Medical Brigade 2026
Brigade Dates: July 22-29, 2026
Applications are now open but will close May 1, but we ask you to apply as soon as possible, so we can plan appropriately. Applications for Honduras based volunteers will open early March 2026.
We have been taking short-term primary care medical brigades to the El Paraiso region of Honduras since 1999. When in Honduras, our volunteers reflect the face of Christ in our work and in our relationships with the Hondurans. We begin and end each clinic with prayer, and our spirit is fed as we see God’s hand in our work.
TYPES OF VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We need doctors, nurses, APNs, PAs, med techs and nurse assistants, dentists and pharmacists. Pediatricians or those with pediatric experience would be especially helpful. We always need Spanish speaking interpreters, clergy to minister to those who come to our clinics, and non-medical personnel to help with logistics. You may be assigned to pack medication, work in the pharmacy, play with the children, assist the dentists, help dispense reading glasses, do crowd control, or help with educational projects. We really need folks with skills in driving four-wheel drive, manual transmission pickup trucks over potentially challenging roads! Non-healthcare workers need not worry about “not being needed.” All that is absolutely required is a willing heart.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The medical mission trip is 8 days: 2 travel days: we will fly in and out of Houston on United Airlines to Comayagua, 5 days of clinics and 1 free day. We stay in a safe, walled retreat center, with safe foods prepared by the nuns who run the retreat center. We travel by 4 wheel drive trucks and buses to surrounding mountain side villages daily and provide basic medical and dental care to the local villagers. We carry a full pharmacy with us and do simple lab tests such as urine and finger stick glucose. We are joined by several Honduran doctors, dentists and college age bilingual translators. Our days are full, and both those we serve and we ourselves are blessed by the experience.
This opportunity to serve in Honduras is also an opportunity for you to fund-raise for HGW so we can provide room and board for our Honduran volunteers. We have kept the minimum price for the trip at $2100, but we encourage everyone to strive to fundraise/donate $3000 per missioner. If you donate the full $3000, you will be guaranteed a private room and a checked piece of luggage, if needed. We can provide you with a fund-raising page. The first $1000 payment is due no later than May 1, 2026, and the final payment by June 1, 2026.
Support the volunteers who support us. Donations to this fund will provide travel funding for essential personnel who can’t afford the trip (some nurses, translators etc), and for students who will be our future! By donating to our travel assistance fund you’re helping ensure no one is left behind that wants to come and make a difference.
** There is always an incidence of Zika in Honduras, and so we recommend if you are pregnant or considering becoming pregnant soon, that you forgo this trip.