The people who
show up.
Surgeons, builders, teachers, nurses, and everyday volunteers travel to Guatemala to serve alongside local communities — bringing skill, time, and heart to the work of lasting change.
Real change is carried by real people.
IEP's teams are the hands behind every home built, every patient treated, and every classroom strengthened. They come from many backgrounds — medical professionals, tradespeople, educators, and first-time volunteers — united by a willingness to show up and serve.
Each team works hand-in-hand with local partners and community members, ensuring the work is grounded in real needs and built to last long after the team flies home.
A team is more than a group of volunteers. It is a shared promise — to a community, and to one another.IEP Mission · Serving Together
Build Teams
Construction-focused teams work alongside families to build safe, dignified homes — replacing dirt floors, leaking roofs, and unsafe walls with something families can rely on.
Medical Teams
Volunteer physicians, surgeons, and nurses run full one-week clinics and surgical centers, bringing care directly to communities with no other access to it.
Connect
Reach out and tell us about your skills, interests, and the kind of work that moves you. There's a place for many backgrounds.
Prepare
We help you get ready — logistics, expectations, and how your role fits the team and the community you'll serve.
Serve
Travel to Guatemala and work side-by-side with local partners and community members on real, needed projects.
Stay Connected
The relationship doesn't end at the airport. Many volunteers return, give, and carry the mission into their own communities.
There's a role for more people than you'd think.
You don't have to be a surgeon to make a difference. Teams need a wide range of skills and hands — and just as importantly, people willing to learn, work hard, and show up for one another.
If you don't see your exact background below, reach out anyway. The right place often isn't the obvious one.
Start the ConversationMedical Professionals
Physicians, surgeons, nurses, dentists, and specialists who staff clinics and surgical weeks.
Builders & Trades
Skilled and willing hands for construction projects — experience helps, heart matters more.
General Volunteers
Logistics, translation, photography, encouragement — the roles that hold a team together.
Returning Volunteers
Veterans who come back trip after trip, mentoring first-timers and carrying the mission forward.
Send a team. Or join one.
Every team is made possible by people who give — their time in the field, or their support from home. Both move the mission forward. Whichever way you show up, you make the next trip possible.
Upcoming teams & trips.
These are the teams heading to Guatemala next. Find one that fits your skills and your calendar — then sign up to come along.
Straight from the field.
Reflections, photos, and updates written by the people who went — what the work looked like, and what it meant to them.