Category Archives: Expeditions
Reflection from Molly Wadsworth
Molly Wadsworth is a graduate student in the St. Catherine University occupational therapy program. She and three classmates joined our 2011 team of volunteer therapists and technicians. The opportunity to work with Eleanore’s Project in Peru was, to put it … Continue reading
2011 News and Update
March 2011 saw us working in Lima, Peru at Yancana Huasy, followed by a week in Arequipa working with Equip KIDS. Over the two weeks of wheelchair clinics we saw over 100 children and youth fitted in wheelchairs appropriate for … Continue reading
Choosing our chairs
It is the end of a long and productive day here in Sioux Falls. Julian and I selected the wheelchairs for our March expedition at Hope Haven International Ministries today, with the help of a great team. We even saw … Continue reading
From New Hampshire, with love
Although we conduct March wheelchair clinics in Peru, the preparations take place long before we set foot in the country. Our colleagues in Peru have sent evaluations with photos and measurements over the last month. And for many months, volunteers … Continue reading
A new destination for 2012
Each spring, Eleanore’s Project holds wheelchair clinics in two different locations in Peru. Since 2006, we have split our efforts between Yancana Huasy in Lima and Equip KIDS International in either Cusco or Arequipa. After 4 consecutive years of successful … Continue reading
Thank You Comfort Company!
Today Rick and I traveled home to Missoula after visiting my parents for the weekend. We began the day meeting with Eric Murphy, Director of Marketing for the Comfort Company at their corporate offices in Bozeman. Our purpose: to pick … Continue reading
Meetings today, then home
This morning we awakened at our guesthouse in Lima. We rose not to Arequipa bird calls or the silence of Chivay in the Colca Valley (where five of us visited on Sunday and Monday). Instead there were the sounds and … Continue reading
Photos from Arequipa and Equip KIDS
Our slightly reconfigured team (goodbye to Steve and hello to Kevin) worked for a week in Arequipa at the beautiful Casa de Avila. Each day brought new children and stories.
Finishing in Arequipa
Our group is smaller tonight, as seven of our company left Arequipa on a 9 PM flight to Lima. The St. Kate’s contingent (Kate, Krystal, Molly, Sara and Tessa) have an early flight back to the United States Saturday morning. … Continue reading
The Eleanore’s Project difference
It is Thursday night as I write this, after a good work day in which we completed wheelchairs for twelve children from Abancay and Arequipa. Those from Abancay traveled twelve hours to Arequipa, accompanied not only by their parents but … Continue reading
