Announcement:

UPCOMING MISSION TO Churuquita Gande PANAMA

JANUARY 13TH - 21TH, 2024

Dear NEVOSH Members and Supporters,

After a 3 year hiatus, we are thrilled to officially announce the NEVOSH January 2024 mission to Panama over Martin Luther King week (Jan 13-21, 2024)!

We will be working in Churuquita Gande in the Coclé Province at the Instituto Carmen Conte Lombardo. This will be our 3rd time in this area (after 2015 and 2020). We will again be hosted by the Dorado Rotary Club who are already well underway with the planning. The comfortable Hotel Coclé will act as our home base.

The itinerary for the week will remain the same as always. The group will assemble at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City on Saturday Jan 13th and will be transported to the mission site hotel. On Sunday we'll spend the day setting up the clinic. Monday through Thursday will be filled with treating patients. Friday and Saturday will be optional R&R days (location TBD) before returning to the airport on Sunday Jan 21th.

Applications will be reviewed on a first come first serve basis, but preference will be given to returning members and to health care providers in under represented specialties. The final roster will be selected based on each clinic group's needs.

If you have a preference for roommates, please list it on the application. Otherwise we'll do our best to group people appropriately.

Application Instructions

1) All applications (see attached) must be received by September 30th. After the application process closes, the documents will be sent to Panama for approval and missionaries will not be added.

2) Applications will not be considered until ALL supporting documentation is received. Some of the documents require notarization, so start to gather them now. Copies of documents from last year are acceptable if you still have them. If a document will be expiring, send the expiring document now and the updated one after you get it.

3) Space will be limited. Priority will be given to returning members. Returning members will be given individual approval as soon as their completed application is received. New member approval will be dependent upon how many spots remain and they will be notified no later than October 15th.

4) The application fee and mission fee deposit will be refundable only to applicants that are not accepted. For accepted members, the remaining mission fee balance (for hotel, transportation, and group meals) will be collected closer to the mission date once the amounts have been determined.

5) Make sure the email address listed on your application matches the email address that receives this Google Group message. If you would like to change the email address where you receive these group messages, please let me know and I'll update it.