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Partners for Andean Community Health

We are a non-profit that supports locally-led partners in Ecuador to improve access to healthcare and drive community change.

07/08/2026

Week 3 in Ecuador is designed for the interns to have a cultural immersion that not only strengthens their knowledge of Ecuador, but gives them the opportunity to collaborate on community development projects. The intern team worked together with the municipal social outreach center and over 60 women in charge of infant daycare to co-create a new workbook that integrates local foods to improve nutrition in the centers. This week, interns are diving into their community-based projects in Chimborazo Province.

07/02/2026

Week 2: Last week, the internship theme transitioned from mobile medical outreach in the Amazon to hybrid hospital-based and community-based healthcare delivery in the Andean Highlands where they supported a group of surgeons from the USA. 24 children received corrective surgeries for strabismus and 255 children in four rural communities received glasses for long-distance vision.

The intern team is now in the middle of a trip to the Southern Ecuadorian cities of Cuenca and Loja. Stay tuned for more!

06/25/2026

Last week, 6 interns from across the United States arrived for the first time in Ecuador to begin their 8-week internship immersion program. We spent a few days in the Andean highlands exploring Cotopaxi national park, then we went straight to the Amazon region to support our counterpart Fundación Internacional Buen Samaritano Paúl Martel "FIBUSPAM" for 2 days of medical outreach. Thanks to a generous donor and our organizational partners, our team was able to provide free medical attention to nearly 250 people who would normally never have local access to cervical cancer screening, general medicine, dentistry, and optometry. We are grateful to so many people that make this experience possible. Right now, our team is supporting a surgical team from the United States that is providing free strabismus surgeries. Stay tuned for a week 2 update!

05/23/2026

PACH and FIBUSPAM are bringing two days of mobile medical care to Palora, Morona Santiago in the Ecuadorian Amazon. We are delivering general medicine, women’s health, vision care, and dental services to communities where these specialties are otherwise out of reach. A generous donor has already committed $2,000 toward this campaign, meaning we need just $2,650 more to make these two caravanas happen. Every dollar from here brings us closer to two full days of care for the people of Palora. Donate at https://bit.ly/3RlsVlG.

04/08/2026

Join Project Nido this summer to gain further insight into Andean culture, support local communities and see the wonders of Ecuador. Learn more and sign up by emailing [email protected].

04/01/2026

Join Nested on its annual medical mission to Ecuador! Volunteers will participate alongside FIBUSPAM staff on mobile medical clinics for underserved indigenous communities in rural Ecuador. Volunteers play an important role in the medical caravans, while gaining a unique cross-cultural experience. Learn more and sign-up by April 30th by emailing [email protected].

02/23/2026

Each participant of the summer immersion program will be designated one or more development projects based on the themes of the program, Medical Assistance & Innovation and Resilient Community Health. While participants can design their own project, projects that are in-progress and require support are:
- Cervical Cancer Screening Program: Implementation & Evaluation
- Women’s Health: Program Development
- Indigenous Nutrition: Program Development
- Institutional Health Care Education
- Water Safety and Hygiene Care
- Mental Health Care Assessment
- Dental Health Programming

Learn more at partnersforandeancommunityhealth.org/summer-break-in-ecuador/.

02/18/2026

Calling all students! Join our summer immersion program! Highlights include:

- Inclusive and Transdisciplinary: This program was created for students interested in medicine public health, health care management, sustainable development and business.

- Cultural Immersion: Immerse yourself in Ecuadorian culture and gain in-person experience understanding the state of health and development in rural Andean communities.

- Skill Development: You will gain language skills, cultural competency, and a unique perspective on the social and healthcare systems of a developing country.

Learn more and apply at partnersforandeancommunityhealth.org/
summer-break-in-ecuador.

02/16/2026

Gain invaluable experience and support the wellbeing of Ecuadorian communities by delivering primary and specialized health and entrepreneurial assistance during a summer immersion experience. You will work alongside hospital staff during medical caravans, while gaining a unique cross-cultural experience. Roles include prescribing and distributing reading glasses, providing dental education to children, and supporting community projects. Basic Spanish skills are required. Space is limited. Learn more and apply at partnersforandeancommunityhealth.org/immersion-programs/.

01/26/2026

Introducing Amelia, our Women’s Health Fellow! Amelia is a recent graduate of Harvard College passionate about advancing health equity through data-driven interventions, advocacy, and direct service. She is thrilled to serve as PACH’s Women’s Health Fellow in Riobamba, where she’s been working on cervical cancer screening brigades, educational initiatives to promote HPV vaccine uptake, and wellness groups for adolescent mothers. In her free time, she loves hiking around Ecuador!

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8 Caryn Lane
Weatogue, CT
06089

Telephone

+18605617050

Website

https://partnersforandeancommunityhealth.org/

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