Our UVM Brigade, pictured in their white coats in front, and the Promotores behind them are ready to begin their course.  The government representatives in red and purple shirts gave us a very warm welcome, including the Municipal President Ing. Carlos Andrés López Barbosa who is seated at the foot of the flagpole in the checkered shirt.  We were surprised by how many turned out!  More than 50 people want to be Promotores (Community Health Workers), including some of the people from the municipal government.

UVM is more the up to the task!  This time, the brought a mobile laboratory and lots of testing kits.  Andele!

We are proud to announce that some of the young men from Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix will be joining us as volunteers on our project in La Manzanilla de la Paz this week.  Most of these students have aspirations to become doctors, but they also share the desire to be of real service to those less fortunate.  These young men and their chaperones will be assembling our medical kits, assisting the UVM doctors during consultations, attending courses with the Promotoras, and helping out at graduation.  We are so excited to welcome them to our team!

We need volunteer Nurses, Physician’s Assistants, Paramedics and EMTs to help us with an event  on October 15th in Chandler, Arizona.  We are setting up a booth at a 5K event and would like to educate the families and friends of the racers on hypertension, diabetes and vital signs in general.  If you are interested in helping Tia at this event, please contact Nate at 602-694-8100 or email him at tionate@cox.net.

Little darlings like this one get more than great quality, free care when Tia and their UVM brigade show up.   Her mama gets free care too and our Promotoras are there for them both throughout their lives thereafter.  They give her mama advice on child care and take care of the whole family when they are sick, administer vaccinations and are on hand to assist when this little darling’s mama delivers a sibling.  Our Promotoras will teach her abuelita (grandma) how to manage her high blood pressure and our tireless Health Workers will clean and bandage the family’s cuts and alert them immediately if they need escalated care.

Little darlings like these are very lucky and Tia wants to reach many more of them.  Thank you for helping us do just that!