Ver los Cielos Abiertos: Grand Teton Backpacking Trip

Who We Are

We are a young couple spending a year working to improve public heath outcomes for the rural population of the Palajunoj Valley outside of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

Jimmy is a third year medical student and Kelsey is a second year law student. We are both taking a yearlong break from our academic studies for this year of service and research.

"Ver los cielos abiertos" is a Spanish expression about being given an opportunity that will allow you to achieve what you want to achieve. It connotes an "aha" type of moment where the next step you need to take becomes clear to you. Translated literally, it means "to see the open skies."

The Clinic

Beginning in August 2008, we will be working with Primeros Pasos, a clinic just outside of Quetzaltenango ("Xela"), in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Primeros Pasos, which opened in 2002, provides a variety of services to the rural population of the Palajunoj Valley, with a special focus on meeting the medical needs of the Valley's Mayan children.

Jimmy will be seeing patients, doing laboratory analysis, and undertaking a medical systems and quality review of the clinic. Kelsey will be the clinic's development coordinator, focusing on grant-writing and other fund-raising efforts, and will also contribute to the community education programming. Together, we will also be investigating potential sites for another clinic based on the Primeros Pasos model (which provides services to between 5,000 and 6,000 patients annually on a budget of $30,000).

If you want to support the work we will be doing at Primeros Pasos, you can do so by contributing to the clinic.

Ver los Cielos Abiertos

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Grand Teton Backpacking Trip

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