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Fifth Medical Mission to be held onMay 8th, 2013

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Our Fifth Medical Mission to test 30 women for cervical cancer (mostly birth mothers and their female family members and friends) will be held on May 8th. The amount budgeted is $1,783.82 and it covers transportation, hotel accommodations, food, IVAA tests and medicine, ultrasounds, colposcopies, etc. If everything goes as the previous four Medical Missions, we expect one third of that amount will be used the day of the clinic, and the rest during the subsequent three months. 

Approximately 35% of the women have had fungal or bacterial infections and cannot have the IVAA test done the day of the clinic. This means we need to bring them back for another appointment a week or 10 days later, once they finish the treatment prescribed by the gynecologist. 

Several birth mothers, taking advantage of this opportunity, ask us if they can bring their children for a checkup – we cannot say no. It has happened several times too that the women attending the medical mission have had other health issues, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, eye problems, etc., and the expenses covered by us have gone up far above the amount budgeted.  The minimum we need to raise is $1,783.82 but any extra amount will always be welcome.

 Below is the budget for our Fifth Medical Mission -- 

 

 

 

 

 

CATEGORY

COST PER PERSON IN  GTQ

NUMBER OF PATIENTS

TOTAL IN GTQ

TOTAL IN USD

VIAA Testing at Hospital Obras Sociales Hermano Pedro

 Q        5.00

30

 Q     150.00

$     20.00

Transportation

  Q    100.00

30

 Q  3,000.00

$   400.00

Dinner

 Q      20.00

30

 Q     600.00

$     80.00

Breakfast

 Q      15.00

30

 Q     450.00

$     60.00

Lunch

 Q      25.00

30

 Q     750.00

$   100.00

Lodging

 Q      50.00

30

 Q  1,500.00

$   200.00

Transportation for post mission medicals

Q      70.00

15

Q  1,050.00

$   140.00

Drugs and laboratory

 Q      97.50

15

 Q  1,462.50

$   195.00

Surgeries

 

 4

Q  3,200.00

$   426.66

     Subtotal

 

 

Q12,162.50

$1,621.66

Unforseen expenses10%

 

 

Q 1,216.25

 $   162.16

 

 

 

 Q13,378.75

$1,783.82

 
 

You can donate directly through us via Paypal (please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or through our sister foundation in the US “Families for Familias” at: www.familiesforfamilias.org

Thanks to your help we have been able to provide medical assistance to a total of 191 women during the previous four Medical Missions.  Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated!