When: June 19 - 27, 2010

 

Where: Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua

 

Who:  Primary Medicine & Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapists, Nurses, Logistics (non-medical helpers).  This is a wonderful family trip.  It also is a great opportunity for both pre-professional undergraduate and professional students.

 

Status: Accepting Applications

 

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

 

Project Fee: $1,200 plus international airfare (subject to change)

 

Team Leader: Mike O'Callaghan, DDS

 

To read Dr. O'Callaghan's biography, Click Here.

 

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Trip Details: We will be ministering on the beautiful volcanic island of Ometepe surrounded by Lake Nicaragua.  Our clinic will be held in a rural school.  We will partner with about two dozen area evangelical churches.  Our team will partner with the local pastors in sharing both the love of Christ and the Word of God to these precious people.

 

 

 

The objective for these medical missions in Central America are:

• To give the glory to God, and not to man.
• To carry out the Great Commission
• To empower the local pastors
• To promote unity in the body of Christ
• To allow the American medical professionals the chance to make a difference through medical missions.

 

 

With the above objectives in mind, we strive to empower the local pastors to be the leaders that the community can look up to by asking that they be responsible for all of the logistics for the medical clinics.  GHO guarantees the local community that they will receive the best possible medical and dental care from our GHO team members, and that the local pastors will give them the best spiritual care.   We are honored to be part of such a great team of pastors and doctors working together to carry out the Great Commission, and trusting that the local pastors will give the patients the best spiritual followup after the GHO team has returned home.

 

The Rationing of Electricity:

There is electricity in the area, but throughout our brigade we will be without electric power for 5 hours a day due to the rationing that is taking place throughout Nicaragua.

 

Food:  Local dishes include “gallo pinto,” which is a mixture of rice and beans, as well as pork and plantains.  We will spare you from the more colorful concoctions such as “moronga,” which is a kind of blood pudding, as well as things like iguana soup.

 

Country Information: 

Nicaragua is sthe second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.  It has widespread under-employment and about 20% inflation.  Approximately half of all Nicaraguanas live below the poverty line.  Ometepe is an island formed by two volcanoes rising from Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua.  It is the largest lake in Central America and the 21st largest lake in the world.  The two volcanoes, Conecion and Maderas, are joined by the low isthmus to form one island int he shape of an hourglass.  The island has a population of over 35,000 with an economy based on livestock, agriculture, and tourism.  Plantains are the major crop.  The island of Ometepe harbors large populations of the White-faced Capuchin monkey and of the Mantled Howler monkey. 

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

 

If you want more information about this trip, feel free to contact Mike O'Callaghan by cell phone at 616-886-2817 or by email mikeocal@charter.net.

 

To apply for this trip, Click Here.

 

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