Recommended Links
We encourage you to visit the following links to learn more about the reality of life in Guatemala:
- Visualiza https://visualiza.com.gt/ubicaiocnes-contactanos/ – in Spanish
- Amigos Eyecare http://www.amigoseyecare.org – in English
- NISGUA – Working for Justice in Guatemala (information on human rights issues in Guatemala) https://nisgua.org/ – in English
- Rights Action (information on human rights issues in Guatemala http://www.rightsaction.org/ – in English
- Frontline World (video about the violence in the Ixcán and SMT) http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/guatemala/index.html – in English
- “The Medicine Grows in the Patio of the House”, Aug 2016, by Lisette Romig
Articles About Enfoque Ixcán
- “One Short Week Can Change Your Life” by Chris Nisbet, a 2012 Amigo
- “The Little Boy in the Red Shirt” by Grace H. Anderson, a 2017 Amigo
- “A Smile Makes the World Go Around” by Hifza Sultana Rai, 3rd year optometry student, Pacific University
- Amanda Terhes Thesis: Systems evaluation of the Guatemalan eye care project – Enfoque Ixcan: barriers and avenues for providing eye care services to rural Guatemala