Last month Enfoque Ixcán and Amigos Eye Care completed their 17th mission trip to Ixcán, Guatemala, in as many years. It was another successful trip! In 4 days of clinics the team examined 803 people and dispensed 435 pairs of glasses. We also gave out dozens of...
For the 16th consecutive year Amigos Eye Care, and Enfoque Ixcán joined together to complete a successful eye care mission trip to Ixcán, Guatemala. In mid-August, 8 optometry students, 5 optometrists and 3 other volunteers spent 4 very busy days seeing patients. Two...
The August 2017 Enfoque Ixcán/Amigos Eye Care Team trip to Ixcán, Guatemala has been completed and was highly successful. This slideshow requires JavaScript. In just 4 days of clinics this mixed group of students, doctors, lay-volunteers and Guatemalan helpers...
The 14th annual Enfoque Ixcan / Amigos Eye Care mission trip to Ixcan, Guatemala is completed. There are many ways to measure success on these trips. Let’s start with the numbers. In 4 days of clinics our team of 12 examined 1,090 people and dispensed 550 pairs...
8/14/16 9:00 AM In Guatemala the roads have lots of speed bumps, called tumalos. They are very effective in slowing traffic when traveling through the many small villages on the way to Ixcan. In one 40 mile stretch I counted 52 tumalos. But life in Guatemala is full...
Click on the video for a lively 6-1/2 minute trip with the August 2010 AMIGOS/Enfoque Ixcán volunteers… Video edited by Kevy Simmons, one of the Pacific Optometry students who was part of the August 2010...
