team Requirements: Healthcare professional or lay assistant willing to help w/medical needs Can tolerate blood, lice, disturbing/unhealthy diseases in children Can work with blood (Hep B vaccination) Can work as a team with other healthcare professionals Can take orders & serve where needed (servant-hearted) Spanish language helpful Potential mission projects Hogar Miguel: Full medical exams for Boys and full-time workers Vaccinations--Hep A & B, Tetanus, Polio, MMR, etc. De-licing Dental and eye exams Healthcare/Hygiene classes Possible visit to nearby village; vaccinations, exams COTS and CATD Exams, vaccinations, minor surgery, diagnose/report children to hospital for more serious health problems Training sessions with Health, Hygiene, & “Food for the Soul” Kits (Toothbrush & paste, antibiotic cream, lice wash, wound kits, Bible,etc.) Deliver new medicine for COTS, CATD centers and train social workers and/or teachers when to prescribe Supplies Medicine, vaccines, syringes, etc. for all above projects Replace expired antibiotics, etc. in COTS clinic “Food for the Soul” kits Personal photo albums to share with children & staff Hogar_Miguel.htmlcots.htmlcatd.htmlcots.htmlcatd.htmlcots.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5
 

Medical Crew

Designed for healthcare professionals, or lay assistants willing to help in this area, the Medical Crew will be dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of the children at Hogar Miguel, COTS, and CATD.  Potential mission projects at each site, and mission supplies may change as needed.  Some supplies will be collected by team members prior to the trip while others will be provided by other sources.  Crew leader Heather Smith is a 4th yr resident Anesthesiologist at Shand’s Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.  Heather is also the sister of Shawn Smith.