Benefactor Sponsor- Solaris Healthcare - From Soil to improved health to Sovereignty
Majd Faiz, Carolina Umanzor
Solaris, an innovative holistic healthcare platform in El Salvador, integrates traditional and integrative medicine with decentralized technology, including bitcoin-based sovereign identity and finance, promoting health restoration while respecting Mother Earth. Emphasizing user-centric design, Solaris offers personalized diagnostics, meal plans, and healing ecosystems that unite communities and honor natural resources. Positioned as a medical tourism hub rivaling Costa Rica, it pilots free comprehensive care programs, fostering local empowerment and global connectivity through sustainable, earth-conscious health solutions.
"All the most beautiful things in life are free. The Earth is free. But we have to care for it. We have to care for ourselves. We have to love our bodies; all our systems are important. Together, we can create amazing things."
Summary
- Solaris offers an integrated holistic healthcare platform starting from caring for Mother Earth to personal health. - El Salvador is positioned as a new hub for medical tourism with high-quality, professional care. - The project emphasizes a deep, heart-centered, and collaborative approach involving local communities. - Solaris integrates decentralized technology, including Bitcoin, digital IDs, and finance, to empower health sovereignty. - A pilot program provides free, personalized diagnostics and meal plans to demonstrate holistic health benefits.
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From soil to sovereignty: how Solaris Healthcare is revolutionising medical care in El Salvador
A holistic approach connects environmental health with individual wellbeing
In a powerful presentation that blended personal narrative with visionary healthcare solutions, Majd Faiz and Carolina Umanzor unveiled their groundbreaking Solaris Healthcare initiative at the Reclaiming Health & Longevity Symposium in El Salvador. The three-day event, which began on November 10, 2025, showcased innovative approaches to health sovereignty, with Solaris Healthcare emerging as a standout example of how developing nations can pioneer transformative healthcare models.
Reimagining healthcare from the ground up
"Imagine a healthcare system you wished you were born into, one that starts beyond your body—from the ground up, from Mother Earth," urged Faiz during his opening remarks. This sentiment formed the philosophical foundation of Solaris Healthcare's approach, which integrates care for environmental wellbeing with personal health outcomes.
The platform represents an ambitious attempt to create what Faiz described as "a holistic, integrative healthcare system that truly cares for the community." Rather than focusing solely on treating symptoms, Solaris emphasises preventative care and addressing the root causes of health issues.
El Salvador's emerging medical tourism potential
A significant aspect of the presentation highlighted El Salvador's potential to become a new hub for medical tourism in Central America.
"We've heard about Costa Rica as a medical hub, but we see El Salvador as the next go-to medical tourism country," Faiz stated, referencing testimonials from patients who had relocated from the United States specifically to access Solaris's services.
Dr. Carolina Umanzor, a dentist by training and Faiz's partner in developing Solaris, spoke passionately about the quality of care being delivered. "As a dentist, I feel so happy receiving my patients with a different approach—not only to fix or cover one problem, my real mission with them is to offer one integral option from the most deep in their health."
Technology meets tradition: the sovereign tech stack
What distinguishes Solaris from other holistic healthcare initiatives is its integration of decentralised technology, including Bitcoin-based solutions. During the presentation, Faiz explained how Solaris is implementing digital IDs and decentralised finance to enhance personal sovereignty within the healthcare ecosystem.
"We're talking about decentralised health and decentralised wealth," Faiz explained. "But something exists called decentralised ID and decentralised finance. That's taking Bitcoin beyond just monetary value to use it within an ecosystem of healing."
The initiative has launched a pilot programme offering comprehensive health assessments and personalised meal plans to between 50 and 100 participants free of charge, demonstrating the practical application of their holistic approach.
Community-centred development
Perhaps most striking about the Solaris model is its deep commitment to community involvement. Throughout the presentation, Faiz and Umanzor emphasised the importance of building from the ground up, connecting directly with local Salvadorans to understand their needs.
"El Salvador is a blessed country with amazing souls; if we all work together, we can create something truly transformative," Umanzor said, visibly moved when describing how local communities have embraced the project.
This community-centred approach echoes what Faiz described as building "from the outernet to the Internet"—prioritising human needs before technological solutions, a philosophy he attributed to Steve Jobs.
A model for global health transformation?
As the global healthcare system grapples with challenges of accessibility, sustainability, and equity, initiatives like Solaris Healthcare offer potential alternative models. By integrating care for the environment, community wellbeing, and individual health with sovereign technology, Solaris represents a bold reimagining of what healthcare could look like in the 21st century.
"The most beautiful things in this life are free. The Earth is free. But we have to care about it. We have to care about ourselves," reflected Umanzor, encapsulating the holistic philosophy that underpins this ambitious project.
As the Reclaiming Health & Longevity Symposium continues in El Salvador, Solaris Healthcare stands as a testament to how smaller nations can spearhead innovative approaches to some of humanity's most pressing challenges—creating systems that honor both human wellbeing and the health of the planet we all share.
Part of Reclaiming Health & Longevity Symposium