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I fell in love with a country. Nicaragua will forever be with me.
August 27, 2010 // Read More

From the Field: Day 6: Managua, Nicaragua - Final Day

We were rewarded with a day of festivities and relaxation hosted by the Pellas family at one of their private island. At 8:30 a.m., the entire group piled onto buses wide awake and anticipating the day. The sound of their chatter unique in their dialect, speed, and pitch mixed together a sound of unison that hummed along with the air conditioner and engine. 

Along the way to Grenada, we passed Masaya, an active volcano still smoldering and releasing its black smoke as a reminder to the Nicaraguans that...

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26 Great minds don't always think alike - which is good - it allows for many new ideas to form.
August 25, 2010 // Read More

From the Field: Day 4: Managua, Nicaragua -  Burn Consortium

This statement emphasizes the energy generated at this year's fourth annual burn consortium. This year's consortium, hosted by Asociación Pro-Nino Quemado (APROQUEN), brings together all burn units, burn foundations, and partner affiliates to spend 3 days sharing insights, new findings, best practices, training, and future direction of the region’s burn units. The kick off began last night with a PFP sponsored welcoming cocktail event at the hotel. Physicians for Peace facilitated the bringing together of...

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Seeing the end of a many months of work means seeing the beginning of something great.
August 24, 2010 // Read More

Written by: Anne Klinkhammer - PFP Staff
From the Field: Day 3: Leon, Nicaragua -  Dental Care Program

If you have been following the dental care blogs, you know much about our efforts in Leon, Nicaragua at University of Nicaragua (UNAN). Sandra Mueller, a dental hygenist, long time supporter of Physicians for Peace, and local Spanish teacher has been volunteering many hours and a few trips to Nicaragua to help the Dean of the Dental School, Dr. Marcio Altamirano, build a dental assistant certification program. This initiative began after we sent a team led...

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What does it mean to be on a Physicans for Peace mission?
August 23, 2010 // Read More

Tuesday, Day 2 of our trip was spent touring both a public burn unit, Fernandez Velez Paiz Hospital, and a private burn unit, APROQUEN, as well as looking for partnership potential between local orphanages and our burn partners. So when I lay my head down on the pillow after a long day, I'm thinking about the entire day, what we have accomplished, and how it fits into our Physicians for Peace mission. What does it mean to be on a Physicians for Peace mission?

It means being prepared for anything, including seeing children waiting in line with their mothers to be seen by a medical...

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Seeing Clearly mission in Manila is making strides even in the midst of the hostile hostage incident.
August 23, 2010 // Read More

In the field: Manila, Philippines - Seeing Clearly Mission
Sent in by John Knight - Seeing Clearly Physicians for Peace Volunteer 

Dr. Montero and I arrived at 10:30pm after a long but fruitful day of planning on the planes.  Dr. Chris Buniel, Seeing Clearly Co-Founder and Director of Philippines operations met us at the hotel where we caught up and finalized plans for the following days....

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