Global Kindness Foundation (GKF) was fortunate to send a small team to Peru to work with Vera Martin of Hope for Peru (HFP). Dr Dewji has worked with Vera previously when he led missions for Kindness in Action. The purpose of this trip was to help as many poor people as we could, and to scout out future locations to send GKF teams. Both objectives were achieved successfully. Introduction WE FORGOT OUR HEADLIGHTS!!! THANK GOD FOR DUCT TAPE LOTS OF HELPERS SO MUCH WORK WE GOT TO WORK IN THE CENTER’S CHURCH PERU 2011 GLOBAL KINDNESS FOUNDATION & HOPE FOR PERU MISSION
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Global Kindness Foundation (GKF)
was fortunate to send a small team
to Peru to work with Vera Martin of
Hope for Peru (HFP). Dr Dewji has
worked with Vera previously when
he led missions for Kindness in
Action. The purpose of this trip
was to help as many poor people as
we could, and to scout out future
locations to send GKF teams. Both
objectives were achieved
successfully.
Introduction
WE FORGOT OUR HEADLIGHTS!!! THANK GOD
FOR DUCT TAPE
LOTS OF HELPERS SO MUCH WORKWE GOT TO WORK IN THE
CENTER’S CHURCH
PERU 2011GLOBAL KINDNESS FOUNDATION &
HOPE FOR PERU MISSION
Our team consisted of Dr Dewji, Fatemah Dewji (assistant extrodinare), Vera Martin (HFP’s medical specialist),
and 3 local volunteers that helped with instrument cleaning, translation, and patient management. We spent 4 days in Calloa, a slum area of Lima, at the
Thomas Helm Center. Dr Dewji has previously worked at this centre in 2005 and 2008. The centre helps poor
children in the area by helping them with homework and teaching them life skills. They also provide meals to these
impoverished children. Vera also has an office at the centre that acts as a medical facility for the neighborhood. She is a practical nurse from Maine
USA who spends 3 to 6 months in Peru providing much needed medical services to poor people. She is
affectionately known as “Doctor” in many communities. The remaining 4
working days were spent in Vista Alegre outside of Pachacamac. This squatters village with about 80 poor families is
about 1.5 hours south of Lima. Vera has recently started going to this community once a week to provide medical services. In the village we set
up in the mayors “living room” and had to rent a generator since there wasn’t enough wattage in the electrical supply
they had. Both GKF and HFP shared the room. As we fixed teeth, Vera examined patients, did urine analysis,
dispensed free medication, administered shots, and gave health advice. She also helped translate for our dental patients. GKF also gave Panetons (Christmas
Cake) to each family. These Panetons were bought from the community of Children as a fundraiser (more on that
in the next section.) The Panetons were much appreciated and brought a smile to many a face.