January 2003 NEVOSH Mission
Jinotepe, Nicaragua

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2/13/2003 East Bay Newspapers (RI) article on our Mission:  http://www.eastbayri.com/news/2003/0213/Barrington/030.html
We have the article archived permanently here, courtesy East Bay Newspapers.

This year we were fortunate, as the school we used for the clinic was walking distance (about 1 mile/1.6 kilometers) from the hotel. We were able to cut down on clinic expenses by not having to rent a bus to transport us to the clinic site and back. Those people unwilling to walk were able to take a taxi for three Nicaraguan cordobas (about 20 cents) each. This year the school was like no other we had seen in the past. This was actually a pre-university school. It was far larger and more developed than we expected. There was a large indoor auditorium where our eyeglasses and wheelchairs were dispensed. A cafeteria was available for our lunch break. There was a library (with quite a few books) where our dental clinic operated, though there was some open space there—the team did not work between the stacks. There were more than enough classrooms for all of our examiners to work. There was a gate at the entrance to the clinic that was manned by the national police, which we used to monitor patient flow. Our pharmacy was in a little nook between the exam rooms and the entrance/exit, and looked a little bit like a bar.  Read more of Juan Carlos' Mission Report

The 2003 Volunteer Optometrists at our mission site in Jinotepe, Nicaragua. To see all of the photos for this grouping, click here.