During this second mission trip to Paraguay, rather than treat patients, we are starting by listening. We have listened to key leaders from medical, governmental, and faith backgrounds with whom we hope to partner in the future. Developing this local network of support is essential to making our efforts viable and impactful. We cannot do this work alone.

Following up on our General Surger Mission Trip we find that it is good to be home—for our missioners, and for our patients, some of whom had been in the hospital for weeks or even months waiting for surgery.

Our executive director shares an update from Paraguay and reflects on the need for a wide variety of resources to strengthen our mission work.

Our neurosurgery team soon departs for Paraguay where a promising new partnership has begun at the public hospital in Asunción.

Team Chaplain, Aida Segura, shares her experiences from the first day of the general surgery mission trip.

This week, we return to the San Juan de Dios Hospital to continue a partnership launched in 2015, working alongside the hospital’s dedicated O.R. staff to expand laparoscopic training.

Our Gynecologic Surgery Program serves those patients who are so often overlooked, post-reproductive age women.

The humble crosses in a Bolivian cemetery inspired the start of our Pacemaker Program. Where Chagas Disease wreaks devestation, we strive to bring hope.

Advancing access to essential medical technology is a crucial component of the shared mission of Solidarity Bridge and Puente de Solidaridad. Our experience this week has proven to be a great opportunity to advocate for the international and local sharing of experience, building capacity, and reducing existing resource gaps.

In Bolivia, biomedical engineering is a new and emerging field. Our partner hospitals in Cochabamba have requested assistance and training from biomedical engineers specialized in the repair of X-ray equipment.

Dr. James (Jay) Herrmann MD, a dermatologist who has served thousands of patients on 16 mission trips to Bolivia, received Solidarity Bridge’s highest honor—the 2019 Solidarity Award—at our annual gala on May 4.

The 2019 Oncological Surgery Mission Trip concluded in Santa Cruz on April 13. As with everything we do, it took an untold numbers of individuals and institutions working in solidarity to make this mission trip possible.