The responsibility of leading a mission team is one that takes a person who understands people and purpose, as well as insight into the overall situation into which you are taking a team.

In these times, there are on-going changes and everyone must remain flexible and in communication with the Health Caring Services administration staff, as we will with you.

THANK YOU for everything you do and please contact us with any needs you have.

1) Submit the “Team Leader Commitment Form” below. This form provides the HCS Administration and the Hospital with the necessary information to support you in your leadership role. If, after you have submitted this form, any information changes, it is important that you let the administration staff know immediately.

2) Read the Team Leader and the Team Member Manuals linked here. As the team leader, you are responsible for the information contained in the Team Leader Manual AND the Team Member Manual, as well as making sure every team member has access to the Team Member Manual. If you are not administrating the team yourself, make sure your team administrator receives a copy of both manuals as well. Team Leader Manual (Word Document) // Team Member Manual (Word Document)

3) As TEAM LEADER it is your responsibility to confirm with all team members that their documents follow the stated guidelines before submission and that the application and documents are submitted and payment is made no later than the team closing date.

NO person will be considered a team member until their application and required documents and payment are submitted by the due date. There will no exceptions due to the fact the hospital must submit your team information to proper Honduras officials within a specified time span to acquire the necessary permission to work in Honduras.

Itineraries and Travel Insurance policies are due at least 4 weeks before the team departure date.

You will receive a detailed information sheet with your team due dates and required documents when your commitment form is received.

4) Contact me with any questions – [email protected].


Blessings and thank you for serving in our beloved Honduras, the HCS administrative team

This may be an administrator or the Team Leader.

If any of the dates you enter below change after you have submitted this form you must immediately notify HCS administration: [email protected].

Preparation team includes any team members arriving prior to the primary working team’s arrival. Preparation team members should arrive all on the same day. Provide information only if applicable.

Team Members should all arrive on the same day.

These exact dates will be used for clinic, OR and office staffing and advertising for your team; these are the days that the patients will come to the hospital. They must be accurate.

All team members must depart from the hospital on the same day.

Tour must be paid for with unmarked, undamaged dollar bills. Please see the Team Leader Manual (Word Document) for information concerning planning your tour. If information is required to make these arrangements, contact Jill @ [email protected].

Team leaders are responsible for the organization of all team tours and ordering of coffee for team members. See the Team Leader Manual (Word Document) for information on arranging tours and coffee orders. If more information is required to make these plans, please contact Jill: [email protected].

By checking below, you understand that there will be team closing dates that must be observed in order to make the necessary arrangements at the hospital. ALL team members must have all of their applications, payments, and documents submitted at least 9 weeks prior to departure to Honduras. All team members’ itineraries and a copy of their travel insurance policies must be submitted 4 weeks prior to their departure to Honduras. You also understand that if a team member does not complete the application, payment and submission of the requested documents, itinerary and travel insurance policy by the closing dates, that team member will be dropped from the team roster, even if plane tickets have been purchased or other expenses were incurred. These will remain the team member's liabilities.

Health Caring Services is a Christian organization, as is Hospital Socorro De Lo Alto. Hondurans view alcohol consumption, cursing, smoking and drug use, as well as unmarried couples rooming together, as non-Christian behaviors. In light of our desired witness in the community, HCS asks you to refrain from consuming alcohol, smoking, cursing and drug use on or off the hospital campus while working with the hospital, as well as other behaviors that might prove offensive to our hosts, and compromising to the expressed Christian beliefs of HCS and Hospital Socorro de Lo Alto. Please help us respect the Hondurans and protect the ministry of HCS and the hospital.

Taking a team out of the country while there are testing requirements for return to the USA is not to be taken lightly. As a team leader you must explain to your team members the consequences of testing COVID positive and not being able to return to the USA. (see the Team Member policy below)

You must have a plan if one or more of your team members tests positive, i.e.- will you stay with them, what if the person who stays tests positive after the isolation period, what if someone becomes seriously ill and needs to be transferred to San Pedro Sula to the COVID hospital, etc.

If you have questions or concerns, email Jill Wilson- [email protected] or Mary Kinsey- [email protected]

Health Caring Services and Hospital Socorro de lo Alto will follow all requirements for air travel as designated by the Honduran and United States governments.
If testing is required for air travel to the USA, those tests will be done at the hospital. Each team member will pay for all tests requested.
If a team member does not meet the requirements for air travel to the USA, they will isolate at the hospital for the period of time as defined by the CDC. Each team member will pay for all expenses incurred due to the isolation, i.e. food, lodging, transportation, etc.
When the needed isolation period is complete, as defined by the CDC, a letter of recovery for air travel will be provided by the medical staff at Hospital Socorro do lo Alto.
If the team member requires medical care beyond what is able to be provided at Hospital Socorro de lo Alto, they will be transferred to the COVID hospital in San Pedro Sula.