Causes: Community Health Systems, Health, Hospitals, International, International Relief, Reproductive Health Care, Reproductive Rights

Mission: International hands in service (ihs) has been addressing the issues of health, education and sanitation among impoverished guatemalans since 2001 by conductiong and operating four medical and dental clinics, hosting surgical teams from the united states, training indigenous women in basic health care.

Programs: International hands in service operates four separate medical/dental clinics in guatemala serving the indigenous maya. We provide medical, dental, laboratory and optometric services. In addition, we coordinate and support volunteer clinician efforts to set up temporary rural clinics. The organization also opened a school for preschool through first grade for camanchaj children. The goal of the program is to increase the children's chances of success in the public school system with high quality, culturally sensitive preschool curriculum and to promote healthy development by providing nutritious meals, teaching healthy habits (such as hand washing and teeth brushing, and offering medical and dental care).