Clinicas Maya

PHOTOS

Miriam, the director of Clinicas Maya
Two boys who are in the clinic’s program supporting single mothers and orphans get new shoes.
A young girl collects food from the clinic for her family.
A single mother and her children display donations from the clinic that improve their nutrition and quality of life.

Candelaria treats a patient with back pain.
Antonio, who manages and maintains the clinic’s extensive medicinal gardens, distributes donated eggs to needy families.
Candelaria provides an adjustment to help an injured woman.
Sam, the clinic’s naturopath, consults with a patient.

Betty, a nurse’s aid and the office manager.
A before and after picture, where a skin condition is treated by natural medicine from the clinic, showing the healing process underway.
A boy shows his hand with treatment applied.
Candelaria doing a chiropractic adjustment.

Sam in the clinic’s kitchen making one of the many medicines and soaps the clinic offers.
The clinic sponsors a women’s basketball team as a way of empowering women, as well as providing an outlet for fun and exercise.
The clinic welcomes visiting medical professionals throughout the year.
The clinic is staffed 100% by local indigenous people. From left to right: Antonio, Miriam, Betty, Candelaria, and Sam.

The women’s basketball team in action.
Betty checks in a patient visiting the clinic.
A patient waits for treatment.
Happy, thriving kids who benefit from the clinic’s programs.

A single mother and her children, next to the stove donated by the clinic.
Sam cooking up soap.
A woman picks up donated food from the clinic.
A sick girl waits to be seen. She doesn’t have to worry about having money to feel better.