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Erie YouTube of the Week: LECOM Students in kenya
Posted by Mike on November 27, 2007
This week’s Erie YouTube of the Week shows not only the beautiful vistas of Africa but also local students helping others during the holidays.
Over the Christmas holiday in 2005, 12 students from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine travelled to Kenya delivering medical supplies and care. Here’s a snippet from HuntingtonNews.com:
While most of their classmates were enjoying winter break at home, 12 students from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Erie, Pa., woke up on Christmas day in Ngeta Village in Kenya. The students paid their own ways to travel to Kenya to help deliver medical care to the villagers. They were able to distribute essential vitamins, over 600 pounds of shoes and clothing and 40 pairs of eyeglasses. According to Vic Awuor, second-year medical student at LECOM and the trips’ organizer, “it was a great opportunity to become culturally sensitive, gain insight to diseases not often seen in the United States, increase awareness of osteopathic medicine and work towards establishing ongoing medical treatment in Kenya.”
Sadly, I couldn’t find any more information about this at LECOM’s site.
Posted by Mike at November 27, 2007 10:16 AM
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