Our Blog
Updates from our team, patient stories, volunteer experiences, and more!
Forging Deep Connections
Our mission trips are about more than simply providing a service. We strive to work in a spirit of solidarity, forging deep connections with our partners and patients.
Neurosurgery Team Begins Whirlwind Week
A diverse team of 13 missioners, including spinal surgeons, neurosurgeons, industry representatives, and physician-educators will hit the ground running this week in Santa Cruz.
A Women's Movement
Our Gynecologic Surgery Mission Trip shows how women are moving from a dominant role in the home to dominance in the healthcare field. First-time missioner, Gabby Serratos, RN, shares her impressions.
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.
On Our Way to Mizque!
Fast facts about the Multi-Specialty Mission Trip that begins on September 28. A team of 18 Solidarity Bridge missioners will spend a week of service and learning at Dr. Augusto Morales Asua public hospital, 93 miles southeast of Cochabamba in the municipality of Mizque.
The Key Components of Accessible Surgery
Surgery is a complex service. Only through timeliness, system capacity, safety, and affordability can surgery truly be considered accessible. Learn how our work increases access through these four-key components of surgery.