Why join Health & Help?
Making a difference doesn’t require a medical degree — your skills, time, and dedication are valuable to the communities we serve. Non-medical volunteers play a vital role in keeping our clinics running smoothly and supporting community health.
By joining the program, you’ll gain practical experience, learn about healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and contribute directly to improving lives. During clinical days, you’ll help with daily clinic operations, including organizing paperwork and records, managing supplies and inventory, maintaining shared spaces, and supporting community events and outreach activities.
Volunteers also have the opportunity to create content and take photographs to share on our social media channels, helping more people learn about the work of Health & Help.
In addition to hands-on work, you’ll experience a unique cultural immersion, learning about local traditions, community life, and healthcare challenges firsthand. You’ll work alongside a diverse, international team, exchanging knowledge and perspectives while building meaningful connections across cultures.
Training and guidance are provided to ensure you can contribute confidently and safely while developing valuable skills in a supportive environment.
What you’ll do
- Support daily non-medical tasks, supply trips, inventory, and maintenance, contributing where your strengths shine
- Assist with organizing clinic paperwork and records, ensuring all essential patient data is accurately collected, stored, and easily accessible for effective reporting
- Help organize community events outside the clinic, such as home visits, medical days (jornadas), health education, and more
- Support daily clinic operations and help keep shared spaces welcoming for all
- Participate in required reporting and medical documentation
What’s Included
- Pre-departure guidance and full on-site orientation
- Free accommodation in the clinic
- Healthy vegetarian meals every day
- Certificate of participation
- Continuous support as you adapt to rural life, a new setting, and an international team
Who can join
- Age 18+
- Spanish B1 level or higher upon arrival (we offer support to help you improve your Spanish before your trip!)
- Ability to drive a manual (stick-shift) car is a plus
- Adaptable to rural clinic life—limited internet, basic facilities, international team
- Shares our values and supports Health & Help’s mission of equal access to healthcare
Сontribution
We are an independent, nonprofit organization. To keep our clinics open and to ensure volunteers have a safe, comfortable, and well-equipped place to live and work, we ask each international volunteer to contribute $150 per week during their stay.
This contribution covers the essential, ongoing costs of operating a clinic in a remote area, including:
- accommodation and daily meals
- water, electricity, internet, cooking gas
- local logistics and operational expenses
- medical supplies, medications, and other consumables
Because our clinics are located in remote areas, these costs are higher than usual, reflecting the challenges of logistics and daily operations.
Your contribution helps keep the clinic functioning not only during your stay, but for every patient who depends on it year-round.
By contributing, you support the project in two ways: through your medical work, and through helping sustain the infrastructure that makes that work possible.
Support for Local Volunteers
We are committed to long-term, community-based impact. For that reason, Health & Help fully covers the participation costs for volunteers from Guatemala and Nicaragua. Local medical professionals bring cultural knowledge, continuity of care, and long-term commitment to the communities we serve. By investing in their training and experience, we help strengthen healthcare from within — not only while international volunteers are present, but far into the future.