Deparasiting

To date we have done deparasiting in six communities under the Carroll Creek grant: Jimilile, La Española, Zorca, Buena Vista, El Carmen/Berlin and El Balsamo. Overall the process has gone very smoothly although it took us a while to get it up and running. Before doing the deparasiting we send one of the Agua Pura Health Promoters to the community to notify the community leaders and the community agents so they can pass the word along to the rest of the filter beneficiaries. We generally set up shop in the school and the families come to us. In the beginning the community members thought it was just for the kids, but we have since made sure to emphasize that we will be giving medication to everybody with a filter. In the beginning we weren’t sure if we should give medication to women to take home to husbands and other children that couldn’t come, but have since decided that this is a good idea in order to reach as many people as possible.

Just two days after the Maine Rotary group left, a large group from Minnesota arrived with doctors, dentists, carpenters and engineers. Rolf, Mauricio and Allison went to Buena Vista to do deparasiting while the Minnesota crew pulled teeth, did check-ups and surveyed the proposed water project there.

Mauricio handing out deparasiting medication.

Rolf helping with translation for the Minnesota Rotary Club medical brigade