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Upcoming PAPA Missions EventsHaiti trip- emergency trip tentatively planned for June 2010 to provide medical relief, supplies to the victims of the recent, devastating earthquake. Zimbabwe trip- scheduled for late July/early August 2010 to Karanda Mission Hospital Cameroon trip- led by Sixtus Atabong, P.A., who has been going for 3 years now and has built a full-functioning clinic in Muyuka called Healing Touch Medical Center of Muyuka. This group takes a trip each summer. IFMF- PAPA Missions partners with the International Family Medicine Fellowship at Via Christi Hosptial in Wichita, KS, to provide resident physician training at Karanda Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe, Africa. This is not only a valuable learning experience for the residents, but is an essential help to the medical staff at Karanda.
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“I would describe my experience in Zimbabwe as amazing. We returned home with a tremendous respect for the native Shona people who we found to be remarkably resilient, optimistic, gracious, tough, appreciative, and open.”