August 2024 Miguels tooth, Waterfilters and other adventures Early August we finally decided to make another trip to Comalapa. Miguel (click here) has been calling me almost every day, complaining about his tooth ache. Several times I told him to go to the dentist and have it checked out. But this is harder than one

IT'S A JOY TO BE OF SERVICE Health has become a business. And it should not be that way. You know this, we all do. And money has corrupted so many parts of our societies, including the health system. For decades now we have been lied to, we have been exploited and

how it began As 2020 is almost coming to an end, I would love to look back to this rather unique year. I am sitting at the very same place as I have been sitting a year ago. Same time, same location. Everything is the same, yet it feels that

Day 4 7.30 am, shower, breakfast. Today there were already another 20 people when we got up. It is sunday, probably gonna be a busy day. Kyle is in town due to helping Kyia (a dear friend who visited us for over 2 months), so as of right now it is just

DAY 2 Welcome to the second blog about the clinics. Got your organic coffee brewed and spiced with stevia and cinnamon? Good, then let's go dive right into it. After a wonderful 8 hours of sleep, which was surprisingly good considering the shape my bed was in, I woke up at

DAY 1 "Hay agua caliente". There is hot water, she screams. People are talking in their native tongue. That is how I woke up almost every day. I jump out of the bed because I know that is how I can outrun any negative thought that tries to catch me. Three

TREATMENTS IN THE TROPICS Here we are again - in the beautiful area of northern Guatemala known as Peten. To many, this might be known as that part where the Mirador and Tikal pyramid structures can be seen, two things I personally haven't seen yet even though I spent about one year

HELPING A MAN WHO LIES DYING AT HOME The last two days we spent in beautiful El Remate, where an Italian-French couple invited us to their residence - a traditional Italian restaurant. The small complex is surrounded by plants and animal sounds, directly connected to the road which meanders around the

MAYAN CEREMONY The doctor has been working with Rosalina for quite some time and together they've helped many indigenous people. As a friend, Rosalina invited us to join their traditional mayan ceremony to to honor the victims of war crime and the spirits. We feel very honored to have been a part

TREATMENTS IN THE TROPICS Welcome to my second blog about the work we do. We have been in Petèn for a while now and since the positive news about the 82 year young lady whom we treated (more info here), more people started to show up to hold those two bars to