date of your trip. Processing times for new passports and passport renewals is 3 - 4 months so be sure to start the process immediately after you have been approved for the trip if your passport expiration date does not meet the requirement.
- Foreign language skills are appreciated, but not required.
Responsibilities
- Attending morning and evening team meetings, including devotions
- Serving in the capacity of position on team and/or at direction of the team leader
Preparation
- Read "GHO Participant Manual" located under Forms.
- Begin Fundraising
- Submit all requested documents to GHO right away.
- Immunizations - www.cdc.gov/travel
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