Archive for November, 2010

Limp to Lively!

A family from Gouri village, where the primary health care (PHC) clinic had been a few days earlier in Outreach #1, traveled to the clinic in Karati for their young daughter to be seen. This little girl was about 3 years old and presented with …

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The blind now see!

During the third outreach, the YWAM Medical Ship was based in the Baimuru District of the Gulf Province. We also sent a land-based team to provide services to a highly populated area in Ihu District called Orokolo Bay. The optometry team spent two days in this area, providing spectacles to individuals with low vision, as well as hoping …

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Delma’s new specs

One of the days I (Jennifer Perry) was working with the optometry team, I was stationed at the database, where my job was to find prescription spectacles for patients that had just seen the optometrist to get their prescription. During the afternoon, this lovely lady named Delma came through to the clinic. She was wearing …

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Rosie’s front teeth

While on the dental team during the second outreach, a small girl (5 or 6years old) came to the clinic. Her name was Rosie. Rosie’s parents were very concerned for her because she was in a lot of pain and had stopped eating due to …

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Pimlico High School’s Symphony Orchestra raises $9000 for YWAM Medical Ships (as appeared in the Townsville Bulletin)

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