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St. Joseph’s/MEMO Nurses Teach Senior Care in Havana

St. Joseph’s/MEMO Nurses Teach Senior Care in Havana

If you are a senior in Cuba you get a $10 pension, and a couple of kilograms of rice and beans with oil to live on for the month.   Thus almost all seniors are cared for by relatives living with them at home. The Cuban Council of Churches working with local Thunder Bay organization Medical Equipment Modernization Opportunity (MEMO) has begun a project that will provide education in senior care to loved ones at home.   Recently under MEMO’s auspices,…

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Quick Update – Cuba Bound!!

Quick Update – Cuba Bound!!

Finally we received our D1 visas after 4 months of delays. Fran Freisen and I will be traveling to Villa Clara province August 18 to 25th. Fran will be creating a promotional video for MEMO. I will be working out the details for operating the new mammography clinic and obtaining authorization for shipping containers from the Cuban authorities. Please pray for us to have patience and wisdom. Tentatively we have set Saturday Sept 8th to ship the next container from…

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November 2011 Trip to Cuba

November 2011 Trip to Cuba

We arrived in Varedaro with 16 checked bags thanks to West Jet’s generosity. After 3 hours of arguing with the customs officer we were allowed to take 12 bags of the most useful stuff. The Ministry of Health will retrieve the other 4 bags later. Lori gave three talks on wound care to Cuban nurses at three of the cities we work in. After the last talk she was given a bouquet of flowers in gratitude. We asked if they…

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