Volunteers in turquoise shirts run a makeshift pharmacy in a classroom
Ministries

Medical brigades

One week a year of free medical care and the gospel in a different community.

Description

Every year, for one week, JUCUM Leticia travels with health and mission teams to a different Amazon community (Colombian, Peruvian or Brazilian) to serve it in a whole-person way. Specialists from different areas of health always come along, with their equipment and everything needed: general medicine, dentistry, pediatrics and more.

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Medicine is given away and donations are provided for the whole family. During the days of care and after them, evangelistic work is carried out; there is a seminar for the community’s pastors, activities for children all day long and, at the close of each day, a crusade where Bibles are given to the entire community. We work alongside partner teams, mainly from Arkansas (USA). The 2026 brigade reached Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, with teams from the United States, Mexico, Bogotá and JUCUM Leticia.

What we do

  • 01We care for every area of health
  • 02Medicine distribution
  • 03Donations
  • 04Evangelism
  • 05Strengthening families

Medical brigades

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One week, a whole team

Health, help and hope arrive together where almost no one else goes.

  • Specialists with all their equipment

    Professionals from different health fields always travel, with equipment and everything needed.

  • Free medicine and donations

    Medicine is given away and donations are provided for the whole family.

  • Gospel during and after

    There is evangelistic work during the health days and after they end.

  • Families and pastors strengthened

    A seminar for local pastors and support for families, so the work continues after the team leaves.

  • Children at the center

    Games, music and activities for the youngest all day long.

  • Teams from many nations

    Volunteers from the United States, Mexico, Bogotá and JUCUM Leticia serve shoulder to shoulder.

people cared for (Puerto Nariño)
1 000+
support volunteers on the brigade
200

How the day unfolds

  1. During the day

    Medical and dental care

    Makeshift clinics in schools and community halls, with specialists, equipment and free medicine.

  2. All day

    Evangelism and children

    Teams visit homes and share the gospel while children enjoy games, music and Bible teaching.

  3. At day’s end

    Crusade and Bible giving

    The whole community gathers to worship, hear the Word and receive a Bible.

  4. After the brigade

    The work continues

    Evangelism and accompaniment of the community continue once the health week ends.

Medical brigades

Caring for health is loving the way Jesus loved

“I was sick and you visited me” (Matthew 25:36). We care for the body with excellence and the heart with the hope of the gospel: for the Christian faith, health is a way of serving God by serving people.

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