Please complete the application and waiver/release forms. Your supporting documents must be included with your application. 

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• Brief Resume/Curriculum Vitae (not required if you have been a previous team member)

• Nurses must submit a copy of their current Registered Nurse license.

• Physicians must submit a copy of their current license, medical degree and, if applicable, specialist certificate.  Photographs are sufficient.

• A photo of your passport  photo/information page.  Your passport must be valid through your stay in Guatemala plus six months.

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Note: An application donation of $300 CDN must accompany your application (no exceptions). Should  the mission be cancelled, your deposit will be refunded. If your application is not accepted, your donation will be returned.

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Medicos en Accion Society (Guatemala) team leaders will review all applications in the order received and you will be notified of the decision on your application. Priority is given to applicants currently employed in the clinical area being applied to.

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Cost

Through their donations, team members cover the costs of  shared accommodations and airport transfers in Guatemala, hospital days breakfast/lunch and patient costs of medications, surgical supplies  post op and convalescent care as well as other direct hospital costs.
 

For Antigua, the 2025 volunteer donation is:
 

• Surgeons, surgical assistants, and anesthetists:  $1150 USD per person/two-weeks, $650 USD one week    

• OR and PACU nurses, audiologists, hearing aid technicians, translators and general volunteers: $850 USD per person/two weeks, $500 USD for one week.

Tax receipts for your mission expenses (application donation, mission contribution and transportation costs) are issued following your submission of receipts after the mission has completed.
 

 

How to Apply:

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• This application can be completed entirely online using this form.

• Application donation should be sent via e-transfer to: medicos.donations@gmail.com  
  OR: mail cheque (if preferred to e-transfer) by June 30, 2024 to:

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Medicos en Accion,

c/o 450 Greenstone Dr.,
​Kamloops, BC  V2C 1N9

 

Note: Applications are not considered complete until application donation and your supporting documents are received.

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