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When: December 4 - 12, 2010
Where: Palacaguina, Nicaragua
Who: Primary Medicine & Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapists, Nurses, Logistics (non-medical helpers), 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
Project Fee: $1,200 plus international airfare (subject to change)
Team Leader: Rodney Dynes, MD
To read Dr. Dyne's Bio Click Here. Trip Details: Nicaragua is the Central American country with the greatest challenges in terms of spiritual, economic and health concerns. From 1936 to 1979, Nicaragua lived under the dictator known as Somoza. In 1979 there arose the Sandinista Revolution, which overthrew Somoza's dictatorship. Unfortunately, this evolved into yet another dictatorship, and brought about the civil war that so deteriorated and destroyed the land and people of Nicaragua for the next ten years. Democracy did not arrive in Nicaragua until 1990, when the first free elections were held. Nicaragua has enjoyed peace and democracy for the past 16 years, but still suffers the effects of years of war in that they are desperately poor and in need of medical assistance.
Palacaguina is the poorest municipality in the whole country of Nicaragua, in part due to its dry, arid location, which does not allow for much agricultural development. It has only one small health clinic with a few beds, that is severely limited due to lack of resources. There are no hotels at all, merely two internet connections, a municipal park, and a few ancient buildings.
Population: 13,000
Climate: 22°C-23°C.
Crops: Corn, beans, and tobacco
Altitude: 344.68 meters above sea level
Religion: There are churches from various denominations in Palacaguina, including Baptist, Pentecostal, Assemblies of God, Foursquare, and others.
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.
GHO’S WORK IN PALACAGUINA For this brigade, we will be working alongside 11 local pastors from different denominations, as well as 25 other local church leaders. The clinic will take place in a school, and the pastors will assist in the logistics. The clinic itself will have an area for registration, afterwhich the patients will go through a process of evangelism, counseling, and prayer with local church leaders and members. After evangelism, the patients will be going into to the various clinics of dentistry, optometry, and medicine.
The objective for these medical missions in Central America are:
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. 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. GHO Home
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