Optometrists and other eye care professionals,
 
We need your help!  International Health Services (IHS) is presently organizing
a dental & medical group to send to very poor areas of Honduras next February. 
IHS has done this for 27 years.  So far this year, we have had a good response
from many doctors, nurses, translators and support people.  However, we are in
critical need of several more optometrists and eye care helpers.  Please
consider going on this important and well organised trip.  We hope to have most
people signed up by the end of September so we can plan teams and start getting
glasses, medical/pharmacy supplies and food ready to ship in our container.
 
Note the very informative attached files.  They are very informative to the
daily work our clinic teams do.  If you do not get them, write me and I will
send them directly to you.  The team map shows a typical mission with the many
types of teams we send each Feb.  It also shows the professions used on each
team.  I also attached some great articles written by those who went.
 
PLEASE forward this information on to others who may be interested.  I will be
going again on my 16th trip and my wife Karen will be with me for the 14th time.
 
Please write or call if you have any interest or need an application. 
 
John Kirckof
IHS BOD
320-634-4386
JMKKEK@...
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/IHSmission (requires sign-in)
 
Matt Gifford, Optomettrist
IHS BOD
312-432-1890
gifford77@...
 




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