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Medical MissionsHands Across the Americas is committed to providing free medical care to communities in North, Central and South America where people are living in extreme poverty and do not receive or have access to adequate healthcare. Teams of volunteers including doctors, nurses and support personnel embark on annual medical missions to provide medical attention and healthcare education. Cusco, Peru
Volunteers from around the United States, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Panama, Turkey and Peru attended the Peru 2010 mission. Hands Across the Americas also invited college and high school students to join us. Our young adult volunteers were very important members of the team and we are pleased that we are contributing to helping our younger generation give back. . Read about a teacher, student and recent alumna from Garrison Forest School experience on the Hands Across the Americas Peru Mission. Read More Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Hands Across the Americas completed our third medical mission in Cusco, Peru. In August 2010, the organization took a team of 48 volunteers, comprising a team who specialize in pediatrics, gynecology, internal medicine, dermatology and dentistry as well as several nurses and non-medical volunteers. We treated approximately 2,000 people and dispensed 2, 500 doses of medications. This year, the team served people in 5 different locations affected by the floods that devastated Peru 8 months ago. In a town called Huacarpay, a city still mostly under water, families just endured a severe winter without their homes and are still living in plastic tents. We were pleased to be able to help those in desperate need this year.
Hands Across the Americas’ team of 24 volunteers returning to the United States, as well as the core of volunteers provided by friends, family and staff in Bucaramanga were inspired and humbled by our successful mission trip to Bucaramanga,Colombia. 
The Hands Across the Americas 2008 surgical medical mission to Cali, Columbia was a huge success due to the broad range of specialists that enabled the team to help more than four thousand patients over six days. Fifty-seven medical and non-medical volunteers provided help to women and children by performing surgeries, conducting routine medical exams, dispensing medications, providing vaccinations, and education on several wellness issues to promote health.