Itunda Baptist Mission - Angola Day 7
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in 2010 Angola, INMED | No Comments »In contrast to the behavior of Angola's colonial rulers, some individuals made genuine investments into the lives of the Angolan people themselves. In 1929 a family moved to the village of Itunda, just outside the city of Huambo (formerly Nova ...
We Will Now Take Your Question - Angola Day 5
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in 2010 Angola, INMED | No Comments »Angola was colonized by the Portuguese during the 1400s. Though the Portuguese invested little into Angola's infrastructure, even after the colonial rule ended in 1975 the Portuguese language remains both the official and the common language. I was quite privileged ...
This Child Should Never Have Died! - Angola Day 3
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in 2010 Angola, INMED | No Comments »Directly from the airport in Angola I drove to the Lubango Evangelical Medical Center and made hospital rounds. Almost immediately I was summoned to the ER, where I met little Nibombe. Coughing and less than alert, it was clear that Nibombe was ...
Cross-Cultural Shock - Angola Day 1
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in 2010 Angola, INMED | 1 Comment »Straight after reception for the INMED Intensive Course students I left for the Kansas City International airport. Three days and some 14,000 miles later I landed back in Lubango, Angola, southern Africa. This nation is noteworthy for being home to ...
2010 INMED International Public Health Intensive Course
Monday, June 28th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »The week of June 14-18 INMED hosted 69 participants for the 2010 International Public Health Intensive Course. These included nurses, public health specialists, pharmacists, physicians, and graduate students from the entire range of health fields. Remarkably, most participants had significant international ...
2010 INMED International Medicine Intensive Course Participants
Sunday, June 13th, 2010 Posted in INMED | No Comments »On June 7 INMED welcomed 43 participant to the University of Missouri-Kansas City for the 2010 International Medicine Intensive Course. Many of these highly motivated individuals have significant experience in serving forgotten people in multiple nations, and came to further ...