Where
We
Work.
With poverty directly related to birth defects — and treatment most inaccessible to the indigent –our team and our services are most needed in developing countries.
19
Countries
The only possibility for poor families in these countries are public hospitals where each patient must buy all the materials needed for his or her surgery. Orthopedic surgery supplies are expensive, and problems often do not get treated.
Throughout our history we have worked in countries around the globe, with a focus on Latin America where there is an elevated need for orthopedic surgeries due to trauma. Once we visit a country, we return time and time again to provide surgeries and education with the goal of expanding our impact in each country we serve.
Where We Go
Mission Calendar
January
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
February
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
March
Cuenca, Ecuador
April
Kathmandu, Nepal
September
TBD
October
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Year Round
Liberia
January
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
March
Cuenca, Ecuador
May
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
August
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
October
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
June
Liberia
September
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
June
Haiti
January
San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
February
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
February
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
February
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
March
Comayagua, Honduras
April
Loja, Ecuador
April
Port au Prince, Haiti
May
Cuenca, Ecuador
September
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
October
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
November
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
November
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
December
Addis Adaba, Ethiopia
January
Uganda, Nursing Education Mission
January
Loja, Ecuador
March
Comayagua, Honduras
April
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
April
Port au Prince, Haiti
August
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
September
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
November
Addis Adaba, Ethiopia
January
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
February
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
March
Zihuatanejo, Mexico
May
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
June
Comayagua, Honduras
July
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
July
Port Au Prince, Haiti
August
Cuenca, Ecuador
September
West Bank
October
Uganda
November
Guatemala City, Guatemala
February
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
March
Mexico
April
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
May
Comayagua, Honduras
June
Loja, Ecuador
September
Guatemala City, Guatemala
September
La Ceiba, Honduras
November
Cuenca, Ecuador
December
Mexico
*Indicates Plastics/Reconstructive Mission
February
Comayagua, Honduras
March
Jalandhar, India (Partner mission with Standing Straight, Inc.)
March
Zihuatanejo, Mexico
April
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
May
Comayagua, Honduras
June
Loja, Ecuador
June
TBD*
July
Guatemala City, Guatemala
August
Haiti
September
San Miguel, El Salvador
*Indicates Plastics/Reconstructive Mission
March
Honduras
March
Honduras (Plastics Team)
March
Zihuatanejo, Mexico
April
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
May
Leon, Nicaragua
June
Loja, Ecuador
June
Haiti
July
Guatemala City, Guatemala
August
Cuenca, Ecuador
October
TBD*
October
Ecuador*Indicates Plastics/Reconstructive Mission
February
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
March
Port Au Prince, Haiti
April
Dominican Republic
April
Leon, Nicaragua
June
Loja, Ecuador
June
Lima, Peru
July
Esteli, Nicaragua
August
Ica, Peru
September
Guatemala City, Guatemala
October
Honduras
January
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
April
Pasaje, Ecuador
May
Leon, Nicaragua
June
Guatemala City, Guatemala
June
Loja, Ecuador
July
San Miguel, El Salvador
August
Esteli, Nicaragua
September
Quito, Ecuador
October
Cuenca, Ecuador
February
Ocotal, Nicaragua: The Robert Hulme Memorial Mission
March
San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
April
Machala, Ecuador
May
San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
May
Port Au Prince, Haiti
June
Lima, Peru
July
Loja, Ecuador
July
Cuenca, Ecuador
September
San Miguel, El Salvador
October
Quito, Ecuador
In 2010, Operation Rainbow conducted disaster relief missions immediately following the earthquake in Haiti. *Indicates Plastics/Reconstructive Mission
January – March
Haiti (6 missions)
February
Ocotal, Nicaragua
March
Quimistan, Honduras*
April
Manta, Ecuador
May
Dominican Republic
May
Villahermosa, Mexico*
June
Guatemala City, Guatemala
July
Esteli, Nicaragua
October
Quito, Ecuador
October
Cuenca, Ecuador
October
West Bank, Palestine*
December
Port Au Prince, Haiti
February
Machala, Ecuador
March
Manta, Ecuador
March
Villahermosa,Tobasco, Mexico
April
Dominican Republic
May
Guatemala City, Guatemala
June
Ibarra, Ecuador
July
Nicaragua
October
Dominican Republic
October
San Fernando, Trinidad
October
Nablus, West Bank, Palestine
January
Jutiapa, Guatemala Mission
April
Chincha, Peru
May
Machala, Ecuador
June
Manta, Ecuador
July
Quito, Ecuador
September
Jutiapa, Guatemala
October
Cuenca, Ecuador
April
Ica, Peru
June
Machala, Ecuador
June
Manta, Ecuador
August
Esteli, Ecuador
September
San Miguel, El Salvador
October
Cuenca, Ecuador
January
Philippines
February
Ica , Peru
March
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
May
Machala, Ecuador
July
Esteli, Nicaragua
November
Quito, Ecuador
For information about missions prior to 2006, please reach out to info@operationrainbow.org