We were greeted Sunday afternoon by Ana and Elsa from the soon-to-be dedicated “Collie and Greg Daily” CCC clinic in Chisec, and by Flori, Myra, and Suli from the soon-to-be dedicated CCC “Morris Hazan” clinic at Coban Hospital. Their smiles and enthusiasm were warm welcomes after our long journey. Kim Borden got to work setting...
With nine team members crushed into the backseat like a clown car, the van bursting with medical supplies and cryotherapy machines needed to set up two “See and Treat” clinics, the CCC team headed north on their 6-hour journey to Coban. There were lots of bumps in the road, but we arrived safety in the...
The first challenge CureCervicalCancer.org (CCC) faces in launching any new effort to bring “See and Treat” (for premalignant cervical cancer) to a developing country is getting its staff and equipment to the site. Stage One is bringing all the equipment (including multiple large cryotherapy units) to be used, and ultimately donated, through Customs, in this...
A third continent for CCC? Yes, indeed! After opening permanent cervical cancer “See and Treat” clinics in Africa, Central America and Haiti, CCC is headed for Viet Nam in April, 2014. Viet Nam, a communist country with a strong entrepreneurial drive, is not the easiest place in the world to arrange visiting medical programs. However,...
Occasionally, supporters of CCC comment that they would like to “breeze off” with us to one of our destinations, say, Guatemala, or Kenya, or Haiti. The fact is that getting to our work sites is no “breeze.” When CCC goes overseas, we have already accomplished a huge set of tasks since we must travel with...
The Guatemala Projects, Coban Hospital and Chisec, are right around the corner and the CCC team is in full motion getting prepared. The Ministry of Health letter is in its last stage, all the supplies have been received and we are busy organizing and packing it all up. Ground support with our partners, Asociación Compañero...
CCC was honored by an invitation to speak at the National Ethiopian Cancer Conference in August, 2013. Because CCC’s Director, Dr. Patricia Gordon, could not attend, CCC was delighted to be represented by Dr. Samson Mulugeta of Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia, who was instrumental in setting up the CCC See and Treat Clinic...
Indigenous Mayans and their Health Practices Using western medicine to treat indigenous people presents challenges in overcoming cultural differences and communicating. When CCC works in Coban, Guatemala at the end of September, it needs some grounding in ways traditional Mayans confront illness and health and their views on the sources of illness and methods to...
Coban, Guatemala is not a prime tourist destination; rather, surrounded by mountains and located at 4330 feet, it is a coffee-growing region. The fourth largest city in Guatemala, Coban, about 4-5 hours drive (219 kilometers) from the capital, has a population of around 100,000 people. The local people are predominantly Q’eqchi, a group that represents...
The CCC team decided to take a short break today to design the donor clinic signs for our future projects and explore the different ways we could frame these signs. We give our most generous donors the opportunity to dedicate a clinic of their choice, and the picture above is an example. These anonymous donors...
