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Medical Mission trip Winter 2012

Medical Mission trip Winter 2012. ECUADOR Collin Hanson. Ecuador. Location: Northwestern South America Capital: Quito Population: ~15 million GDP per capita: $7,800 Pop. Below Poverty Line: 33.1% Currency: U.S. Dollar. Last Spring break…. Shadowed in a hospital for 3 days

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Medical Mission trip Winter 2012

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  1. Medical Mission trip Winter 2012 ECUADOR Collin Hanson

  2. Ecuador • Location: Northwestern South America • Capital: Quito • Population: ~15 million • GDP per capita: $7,800 • Pop. Below Poverty Line: 33.1% • Currency: U.S. Dollar

  3. Last Spring break… • Shadowed in a hospital for 3 days • Spent time in the • Emergency department • Operating room • Pediatric floor • OBGYN unit

  4. Had fun excursions

  5. This Trip • Dates: Leave Dec. 16 or 17, return Dec. 23 or 24 • Destination: Otavaloin the state of Imbabura • Activities • Hospital rotations in San Luis de Otavalo • Visiting 2 urban clinics up in the mountains • Very poor communities • Well give back with community service • Visiting 2 orphanages • Possibly have a carnival with children • Possibility of a vacation (if time permits) • Intag: natural hot springs, kayaking, hiking

  6. Cost • $750-800 Plane Ticket • $750 Housing and Transportation (everything included) • $30 Purdue Travel Insurance • ____________________________ • $1530 Minimum Total • $100-200 Spending Money* • ____________________________ • Not over $1800 Total • We can work on fundraising to lower the cost for all

  7. Why go? • Get to: • Experience another country and its culture • Perform simple medical procedures • Make instant friends • Sight see • PracticarEspañol • Have a fun and unique vacation, while helping and providing community service • Looks great on a resume • Good medical school interview topic

  8. The number of students will be 15-20 for the trip • Participants will be chosen by interview • You will need to financially commit • There will be multiple meetings throughout the semester • We’ll need help finding donations and fundraising • Very important!

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