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Success! 11th Dental Mission

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:24:35 GMT

Our 11th Dental Mission

Many thanks to an amazing canadian team organized by Kindnes in Action.

Over 200 patients served
Extractions, fillings, cleanings
Children and adults

We felt blessed and grateful to had the oportunity to help people in great need.

Help us to continue with this noble cause, donation will be greatly appreciated.

10th Dental Mission

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:14:01 GMT

Thank you Lord to alow us to serve these communities in great need.

The 10th Dental mission was a huge success! A Canadian dental team is taking care with treatments like extractions, fillings, root canals.

We will continue our jorney implementing water distribution to the communities at the mountains around Jocotan and Camotan and we will continue praying to build our medical clinic to expand the services.

We can't do it without you, your help will be appreciated, please donate.

A Rewarding 9th Dental Mission

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:10:03 GMT

The 9th Dental Mission was a very rewarding journey. Thanks to Our Friends from Vancouver, Canada.

Total patients: 217
Extractions: 255
Restos: 123
SDF: 12
Hygiene Checks - 14

Congratulations team and thank you for your dedication!

We will be continue serving the communities of Jocotan and Camotan in Chiquimula, Guatemala. The next mission is set up for December 2025.

We praise GOD for allow us to continue serving people in great need.

Another Mission Accomplished

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:04:51 GMT

Another mission accomplished! A dental mission with amazing team from Kindness in Action, Canada.

240+ patients in 3 days. Pouring out our hearth to serve communities in great need. Thanks to everyone that help us to make this happened.

5th Dental Mission Trip

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:59:21 GMT

Since the arrival until the depature, our 5th Dental mission was full of blessings all the way. Transportation, hotel stays, meals and all the people from Jocotan and Camotan, Chiquimula, Guatemala that showed up to be treated by the professional and unconditionally commited team of dentists from KIA, Vancouver, Canada.

252 Patients, 3 days, all we can say from the bottom of our hearts " THANK YOU TEAM KIA", you are one of a kind.

You always will have a place that you can come back and feel like second home. GOD BLESS YOU! Come back soon.

We continue to expand our center to offer health, education and nutrition services to these communities in need.

Our 2nd Dental Mission Trip

Tue, 30 May 2023 18:51:29 GMT

2nd Dental Mission Accomplished - May 15th -May 24th, 2023

10 Days
2 Canadian dentists
6 Assistants
181 Patients

We are glad and with gratitude to serve communities from Jocotan and Camotan.

We have no words to say thanks to Dr. Adrian Musters, Dr. Tom Pekar, all of the assistants, and our donors.

For the hard work and dedication to keep this noble cause going. God bless you all.

We will continue our mission and we will be looking forward to serve communities in great need. If you will like to be part of this incredible mission, please contact us.

Please help us accomplish our goal by donating.

Dental Clinic Up and Running

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:18:04 GMT

After 10+ years we are officially up and running!

The dental clinic is now open and serving patients from Jocot án and Camotan, Guatemala. It is so exciting and rewarding to see all of our hard work and dedication pay off. We couldn't have done it without the entire OSO team, thank you for your volunteer efforts and belief in our project. Much gratitude goes out to every single person who donated to make this dream a reality, your support has led us here.

This facility will make a huge difference in the lives of people living in rural Guatemala. But we aren't finished yet... there is more work to be done and ongoing maintenance to uphold for the clinic. Please consider donating to our cause so we can continue to serve these under served communities.

Building a Better Future for the Asmen Family

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 20:09:26 GMT

Fundraising Campaign Goal

By donating today you can help us with our mission to provid e safety and stability for the Asmen Family. Our mission is to build a home for this father and six children in rural Jocotán. You can help us provide them with a healthier life and a brighter future.

The Story

OSO has been developing a piece of property in rural Jocotán, Guatemala and building modern building complexes to house a non-profit medical centre and dental clinic, as well as an elementary/high school/adult schoolhouse. These facilities will help to complement the deficiencies and support the existing Guatemalan infrastructure.

Leonidas Asmen takes care of the OSO property by providing day-to-day maintenance, 24/7 security, and completing light construction/building projects. Leonidas and his six children currently live nearby inside of a used shipping container that was outfitted to be a shelter but had very limited facilities.

OSO recently moved the Asmen Family into one of the new buildings on the OSO development site to temporarily house them in a more secure, healthy and safe environment.

Our goal is to build them a more suitable home on the OSO property that will have water and the necessary facilities for a family to live comfortably. Leonidas will continue to help OSO maintain the property and building complexes, while his children will continue attending school and helping out their father with the day to day family chores. You can help us provide them with a healthier life and a brighter future. Donate today!

We Have Water!

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:45:56 GMT

We continue advancing the construction of the first complex on the OSO site in Jocotan, Camotan and Chiquimula, Guatemala to serve the surrounding communities with dental and health care.

Thanks to our donors who trust in our work and have put forward generous donations into this project. We specially would like to thank to: LIVING WATER WORLD MISSIONS who made one of the most important donations for our project, the Water Purification System which is now fully installed and functioning.

As well we like to thank to: My Father's House organization who made the connection for this to happen.

We Are So Close To Our Goal!

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:02:24 GMT

Thank you for your ongoing support and encouragement. We are so close to our goal and have raised over $11,500!

We only require $3,450 more to officially open our doors and begin providing much needed dental care to Jocotán and the surrounding area!!

Because of your generous donations and support we have been able to:

assemble and install water collection tanks
connect water systems and piping
install wastewater removal
connect to the electrical grid and instal interior wiring

Please take a look at our photos and videos of the construction updates on the site Jocotán. With your support we will continue with our efforts to serve the many different needs of these communities.

Your help, encouragement and donations are greatly appreciated! We couldn’t do this without YOU!

OSO & The Hope of Life Organization Distribute 126 Food Bags

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:42:19 GMT

COVID-19 has created even more strain, barriers and needs for communities at large. So, not only are we working towards opening our dental clinic, but along the way we have created a partnership with the Hope of Life Organization and the Camotan Municipality.

Through the generous donations of this partnership we were able to distribute 126 food bags to the communities of Niarar Cumbre, Camotan and Chiquimula!

Health Clinic Fundraising Campaign - Half Way There!

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:51:07 GMT

As we received the first half of money from donations made in GoFundMe, we started the work to complete what is needed to open the first dental clinic in Jocotan, Chiqui mula, Guatemala, to serve the communities around from the mountains in the area.

Work that includes:

Trench for water pipes from water well to water tanks to dental clinic building
Land movement to clear the way for trench
Build of column to install electricity from the grid
Order materials that include electric wires, panels, breakers, water pipes and accessories, steel profiles to build water well housing and water tanks housing

Work that is pending:

Build water well housing
Build water tanks housing
Clinic painting
Dental equipment installation, utilities connections
Sewer septic tanks
Electrical wiring from central panel to building
Clinic furnishing

Even through the pandemic, we continue the work to serve the community

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:25:07 GMT

Even through the COVID-19 pandemic we continue to serve communities in Jocotán, Chiquimula. We have been working safety and diligently to continue to push the project forward while maintaining the safety of everyone involved.

Donated Medical Equipment Delivery

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:42:31 GMT

It arrived, all the way from the United States!

This dental equipment was donated by Dr. Karen Williamson from Rockwall, Texas. The donation was coordinated by Dr. Adrian Musters from Huntsville, Ontario. A BIG thank you to both Karen and Adrian for your kindness and support. This donation means so much to OSO and has put us even closer to realizing our goal.

Working on the Water Well

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:23:10 GMT

One of the most important parts of this OSO project is installing a source for clean water for the schoolhouse and the dental clinic through this dug well. We are very excited to share that the well project is now well underway!

Exciting Schoolhouse Building Updates

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:04:23 GMT

A recent trip to Guatemala on Nov 21st to Nov 26th, 2019 resulted in some very exciting updates on the Schoolhouse Building Project.

Building Updates:

1. We visited the OSO building site, for update of the buildings. The building that you see here is the schoolhouse, which is almost finished, interior details are the only thing left to be completed.

The other building in the photos on the OSO site is the dental clinic, which is still under construction.

2. We are very excited to now have architects from Guatemala and California, Francisco Quesada and Alfredo Quesada, who are now participating in the project and plan to help with the functionality aspects of the project.

3. We met also with Delfina Codon, who is the Program Director of the nursing school in Jocotan. We discussed plans for how nurses can help with the project when they do their practical nursing hours.

4. We also discussed possible locations for a water well for the OSO site. While we were on location we met with the people who will install the water well and this will be underway asap.

5. Last but not least, thanks to Dr Adrian Musters (in Huntsville, Ontario), through one of his contacts in the USA, we obtained some used dental equipment that has been donated to OSO. This equipment will be transported to Guatemala from Philadelphia as soon as OSO get the funds to do so.

Community Involvement:

We met with people in the community and visited villages in the surrounding area, talking to people that will benefit from this project. Below are some photographs of our travels around the nearby village.

Overall we had a great trip and we are always so motivated and energized after we visit and see all of the hard work and amazing progress that we have made. If you want to get involved in this project or know more about it please feel free to reach out to us.

Thanks to Bruce Templeton from Huntsville Ontario for your photography skills during this trip.

Volunteer Mission

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:26:19 GMT

Schoolhouse Build Underway!

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:49:38 GMT

Recent Visit to Jocotan

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:18:15 GMT

Approval from CRA

Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Approval from CRA Canada to operate as a charity in that country to help on the development for those communities.

Approval from SAT

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Approval from SAT Guatemala to operate as an Agency of the Organization.

Approval for the IRS

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Approval from the IRS for the 501(c)3 status in U.S.