TER MAIS SAUDE

Volunteers were busy on two fronts in the area of health, protecting their own health and working with health and sanitation programs in their communities. PCV’s received countless numbers of shots and sat for a variety of lectures on tropical diseases, rural sanitation and first aid. As part of our job with 4-S Club work, we worked with first aid courses, vaccination campaigns, teaching of sanitation, personal hygiene and principles of nutrition.

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The most requested replacement item-“pink pills”.

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Joe McDormick grimances at a shot from Dr. Ken. Joe and Joyce Coling were assigned to Maranguape, Ceará.

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John Schley sat on the sidelines for several months after breaking his leg playing soccer. John and Esther Reinbold were working in Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina.

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Esther Diaz gives an illustrated talk on milk to a 4-S Club.Esther and Juan E. Rosario worked in Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais.

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Gerald Rutland measures the forms for making a concrete “keyhole” to be used as a base for an outdoor toilet. Gerald and Carolyn Bandsak worked in Santo Estevao, Bahia.