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100+
Mission Trips Since 1999
Mission trips support our year-round programs through training, donations, and assessment.
45+
Millions of dollars in
Donated Medical Supplies
High-value surgical supplies make advanced care accessible for low-income patients at our partner hospitals.
8+
Thousands of Surgeries
Provided
Our surgical programs have helped to restore the health of more than 8,000 patients.
As we celebrate our 25th anniversary, we remember that we are dreamers and our dreams are coming true.
Follow Drs. Weaver and Moser, along with other members of our Neurosurgery & Neurology Institute as they work to advance complex surgical care and recovery in Sucre, Bolivia | 6 min 4 sec
Meet our medical partners, patients, and colleagues from the eastern low-lands of Bolivia. | 6 min 16 sec
Inspired by the way we do mission work, Solidarity Bridge was selected to be featured in an episode of the 22nd season of Visionaries, airing nationally on Public Broadcast Stations in 2018 and 2019. This video captures the work of a general surgery mission team, and the efforts of our Bolivian partner surgeons. Together we provide patients with life-changing surgery year-round. | 5 min 9 sec
In this conversation, Carmen Salses Medina shares what motivates her in this mission. As a social worker for Puente de Solidaridad, Carmen works directly with the patients who benefit from our medical programs, and she shares in this video the lessons we can learn from our patients. | 8 min 11 sec
In this conversation, neurosurgeon Dr. Richard Moser shares what keeps him engaged in this mission, and how our work aligns with international goals in global health. | 7 min 46 sec
In this conversation, Dr. Vallejos shares his inspiration for becoming a doctor and partnering with Solidarity Bridge to advance surgical access for patients in need. | 7 min 3 sec
On the frontlines against Chagas in partnership with Doctors Without Borders. It's time to break the deadly silence about Chagas, a devastating parasitic disease spread by a beetle that infests Bolivia's rural homes. | 10 min 11 sec
What is the heart and soul of true solidarity? Solidarity Bridge trains and equips medical communities, empowering them to serve those in need. This video delves into the spiritual foundations of this work. | 7 min 23 sec
This short film shows how Solidarity Bridge has been training and equiping medical communities in Bolivia, empowering them to serve those in need. | 11 min 55 sec
Two American doctors in Bolivia on a surgery mission seek the true meaning of solidarity. Their emotional encounter with two patients challenges and heals both doctors and patients. | 16 min 31 sec
U.S. and Bolivian neurosurgeons collaborate to save and transform lives through Solidarity Bridge. Working as a team, they stand in solidarity as they encounter both heartbreak and joy. | 8 min 45 sec
Aurora and Mario, Bolivian subsistence farmers, struggle to make ends meet as Aurora's heart worsens. Solidarity Bridge gives her a life saving pacemaker surgery. | 14 min 5 sec
Here’s a short video about Solidarity Bridge. A nonprofit organization that channels the medical and business expertise of professionals to aid those living in poverty in Bolivia and Paraguay. | 10 min 16 sec
View our 2013 Grand Prize Winning video from the American Airlines "Flights, Camera, Action" contest for non-profits. In just one minute, you will see a glimpse of what Solidarity Bridge is accomplishing in healthcare for the poorest countries in South America. | 1 min
A moving series of portraits from the town of Aiquile, Bolivia, site of a joint Solidarity Bridge and Doctors Without Borders project in the battle against Chagas. | 2 min 6 sec
In 2015, Solidarity Bridge and Puente de Solidaridad engaged medical organizations, industry, and academic institutions to offer the first Neurosurgery Boot Camp held outside of the U.S. Hear from faculty and students who participated. | 2 min 15 sec
WATCH OUR PBS DOCUMENTARY
Solidarity Bridge creates a bridge between medical professionals on opposite sides of the globe, uniting them in a common purpose–to heal those who need healing and in doing so together, to create a more just world. The Public Television Series, Visionaries, highlighted this impactful model of mission in a 25-minute documentary.
Watch the video to see our mission in action, and to meet our Bolivian partners and patients.