When: March 12 - 20, 2011

 

Where: Tizimin, Yucatan, Mexico

 

Who: Dermatologists, nurses, translators, pharmacists/pharmacy assistants, Photographer/Audiovisual Technician, Instrument Cleaner/Sterilizer, Logistics, 1 - 2 Pastors (to take an active part in the Spiritual aspect of the team and work with the National Partners/Spiritual Counseling)

 

Status: Accepting Applications

 

Special Travel Announcement: All participants must travel to/from Mexico as a group. No deviations in travel will be allowed without prior approval from GHO Director.

 

Project fee: $1,350 + international airfare (subject to change)

 

Team Leader: Jerry Ariail, MD

 

To read Dr. Ariail's biography, Click here.

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Trip Details:

The CMDA Dermatology Section will have our 4th Global Health Outreach (GHO) Mission trip to Tizimin, Yucatan, Mexico March 12 - 20, 2011.  This trip continues our commitment to have an ongoing dermatology ministry by providing dermatological care to the Yucatan area indigent residents and also to provide dermatological education to the area health care providers.  GHO is partnerning with International Medical Assisatnce Missions (www.ima-missions.org) founder and director Dr, Roberto Rodriguez (surgeon and former President of CMDA Mexico).

 

Dr. Jerry Ariail has been the team leader on the previous trips and will be the upcoming trip team leader.  He has been a team leader for a Presbyterian Church in America's Mission to The World team to Corozal, Belize and also a World Medical Mission team to Manzini, Swaziland.  He has participated with GHO teams to Kabul, Afghanistan, Riobamba, Ecuador, and China (Inner Mongolia) and MTW teams to Merida, Mexico and Acapulco, Mexico.

 

Tizimin is located in the Yucatan, north of Valladolid,  and is small city surrounded by Mayan Indian villages with some of Mexico's neediest and underserved people.  Living in one room pole huts with thatch roofs, no plumbing, in abject poverty with little hope of improvement, these needy families are profoundly grateful to those who come to help them.  Our team intends to offer dermatological care to these Mayan villagers and to share the Good News message of God's love.

 

Our team will depart Saturday, March 12, 2011 for Cancun, Mexico.  From Cancun we will take an 2 hour bus ride (approx.) to Tizimin.  Sunday will be a time to sort out medicines, visiting Mayan ruins such as Chichen-Itza (the most famous and most visited Mayan ruin on the peninsula).  We will also have a time of worship in a local church.  Activities for the next 4- 1/2 days will include general derm clinics, some derm surgery, and a dermatology presentation to the local medical community.  Each morning we will have devotions during breakfast and then leave for the clinic around 8:00 AM.  We will usually return by 6:00 PM.  We will be accompanied by local pastors and translators.  On Friday afternoon we will travel to the Cancun area for 1-1/2 days and 2 nights.  This final portion of our trip will provide us with a time for debriefing along with time for rest and relaxation before our departure, Sunday, March 20, 2011.

 

The project fee is $1,350 which covers room, board, ground transportation and other project expenses.  Airfare is not included in the project fee.

 

We request your participation in as many ways as the Lord leads you:

 

NOTE:  All payments for trip fees are to be sent to GHO, P.O. Box 7500, Bristol, TN 37621.
 

Updated information may be found at CMDA Dermatology Section Yahoo Group Web Site, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CMDADerm/
  

 

Vaccination Information: Wondering what immunizations you’ll need for the mission trip? Please refer to the Centers for Disease Control website.

 

To apply for this trip, Click Here.

 

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