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Our mission is to deliver sustainable health solutions to individuals and communities in need, ensuring a healthier world by integrating education, technology, and intentional international cooperation.

09/03/2026

Everyone who comes in gets a full checkup, not just a quick look, so you end up spending real time with people. That’s how Mark, one of our interpreters, got talking with an older gentleman in a pretty beat-up hat. Mark happened to be wearing a new one. You can probably guess where this is going.

08/26/2026

We went to Iquitos expecting the youngest children to be the hardest to reach. The data told us something else.

First, how we work: everyone who walks into an ATW clinic gets a full checkup from a doctor. Head to toe, start to finish. Not only the sickest patients, and not only the age group a campaign is built around. Every person who comes through the door.

That takes more time per patient. It's also the reason we found this.

Over five days along the Amazon River basin, we treated patients across five communities. Because we see everyone, we asked everyone the same question: how long has it been since you saw a healthcare provider?

Nearly 4 in 10 teenagers hadn't seen one in over a year — the highest share of any age group we screened.

Teenagers fall into a gap. Babies and toddlers get carried in by their parents. Grandparents get brought by their families. Teenagers are old enough that nobody carries them to a clinic, and not yet old enough to be seeking care on their own. When the nearest clinic may be a boat ride away, that gap gets wide fast.

A full exam catches what a targeted program isn't looking for. It's slower. It's also how a 15-year-old who hasn't seen a doctor since childhood finally gets seen.

Learn more at athousandways.org

08/20/2026

Meet Oriana, one of our nurses in Iquitos. “There are a thousand ways to serve and help” 💙

See worked triage in our community clinics — hear what she’ll remember most.

08/04/2026

Did you know ATW's work started in Nigeria? Before Peru, we spent time in Abuja screening kids at orphanages for malnutrition.

07/30/2026

A huge shout out to Meagan Dolan of Revitalize Rx for the donation of medical supplies. Your gift of PPE, syringes, saline, bandages, and more kept our clinics stocked across all five communities we visited in Peru.
Thanks for your support!

07/27/2026

We had the pleasure of meeting with directors of the Loreto Regional Hospital. We have a shared goal of bringing the latest technology to the region and hope to collaborate further.

Hospital Regional de Loreto "Felipe Santiago Arriola Iglesias"

07/23/2026

Belén. Here was our last stop, where the river runs low in the dry season and most buildings sit up on stilts. We set up clinic in the shade underneath the market.

That made five communities in five days. At every stop, screening and treating kids for malnutrition was the heart of the work: weighing, measuring, and catching the cases that need treatment before they turn serious. We'll be back next year to see how they're doing.

Healing in Action.

07/21/2026

Santa Maria del Ojeal. Our pharmacist, Ricky, runs a glucose test on an older man with diabetes.

We'd come mainly for the kids, but word travels quickly in a small town and the need doesn't stop at any age. So we saw whoever needed a look, whether it was parents, grandparents, or neighbors. When the mayor stopped in for his check-up, we left him a first-aid kit for the town to keep.

Healing in Action.

07/17/2026

Indiana. A storm hit Indiana in the morning, and we figured that was it for turnout; it ended up the busiest day of the trip.

Families showed up early and in force, straight through the rain. Four members of the city council met us at the start and took turns speaking to the crowd about why child nutrition matters and why they were glad we'd come. They pulled our mission leader, Walker, up to say a few words too in front of all those families who'd made the trip in the storm.

Healing in Action.

07/15/2026

Manacamiri. No road runs from Iquitos to Manacamiri, so we traveled the way everyone here does -- by river!

We load our supplies onto a pekepeke, a narrow motorized canoe, and headed downstream to the site. When we arrived, the children welcomed us with songs in their local Cocama language. Then, we got to work.

Healing in Action.

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