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Clinic Day 2: Flat Feet for Days...

We spent the day in Cabaña in a classroom working with patients from here and San Vincente. Nancy, who is a director at the school, is a...

Clinic Day 1: The Deep End

Today we went to Guastatoya for Center of Attention for People with Disabilities. Sorry guys, we still don’t know what CADEP means... We...

Team Reunited, and it feels so...

Sleepless: Our PT students took the redeye, leaving at Seattle at 10:30 pm yesterday and arrived in Guatemala City at noon. We made it...

P&Os have made it to Guatemala!

Last night late we arrived in the beautiful country of Guatemala! After a 4 hour flight from Seattle to Houston, a 4 hour break in...

THANK YOU!

We couldn't be more excited to share our journey with you all! We would like to thank all those that have supported us in helping make...

OUR MISSION. OUR TEAM.

GROW is a Registered Student Organization (RSO) developed from shared interest in global health, community outreach, and developing...

Día 14

¡Hola! Today we woke up at 4:00 a.m. to begin the trek to Rainbow Mountain, which is a three hour drive away from Cusco and then a 2-3...

Día 13

¡Hola! On our final day of volunteering, we visited Mother Teresa of Calcutta Orphanage which houses children and adults alike with...

Día 12 – Last day at Camino Nuevo

¡Buenos Días! Today was our last day at Camino Nuevo. We spent the morning providing private consultations with three of the children and...

Día 11 – In-service day!

¡Buenas! Today, we started our day with individual sessions with 3 students and their parents. The combination of the time that we spent...

Día 10

¡Hola! Today we went to Camino Nuevo to work with the physical therapist Amilcar and the children. Our main focus of the day was showing...

Día 9

¡Feliz lunes! Today we traveled to the Southern Valley of Cusco to visit three homes of children with disabilities. These children all...

Días 6-8

¡Hola amigos! After a day of observation at Phawarispa on Friday, we gathered our belongings and began our trek to Machu Picchu. The rest...

Día 5

¡Hola! Today we worked with the physical therapist, Amilcar, at Camino Nuevo. We began with a more organized approach this time by...

Día 4

¡Hola! Today, we went to Camino Nuevo to observe classroom time. We observed the teachers who instruct children with cerebral palsy (CP)...

Día 3

¡Hola! Today, we navigated and rode the local bus all the way to Camino Nuevo by ourselves! We are very proud of this accomplishment....

Día 2

¡Hola! Today we had the pleasure of acquainting ourselves with Camino Nuevo, Manos Unidas’ primary school. Prior to meeting the wonderful...

Día 1

¡Hola! We had a smooth night of travelling and arrived at our home stay in Cusco around noon on Sunday. It is a beautiful home with an...

On Our Way to Peru!

September 2, 2017 We are currently at SeaTac Airport waiting to board our plane–we are so excited! Stay tuned for more blog posts about...

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