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Our team is gathered
Nearly everyone has arrived in Lima, some quite late and with tales to tell about flight delays. One person arrives tonight and then our Lima team will be complete. Here is the list of these great...
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Surprises
Today we were greeted by a banner welcoming us to this week of work at Yancana Huasy. The first day of clinics is usually challenging as we unpack and organize materials, tools and wheelchair...
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Big and little wheelchair riders
At the end of the day we had the fun of seeing a tiny boy, age two, experience the freedom of moving on his own for the first time. Pedro arrived early this morning, and it took all day to complete his...
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Wednesday was a long day…
With many complicated children and therefore complex wheelchairs, it was a long and exhausting day. Our wonderful Spanish speaking OT/ATP, Betsy, is putting in long training hours with the Peruvian...
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Birthdays and Wheelchairs
Today our team member Chie had a birthday. Barb, the faculty advisor had one earlier in the week. We decided that it would be fun to have a birthday cake for both of them. I hatched a plan with our...
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Green Fingernails
We are fortunate to have some volunteer students translating for us. Several days this week we have had two students from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. They are on a three week service trip...
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Scenes from Lima, on to Nasca
Our high tech spray glue hood. Yesterday was our last clinic day at Yancana Huasy, and we needed to clear out our space in the church so they could prepare to use it for the weekend. This meant...
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Adrian
With a sunny smile, Adrian arrives Adrian arrived at the wheelchair clinic this morning around 9:30 am, and was the last child to leave tonight – at 9:00 pm. This very long day began with a two hour...
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From this year’s students
Our wonderful students: Natalie, Kelsey, Chie and Karissa. Every year we ask our wonderful students from St Kate’s to write a blog for us. What follows is from this year’s group. Today is our seventh...
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Memorable moments in Peru, May 2015
Enjoy these photos of our wonderful team members at various times and places over the last two weeks. Thanks to each and every one, for a wonderful experience! The chicken stand right outside Yancana...
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