After nine days of travelling thousands of miles, crossing multiple time zones, driving hours every day to get to and from our clinic destinations, helping thousands of patients in 40C+ heat … it was finally time for a well-deserved and welcomed rest for the entire team. Sunday started with a very African style church service. […]
Arrival Day
The Team arrived in Carpenter around 4:00 this afternoon, together with ALL of the luggage that had followed them from various originating points in Canada and Europe. The bus trip to the north from Accra was reportedly smooth and uneventful and quite a bit shorter than in previous years. Improved roads around Accra made it […]
Time to Pack
Yesterday was our last clinic, and what a day it turned out to be. As I was walking back to the compound from the eye clinic I crossed path with a few coworkers from pharmacy and nursing who also had just wrapped up their day and were heading to the showers before dinner. I knew […]
And Now I See!
Everyone was back at their post today for what is now the home stretch for this year’s Medical and Surgical mission. Today and for the next two days we are seeing patients in the facilities at the Carpenter project site. There is electricity for those who need it but the biggest bonus is that there […]
Team Highlights: November 3rd
Our 6:00am breakfast call had everyone up early this morning for the long trip to Yaara. The short cut was washed out again this year so we set out on the longer “good road” (inside joke). Along the way we made a courtesy stop in Old Longoro to visit and greet young Chief Solomon from […]
Team Highlights: November 1st
The first day in the villages is usually quite a learning experience, especially for our first timers, but with the great collaboration from everyone the teams were hitting their stride by the end of this very first full day. Boarding the bus at the end of the day, we were tired and sweaty (that’s the […]
Homeward Bound
We are on our way to the Accra airport as I write this last update. […]
A Long But Successful Day
Tuesday started very early for a few of our team members. […]
A Day of Rest
After six long grueling days in the villages and on the roads to get to and from them it was time to turn off the adrenalin and just allow our bodies and minds to be tired and to rest. […]
First Clinic in Nyamboi
Today we could really see how the months of preparation by the medical team have paid off. […]