Tuesday, February 22, 2011

AHMEN/CHIMES Mission to La Moskitia

Plans for the AHMEN/CHIMES mission to La Moskitia are coming together nicely.  Our Team is just about completely chosen. Here is the current roster of Americans .  This team was put together with the assistance of the folks at UMVIM

Bruce McFadden,  Physician Assistant,   Orthopedics and Emergency medicine  5 trips to Honduras, missions to Haiti and Uganda  Co-team-leader, Alabama

Bud McKinney,  Retired sheet metal worker.  Knows about everything you need to know about getting it done in HN.  ~20 trips to HN  Co-team-leader, California

Jesus Cacho,  Mental health worker and soon to be nursing student,   From HN.  Knows everyone in eastern HN and everything that Bud doesn't know.  CA

LaWinfred Shack,  Therapeutic masseur, Second trip to HN.  The Muscle of the group.  Memphis, TN

Jean Ivey,   DSN, CRNP, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and clinical professor.  UAB,  Birmingham, Alabama

"Sug" Kaiser, RN, Dialysis nurse, several medical mission trips to central and south America, SC

Pat Farley, LPN, Retired Nurse, Currently on a mission to East Africa, VA

Wes Wallace, MD  ER physician, Numerous mission trips, Chapel Hill, NC

Tom Arnold, MD  ER physician, 17 missions to Honduras, Birmingham, AL

We are acquiring our large supply of needed medications.  Some will be shipped in advance to La Ceiba in the Container.  The rest will be brought with us.  A large amount will be brought by the members from CHIMES including dental equipment and supplies.  Again this year, we will donate significant amounts of medicine and supplies to the Ciriboya Hospital and to the Bayan Hospital in Palacios.

Miskito child in Limonales, Gracias a Dios

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