2011 Scholarship Recipients
Laura W., RN, BSN
I WILL NEVER FORGET Ecuador was AMAZING!I had such a great time. It was so different from what I expected, but in the best way possible. Our team was remarkable; we all clicked right away from the first day of meeting each other. On Sunday, we performed screenings all day of the children who came to be [...]
Mickey G., RN, BSN
History in the Making The stethoscope give-a-way was by far the biggest hit. We took it back to basics for the nurses, and we can tell that it was really useful information for them. During the Respiratory sounds lecture, we taught them how to wear the stethoscopes and use them to assess heart and lung [...]
Lauren J., RN, BSN
June 18-26, 2011 was a week of my life that I will never forget. I had the privilege of traveling to Honduras with United Methodist Church of Farmville sponsored through Friends of Barnabas Foundation. We stayed with at the foundation house in Peña Blanca and traveled to five different villages all in the mountains of [...]
Laura B., RN, BSN, CCRN
Return to Haiti I returned to Haiti with MMRC Haiti. MMRC is dedicated to the helping Haitian orphanages, running logistics for medical personnel and getting donated supplies to people who need them most. We spent our days at an orphanage in Titanyen, Haiti. The kids there just simply melt your heart! The live with meager [...]
Jo B., RN
Haiti mission 2011 One year after the devastating earthquake rocked the world of Haitian people, I traveled to Port-au-Prince with Project Medishare out of Miami University. My one week deployment was marked by sensory overload. There was the hot sun, the humidity, the mosquitoes. Proud Haitian citizens lined the streets in their colorful garb. The [...]
Gretchen M., RN
Working as a team in San Raymundo The very best thing about the Medical Mission trip with Refuge International was working with a group of professionals who are skilled in giving care, and cared deeply about the people they were giving care to. We worked as a team, and everyone was there to help. So [...]