Outreach

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

February 7, 2019  |   |  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…

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

February 5, 2019  |   |  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…

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Dental Outreach to Remote Schools in the Western Highlands

February 28, 2016  |   |  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…

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