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!

Free consultations were given by the UVM brigade  on our first day in the Municipality of Tuxcueca, Jalisco in the little town of Las Cebollas (The Onions), very far off the beaten path. This picture is taken in the town square, next to the elementary school.  Our Universidad del Valle de Mexico (UVM) doctors endured the intense heat and humidity each day of this project, in places where there is no air conditioning and often no electricity.  Just when the medicos thought we had covered every patient in town, school let out, and many parents brought their children for free care too.  Lots of Tia Promotores (community health workers) in training, turned up to lend a hand at the consultations.

La vida es como una cebolla, debes pelarla capa por capa.

Se ofrecieron consultas  gratuitas por la brigada de la UVM en nuestro primer día en el municipio (mas)

Bertha Alicia Lopez, the President of DIF (Family & Social Services) in Tuxcueca is practicing injections on an orange before attempting it on a live person.  An orange is much less intimidating for a first stab.  She and her classmates passed this exercise on their exams with flying colors.  Tia’s next stop will be in La Manzanilla de La Paz in September.  We hope to stop by and say hello to our Promotores and friends in Tizapan El Alto and Tuxcueca while we are in the area.

Practicando en naranjas

Bertha Alicia Lopez, presidenta del DIF (Desarrollo Integral de la Familia: servicios sociales) en (mas)