When: January 8 - 15, 2011

 

Where: Managua, Nicaragua

 

Who: See below in Trip Details

 

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: $1,350 plus international airfare (subject to change)

 

Team Leader: Ross Rumph, MD & Gloria Halverson, MD

 

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After much planning, we are happy to let you be among the first to know WIMD has planned a wonderful trip in partnership with Global Health Outreach (GHO) that will truly bless the participants and make a difference in the lives of girls and women caught in human trafficking in Managua, Nicaragua. We will be working at House of Hope, an amazing place where the physical, spiritual, economic, and educational needs of women in sex slavery (both girls who have been trafficked and women caught in prostitution) are addressed. 

 

You can learn more about this ministry: http://www.houseofhopenicaragua.com/ .

 

Important details:

• We will return on Saturday, rather than the usual Sunday, so that you have time to get organized to return to work on Monday.

   

• Mission Focuses:Providing the medical needs in a Christian context for:
  
  
  • the women and children who live at the House of Hope

  • the prostitutes within the city who come to the House of Hope for worship, bible study and microenterprise skills

  • the surrounding community including the Christian school next door

   

• Medical Content: Outpatient medical (will not include major surgical procedures)

   

• Team Leaders:
  • Ross Rumph, MD, who led WIMD’s first mission trip to Cuenca, Ecuador in 2008.

  • Assisted by Gloria Halverson, MD, a WIMD commission member who attended the 2008 Ecuador trip as well as a trip to the House of Hope in 2010 with the CMDA Board of Trustees.

     

• Travel: We will fly as a group through Houston on Continental airlines.

   

• Lodging: Quinta Primavera, a Mennonite guesthouse where we will also take most of our meals and have times of fellowship together.

   

• Personnel: 15-20 team members, including
  • 2-4 Ob/Gyn

  • 2-4 Pediatricians

  • 2-4 Primary Care Physicians

  • 1-2 Dentists (primarily restorative work)

  • 1 pharmacist

  • 2 Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants

  • 3-4 nurses

  • 2 cytotechnicians

  • 3-4 personnel to assist in the pharmacy, triage, dental clinic and public health education

  • 1 - 2 Pastors (to take an active part in the Spiritual aspect of the team and work with the National Partners/Spiritual Counseling).

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• Language Requirements: Spanish helpful but not necessary as translators will be available. We anticipate most participants will not be fluent in Spanish.

 

We expect this trip to fill quickly, based on our previous experience and on the number of women who have already expressed interest. If you are interested, sign up soon!

 

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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