Guest grandmellon Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hey Everyone, just thought I would give you something to look at while you are waiting for your letters! I'm going on a medical outreach team this summer to Tanzania, Africa. For 9 weeks this summer a group of Medical, Nursing and dental students will be going to africa taking medical supplies and educational material. http://www.medoutreach.tk I don't know if you know but 50% of people live in poverty in the main cities in Tanzania (60% in rural areas) and the life expectancy of 50 years. 16.7% of people die from DIARRHOEA! and they have extremely high mortality rates from malaria... anyways... We are going to be going to 6 village schools with over 6000 children - we want to take enough tooth brushes for them all and are looking for people to donate these, or medications... (For detailed info on what is needed email me japitche@uwo.ca) If you would like to run a drive for tooth-brushes or monies to ship the medical supplies (very expensive) please contact me for more info! Thanks for reading and GOODLUCK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest martyb Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hi grandmellon I might be able to help. I'm a member of the exec of an honour society that does a lot of volunteer work and fundraising. Our inductions bring in a few hundred people each year, and the ceremony is on March 18th. If I could get some more detailed information, I could suggest to the rest of the exec that we ask the new inductees to bring toothbrushes to the ceremony. I would think that we could get at least a few hundred. I'll send you an email if you'd like. martyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UWOMED2005 Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hey Grandmello - that's a great program. I know a lot of the med students from UWO who went last year. I'm sure you'll have a great time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grandmellon Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hey Martyb, thats sounds fantastic! You can visit the website: http://www.medoutreach.tk for any info you need... I'm sure you are already familiar with the gist of the group. I would love to give you any information you need just send me an email japitche@uwo.ca . Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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