Project Updates – Page 11

Tia’s Summer Newsletter

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We just finished Tia’s Summer Newsletter. If you would like to view it, click here or use this link (https://tiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/noticas062116.pdf). You can read more details about our recent project in Tuxcueca, get to know our VEA Katie Smith, preview our next project, and much more!

Boletín de verano de Tía

Justo terminamos el boletín de verano de tía. Si quieres visitarlo haz click aquí y utiliza este link (https://tiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/noticas062116.pdf). Puedes leer más detalles acerca de nuestro reciente proyecto en Tuxcueca, conocer a nuestra VEA Katie Smith, ver avances de nuestro próximo proyecto, y mucho más!

Two of Many

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A physician’s grade stethoscope and baumanometer (blood pressure cuff) are just two of many items Tia’s Promotores find in their medical kits. There are also prenatal vitamins, IV solutions and setup equipment, syringes, bandages, medicines to treat a wide variety of ailments and emergencies, and a glucometer with plenty of lancets and testing strips. Each kit is customized for the specific needs of that zone and are valued at around $2,000 retail. Our Volunteer Expedition Adventurers help us put them together before each project, so they get to see first-hand all the lifesaving contents.

Dos de muchos

Un estetoscopio y un baumanómetro (equipo de toma de presión arterial) profesional son (mas)

Meet Maria Guadalupe and Sirenia

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Maria Guadalupe and Sirenia are pictured here, right after each received their diplomas. These two women had perfect attendance and passed their difficult examinations under trying circumstances. The courses were held in the Casa Ejidal and it was quite hot and humid in the afternoon. No matter. The students and the brigade members braved the heat and carried on with their course.

Conoce a María Guadalupe y Sirenia

En esta foto aparecen María Guadalupe y Sirenia, justo después de recibir sus diplomas. (mas)

Proud Police Graduate with his Daughter

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Here is one of our graduates at the graduation fiesta with his little girl. His wife and daughter came to the ceremony and celebration afterward. You can see the framed diploma, the manual “Donde No Hay Doctor” (Where There Is No Doctor), a large bag with IV solution and other items, and below it, the medical kit with an orange handle. We had 51 graduates so now we have a total of 427 Promotores serving around 150,000 people in rural Mexico. We had quite a large spread of food, prepared by the Promotores, for the party.

Orgulloso policía graduado con su hija

Aquí está uno de nuestros graduados en la fiesta de graduación con su hijita. (mas)

Our New Birthing Manikin

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Until yesterday, our Promotores had to learn childbirth techniques through PowerPoint slides and lectures. We recently invested in a birthing manikin so the Promotores could learn midwifery in a more realistic way. The manikin allows them to experience breech, cord wrap presentations, as well as how to deliver twins and what to do if the entire placenta does not deliver. We had a crowd of fascinated students surrounding each practice. The EMTs, ambulance personnel, police and the other Promotores each got at least one turn delivering a baby.