Medical Mission Trip to Jamaica

 

 

A team of 30 adults, 15 from the Dallas area, eight of which are from FUMCD (Dr. Allen Schneider, Elaine Schneider, RN, Charla Edwards, RN, Barbara McGee, Judy Hudson, Bob & Sue Clark and Donna Bair) will be leaving shortly for the mountain villages of Jamaica from Oct. 4-11.  This trip will be a Medical Mission and house building trip to extremely poor villages in the mountains where there is no medical care available, hardly any running water or electricity.  The unemployment rate is 75%  and higher in these poor villages.  Please pray for the members of this trip and for the success of this trip, both for physical and spiritual needs.  Below is a list of supplies we need.  These supplies may be dropped off at the  Administrative Offices of FUMCD.
 
Medications and Supplie Needed
(* and bold type indicates they are needed the most)
 
*Ibuprofen
*Muscle Rub, Ben Gay, ICY Hot,etc
*Cough and Cold meds (Adult/Child/Infant)
*Multivitamins (Prenatal/Adult/Child/Infant)
*Claritin/Zyrtec/Alavert, syrup, capsules or tablets
*Anti-fungal Creams
*Bayer Blood Sugar Monitors and Test Strips
*Prilosec, Zantac, Pepcid
*Nebulizers
*Bayer Blood Sugar Monitors and Test Strips
Hydrocortisone Cream
Tylenol
Anti-itch Creams
Triple Antibiotic Ointment (i.e. Neosporin)
Selsun Blue/dandruff shampoo
fungal shampoo
Aveeno Lotion (or other moisturizers)
Infant bulb syringes
Gauze, other dressing supplies
Antiseptic handwashing gel (alcohol-based)
Alcohol wipes
Adult (Depends, etc.) and Child diapers
Antiacids, Tums, etc.
Ziploc bags, sandwich size, quart size
Labels for medication bottles
Pens/Permanent Markers/Sharpies
Clipboards
Orthopedic equipment (walkers, canes, wheelchairs, crutches, shower chairs, etc.
Stethoscopes

 

2007 Mission Trip

These photos were taken last year when Charla and I were the only medical people that went to jamaica.  We spent the entire week at the Clarendon Infirmary with 140 indigent patients.  Many of them were mentally ill, crippled or blind and little dropped off by families that never returned to visit them.  There was a big team from the U. of MO. that stayed at the Harmons dorm with us.  Those college kids built three homes in the area that week.