My Nonprofit Reviews

I have been serving with MEDICO since its inception and I couldn’t be more proud than to work with such a well-intentioned group of volunteers. Whether it is the volunteers who dedicate a week or more of their time to participate on a team (oftentimes experiencing challenging conditions) or the volunteers who work together behind the scenes, it is the team effort that makes such a positive impact on the lives of the under-served.

Volunteers participate from all parts of the US as well as several foreign countries, all coming together to be in humanitarian service to those in need. Each of us feels the true joy of “paying it forward” and sharing the abundance we have been gifted. While many volunteers return year after year, the welcome mat is always out for new team members to join the work of MEDICO.

There is nothing more touching than to have someone give you a big hug after they have seen one of our doctors, dentists, or eye doctors. They are so grateful to receive care and to have someone listen to their medical issues or life challenges.

MEDICO is all about making a difference: a new orthopedic wing on a hospital; a new roof on a medical clinic; a women’s center in a remote village that provides clean and safe housing for pregnant women before delivery; clean water and sanitation projects for remote mountainous villages; teaching/training teams for public health providers, school children, hospital staffs, and firefighters; ecological stove projects; backpacks/uniforms for school children; mothers getting vitamins and medicine for their sick children; and the big smiles on faces of people receiving a pair of eyeglasses for the first time in their life!
It’s not just about Providing Care to an underserved population. It’s about Providing Hope to people who must endure a lifetime living at the poverty level. They know MEDICO is there to help and they feel the care and compassion shared by each volunteer on a team.

Change the life of someone in need and you will change your own life as well!