24 bags across 26 volunteers is how we get there!
Agility and patience are never in short supply on a CSI team. Each trip starts with ordering and packing all the medical supplies and equipment needed for each surgery — both planned and potential.
For Ethiopia trips, all supplies are physically carried by the team in bags that are moved, scanned, tracked, and re-tracked 20+ times from CSI offices to Tibebe Ghion Hospital in Bahir Dar.
That’s more than 500 logistical touchpoints just to get to the first surgery next week!
Shoutout to Jennifer Gill and Charlie Vanek who are leading this and core logistics efforts for this trip.
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Safe travels, or Melkam guzo in Amharic — the majority of our Ethiopia volunteers departed for the rest of their long trip to Bahir Dar to #changelives!
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MSP volunteers from CSI Team Ethiopia are on their way! 🇪🇹
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Familiar faces like Perla’s make every CSI trip to Hermosillo extra special.
Now 29, Perla graduated from cleft care years ago and works in the cafeteria at Hospital CIMA Hermosillo. CSI performed all but her first cleft surgery, and our volunteers feel privileged to have been part of her journey.
Perla visits our team every year, and seeing her is a highlight for those who return to Hermosillo. These annual visits are a lovely reminder that the connections made through CSI last long after care ends.
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St. Andrew's Children's Clinic Voluntariado CIMA
“We were very shameful about the baby's cleft before surgery, now we are proud and we feel very happy about the surgery. We would like to thank you very much.” Parent, Ethiopia