MEDICAL/DENTAL MISSION TO GUATEMALA – FEBRUARY 18 – 26, 2012
On February 18 at team of 40 Canadian volunteers will travel from Toronto to Guatemala to spend 8 days providing primary care medical and dental services to about 5,000 children and adults. This...
View ArticleEl Salvador with Marwan Hage, Part 1
By: Ken Dick, President On the morning of April 10th, four of us headed to Toronto airport to board a plane to San Salvador, El Salvador’s capital city. Even though I travel a lot, this trip was a...
View ArticleEl Salvador with Marwan Hage, Part 2
By: Ken Dick, President Another major highlight was our trip to Remar, an orphanage that is home to over 80 children. This was not Speroway’ first visit to Remar, a place where we have provided...
View ArticleBreaking Ground
The crowd applauded and the cameras clicked as the first shovelful of cement dropped into the foundation of the new medical clinic in San Jose Villanueva, El Salvador. The ceremony signified the launch...
View ArticleDay One San Salvador
After arriving after dark last night and a having brief time of introduction to the rest of the team before bed, today was all about getting ready for the week. Lots of preparation required to help...
View ArticleDay 2: Santo Tomas
DAY 2: SANTO TOMAS A 30 minute bus ride from San Salvador, the village of Santo Tomas was buzzing by 7:00am when the Dental team arrived for set up. As soon as we had the generators running, our...
View ArticleDay 3: San Pablo Tacachico
Our third day in El Salvador and second clinic day started off with a one hour drive to San Pablo Tacachico. The mornings have become routine already with breakfast, pack up our supplies, load up the...
View ArticleDay 4: Tepecoyo
Our third clinic day saw us revisiting familiar territory in the community of Tepecoyo. Previous team visits provided a familiarity with the school we were working in. Veteran team members suggested...
View ArticleA Day to Remember in San José Villanueva
Today will be remembered as a monumental turning point for Speroway and the people of San José Villanueva. And it’s not because we saw and treated 1,000 patients – we didn’t. And it’s not because we...
View ArticleKick-Off Clinic at San José Villanueva
If yesterday’s ceremonial dedication of our brand new permanent clinic at San José Villanueva was the dress rehearsal, today was opening night! We inaugurated the new clinic with over 1,000 patients...
View ArticleTHE SQUATTER FRINGE: SOMALIA
Notes from Ken Dick, Friday April 1, 2011: Somalia, El Salvador: This is the squatter area on the fringe of San Salvador. We have visited this community twice before. We know we will be working under...
View ArticleProgram Updates
Although there has been some inconsistency in blogging lately, it has not been for a lack of activity on many fronts, especially in our procurement and shipping area. So what is going on at Speroway?...
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