UUMC Panama Mission 2009
This will be the 14th consecutive year that University United Methodist Church will send a mission team to Panama and the ninth year we will work in Chiriqui Province, where we provide medical and construction assistance in support of the Methodist Church in Panama - Iglesia Evangelica Metodista de Panamá (IEMPA). While in Panama, we will be working to support activities through the office of the IEMPA Bishop in Panama City and will be supported in the United States by the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission.
The team will work in the communities of Bongo and Volcan and we will stay in a Methodist Church complex, called “Volcan Camp” in the town of Volcan, some 30 miles or so up the mountain from the Inter-American Highway. Volcan is located on the slopes of Volcan Barú, a dormant volcano in western Panama near the border with Costa Rica (see map). Bongo is located down the mountain from Volcan close to the town of Concepcion, which is on the Inter-American Highway.
Purpose
The purpose of this trip is to provide clinical screening services to the community of Bongo and surrounding areas, and to assist in construction and maintenance of church facilities in Volcan. Specifically, we will work in a Panamanian Ministry of Health clinic in the upland rural community of Bongo. In Volcan we hope to complete construction on a new multi-use classroom building.
