Kusi, Here we Come

Photo: A view from our bungalow at the Union Biblica Camp Kusi in Ancash.

I am on a plane headed to San Francisco as I type this message. In the morning I will be back at the airport to board a flight to Peru. Our team, a great group of first time HBI volunteers and seasoned veterans, will be heading to the Province of Ancash on Saturday.

This is going to be a full week. We have a couple of days of prep, a day of media events for the Bridging the Divide run on Thursday, an outreach clinic in Carabayllo on Friday and an 18-hour bus ride to Ancash on Saturday. This is all before we actually begin the outreach trip! Oh, did I mention that the camp where we will be staying is located at over 3,600 meters above sea level. Wow - this is going to be some week.

The outreach to Ancash will begin on Sunday, October 22. We have a full week of mobile clinics (we will be going to very remote areas to provide services in one room school houses) and on-site clinics. We are again, partnering with our long-term collaborator Union Biblica del Peru to further advance their efforts to build a brick-and-mortar clinic at their Camp Kusi.

Our clinics will be staffed with a mix of Peruvian physicians, dentists and nurses - as well as a great team of North America physicians and nurses. We have twenty people on the team in total and expect to provide care this week to almost 800 people.

As our internet connection allows, we will be posting pictures and updates from Ancash. I am certain there will be a number of great storeis to share. Stay tuned.