If you are a follower of the blog spot about Iowa MOST missions, you might also enjoy using other communication vehicles to learn even more. If you like Facebook, go to Www,Facebook.com/IowaMOST and if you are a Twitter fan, go to twitter.com and search for “volunteers@guatemala_2012”. Thanks to Jacque Andrew, Facebook is a new way we are communicating this…
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Dental procedures are important to the mission. Dentist Dr. Steven Aquilino and nurse Jen Oliver prepare obturators to be used for those patients who are not surgical candidates. Dr. Aquilino and dental student Amber McCarville with dental patient happy with results of partial denture. Dentist Bill Gates (really!) will appear later! — at Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Submitted…
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Onsite coordinator Paco Fernandez has a good laugh when asked by Karin Franklin where the Home Depot is in Guatemala! Submitted by Jacque Andrew
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A 13 year old boy carries his 18 month old nephew into the hospital for surgery. Families are important here. Later the “uncle” has fun with one of the nurses doing puzzles. Submitted by Jacque Andrew
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Vital to the dozens of cleft palate and lip repairs to be done by the Iowa MOST mission is the refurbished anesthesia machine shipped from Iowa to Guatemala! Unpacked and set up here by DGE John Ockenfels and Dennis Wilson, biomedical engineer. Guatemalan coordinator of the mission Paco Fernandez was instrumental in ushering the important…
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February 9, 2014 Despite multiple flight delays and cancellations, finally the 2014 Iowa Miles of Smiles Team (MOST) has arrived in Guatemala! Caught in the polar vortex that wrecked havoc with thousands of flights and millions of travelers, the team patiently made its way across the US from multiple locations, all with one purpose in…
Read MoreOn Saturday, March 9 at 7:00 pm Iowa City West High School students will present a Music and Art Festival in the West High Auditorium. Proceeds will go to Iowa MOST to carry out its annual mission trip to Guatemala to correct cleft lip and palate. The festival will feature music and art by West…
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