Mission Teams

If you’ve had the chance to peruse our list of field team dates in 2008 you might have noticed a trend developing. With the advancement of our Adopt-A-Village initiatives we are serving these areas with increased regularity. Our Adopt-A-Village initiatives are a response to sustainable care for a given village or community. We serve over the course of five years or more , providing a continuum of care tailored to the needs and concerns of the community. It’s a dynamic opportunity for volunteers to develop longer lasting relationships with the people they are serving.

In addition to our Adopt-A-Village Initiatives, MEDICO continues to excel as a leader in short-term mission outreach, providing several opportunities, annually, to serve in new areas not frequented by our field teams. These opportunities are the evidence of 17 years of service in Central America. Through our partnerships with host organizations over these many years of service, MEDICO is proud to forge ahead with short-term mission teams, impacting the lives of over 152,224 persons since our inception.

The advantages of offering both short-term and sustainable care opportunities are evident. Short-term field team efforts introduce care into new areas or areas that are seldom visited with frequency. It enables us to investigate health trends in a given community as well as to discover special projects or needs that can be supported through other humanitarian service facets and relationships with MEDICO. Our sustainable care opportunities answer the call for health care development and education, impacting communities for many years beyond our presence in the community. It is the ‘teach them how to fish and feed them for a lifetime’ model.

MEDICO is proud to embody a more comprehensive solution to the health care concerns in Honduras. With both short-term and sustainable care solutions, in addition to special projects and initiatives, MEDICO is a model of humanitarian care response for people in need in Central America.

Virtual Volunteering

MEDICO is looking for ‘virtual volunteers’! If you like to surf the web and have a few moments to spare for MEDICO, consider joining our team of internet researchers.

This concept simply involves using human web-crawlers to search out funding opportunities, news items, and any relevant statistical data on issues related to our humanitarian effort. The MEDICO office continues to do the same research but would welcome others who would like to assist in browsing the web for these items. This effort could enable us to more readily pull the information together and resource this data as needed. We've had many individuals contact our office from around the globe wanting to volunteer in some fashion and this concept is a way to engage volunteers on their time schedule.

If you like to surf the web then join our team of virtual volunteering and make a difference, one ‘click’ at a time. For further details on how to get involved, please contact Brian Crowe in the MEDICO office at 512-930-1893 or drop him an email at brian@medico.org

Field Team Applications

The comprehensive efforts of MEDICO are far reaching, touching the lives of the recipient of care, the volunteer who serves, and the provider who supports these efforts. All of this work is administered through the staff here at MEDICO, working tirelessly to provide seamless administration and management of this humanitarian service organization. The ease and effectiveness of our work is contingent on those that support our efforts, participating within the systems that are set-up to best manage this organization.

An important administrative facet of MEDICO - our field team efforts - involve the submission of our on-line field team application. This application provides our offices with much needed information about the applicant, such as: contact information, special skills, medical condition, and field team preference. Without this application completed and submitted, it is impossible to presume who might be participants on a field team. The MEDICO office develops field teams based upon several criteria once the application is submitted. They are:

1. Medical professionals who speak Spanish.
2. Medical professionals who do not speak speak Spanish.
3. Interpreters.
4. Lay volunteers.

MEDICO does not assume a volunteer's interest in participation on a field team nor select a volunteer to a field team without a completed application. Additionally, MEDICO cannot guarantee a selected volunteer's friend or family member a position on a field team.

We sincerely appreciate the consideration and efforts of prospective field team volunteers in completing our application process. This ensures that our field teams are developed in the most expeditious manner, honoring all who apply.

Please contact our offices at (512)930-1893 for questions or clarification.