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| Dear Juan,
Things are great! Everyone is so welcoming and helpful here at the Roberto Clemente Clinic in Nicaragua. I feel like I've really been able to experience some life in the towns surrounding the clinic (from doing the shoe donation program and riding my bike to and from the clinic). We did a chat on diabetes on thursday. It lasted around a half hour and it went really well. I spoke for about 8 minutes, Dr. Flores spoke, and some patients spoke as well. We are going to do more diabetes chats, and a dental outreach for kids with these 2 other volunteers from the east coast.
I've been taking some good pictures and next week we'll do some filming. I've also been able to sit in on a few patients with Dr. Flores, where he is really cool about involving me and explaining what's happening. He also broke down the different types of issues they deal with and why. He explained to me about how diarrhea used to be a bigger issue, but through educating the locals they curbed it a lot. Pretty awesome!
It's also good to see at this Volunteer Program in Nicaragua what sort of supplies they have, and what they could use. They liked the stuff I brought which is good. In the future, it would be nice to get some $$ for insulin, because I'm learning that many diabetics here can't afford it.
That's all for now, please let me know if there's anything I can do while I'm here, or any input you have would be great. Adios!
Ben Del Buono
California US
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Testimonial Roberto Clemente Health Clinic
"On April 8th of this year, Christina Ramos (my beautiful wife) was involved in an awful accident on the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua that required immediate medical attention. Suffice to say, the medical facilities one can find in a third world country can oftentimes prove difficult to find, never mind one that can provide sufficient attention to trauma patients. Well, what Christina found was just barely that: "sufficient." What she has walked away with from this experience is a wish to raise a few bucks to help the local facility that helped her. Had The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic NOT been within 20 minutes of where she was vacationing, there is a good chance the end-result may have differed drastically. One month later, Christina and I organized a fundraising event for the clinic. We rose $2,600 to suppor this project. Gracias Nicaclinic"
Peter Morse
San Francisco, CA
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Here you can find some of the most recent testimonials from our volunteers. Enjoy!
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