When: March 10 - 18, 2012
Where: San Salvador, El Salvador
Who: Primary Medicine & Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, 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
Special Travel Announcement: Unless you are instructed by GHO or your team leader, do not book your own travel. Please email ghotravel@cmda.org prior to the ticket purchase if you want to use frequent flyer miles and/or want your number added to the ticket.
Project fee: $1,350 plus international airfare and $15 per hour for up to 14 hours CME/CDE (if applicable) Click here for more information on CME/CDE
Team Leader: Ken Nippert, Memphis Area Director
To read Ken Nippert's Biography Click here.
Pastor Mauricio Barrientos, pastor of Santa Ana Oasis Church, is our host leader, and the Oasis church team from Santa Ana will serve to coordinate the preparations for our team in El Salvador.
Scope of Work
We will be working mainly in the city of Chalchuapa, a city of 100,000 people. Chalchuapa is a city where Oasis Ministries has a local church, and has been given a piece of land to build a new church building and school to reach the city. By serving the people in this area we will be bringing much needed medical and dental care to poverty stricken people, and we will be assisting in the development of a church that Pastor Barrientos and Oasis Ministries is trying to build.
Medicines
The types of cases we will deal with will be typical to that region: parasites, skin fungus, worms, gastro intestinal problems, infections, coughs, colds, flu, body aches, and respiratory diseases, etc. Medicines needed include: Pain relievers, antiacids, antifungals, antihistamines, antibiotics, analgesics, antimalarials, antidiabetics, vitamins (children, adult, prenatal) and antiparasitics, etc. Please note: Medicines must have an out date of an LEAST one year from trip departure.
People Needed
Doctors and students are needed: Primary care physicians (Family Practice, Pediatric, OB/GYN, Internal Medicine) dentists, ophthalmologists and optometrists, pharmacists, and physical therapists. Students in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, and optometry are needed.
Because we can only take a limited number of people on this trip, registrations will be on a first come first serve basis. In order to be considered registered you will need to turn in the Global Health Outreach application with a $150 deposit to the CMDA office in Bristol, TN.
What Can You Expect From This Mission Trip?
• To have your life changed by being taken out of your comfort zone and put into a situation where the Lord can speak to your heart and mind in a special way.
• To experience a cross-cultural doctor-patient relationship.
• To appreciate the practice of medicine and dentistry with limited resources.
• To gain opportunities to treat the whole person by speaking to the patient’s spiritual needs as you share your faith.
• To be exposed to similar needs all over the world and to develop a global heart for seeing this world won to Christ.
• To support the work of Pastor Mauricio Barrientos as we minister together to people in the name of Christ.
• To make some dear friendships with the other team members that you will remember for a lifetime.
Vaccination Information: Wondering what immunizations you’ll need for the mission trip? Please refer to the Centers for Disease Control website.
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