Ecuador, Mar 21 - 29, 2026, Family/Student Friendly, w/Ron Brown, SR1723
All positions on this trip are filled except for students. If you are not a student, please peruse other trips here. Thank you!
We welcome physicians, dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental and medical students, pharmacists, optometrists, ophthalmologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, first responders, physical/occupational therapists, servants (non-medical helpers), and a trip photographer/videographer on all of our general medicine and dentistry trips.
Our March 2026 GHO team will be heading back to Cañar, a town about 70 km. North of Cuenca. We will fly to Guayaquil and then bus over the peak of the Andes Mountains (Cajas National Park is 13,550 feet) to Cuenca and then on to Cañar, elevation of 10,272 feet. We held a clinic there about 6 years ago, in 2019, as the next year, Covid hit, and we had to cancel our 2020 and 2021 teams. This town is heavily populated with Cañari who speak Kichwa/ Quichua. Our national partners, Marilyn Guido and Tammy Vintimilla, will team up with their colleagues from the Cañar Arco church to host our team. They are very experienced and will also be responsible for the counseling and evangelism of the patients before they begin the triage lines. Our team will be encouraged, as always, to minister to each patient in prayer, asking how best to intercede for their patient. GHO has been partnering with John and Marilyn Guido for over 30 years, even before GHO was established, through their involvement with CMDA. I had the joy of leading my first GHO team to Ecuador in November of 1999.
Dr. Charles Bruerd will serve as our Medical Director. We are trusting God to bring us the team of His choosing and plan to have a cohort of 40.
For more information, email Team Leader Ron Brown at [email protected]
Global Health Outreach
P.O. Box 7500 • Bristol TN 37621
Phone: 888-230-2637
Fax: 423-764-1417
Financial
$3,295.00
$150.00
| $150.00 | Application Fee (due upon applying/acceptance) | |
| $1,845.00 | Project Fee (due two weeks prior to trip) | |
| $1,300.00 | Estimated Airfare (will be adjusted to actual airfare total and is due upon ticketing) |
Forms
CMDA Waiver Required
Please download, complete, and return the CMDA waiver to [email protected] ASAP. This waiver is required.
GHO Travel Waiver w/ Policies and Procedures Required
Requirements
Prerequisites
- IMPORTANT! The expiration date on your passport MUST be at least 6 months past the return date of your trip. Processing time 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 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 promptly upon request.
- Immunizations - www.cdc.gov/travel
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