Medical
Project (Ecuador 2000) 
| In November 2000 we
expanded our horizons into the Puyo Pastaza area of Ecuador in South
America. Medical clinics were set up in the villages of Curaray and
Pacacyacu.
Our multinational medical team
included nurses, dentists and doctors were headed up by Dr. Violet
Shadd, Caesar and Pedrico the local health nurses from each village
James and Nelson the Ecuadorian dentists. |
Dentist in Curaray, Ecuador, showing girl how to brush teeth. |
The medical team was assisted by Eliza Cutcher our Spanish translator and Ecuadorian organizer, Miriam Guevara the Quichua translator and director of Organizacion De Pueblos Indigenas De Pastaza “OPIP”, and Mary Tidlund as project coordinator. We all learned from each other and look forward to future projects. The main diseases treated were infectious diarrhea, respiratory diseases and illnesses caused by parasites and malnutrition. We also treated malaria and tuberculosis while there. |
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The
writing exchange program expanded to include the village schools. The
villages gratefully received the school supplies.
Over 1000 people were treated on this project. Click to view the Ecuador 2002 Medical Project.
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Children from school in Curaray Ecuador, in writing program. |
