Day 4 – Riobamba
When you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life. This sentiment rings true for us during this mission. While the days can be more than 12 hours long and we are running on just a few hours of sleep, we feel very much invigorated and enormously satisfied at...
Day 3 in the Mountain town of Riobamba
Written by Shuhan Wang, MS4 Hey there! Another day of the mission successfully completed! I decided to share just one of the highlights of my day with you all tonight in an effort to catch up on some sleep. I hope you enjoy some photos in the meantime! This afternoon, our team had a very special case. A nervous and quiet 16-year-old girl, Maria, came...
Testimonials from our Volunteers
Every year after our mission group returns to the USA, to the comforts of our homes, we ask our participants to reflect on their experience. Their individual stories and feelings about serving selflessly to those in need are truly heartwarming. Click here and you will read first hand how gratifying the experience of volunteering on...
Mission – 2017
Our June 2017 Cataract Surgical and Medical Mission to Calca in the Sacred Valley of Peru was another great success!! Over 500 medical patients and 1,384 eye clinic patients were examined, close to 1,600 pairs of distance, reading and non prescription sunglasses were dispensed, 63 eye surgeries and over 60 ultrasound procedures were performed. This was...
Cataract Surgical and Medical Mission June 15-20, 2015 to Guayaquil, Ecuador
Summary: On behalf of the Board of Directors of A Promise to Peru, Inc. we wanted to thank each and every one of our participants for your generous donation of time, expertise, personal expense and for your passion of assisting those less fortunate in receiving quality medical and surgical care in Guayaquil, Ecuador. This year, for the...
Short Hills eye surgeon will embark on surgical mission to Ecuador
PRESS via NJ.com: Short Hills eye surgeon will embark on surgical mission to Ecuador Dr. Michael Farbowitz, eye surgeon and medical director of Short Hills Ophthalmology, will be travelling to Guayaquil, Ecuador this June as a participant in a cataract surgical and medical mission to treat the impoverished residents in that location. The mission, organized...
The Times Beacon Record helps spread the word about our mission
Source: northshoreoflongisland.com From June 28 to July 5, Drs. Jack Oats and Anzhelika Vaccaro of Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island will participate in A Promise to Peru Inc., a cataract surgical and medical mission to the Sacred Valley region of Peru. Oats will be doing cataract surgery with Dr. Mike Sable, secretary for A Promise to...
Cataract Surgical patient expresses his gratitude to Dr Sable and the surgical team, Urubamba Hospital, July 2013
Dr Sable operated on his first eye last year and he had his second one done this past summer. Take a look! A Promise to Peru – Patient Account – Continued from A Promise to Peru on Vimeo. A Promise to Peru – Patient Acount from A Promise to Peru on Vimeo.
2013 Mission Accomplishments
Cataract Surgical and Medical Mission June 30-July 12, 2013 Summary A Promise to Peru’s first week consisted of the cataract surgical mission and a sub specialty medical clinic. Our organization was invited to operate at the new municipal hospital in Urubamba, by the Peruvian Minister of Health. Our group transported a full service eye clinic...
June Mission Prep
Getting prepared for our mission this June! The eye supplies from Alcon have arrived from Texas. The Students are hard a work preparing and organizing. Folsom City Host Lions Club and Lions District 4-C5 packed up their donation! Thank you. Photo via ciro morales
Cataract Surgical Mission – Urubamba Peru
This will be the first year that we will have a cataract surgical mission for one week in Urubamba from July 2-6. This effort has been coordinated by Debra Messina, MD. We are working with the Peruvian Ministry of Health to provide free cataract surgery to those patients who are truly indigent and have advanced...