Hands of Esperanza

About Hands of Esperanza

Licensed clinicians have been traveling to the region of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala since 2015 to provide medical support and health care to members of a unique indigenous community, the Poqomchi'. They live in remote villages spread out among the mountain ranges here that require hiking to and from their communities each day in order to reach them to set up rural clinics annually. Otherwise, they have limited access to basic medical care. Our group is able to see and treat approximately 500 patients in just one week. Patients range in age from newborn to geriatric. We are committed to implementing sustainable projects in addition to our annual mission trip, i