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Blog Post Number One

My internship is with the Bolivia Youth Mission Trip run through my church, First United Methodist Church of Cary, North Carolina. This mission trip is an annual trip to La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia. They work with their in-country partner, Consejo Salud Rural Andino (CSRA). CSRA is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that specializes in administering health networks and offers services in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating health projects with a family and community-based model. They call the people who attend the mission trip a team. Team members accompany the CSRA health care workers on these home visits. At these visits, native doctors, nurses, & community health workers gather information from targeted households whose census information reveals a high risk of illness or death. During these home visits, health knowledge and practices are measured and vital events are recorded so that families’ illnesses, health experiences, deaths, births, and migrations are tracked. This information is entered into a health information system so program interventions can be measured and then analyzed with the participation of local people and leaders of the community. While in Bolivia, the team also works alongside students & parents in impoverished neighborhoods making improvements to their school grounds, medical clinics and child care centers made possible with our financial support. Our purpose in traveling to Bolivia is to empower them to use their gifts to make their community stronger & healthier so they realize their hopes and dreams while sharing Christ’s love.

My role in the team this year was to create and manage the website, social media outlets, and any marketing materials. I worked with Kelley and Mark: the two coordinators for the trip. I was not only a team member, but I was also known as the intern.

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