Help Guatemala Hear 2025! Help us give the gift of sound!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read about this fundraiser!

I am very passionate about helping others through service, and being able to share my passion with students makes it even more amazing. Since 2015 (minus two years due to the COVID pandemic), I've led groups of students and professionals on the Help Guatemala Hear service trip. As we continue to give individuals in need access to much-needed audiology treatments and hearing aids, I can't wait to lead a group once more in February 2025!

We will depart for Panajachel, Guatemala, on February 1, 2025, where we will serve alongside Porch de Salomon (porchdesalomon.org). Porch de Salomon has hosted short-term mission teams in Guatemala since 2006; in recent years, over 16 teams have been hosted each year. Due to extreme poverty, most mission teams' primary focus has been building small concrete block homes for impoverished indigenous families. With the lack of health care in this area, their teams have also provided free village medical and dental clinics. To date, our team is their only team that provides hearing services.

Sustainability has always been my goal with a continued partnership between our clinic and Porch de Salomon. Poverty prevents even routine evaluation and treatment of hearing loss in the Western Highlands. Audiology services are severely needed in this area, and we hope to provide both training and services. While children are the focus of many audiology mission trips, our organization will provide services to both children and adults. For the indigenous people, we hope to provide the gift of sound.

The trip is being funded through generous donors and those going on the mission trip. Everything that will be used on the trip must be taken with us. This includes all the medical supplies, audiology supplies, audiology equipment, hearing aid batteries, etc. Every penny collected will be used to benefit the people of Guatemala. Any unused supplies will be left with Porch de Salomon.

I am incredibly thankful for those who have supported this effort in the past and continue to help bring the gift of hearing to those who would otherwise go unserved. Please know that I understand the value of your donation and am so appreciative of your continued support.

If you'd rather give a donation of batteries, medical gloves, etc., please let me know!!