ABOUT US

The FUEGO Foundation was established in 2011 to expand global health outreach, increase access to health care, and facilitate health care related education where resources are limited.

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There is a tremendous need in underdeveloped nations for enhanced access to quality health care. The disparity in health care outcomes in such countries in comparison to the United States is vast. Currently, there are more than one billion people who lack essential and basic health care due to their extreme
poverty. These statistics represent true human suffering, shortened life spans, and a diminished quality of life. Limited access to qualified health care providers, and very little disposable income with which to pay for health care, means that far too many suffer from preventable and curable diseases.

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FUEGO supports outreach to under-resourced communities through the establishment and support of permanent medical clinics, the training of health care providers as well as student and resident trainees, and travel scholarships for graduate students desirous of engaging in medical missions or public health
projects. FUEGO also responds to grant requests from organizations abroad whose mission matches our interests.

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The FUEGO Foundation currently supports the Assade Clinic in San Andres Itzapa, Guatemala. The organization has, since its inception, supported medical missions sponsored by FUEGO and DOCare International.

 

Since 2011, travel scholarships have been given to graduate students from across the U.S. applying to the FUEGO Scholarship Fund to help them cover the costs of international travel for health- related mission trips. In addition, FUEGO has supported research on the barriers to health care access.

FUEGO has collaborated with Days for Girls to distribute educational materials and feminine hygiene kits in Africa and Central and South America.

 

Collaboration with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has resulted in the donation of hundreds of pounds of learning materials, library books, medications and medical supplies.

Since the Covid pandemic, the FUEGO Foundation and its volunteers have carried out six mission trips to Guatemala and Mexico. The Foundation has provided grants and in-kind donations to various organizations including Maya Health Alliance (Guatemala), Hope in Action (Guatemala), Yellow Ray Foundation
(Ghana), El Convento Nazareno (Guatemala), Casa de Dia (Mexico), La Playa Centro Comunitario (Mexico), Casa Hogar (Mexico) and others. In recent years, FUEGO joined forces with three other nonprofits based in Mexico to form Vida Sana, a consortium coordinating health outreach in under resourced communities in Baja Sur California.

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Board members, advisors, and volunteers involved with our nonprofit foundation are inspired to facilitate sustainable healthcare and extend educational resources to impoverished regions. The FUEGO Foundation is pleased to fuel life and hope to those in need and we invite you to join us in making a difference.

There are many ways in which you can help.

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