Oh Canada!!

Oh Canada, fitted another 65 people with lenses, and sunglasses, with the help of our excellent translator from Poland, spoke 5 languages! We sort of got extremely rained out, and splashed back all the way back to the hotel. 

Flexible, adaptable and ready to change!

Day 2 at La Catalina

Flexible, adaptable and ready to change! That is our motto on our medical mission in the Dominican and we sure lived by it today. Think along the lines of adjusting a cane with the help of a local gentleman and his machete kind of adapting.  Today also brought along with it lots of success stories. Dianne had a particularly rewarding day at the physiotherapy station when she was visited by a 94 year old local woman. This woman had some problems with her stability and was using a large walking stick to assist her. After realizing that a walker just wasn't practical for her living situation, Dianne fitted her with a quad cane to help provide better stability. Well you should have seen this amazing woman walk out of the building a whole lot steadier and standing tall! We look forward to making more memories and continuing to be flexible, adaptable and ready to change at our next medical clinic in la cieniga.

Emily

Day 1 clinic at Madrevieja

Today was our first day of clinics and was very busy and chaotic at times.  We left our resort around 7:am and returned back around 5;30.  Over 150 men, women and children were given medical attention including medications, fluoride treatment, physiotherapy, respiratory, and reading glasses.
Toothbrushes brought big smiles to the young children.