Today, we honor the three physicians who work every day at the Manos Amigas clinic as well as the many physicians who have volunteered on brigades. Meet our heroes!

Kudos to one of the clinic’s longest tenured employees—Karen Murillo Casaca—for 15 years of faithful service.

The staff at the clinic work long hours. They start at 7:30 a.m. and work until almost sunset, six and a half days per week. By law, the physicians, however, work an abbreviated 6-hour day. This can be difficult at times because some of our patients start out from their homes at day break and walk for hours down mountain trails to come to the clinic.

If crowds are any indicator of something “afoot” in the area, then the clinic will have to be judged as a huge success.