Manos Que Ayudan
Pediatrician Alex Van Speybroeck of the Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles has dedicated his life to the welfare and healing of America’s children. He also dedicates his vacation time to care for the sick and needy children of Central America’s poorest nation, Nicaragua.
Twice a year Alex participates in a collective of doctors, nurses and volunteers known as Manos Que Ayudan (Helping Hands). The mission of this secular NGO is to bring together the expertise and resources of some of America’s best medical practitioners and to supply their services free of charge to those in Latin America who can’t afford it.
In the course of seven days, Alex will see hundreds of patients at Matagalpa’s Cesar Molina Hospital and many more while venturing into the countryside to visit those who don’t have the means to travel. During that week he will also help a nine-year-old girl take her firsts steps, provide soothing medicine to a dying young man and lay the groundwork for transporting a baby with hydrocephaly back to the states for treatment.
