Many of you have heard of the critical need for medical people in Honduras for
the planned upcoming medical mission. IHS (International Health Services) is
sending many medical teams in Feb and they will go to remote places where the
only medical care they will get is from our teams.

I have heard from several inquirers with several questions. Great! The
interest is good and we have one eye care professional signed up so far.
Several IHS veteran support people are planning to go, too. However… with
several sites where we will need one or two eye examiners at each, we still have
an urgent need for several more. With about 100 folks needed in all, we
certainly are seeking many medical, dental, and eye care professionals along
with support and helper people, too. Each site has varying medical needs so
most will qualify to help somewhere. We are hoping to get a list of committed
names for all the docs, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, translators, and other
medical folks by 1 October so IHS can start buying all the supplies (eye
glasses, pharmacy, food, medical/dental supplies, plus radio and engineering
gear). They will send all this in a container shipment about the end of
December. They will also select sites based on the skills of those signed up
so each applicant will know where they will go by the end of November.

If you have any questions for info on how to go or how to help out, call or
e-mail John Kirckof at 320-634-4386 right away. A phone call may be the best.
There is a tiny IHS web site at: www.IHSOFMN.org It have some good general
info in their “newsletter”.

NOTE – I have attached a couple articles written from the last mission trip
IHS did last Feb.
I sure hope you can help !! Either way, do pass the word on to other eye care
professionals and any others with medical skills that we can use who may have an
interest in going. The very poor of Honduras do need our help.

John Kirckof
IHS BOD
320-634-4386



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