Just writing to you to forward to the others. We had a busy day. 136 for the dentists. 181 for the doctors. They wrote 161 prescriptions. We gave out 80 mosquito nets and did 36 fluoride treatments to kids. I was so tired when I got home I slept for an hour. It is so hot that Gordon was dripping with sweat. We are always wet but it isn’t as bad as I thought. We work with a great crew. We are in the middle of a huge oil refinery. Also there is a huge pal moil plantation here. We think of you and hope all is well.
Susan Carter
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Hello Everyone, It has been a big day. We flew in the jet just 30
minutes over the Andes Mts into the jungle. Yes it is quite warm
and humid. The flight was so interesting as we flew over the miles
and miles of trees and saw the big rivers cut through the land. The
city here is larger than I thought. It is very poor but big. All
associated with the PetraEcuador. Huge big refinery here. We counted
12 huge tankers lined´up to leave in the morning. Its amazing. Our
accomodations are less than I expected but still comfortable…air
conditioned and we can get some American TV. We have a group of 25
who are here with CAF. They are great people. There are 6 students
who are here from the US. Tomorrow will be the real test. I will be
helping Maria with the floride. Thank you all for your prayers.
Susan Carter
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Please help the Charity Anywhere Foundation help Haiti!
What: Haiti construction expedition.
When: September 11-19th, 2010.
Cost: $800 plus airfare ($670)
For more information, contact Gordon at (208) 404-6304 or at gordon@charityanywhere.org.
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Great things are happening in Nahulaa Solola.
Follow this link to the 911 Guatemala page for more information.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dredge, volunteers from Charity Anywhere Foundation, left Monday, August 2, to drive an ambulance through Mexico to deliver it to the small hospital at La Tinta, Guatemala. Jesse is a student at Utah State University and is part of the Chapter of Charity Anywhere Foundation at the college. He completed an LDS mission in Guatemala in 2007 and speaks the language fluently. Paul Oja, of Malad, Idaho, will meet them at the border to assist them and help as a driver. The USU chapter of CAF has been working over the last few months gathering donations and having fund raisers to pay for the fuel and expenses necessary to make the trip. Charity Anywhere Foundation purchased the used ambulance from the city of Malad, Idaho earlier this spring.
Charity Anywhere Foundation is a local organization that has been working in Guatemala for over 10 years. They have been disturbed by the lack of urgent medical care for the mountain areas. Although there is a small functioning hospital in La Tinta, the people have to walk miles to get service. Previously, people were carried to the hospital in the back of a pickup furnished with a mattress. The addition of an ambulance will help to get medical attention to the desperately ill far quicker. It will also have emergency equipment on board to begin treatment. Medical personnel from Malad are flying down and will train the Guatemalan medical professionals on proper use of the ambulance and all its medical equipment.
Charity Anywhere Foundation has also organized and administer a Incaperina Nutrition Program which helps provide Incaperina, a nourishing drink fortified with nutrients and vitamins, for several hundred mothers and babies in the area around Senahu. Over the years CAF has helped reduce the malnutrition mortality rate from 20% to 1%. They work in cooperation with the World Health Organization in this area of chronic malnutrition and poor hygiene.
CAF Volunteers have also helped built an addition to a small school at San Nicholas. This allowed for more children to attend school where the government provides a nutritional meal for lunch.
Another group of CAF volunteers are in the Atitlan Lake area working to improve conditions at a school in Chimaltenango. This group of 15 from the University of Utah is headed by Aimee Hickey.
Charity Anywhere Foundation welcomes donations for this project and many others that are presently in operation. Further information can be found at charityanywhere.org
CAF in Ecuador
