Some Past Missions & Events

January 15, 2000 : This was a time of retraining our troops with the rescue squad, and also a time to visit our schools in the mountains. On this trip we visited over 9 schools, and delivered school supplies to over 900 students in the high mountains of Copan. I will never forget the happy faces of the children as we rode up on our horses to deliver their school supplies. Of all the work we do I always enjoy the pencil patrols the most.

October 4, 1999 This mission into Honduras ran from October 4th until November 4th, 1999. On this mission we trained the first all volunteer rescue squad of Copan Ruinas, Honduras. Pictured here are the new members taking a CPR class during our last mission in July. With the first ambulances in place our attention now turns to the actual training, and implementation of the ambulances in a standard training program. In the past we have worked with many volunteer organizations, but there have seen few with this kind of spirit, and determination.

Honduras August 1, 1999. First Ambulance to Honduras. This is the date set to send our first ambulance to Honduras. Here is a picture of it, as it left our offices for shipment to Honduras. Right now the ambulance is sitting on the docks at Berwick Louisiana waiting to sail to Honduras on July 31. Rodger Harrison will be leaving for Honduras to meet this ambulance on July 29, 1999 and will remain in Honduras to train the new Volunteers in basic life support through the entire month of August.

Jamaica, August 17, 1999. In association with Covenant International, and Operational Renewed Hope we will once again be flying in another emergency relief flight of medical equipment and supplies. This load of 6 tons of supplies is destined to be used for a new medical clinic that is being supported through Covenant International in Jamaica. In this joint effort Covenant International will supply the funding for the lease on the plane while PFC, and Operation Renewed Hope will supply the donated supplies. We need volunteers in our Charlotte warehouse to help us get the load ready.

Colombia, South America March 13, 1999 Paramedics For Children in association with World Relief, and United For Progress will be mounting a joint air lift of 32,000 pounds of food, and medicine into Colombia South America for the earthquake victims of Armin. PFC has agreed to furnish the food, and medicine, and World Relief is furnishing the cargo space on an American Airlines flight to Bogota, Colombia. After landing in Bogota the supplies will be off loaded to waiting trucks, where they will be transported over the mountains to the town of Armin. The trip over the mountains will take two full days. On this particular mission Randal Templeton one of our veteran volunteers will be riding along to make sure the supplies reach the people they are intended for. This mission is scheduled to run from March 13 until March 20. This mission is a "first" for Paramedics For Children.

Honduras March 27, 1999 Once again will be flying into Honduras. On this mission will be bringing in 12,500 pounds of food, and medicine. The mission plan calls for us to assemble all of our supplies at our warehouse facilities in Charlotte North Carolina. There the items will be placed on palettes, and carefully weighed. From Charlotte North Carolina we will ship them via truck to Key West Florida. On the day of the flight they will be loaded on the airplane at 5 a.m.. We will take off for Honduras at 7 a.m., and fly direct to La Ceiba, Honduras where we will off load our supplies, and transfer them to a smaller plane that will be furnished by Mercy Air. Below you can see a picture of this type of airplane.

Mercy Air flies a Russian built biplane called an to AN-2. This type of airplane is known for its short field capabilities, and carries a payload of approximately 3000 pounds, It can operate out of fields less than 1000 feet in length. These airplanes are perfect for the Mosquito outback.

From here we will load the smaller plane (which will take four separate flights) and proceed with a ferry operation to take these supplies deep into the heart of the Mosquito. After completing this portion of the mission we will proceed to Copan Ruinas where we will spend one week or more taking school supplies to five different rural schools high and mountains surrounding Copan Ruinas. In addition this we plan to visit several area medical clinics to monitor how well our supplies from our last mission are being used. After completing this portion of the mission we will proceed to La Ceiba and will catch the cargo flight on it's return flight to Key West. This mission is scheduled to last up to two weeks.

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