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On August 1, members of Wood County and Parkersburg Rotary Clubs went to Nicaragua for a week to
help with a Medical mission and to do a needs analysis with the Rotary Club of Matagalpa. We met this
little girl on our visit!
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North Parkersburg Baptist Church along with other churches have established a clinic in Maganua which is housed
in this building. We are piggy backing on their contacts in Nicaragua. After many airline problems we arrived and
immediately joined a medical group from Huntington, West Virgina in this clinic. Also we were able to deliver a package of
anesthetics to the children's hospital in Magnua.
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We went by bus to Matagalpa and stayed in Selva Negra at an ecotourist farm in the mountains. We went futher in
the mountains by bus to Rancho Grande where we met with over 300 people to help with their medical needs.
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The next day we went even further by going by bus to Rancho Grande again and then going by horseback to Cerro Verde.
There we again helped over 300 people with their medical needs.
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We appreciated the support of a grant from Rotary International, our district, and lots of help from several clubs in
our district. We have begun to plan future projects to work with the Rotary Club in Matagalpa. Here we are exchanging
banners.
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