More exciting news from our disabilities campaign! Thanks to the joint effort of CDV Alcance and The Free Wheelchair Mission, we received a wheelchair donation. This was all made possible by the hard work of a previous volunteer, Katie Conroy. The wheelchair was recently donated to Senora Ysabel, a 66-year-old woman who has a severe…
Month: August 2012
Global Health Effectiveness Program
SVH Executive Director Keri Baker recently spent three weeks attending the Global Health Effectiveness Program at Harvard University. She is now back in Ollanta, bringing her new knowledge and skills to our program. Congratulations on completing this intensive program, Keri!
An Update on the SVH Disabilities Campaign
SVH has been working hard on our disabilities campaign these past few months. As you know, SVH is a new organization with a focus on implementing promotoras (community health workers) in rural and underserved communities. Because of this we are sadly in the process of phasing out our disabilities campaign. Thus, we have made sustainable…
What’s Up, Doc?
August is the month that most young people (and professors) view as the end of summer. In the last few years I viewed August as the final month that I have to wake up en la madrugada (in the early morning) to get a 2-hour roller ski workout in before the scorching sun and horrid humidity suck the…
Hiding Wallets and Hugging Backpacks at the Baratillo
On a recent Saturday SVH volunteer Amy and I met in the Ollanta Plaza de Armas at 5am to catch a ride into Cusco for some early morning shopping. Luckily, there was a combi already partially filled, and we hit the road by 5:15. Despite our best efforts to nap on the ride, the ride…
INTO THE VALLEY 