Our Impact

In September of 2024, a MEDICO brigade of medical, dental, and vision professionals, local staff and interpreters crossed the open waters of the Caratasca Lagoon extending out from Puerto Lempira on the northeast coast of Honduras. Our US team had assembled without incident, arriving from all parts of the US to meet up with Honduran […]

In February, a MEDICO medical-dental-eyecare field team returned to Auka, a remote community in eastern Honduras. This was our fourth year working with the people of Auka, a community accessed by a difficult 5-hour trip by 4WD vehicle. Other than their community nurse, who has little medication or equipment, MEDICO provides the only health care available to the people in […]

It was a great finish to MEDICO’s 2023 year of humanitarian service to Central America! Special thanks to each of the volunteers who shared a week with us, giving of their time and talents and sharing their hearts and compassion where the need is always present. To add to our gratitude, our gracious donors’ support […]

The May 2023 team had a productive and fulfilling week in Honduras. The team flew into San Pedro Sula, drove to La Ceiba, and spent the night. The next morning, they flew out to Puerto Lempira along the eastern coast and drove to Auka where the entire team was finally united. Upon being united, we […]

The MEDICO Pranza, Gracias a Dios, Honduras 2023 trip was my second to this quiet town along the Rio Coco river which forms the border with Nicaragua. I’ve been to La Moskitia (aka The Mosquito Coast) about five or six times now. Some of the remote villages are only accessible by boat crossing the large lagoon between […]

In late June and early July 2022, local guides from Puerto Lempira on the northeast coast of Honduras took a brigade of MEDICO doctors, dentists, nurses, staff, and interpreters across the enormous Caratasca Lagoon in our open boat packed with our gear and anticipation. We then navigated a maze of quiet, winding river mangroves until […]

  Many kudos to George, Natalie, Craig, Kristin, Angela, Mike, Steve, Chris, Sung and Stan along with all those from Honduras who completed the MEDICO team to Pranza, Honduras. It certainly was a WOW week for this team! The team saw 297 medical patients and 98 dental patients. They also constructed improvements to the clinic […]

The following narrative is shared by one of MEDICO’s recently returned team volunteers to Uhi, Honduras. We again thank another wonderful group of volunteers who stepped forward to share in this experience of “service beyond self.” Last week MEDICO went back to the community of Uhi, located on the far eastern tip of Honduras in the region […]

  It was a great feeling for MEDICO to be able to take its first full team back to Honduras, post-COVID. The team of 12 from the states, in addition to 7 in-country volunteer medical professionals and interpreters, picked up where they left off almost 2 years ago, spending 5 days serving the community of […]