Honduras: Doctor, doctor...always available

There is nothing better than being surprised and happy about it. Honduras has 3000 MoM children in over 20 projects, many of them in Tegucigalpa, some in the north and some in the south. How do you ensure that those 3000 children get health care, all of the time, consistently, completely and without question? You have doctors like Victoria and Francisco with the help of Mae-Ling and her husband to take care of the MoM children. 24 hours a day. Really. 24 hours a day. Victoria and Francisco, 2 recent graduates from medical school in Honduras, had a place in their heart to serve the underserved, to give and expect nothing and to be there for all who came to them. Through a series of events and some divine intervention, MoM came upon these 2 noble physicians and they found us, and the relationship was born. For several years now, Victoria and Francisco have served all of the projects, visiting all of them and all of the children multiple times a year, established a nutritional supplementation program, a 24 hour call center, an ambulance, a central clinic base, and a mobile clinic program, twice yearly physical exams for all the MoM children, and much more. I spent 2 days with them, traveled to 4 of the projects, saw what they had accomplished, and stood up and applauded. Standing ovation!! These 2 young physicians found a place to serve, to give and to fulfill their vision. The children of MoM are better for it.

In all things give thanks,

David

 

What's it all about....

Three countries, 5 cities, 10 days. That's what I'll be doing when I leave in a few days for Honduras, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. I'll be going to several of our projects in each of the countries to see how we're doing with our medical care. We've been to each of those countries, bringing medical teams and teaching, and now I'm going to find out how sustainable our medical care is. It's all about what we leave behind. If we've done our job well, we've left behind an infrastructure of health care that is supporting the growth and development of the children. There may be a few hiccups, a few things not in order, but then again, it isn't all roses with health care here in the US either. I expect that I'll find that most of what we went to those countries to accomplish (having a health care process available to the children) will be for the most part intact and functional. I'll be going to the projects, looking at the children, talking with the project leaders, the teachers, the cooks, local health care professionals, and yes, even the children. I'll seek answers to questions and ask "Tell me where it hurts (where is the health care here not up to par), and what can I do to make you better". I'll help fix that which needs fixing, and applaud that which is going well. I'm looking forward to clapping long and hard and perhaps even giving a standing ovation. We'll just have to wait and see.

In all things give thanks,

David