In May 2010, a dedicated team of peace work volunteers headed to Nacaome, Honduras. They entered the community with medicines and warm hearts and left with great inspiration.
Honduras was a colorful adventure, and the team was very fortunate to get to know and learn from one another, the Honduran staff, and also was able to get up close and personal with the local people. These photographs are a small window to the true beauty of Honduras that will always be treasured.
In May 2010, 16 weeks after the devastating earthquake, logistics were established for Peacework Medical to bring a team in. These photos share the images of Port Au Prince, as well as the areas where the team will be living and working: Jacmel and Marygot.
Our second clinic in the Baray Pagoda! Once again, our Khmer colleagues and the resident monks worked alongside our volunteers to make this project a success. In these photos you'll see the work site, the camp site, and the gentle spirit our patients often bring to our exam rooms...
In May 2009 Peacework Medical Projects travelled to Nacaome in Southwestern Honduras to meet with community leaders from the region. The purpose of this meeting was to explore the possibility of opening a medical project in the area.
After meeting with the local physician and community leaders we have decided to pursue a 2010 project in the area from January 16 to January 30.
Nacaome lies in an ideal location, surrounded by poor, underserved villages within walking distance of town. The town doctor has agreed to let us work out of his clinic and school is out for Winter holidays so we are able to house volunteers in the small school that is a short walk from the clinic.
Here are photos from the 2009 project in Cambodia! We treated over 3000 patients in clinic in a 10 day period, and were rewarded with gratitude from an inspiring people. This was a rural project, and we slept, ate, and worked where our patients live. Plans are already in the works for our 2010 return to Baray Pagoda in the Takeo Province of Cambodia.
One of the most important things that has to happen for a service project to be successful is the packing of the hundreds of pounds of medicines and other medical equipment each medical project requires.
This annual event occurs each December and has come to be known as "pill packing" and a great way for prospective volunteers and seasoned veterans alike to connect and reconnect with their fellow humanitarians.
Please come and join the dozens of other volunteers who particpate in this important event. No medical experience is required!
In May 2008 the scouting trip to Cambodia was completed by three Peacework veterans: Regan Buzzelli, Angus Anderson, and Pam Burwell. The photos in this album depict the the village where we will work, some of our future patients, followed by photos from Angkor Wat. The inaugural project will be in January 2009, when we will serve seventeen villages from the unique location in a pagoda in the Takeo District.
These photos depict our project in Ghana, W. Africa in March, 2007. You will see the health education lectures, the medical screening exams, the pharmacy work, and the ceremony in the village of Bohenekrom that installed the new "Queen of Development""!
Peacework Medical's first impressions of Ghana in 2006. These photos are the extent of what volunteers had seen of this new project before accepting the adventure. The following year the first set of clinics was a success.
Peacework Medical's original clinic in the northern region of Honduras is shown in these photos. Our efforts there since 2001 have resulted in wonderful relationships with our Honduran colleagues, friends, and patients.
Our Danli project is in the southern part of Honduras near the Nicaraguan border. We began working there in 2006. We have developed a commitment in the "carbonetta", which is the community of over a hundred families who live in the city's refuse dump. We also serve the city's old folks' home and the national prison before heading into the mountains for our rural work. The project is being reset in 2008 to better serve those who need us most in this region.
The following photos were taken in May, 2006 in Calcutta and in a village near Bariupur, West Bengal. There is much need for our work in India, and there is hope for a project some time in the future.
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the US Gulf Coast. Many medical professionals and others did not hesitate to help. These photos show the havoc and the grief from an eye witness.
