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Updates from our team, patient stories, volunteer experiences, and more!
Birth of a Hospital: If We Want to Do This, We Can!
Our mission team received a very warm welcome from the hospital staff in Sucre, and was inspired by the story of love and commitment that brought about this new publich hospital where we are partnering this week.
Welcome to Chuquisaca
Our busy fall mission season continues as four missioners begin their journey to the south-central Bolivian city of Sucre, in the department of Chuquisaca.
Open Arms, Thankful Heart
First-time mission nurse, Kristina Via-Reque shares her experience at the close of the 2018 multi-specialty mission trip.
Photo Highlights: Multi-Specialty Mission Trip
Enjoy these photo higlights from our 2018 multi-specialty mission trip.
We Are Family
The 2018 MSMT team included five missioners who traveled to Bolivia together with family members from the United States. They reflected earlier this week on the meaning of sharing the mission experience.
Beyond the Numbers... People
Working with limited time and resources to deliver health care to a population with great need, it’s easy to get caught up in the numbers, but our “patients aren’t just numbers.”
A Sunday of Lessons
Our multi-specialty mission team has arrived at their new hospital site in Mizque, and is looking forward to an exciting week of work ahead.
Lessons in Hope and Trust
On our first-ever Oncological Surgery Mission Trip, cancer patients and their families offered lessons in hope and trust, even when the outcomes they longed for were not guaranteed.
Pushing the Envelope
The thread of “pushing the envelope” was consistent throughout our week-long neurosurgery mission that consisted of mentored surgeries, patient consultations, meetings with hospital leaders and course instruction in both Bolivia and Paraguay.
Partners in Possibility
On her first mission trip with Solidarity Bridge, office Intern, Megan Sheridan, is serving as the supply coordinator for our Oncological Surgery Mission Trip in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. In this blog, she reflects on the experience, the reasons we are called to heal abroad, and the beauty of human relationships.
US and Bolivian Surgeons Share a Heart for Mission
As three simultaneous trips take place in Bolivia this week, our neurosurgery and general surgery teams are working alongside each other in the city of Cochabamba, sharing in these experiences of training and equipping to build a healthier world.
A Strong Start to Our First Oncological Surgery Mission Trip
Our first-ever mission trip dedicated solely to cancer surgery begins at the Cancer Institute of Eastern Bolivia.