Peru 2008

Peru was the 11th mission for ISMS.  The mission received logistic support from several individuals and organizations.  We are grateful to Mr. Tom Hough of United Servants Abroad, Dr. Ralph Kuon of Peruvian American Medical Society and the Peruvian embassy in Washington DC and NYC.  The team operated on 122 patients and provided medical care in the clinic to many more.

A reporter from Southampton Press, Mr. Joe Shaw and a photographer, Ms. Dana Shaw, were embedded with the team and witnessed first hand our work.

Meet the team that provided care for hundreds of patients over the years without prejudice. Slide show of Peru team members.

Read the story as told by an independent writer. See photos by an award-winning photographer.

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Number of cases: 122
Members of the mission: Medhat Allam, Ravi Kothuru, Bob MIneo, Rajesh Patel, Vito Alamia, Joseph DeBellis, Grace McCarthy, Maryellen Spandonsi, Ellen Herfield, Christopher Torres, Michael Sherwood, Erin O'Driscoll, Stephanie Porey, Geri Schmitt and Kathy Berger.

Peru is a multicultural land.  There are a number of different ethnic backgrounds besides the native Peruvians. Some of  the nationalities represented in this country are:   Amerindians, Mestizo, Caucasian, African, Chinese, Japanese . As a result of the presence of these various ethnic groups, there is also religious diversity. Roman Catholicism is the major religion.

Peru's population stands in the thirty eighth position in the world, among 193 countries . It is  27,167,000 as of  2003.  30.9% of the people are below fourteen years of age.   63.7% are within fifteen to sixty years while those more than sixty- five years of age comprise only 5.3% of the total population. Population growth in this country as is estimated in 2006 is 1.32%.

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