Outreach

Wednesday 2-6-19: Can I take them all home with me?

February 7, 2019 | Reinhard Juraschek | Comment | Dentistry, Fundraising, Outreach

The surgical team is performing the last lip and palate repairs in the operating rooms today, and is taking pride in being able to treat every child that showed up, and was healthy enough to receive a safe surgery. While this is going on, the rest of the team embarkeds upon another outreach mission today…

Tuesday 2-5-19: The little school above the clouds…

February 5, 2019 | Reinhard Juraschek | Comment | Local Rotarians, Outreach, Travel Stories

Next to the regular surgery schedule a part of our team was venturing out to a little school tucked half way into the mountain range rising steeply up behind Huehuetenango. It is amazing how the landscape, infrastructure and with it, the standard of living changes within only 30 mins of a bumpy ride in a…

Dental Outreach to Remote Schools in the Western Highlands

February 28, 2016 | Deb Dunkhase | Comment | Dentistry, Guatemala Scenery, Local Rotarians, Outreach

February 10, 2016 Ash Wednesday … Reflections from Team Member Susie Poulton Today some members of our Iowa MOST team went to visit three schools in the highlands of Guatemala. The sky was cloudless and the scenery was beautiful as we were driven another 5,000 feet into the mountains on very windy roads. The first…

Iowa MOST - Rotary District 6000 is with Deb Dunkhase and 2 others.

6 months ago

Safety and Flexibility

The most important watchword of the Iowa MOST mission is Safety. After Safety comes the importance of Flexibility. So what happens when a hopeful individual appears in the midst of the week after patients have already been screened and placed on the schedule for surgery? Such a situation arose this week as it sometimes does when Reyli’s parents brought him to the Salus Hospital seeking surgery to repair the cleft lip of their four-month old son.

Much caution is used when considering surgery for a child as young as Reyli. Careful screening is a must to be in accord with our focus on Safety, but no one is turned away without careful screening to determine their needs and to provide any assistance that Iowa MOST can reasonably and safely offer. The focus on Flexibility means the prospective patient will be found a spot on the schedule if at all possible.

So here came Reyli on Sunday with his parents who had only discovered information about the mission on Friday, but made the trip with hopes of help for their son. And Reyli, though young, was healthy and hardy. He proved to be a good eater weighing in in at 17 pounds! A perfect candidate! Reyli was worked into the Monday surgery schedule and his cleft lip was repaired.

Reyli was so young that he will grow up no different from his siblings and he will never remember that he had a cleft issue. Safety and Flexibility. The guiding principles of Iowa MOST. These principles worked well for Reyli and his family, and have been keys to our success for 15 years here. ... See MoreSee Less

Safety and Flexibility

The most important watchword of the Iowa MOST mission is Safety. After Safety comes the importance of Flexibility. So what happens when a hopeful individual appears in the midst of the week after patients have already been screened and placed on the schedule for surgery? Such a situation arose this week as it sometimes does when Reyli’s parents brought him to the Salus Hospital seeking surgery to repair the cleft lip of their four-month old son.

Much caution is used when considering surgery for a child as young as Reyli. Careful screening is a must to be in accord with our focus on Safety, but no one is turned away without careful screening to determine their needs and to provide any assistance that Iowa MOST can reasonably and safely offer. The focus on Flexibility means the prospective patient will be found a spot on the schedule if at all possible.

So here came Reyli on Sunday with his parents who had only discovered information about the mission on Friday, but made the trip with hopes of help for their son. And Reyli, though young, was healthy and hardy. He proved to be a good eater weighing in in at 17 pounds! A perfect candidate! Reyli was worked into the Monday surgery schedule and his cleft lip was repaired.

Reyli was so young that he will grow up no different from his siblings and he will never remember that he had a cleft issue. Safety and Flexibility. The guiding principles of Iowa MOST. These principles worked well for Reyli and his family, and have been keys to our success for 15 years here.

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Precioso bebe, deseo que con las manos de los doctores y el equipo de Iowa Most pronto te recuperes y sea corregido con éxito el labio y paladar hendido.

I love being a small part of this group!

Thanks, nice job

Iowa MOST - Rotary District 6000

6 months ago

We’ll do whatever it takes to take care of the kiddos! Nice moves Laura! ... See MoreSee Less

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Jennifer Renshaw you should do this..you speak Spanish!

God bless you for such excellent people and for the works you do with so much love

God bless you ! ✨✨✨🤗

Erin Steffen you are the best!!

Iowa MOST - Rotary District 6000 is with Deb Dunkhase and 5 others.

6 months ago

This morning the whole team got to do outreach at a school near Huehuetenango where Rotary President Rita Morales has a Rotary project. Our visit coincided with a celebration of Peace and Non-Violence across the country. The kids recited three principles of peace: love, respect, justice.

The kids and the team had a great time, playing a little “football,” getting fluoride, singing the toothbrush song, reading The Hungry Caterpillar, and getting new books. Each child was able to take home a book of their choice. We said goodbye with many hugs, and we look forward to coming back next year! ... See MoreSee Less

This morning the whole team got to do outreach at a school near Huehuetenango where Rotary President Rita Morales has a Rotary project. Our visit coincided with a celebration of Peace and Non-Violence across the country. The kids recited three principles of peace: love, respect, justice.

The kids and the team had a great time, playing a little “football,” getting fluoride, singing the toothbrush song, reading The Hungry Caterpillar, and getting new books. Each child was able to take home a book of their choice. We said goodbye with many hugs, and we look forward to coming back next year!

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