God's Child Project - San Felipe, Guatemala
In 2007, I was able to rearrange my medical school schedule to spend a summer in Antigua, Guatemala. I stayed with host families and volunteered with the physicians at the God's child clinic for underserved families as well as led discussions on natural medicine.
I also worked as a nutrition educator, using a puppet I made to teach interactive and fun nutrition classes for students grades K-6 at the project's school for underserved youth. I will never forget the joy and enthusiasm the children daily shared with me as we played games and dialogued about food, health and life.
Here is a link to where I worked: God's Child Guatemala
I also worked as a nutrition educator, using a puppet I made to teach interactive and fun nutrition classes for students grades K-6 at the project's school for underserved youth. I will never forget the joy and enthusiasm the children daily shared with me as we played games and dialogued about food, health and life.
Here is a link to where I worked: God's Child Guatemala
Local farmers donate their excess produce to God's child to freely distribute to the mother's in the community...it is likely the only vegetables they can afford to eat.
Visiting with some friends over dinner with my host family...
I visited one of the places Guatemalans make simple Clay pot water filters that nestle in a 5 gallon bucket with a spigot in order to provide families with clean drinking water, free of parasites and amoebas.
Some locals still use medicinal herbs to cure their ailments -- Mama is telling us of all the used of hierba buena in her home
A locally run macadamia nut farm shelling the nuts
Joni, a nurse whom I worked with and became friends with while volunteering with God's child
Holistica La Montaña
I also volunteered at a Guatemalan run holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation program called Holistica La Montaña. I participated in program activities with the young adults and teens and led discussions on healthy lifestyle choices and natural options for support in healing from addictions.