Hospice San José

hospicio san jose orphanage guatemala

We are a nonprofit, social and charitable private, civil, founded by Father Francis O'Leary, a Belgian national, who was characterized as an individual human quality and a great sense of solidarity with the most needy.

Background Hospice San José in Guatemala:

The Hospicio de San Jose was founded in Guatemala in 1989 and continues the work of providing comprehensive care to children, adolescents and adults living with HIV or AIDS and / or common diseases. It is noteworthy that the September 2, 1994, the legal accreditation as Hospice Association of San José was obtained. Hospice he began to serve in the capital of Guatemala City, then six years old he moved to the town of San Lucas Sacatepequez, where it stood for 12 years with the support of benefactors, fortunately today are facilities themselves, which are in the 28.5 kilometer road Barcenas, municipality of Santa Lucia Milpas Altas, Sacatepequez.

Our mission

We are a non-governmental not-for-profit organization that provides comprehensive care to children, adolescents and adults living with HIV or AIDS and / or common diseases through social services working together, giving the best of each so that the patient has quality of life and proper insertion into society, bearing in mind that they are human beings and we owe them.

Our vision

Be a national institution that provides diagnosis and treatment for people with HIV or AIDS, to help reduce the impact of the pandemic through comprehensive care, information, education and prevention aimed at vulnerable population and in general

Overall objectives

Provide comprehensive care for orphaned children living permanently in hospice facilities. Pay attention to outpatient nationwide infected with HIV or AIDS. Provide comprehensive health care in general nationwide poor people.

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Telephone Guatemala:+(502) 6624-4700

Telephone Guatemala:+(502) 6624-4701

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Articles about Orphan Care

  • Find out how lives were changed in Guatemala in 2018.
    2018 Ministry Review
    Because someone cared, lives are being changed in Guatemala. Read on to find out what has happened in our ministry this past year.
  • 2018 Mid-Year Report from missionary family in Guatemala.
    2018 Mid-Year Update
    2018 Mid-Year Report from missionary family in Guatemala. Our ministry has grown substantially, not just in the numbers of those we serve, but in depth and scope.
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    Orphan Care – Beyond Orphanages, Serving for a Lifetime
    Orphan Care – Beyond Orphanages, serving for a lifetime. Lessons about orphan care from a missionary in Guatemala. When does our ministry end? When do we check someone we have been serving off our list and consider them “mission accomplished”? All too often in many orphanages and children’s homes, the moment they walk out the door they are forgotten.
  • Orphan Prevention, getting to the root of the problem of orphan care in Guatemala.
    Orphan Prevention, Getting to the Root of the Problem
    Orphan Prevention, getting to the root of the problem of orphan care in Guatemala.
  • orphan care loving when it's hard. Guatemala.
    Orphan Care-Loving When It’s Hard
    Anyone can love when it’s easy; but, it’s how we respond when things are hard, that truly demonstrates the heart of God. Serving orphans and vulnerable children in Guatemala, we have had to figure out how to do this right.