Impact Mission Fundraiser
Caleb Heathershaw
Help this Mission trip volunteer make an impact in the lives of families in need of surgical care.
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Population: 1 million
Language: Spanish
Living in Poverty: 60%
Poverty Defined: Earning less than $150 US a month
Mission Facts
Fundraising Goal:
$150,000
Volunteers:
Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and medical support staff
Impact: The Osborne Head & Neck Foundation (OHNF) delivers life-saving and life-changing surgical care to communities in need around the globe. Through our annual Medical Mission we connect expert volunteer surgeons with those suffering in remote areas of developing nations. Past missions have included Ethiopia, India and Peru.
Fundraiser Profile
Join me and change lives in Guatemala
Hello! My name is Caleb Heathershaw. I’m a Floridian, I’m a reader, I’m the oldest of six kids, and I’m a senior biomedical engineering student at the University of Miami.
I grew up with a mom who was both an incredible teacher and an incredible mom. By becoming a foster family, my family put into practice her belief that every child deserves a loving home and a supportive education. Now, she serves as a special education teacher at a local elementary school. Thanks to her, I have decided to become a professor and continue my family’s mission of teaching. When I learned that my friend was planning this Impact Mission to serve kids at a local secondary school in Guatemala, I knew I had to go.
Think back to the moment when you graduated high school. What did that feel like? Proud? Relieved? Excited? For me, it felt like now I could do anything. Guatemala has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the western hemisphere, with only 50% of kids enrolled in secondary education and even fewer graduating. This means that most Guatemalan kids won’t get to experience a moment like graduation, and won’t have the educational foundation to build a better future.
The Osborne Head and Neck Foundation’s Impact Mission has partnered with a local school in Antigua Guatemala to help them build a kitchen, renovate their auditorium, and complete classroom repair projects. We all know it is impossible to pay attention while sitting hungry at a squeaky desk. Our team hopes to fix this. By improving educational spaces for these kids, we hope to help them stay excited about school and set them up to build a better future.
As part of the Impact Team, I hope to serve these kids and this community. However, I can’t complete this mission alone. I’m asking for your help.
I’ve committed to raising $5,000 towards Medical and Impact Missions in Guatemala. With your support we can change lives.
Medical and Impact Missions are 100% funded by donations from supporters like you. We commit to communities with little to no access to medical care, and bring all supplies needed to perform a wide array of medical services.
Your donation is…
- Providing clinical and surgical services, at no cost, to those living in extreme poverty in Guatemala
- Arranging and paying for transportation for patients living in remote villages
- Providing local language experts to eliminate language as a barrier to care
- Securing lodging for patients in the city during treatment and post op care
- Refreshing a school with onsite community works
- Increasing access to educational opportunities for children
Fundraising
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Your gift makes a major impact in the life of someone in need. By donating you are providing surgical care, shelter, food and transportation for families around Guatemala who don’t have access to the critical medical attention they need. Thank you.
Guatemala
Language: Spanish
Living in Poverty: 60%
Poverty Defined: Earning less than $150 US a month
- Over 40% of the population has no access to medical care
- Guatemala is ranked 31 out of 33 latin countries in child mortality and positive health outcomes
- On average, it takes 9 hours of travel to see the closest doctor
- Patients are often asked to bring medical supplies, hospitals do not have budgets to cover basic needs
- Over 20 languages are spoken making access to care difficult
Mission Facts
Team Fundraising Goal: $250,000
Volunteers: Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, medical support staff, and concerned humanitarians like you.
Impact:
The Osborne Head & Neck Foundation (OHNF) provides life-saving and life-changing surgical care to communities in need around the globe.
Through annual Medical Mission we connect expert volunteer surgeons with those suffering in remote areas of developing nations. Impact Mission volunteers simultaneously work towards improving the lives of underserved children and those living in poverty in the same region.
Past missions have included Ethiopia, Belize, India, Peru, and Guatemala.
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