The Quito Project 2008 Summary

With the help of community partners, we provided critical assistance to the residents of San Martín and Chillogallo:

• We saw 2,050 patients in our free walk-in clinic, and input each patient in our Electronic Medical Records System
• We distributed over $10,000 worth of medications, including anti-parasitics, antibiotics, anti-fungals, and more
• We tutored over 80 children in math and reading for four months and took them on educational field trips
• We distributed over 100 pairs of glasses in our clinic
• We distributed hundreds of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and soap in our clinic
• We supplied every woman over 60 with a six month supply of calcium supplements, and every adult and child with vitamins 
• We established meaningful partnerships with medical schools in the area and the ministry of health to improve services.
• We ran workshops on nutrition, family planning, mental health, yoga and meditation, among many other topics.
• We created a Health Resource Guide to distribute to the community with information about how to get care when we are not there
• We conducted a community wide needs assessment with a door to door survey and will use the results to direct the project's future
• We ran the first winter and spring clinics which each saw over 400 patients.
• We provided dental services to 492 patients in our dental clinic
• We began construction on a permanent space