Flying Doctors hold free clinics in Bahia Asuncion
19 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
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Mil gracias to the Flying Doctors of the south Bay area for coming to do a free
clinic in Asuncion over the weekend. Two planes brought 8 volunteers who worked their tails off for 2 days pulling and filling teeth and giving out reading glasses.
We were really happy that many of the ladies in the village also volunteered to help at the clinics. This time, our mayor opted to try something different for feeding the gang. Instead of having to go to a restaurant, we arranged for the ladies of DIF ( a community organization) to make and deliver their meals to the beach houses we donated to the cause. The team loved relaxing and socializing there and having the food brought to them! They got to try abalone sausage for breakfast, nopales, chicharonnes, fish tacos, tamales de caracol and the last night we BBQ’d a big yellowtail.
After the clinics were over, we had caracol tamales at the Blowole and a great meeting to discuss the possibility of building a permanent Flying Doctors clinic here. This turned out to be a huge success as the ladies had a wonderful time serving and chatting with the visitors. It is always better when more of the locals are directly involved with these clinics…more fun for everyone! The ladies of DIF are very dedicated to a new project for our village…they want to build a senior citizens center….a place where the elders can go and eat, play dominos, take classes, dance, socialize as well as receive needed physical therapy and psycological care. We came up with the idea of having a permanent room in this center where the flying doctors can have a clinic. This way they can bring and leave much of their needed equipment here like compressor, dental chairs, sterilizers etc. The organization has promised to help us build this center and made a donation to the cause. It is a win win partnership for sure and we will be assisting the group in fund raising and getting donations. The ladies will be selling food to tourists this season like tamales and enchiladas and will also provide meals delivered to your rental….all the money going toward the senior center.
Thanks to the coops and delegado for providing the food and making this visit a memorable one for the flying docs.
Here is a little slideshow of the visit. http://s385.photobucket.com/albums/oo295/blowhole1/Flying%20Doctors%20Asuncion%20Visit%20Jan%20%202011/Flying%20Doctors%20visit%20Ju ly%202011/?albumview=slideshow
