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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 97 12:07:05 -0800
From: edytra@es.com.sv (edytra)
Subject: Healthcare development volunteer opportunity

Saludos de El Salvador!  Greetings from El Salvador!

We, the GEOMED class of 1996-97, are sending this e-mail to you to announce
that GEOMED is now accepting applications for the next team of volunteers
for 1997-98!  If selected as a GEOMEDic, you will work for 8-11 months in El
Salvador to help develop a basic health care system.  We invite you to join
this wonderful experience.
 
GEOMED, a non-profit organization founded in 1993 and based in North Conway,
New Hampshire, trained and sent a team of 19 inspired volunteers to several
impoverished areas of El Salvador last fall.  From different parts of the
U.S. and Canada, representing several colleges such as Stanford, Harvard,
and Colorado, we are that team of volunteers.  Currently, we serve three
rural communities in northern El Salvador and a community named Iberia
(where people can be found hunting for food at the local garbage dump) in
the city of San Salvador.

Like the Peace Corps, we focus our development work at the grassroots level
with people in our communities.  Our activities vary according to their
needs and have included the following projects (as described in the words of
actual teams):

Las Minas - "When we arrived in our community we discovered an abandoned
clinic left over from the post-war years.  After cleaning, stocking and
organizing the clinic, we have started training local health promoters in
basic medicine so that they will be able to service their own community by
staffing the clinic after we leave."

San Jose - "In our community we often get isolated from the city of
Chalatenango during the rainy season due to road flooding, so we have
devoted a lot of time to a bridge project.  We are currently seeking funding
and technical expertise for this project and are hoping to start the
construction of a local medical clinic."

Reubicaciones -  "Much of our time here has been devoted to public health
education in the schools, the local clinic and the community at large.  We
are currently working with a group of dedicated first aid students in the
hopes of training them to be a volunteer rescue squad for medical emergencies."

San Salvador - "We have had a good degree of success teaching health classes
in the local high school, and hope to inspire these young people to pursue
some public health projects in their community.  We have also enjoyed
holding youth group discussions with at-risk teens, in an effort to keep
them out of the ever-present gang culture."

During our time here, the GEOMED experience has presented us with many
emotional, physical and intellectual challenges.  We feel few opportunities
will offer you the same benefits as these:
*Personal growth
*Cross-Cultural Experience
*Resume-enhancing skills as you plan, organize and implement projects in
your community
*Fluency in the Spanish language, especially the El Salvadoran dialect
*Travel Opportunities in neighboring countries Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Belize and Costa Rica
*Clinical Experience in the following U.S. healthcare settings: Walk-in Care
Clinic, Emergency Room, Wilderness and Mountain Rescues
*Observation time in a Salvadoran clinic, hospital, and/or ambulance squad
*Wilderness EMT certification
*American Red Cross CPR-C certification
*And an invitation to join the GEOMED Alumni Network, where you can share
experiences with past GEOMED volunteers.

....If what we've described here intrigues you
....If you're searching for an opportunity to challenge yourself
....If you want to discover what you can accomplish in a demanding,
rewarding setting for the coming year
CONTACT GEOMED NOW!!

You can request more information and an application by sending e-mail to
<GEOMED@moose.ncia.net>.  Hurry now.  We want you to join our '97-'98 GEOMED
team!

Best Regards,

1996-97 GEOMEDics in El Salvador
Las Minas:	Anna Bendzsak, Jed Mitchell, Rylan Peery, Kyla Rice
Reubicaciones:	Susan Chung, Serena Kortepeter, Jay Lee, Natalie Patterson
RN, Juan Pablo Vernon
San Jose:	Megan Curran, Eric Lorenzo, Mike Martinez, Maritza Tamayo, Josh Sarver
San Salvador:	Amy Anderson, Ben Bursell, Stanley Wei, Brian Wilbur

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