Going to the hard places
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – My team at MAP and our partners are good at a lot of things. Here is one of them: getting vital medical supplies to the farthest reaches of where ever. I know FedEx and UPS have incredible global reach. But their trucks don’t go where we go.
I have been in Guatemala this week following up on a mother/child health project we are carrying out with our partner, Vine International. A key part of that project is providing high-quality prenatal vitamins donated by our corporate partner, Shionogi.
These vitamins have gone to mothers in remote communities where no one else goes. I want to show you a series of pictures to prove my point.
1. A road we traveled turned out to be almost impassable. That’s our blue van behind the truck as our driver, Vine’s Dennis McCutcheon, tried to figure out how to get past it. (And that’s Dennis celebrating after making it through,)
2. Another road turned into a riverbed when the heavy rains fell. I was shocked the van made it through.
3. This is a typical homestead in the village of Monte Carlo. No package express delivery there. Not surprisingly, the pickup doesn’t work.
4. And here are pregnant moms getting prenatal vitamins for the first time in their lives.
As I said … we go to the hard places. Take a look at this little girl and you will agree that it is worth it.
I liked reading your small stories and loved seeing the photos this week. Thanks for taking the time to do it so beautifully.