Our Mission
The Yantalo Peru Foundation is devoted to delivering outstanding quality programs in the areas of health, education and culture to help meet the needs of the people of Yantalo in the Peruvian Amazon Jungle. Our goal is to create a long-term and sustainable positive impact through serious and active participation of the community and volunteers who share our vision and commitment to work with integrity, creativity and accountability.
Our biggest endeavor, the clinic now holds many medical missions.
Videos from over the years
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Documentary Film
The documentary, “Mortality of Dreams” about the 10 year journey of Yantalo, the clinic, & Dr. Vasquez. Filmed every year for 10 years in Yantalo!
Buy the DVD, Rent, & more information HERE
YANTALO ADELINA SOPLIN CLINIC
(CLÍNICA "ADELINA SOPLIN" YANTALO)
A sustainably designed, state of the art, and international volunteer-run hospital, which provides healthcare for all, regardless of their ability to pay.
The Clinic serves all the people of the region—regardless of their ability to pay—while also serving as a learning center for medical students and physicians. International & Peruvian students, physicians, dentists and other health care professionals examine and treat patients, who otherwise have no access to proper medical attention. Rotating volunteer medical missions make trips to Yantalo every year, providing care not otherwise available in the area.
The Faculty, students and professional friends of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego, CA, donated their time and expertise to the Foundation. Students Gina Cangialosi and Lauren Garza designed the architectural plans of the clinic.
State of the Clinic:
Pharmacy has been approved.
We have general surgeons available for follow-up care after volunteer visits.
Dec 2019, we are in the process of approval for a blood storage for transfusion so we can move forward with our application for re-categorization.
The team
THE Foundation
Luis Vasquez, MD., Mary Vasquez, PhD., Roberto Vasquez, PhD., Mario Vasquez, MS. and Ian Vasquez MS started the Yantalo Peru Foundation in 2005.
LUIS VASQUEZ, MD.:Presistent & Founder
He spends his time near Chicago, in Yantalo, and traveling the world overseeing the work of the Foundation and making connections for future missions and global health collaborators.
English & Spanish speaker.
MERY PADILLA: DIRECTORA PROGRAMAS MÉDICOS INTERNACIONALES
On the ground in Yantalo, she oversees all the medical missions making sure there are patients to be seen and making sure volunteer doctors have what they need.
Spanish & some English speaker.
WUILMAN VASQUEZ: COORDINATOR
On the ground in Yantalo, he oversaw the construction site and now assists with any and everything.
Spanish & English speaker.
Dr. Carlos Samame: Gerente General
Friends and business collaborator with Dr. Vasquez since childhood, Dr. Samame is based in Lima.
Spanish speaker.
Daily clinic OPERATIONS: doctors rotate shifts
Dr. Alexander Perez: clinic physician
A graduate of San Pedro de Chimbote-Peru. He specialized in General Surgery at the U.N.M.S.M. National University of San Marcos. In addition to Yantalo, he currently works at MINSA II-1 Moyobamba Hospital.
Dr. Erika PadillA: clinic physician
A graduate of the Latin American School of Medicine-Cuba. In addition to Yantalo, she currently works at the Centro de Poblado Naranjos Health Center, Rioja-Peru.
Yantalo Foundation Local STAFF:
There are many local staff at the clinic including technical support, security, landscapers, cooks, and nurses. A teacher is also employed in the town’s school.
Veronica Elizabeth Vela Perez, Nurse Technician
Luis Yoel Guevara Marrufo, Clinic Cook
Natalia Jaramillo Soto, Cleaning Team
Jhon Egoavil Guerra, night security
Jorge Cordova Abarca, night security
Manuel Cordova Abarca, night security
Carlos Labajos Ruiz, night security
Carlos Chujutalli Perez, Gardener
Susana Chilicahua Panduro, Gardener
Anita Fuentes Cubas, Gardener
Damian Piscoya, Medical Laboratory Technician
Danner Ulloa Rodriguez, Pharmaceutical chemist (when needed)
Mauro Mori Portocarreo, Computer Tech (when needed)
Richar Mori Rojas, Graphic Designer (when needed)
Nino Ocampo Mesia, Surgery Room Nurse (when needed)
Cinthia Paola Martinez Sena, Computer teacher in Yantalo School
OUR PARTNERS: LEARN MORE HERE.
Top Universities and hospitals around the world have partnered with annual missions to the clinic.
THE HISTORY
Dr. Luiz Vasquez was born and raised in Lima by his single mother Adelina Sophlin, he moved to the states for his studies and to practice medicine. He returned to his mother’s home village for the first time in 2005 after her death. His mother Adelina Soplin’s memory of giving back and sharing inspired the start of the Yantalo Peru Foundation and the namesake Adelina Soplin Clinic.
