By Colin Swearingen | Project Leader
We are going back to Honduras in May! At least, that’s the plan. The emergence of the Omicron variant has introduced some uncertainty into international travel by university groups. Yet, because we have so much to prepare for, we are operating under the assumption that we will be in Honduras in just over five months.
What does it take to prepare for a 10-day public health immersion? I’m so glad you asked! We just assembled our team of students, faculty, doctors, nurses, and interpreters. Because we are a university group, we have to do things in stages as the semester calendar allows. Since this is finals week and students will be home until mid-January, we can’t do any training. In the meantime, students will be fundraising for their trip as well as for medications. The faculty will start looking for good deals on medications from charitable organizations like KingsWay and AmeriShares.
Once everyone is back on campus for the winter/spring semester, training and fundraising will ramp up a few notches. Students will be reviewing how to code data, take blood pressures, measure blood glucose levels, and more. It all culminates in a hectic post-finals week where we sort and bag medications and finalize any last-minute training.
Our goal is to raise about $10,000 for medications and another $5,000 for water filters/buckets. We’d like to thank you for your continued support in our endeavors, and happy holidays to all!
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