Check out the PHOTO ALBUM from our incredible trip.  Celebrate the FIRST SIGN NAIL in Eritrea! 

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TEAM ERITREA

• Chris Walters, DPM
• Keith Goss, DPM
• Justin Faul, DPM
• Marie Keplinger, DPM
• LaToya Smith, DPM
• Susannah Dimond, RN
• Maria Langlois, RN
• Carolyn Wallis
• Jessica Hirschhorn, MD

Canvas holders for NAILS.  Can be rolled up and sterilized.  Thank you Elizabeth for your great sewing work!

A few more photos, including dividing up of all the surgical gear, and showing LaToya the "sign feel".

Team ERITREA Party 10-4-09

Team ERITREA Party 10-4-09

The team met tonight for introduction and practice with the SIGN nail and to weigh and divide up all of our gear. 

We enjoyed the beautiful early Fall day on the back deck, feasting on Don Pollo chicken, plantains, pico de gallo, and rice and beans. 

We are each carrying about 50 lbs. of surgical gear.  We will be shipping another couple of hundred pounds of surgical instruments (THANK YOU, Fairfax Hospital!) and medications.