Our Work

Team Newfoundland is heading back to rural Guatemala to offer medical care to the many indigenous populations in the region of Alta Verapaz from September 22-30, 2023. Our team of 15 medical volunteers represent family, emergency and women’s health specialists, in addition to a vision team supported by the Lion’s Club of Eastern Newfoundland. To learn more, please click here.

TBE Vancouver is excited to return to Guatemala for a fourth mission to work with ‘Partner for Surgery’ (PFS). Our team will travel to Guatemala from October 14-22, 2023, to provide surgical care for those living in Guatemala’s most remote and underserved regions. To learn more, please click here.

Two volunteer teams from across the country will join on a national surgical mission in Antigua, Guatemala from November 18 – 25, 2023. Volunteers from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Calgary, Alberta will spend the week offering surgical care to those who need it the most. To learn more, please click here.

In November 2023, Team Broken Earth’s Ottawa team will be traveling to Azua, Dominican Republic. While we will be the first Team Broken Earth group visiting this location, many of our team members have done medical relief trips to Haiti in the past. This region has a significant population of uninsured patients including many Haitian refugees, who have poor access to medical care. To learn more, please click here.

Team Barrie is excited to be returning to Guatemala for our third mission. A group of 34 volunteer health care professionals from the Barrie area will be conducting a one-week mission to Antigua, from 25 November to 2 December 2023. To learn more, please click here.

On August 14, 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the coast of Haiti causing widespread fear and devastation in the already-suffering country. In its wake, hospitals are struggling to keep up with the demand. We are in constant contact with our partners on the ground and they have identified an intense need for trauma supplies. To meet this urgent need, we’re asking for your help. Learn more here.

Team Broken Earth has partnered with the Nunatsiavut Government, Labrador-Grenfell Health and local communities to provide educational courses for first responders and local health care providers. Mission trips to date have included training for first responders and local health care providers in the areas of women and children’s health, chronic disease including diabetes, physiotherapy, remote trauma and overall mental health and wellbeing. Plans are underway to build on this program in 2022. To learn more about our Canada North – Labrador educational mission, please click here.

Team Broken Earth lost a valued team member and dear friend this past year, Dr. David Lacey. Dr. Lacey volunteered his medical expertise in Haiti and is described as a “man who loved life and giving back”. The Dr. David Lacey Memorial Scholarship has been established by his family to provide annual funding for a Memorial University Medical student to join a support mission in Haiti. The chosen student will have demonstrated excellence in patient-centred and compassionate care. To learn more, please click here.