Our outreach project in the Ancash area is going great. Working in collaboration with Union Biblica del Peru, we are going into poor communities high in the Andean Mountains around the city of Caraz to bring awareness and medical/dental services. The goal of this project is to support Union Biblica in their plan to develop more permanent clinical services in the Ancash area.
Yesterday and today we brought our team to the town of Mosha - about a 45-minute drive up a long dirt road high into the mountains. Over the course of a 9-hour clinic day we were able to bring medical and dental care to almost 400 people. To be certain, we saw 145 medical patients and 37 dental patients on Monday and 161 medical and 39 dental patients today.
Our staffing is predominately with Peruvian doctors, nurses and dentists. Our goal to to support the work of HBI and build bridges for the people living in the impoverished towns of the area.
Our work over the next three days will be at Union Biblica's Camp Kusi. There, we will be seeing people from around the area. People who have limited access to medical, dental and social services. The hope is that we will better understands the needs of the community and help to direct Union Biblica in their next steps for developing medical and dental services.
Please stay tuned for more updates and photos.
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