La Fuente

EYE CLINIC

Located at over 11,000 feet above sea level in the Andes Mountains, ‘La Fuente’ clinic has ministered to the Quechua people of Cusco for over 12 years. Its focus is primarily on ophthalmological care, but it also has dental and physical therapy services. The clinic employs 60 Peruvian healthcare workers, and last year took care of about 38,000 patients.

Cusco is a city of 500,000 people in a mountainous region with almost 1.5 million inhabitants. The majority of these people live in great poverty without adequate access to specialty medical care. Cusco has one of the highest levels of ultraviolet radiation exposure in the world owing to its high altitude and proximity to the equator. A variety of blinding conditions including cataracts and pterygia are prevalent in this region and contribute to the suffering of many of the poor and elderly.

MISSION EYE CLINIC

GOALS

Dr. Nathan Henson and his wife Kristen moved to Cusco 11 years ago to serve the most needy and vulnerable populations in the Cusco region. Nathan works as an ophthalmologist and is the director of the La Fuente clinic.

Kristen works as the director of an orphanage called Casa Josefina. Their goal, by God’s grace, is to show the love of Christ in bringing sight to the blind, relieving suffering, caring for orphans, and sharing the good news of the gospel with those that God places in their path.  The clinic is also involved in training and discipling Peruvian medical professionals to provide quality, Christ-centered care to their own people.