Category: Healthcare

Empowering Mothers: Prioritizing Mental Health for Stronger Families

Supporting mothers' mental health is crucial for the well-being of both mothers and their families. When mothers prioritize their mental health and well-being, it has a positive ripple effect on the entire family unit. Common Hope understands that a healthy [...]

Dental Care in Guatemala: An interview with Dr. Steve Humbert

Dr. Steve Humbert has made 62 volunteer trips to Guatemala to provide dental care for families through Common Hope’s Dental Team program. He considers Guatemala his second home and during his visits, he’s made friends with a lot of the [...]

2022-02-14T16:59:15+00:00February 10th, 2022|Healthcare, Our Favorites|0 Comments

Two Common Hope staff members travel to Chile to participate in International School on Popular Education in Health

Dr. Walter Estrada and Patty Ramírez joined other community leaders and advocates from around the world in Santiago and Concepción, Chile for the 10th Annual International School on Popular Education in Health. Popularly known as Escuela, the International School hosted an [...]

2019-02-25T20:43:13+00:00February 25th, 2019|Guatemala News, Healthcare|0 Comments

Social workers partner with Clinic on preventative health care training

This month the Antigua Health Clinic partnered with the Social Work Program on a two-day preventative health care training. Learning about and practicing preventative health care is one of the best ways to prevent diseases from developing or becoming a [...]

2020-01-29T21:40:58+00:00July 26th, 2017|Healthcare, Supporters In Action|0 Comments

CHANGEMAKER Splashes Blessings Onto Others

Bernie and Lori Borschke were excited, overjoyed, and proud to learn their student, Marco, whom they had been sponsoring for four years was graduating this year. The Borschkes were unable to make the trip to Guatemala to see Marco graduate in [...]

2018-01-10T16:03:09+00:00November 21st, 2016|Healthcare, Sponsorship, Supporters In Action|0 Comments