Washington State University Returns
They are here, and tired after traveling for 28 hours. They are excited and ready to work!
This is year number six that People Of Peru Project (POPP) and WSU have joined forces to:
* Bring medical assistance to hundreds of impoverished Peruvians
* Improve the professionalism of People of Peru Project's medical programs
* Give WSU students a hands-on experience and unfiltered exposure to global health issues.
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This would be a "night in the airport" |
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Arriving at the People of Peru Project Headquarters |
How much of a welcome can your really remember after 28 hours of no sleep? |
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POPPYS house (People of Peru Project Youth Services house) |
A quick history and overview of the girls facility |
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Football (soccer) with the students, girls of POPPYS house and translators |
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Below you will see pictures of Belen. This is one of the most poverty stricken sections of Iquitos. The lower part of Belen floods every year when the Amazon River rises. This brings a years worth of open sewage into the ground level of all the houses and business. Hence~ Massive health problems! |
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Fear Factor Peruvian style. It's a bigggg grub worm! YUM |
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This is a community awareness poster encouraging people to throw away garbage "The right way" |
As you can see the cost of the poster was tax dollars well spent |
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A local "Pharmacy" |
Meat+Fish+market+Heat=Odor |
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This house belongs to POPP. We rent rooms to families that need short term housing or in some cases we let people live for free if they need a little "leg up" |
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Students inside a home in a community assessment exercise. This place is pretty upscale compared to the other homes in this community |
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People of Peru Projects new Medical/Dental clinic. |
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One of the more popular places to leave your water bottle |
The "Pill Party" Pre-packaging doses helps expedite the clinic process |
| People of Peru Project Medical Dental Clinic
This is the first day we have used our new building. WSU is the first group to do a medical clinic in the finished structure |
The lady closest to the flip chart is a local obstetrician doing an educational component with the women while they wait in line. |
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This is Elvira. She is our obstetrics student in the local university. She is assisting with the women's issues today |
Leovina, POPP's child psychology major and longest term translator, (second from left) strikes a pose with her nursing team |
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There is always time to share a photo with a child |
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Throat? Chest? Nose? Where is the problem? |
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The tours and activities in the various medical and educational facilities included a school for special kids |
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This is Santo Tomas the home of POPPYS house |
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The students did an evening with the POPPYS house girls doing some Pampering
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The pampering included manicures, pedicures and massages! |
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During the time at POPPYS house the students did some development testing on the younger children
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Of course they ended the evening with ICE CREAM |
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Iquitos Hospital |
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We had a great day at the local mental health center |
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Chicha, the non-alcoholic version of the local corn drink |
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This is Brian, Mr. Opp's God-son |
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some of the residence sang for us
