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Where do our Shipments go? Meet Our Partners: Impact Ministries

March 19, 2019June 4, 2019

This week we are introducing you to one of our major partners, impact ministries! Get to know who they are and the amazing work that they do in their community! Impact ministries was founded in 1998 by Les and Rita Peters. Their mission is to serve the people of Guatemala through education, skill training, healthContinue reading Where do our Shipments go? Meet Our Partners: Impact Ministries

Facing a Giant: How HLH Works to Impact the Drug Shortage in Guatemala

February 26, 2019May 30, 2019

Welcome back! We have been talking in depth about the challenges Guatemalans face in terms of healthcare access and health outcomes due to the drug shortage. The last blog focused on some of the main reasons behind the shortage, and you can find it here. This week we are sharing our vision as an organizationContinue reading Facing a Giant: How HLH Works to Impact the Drug Shortage in Guatemala

Looking Into the Guatemalan Drug Shortage: Why it Exists and Why it’s so Critical

February 12, 2019May 30, 2019

Welcome! If you haven’t checked out our previous blog: Why the Guatemalan Health Crisis Deserves our Attention, go give it a read! Disclaimer: I do not pretend to be an expert on the intricacies of the Guatemalan political and social climate, the government policies or the legalities that surround the drug shortage, but I attemptContinue reading Looking Into the Guatemalan Drug Shortage: Why it Exists and Why it’s so Critical

Why The Guatemalan Health Crisis Deserves Our Attention

January 29, 2019May 30, 2019

I will never forget the feeling that tore through me, standing at the edge of a hospital bed at the Cobán Regional Hospital in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. In the bed, an infant child lay very still; too still for a toddler who should have an abundance of energy coursing through her young body. Instead, theContinue reading Why The Guatemalan Health Crisis Deserves Our Attention