Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 8 (in Jacqueville)

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These photos show some everyday sights from a drive around Jacqueville. The video is a short clip of a tree “alive” with yellow weaver birds building nests.Video

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 7 (Eye Surgeries)

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After a week of screening patients in 16 villages, Dr. Agre and the rest of the medical team performed surgeries on patients they identified during the screening process. Thirteen cataracts were removed and five pterygium surgeries were performed. These photos … Continue reading →

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 6 (in Toukouzou)

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Throughout the campaign, the medical team for the mobile eye clinic screened 516 patients’ vision at 16 villages during one week. The villages where screening was done were Abrebi, Sassako, Avagou, Akrou, Adoumangan, Tabbott, Coco, Grand Jack, Adjue, Adjacousse, M’bokrou, … Continue reading →

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 5 (at Couve)

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One of the villages where the medical team screened patients with vision difficulties was Couve. To get there, team members traveled across a lagoon in a dugout canoe. These photos show that trip and fishermen fishing in dugout canoes in … Continue reading →

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 4 (at M’Bokrou Church)

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On Sunday July 15, we worshipped with the Eglise Methodiste Unie Cote d’Ivoire at M’Bokrou (United Methodist Church in M’Bokrou). The mobile eye clinic team had worked with the church to plan a thanksgiving service followed by a fellowship lunch … Continue reading →

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 3 (in the Village)

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These photos show some sights in villages along the Atlantic Ocean where we were in Cote d’Ivoire.

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 2 (at the Ferry)

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After arriving in Abidjan, and having lunch at Dr. Jeremie Agre’s home there, we traveled to a ferry to cross a lagoon to head towards M’Bokrou, where we would stay for two days. These photos show things we saw at … Continue reading →

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 1 (in Abidjan)

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Adamson and I were in Cote d’Ivoire from July 14-19 to assist with a mobile eye clinic that is supported by our church, the First Baptist Church of Syracuse (American Baptist). These photos show a bit of Abidjan, where we … Continue reading →