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Our next trip
to Peru will be Medical Mission III, between the 7th
and 12th of
March, 2008.
We are a group of doctors, nurses and volunteers
who travel yearly to Lima, Peru, from Miami, Denver
and other main US cities. Our primary goal is to
provide basic medical care to a very poor population
living around Lima, the capital of Peru. These
people do not usually have access to health care
and most of them are women and children. In Lima we
work with other local volunteers and doctors from
“Solidarity
in Action”, an association of the
Christian
Life Movement (CLM), who help us coordinate
and organize these missions.
In previous trips, we have been able to provide
different levels of medical attention to an average
of 5,000 patients per trip.
We invite you to join us in our next mission trip
between March 7 and 12, 2008. This time we will be
working at the town of Chincha, about 3 hours South
of Lima (Capital of Peru). This town is where the
CLM and
Solidarity in Action is focusing its help for
the victims of the Peruvian earthquake.
Usually your expenses will be your ticket to Peru
($400 to $900 US) plus $300 US to cover lodging,
food and local transportation. We will stay at a
comfortable hotel in Chincha nearby the mission site.
We use the first day of the trip to learn about the
strong Catholic heritage of Peru, visiting several
Catholic sanctuaries. At the same time we tour
around the 500-year-old downtown Lima.
We accept donations to
purchase medications to take with us. In previous
years we were blessed with more than 3000 lbs of
medicines we received from direct donations or we bought
thanks to cash donations. All donations in the
US are tax deductible. You could also sponsor your
trip with specific donations.
We may not take more than 60 volunteers per trip,
thus registration is limited. In case we reach our
limit, we have a waiting list.
For more information, please contact by email:
Mission Coordinator, Mr. Brian Shields at
medicalmissions@clmusa.org
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