Making a Donation…

We rely on your support in order to achieve success in our

endeavor! Every February, we host our biggest fundraiser, an
annual KUMCIO Benefit Auction, where the proceeds are
applied toward funding our yearly Spring Break medical
mission trip to Belize. We rely on local businesses to supply
items to be auctioned to one of approximately 400 healthcare
professionals, KUMC faculty, students, and other locals. This
naturally provides a unique and valuable opportunity for
businesses to reach customers in the KU Medical Center
community, in addition to serving a noble international cause.

Later in the spring, we also hold an annual Jayhawk Golf
Tournament in which all proceeds are applied toward our
yearly Summer medical mission trip in Guatamala.
We also greatly appreciate any monetary donations, which can be
made in various forms via our website, www.kumcio.edu.
Please remember we are a registered not-for-profit organization with
a 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.
Our federal identification number is 48-0547734.
If you have any questions please contact:
Phaedra Dowell, President
pdowell@kumc.edu 913-980-2880
KUMCIO could not continue its projects without your generous
contributions. We thank you in advance for your consideration
of support!
KUMC International Outreach
Calkins Student Center, KUMC, MS 4018 • 3901
Rainbow Boulevard • Kansas City, Kansas 66160
www.kumcio.org • kumcio@kumc.edu
Greetings! Each year, students affiliated with
KUMCIO travel to Belize and Guatemala to provide
health care to those most in need. Students gain
invaluable experience in clinical skills; learn
pharmacology hands-on; and receive one-on-one
guidance from medical professional volunteers. To
make these trips a reality, and to ensure that this year
they are as great a success as in past years, we hope
that you will help to support our endeavors by making
a donation to our organization. While invaluable to
the participants in countless ways, these trips are quite
costly, especially considering that KUMCIO must
procure all the medications and supplies used on these
trips. To learn more about these outreach trips and
how you can provide support, please read on…
 BELIZE, MARCH 2009
In March 2009, during two
separate trips, a total of 30
medical, MPH, and nursing
students spent their spring
breaks providing medical care
to people in underserved areas
of Belize. The students
practiced taking a medical
history for each patient, and
performed a focused physical
exam. They presented each patient to four physicians or a nurse
practitioner who also volunteered their time for the trip. The
medical professionals guided the students in their examination and
assessment, and made decisions about any necessary medications. All
medications were dispensed by students, an important hands-on
lesson in pharmacology. All medication and supplies for the trip
were either donated or purchased through monetary donations made
to KUMCIO. As part of the trip, students stayed overnight in one of
several local families’ thatch-roofed home, providing a cultural
experience few ever get the chance to experience.
Left: First-year medical students, Paul
St. Romain and Scarlett Elkins, intakes
a family. Students on the Belize
outreach trip saw as many as 300
patients of all ages each day in the
various clinics. Typical complaints
included skin problems, parasitic
infections, and respiratory infections.
Right: First-year medical student,
Ashley Inciardi, helps her home
stay family make tortillas.
GUATEMALA, JUNE 2009
Left: A medical student gives a much-needed
breathing treatment to an infant in Santa Maria de
Jesus. Students saw more than 600 patients in
their rural clinic. Many patients received
antibiotics and vitamins as part of their care.
Six KU medical students and one KU nursing
student travelled to Antigua, Guatemala in
June of 2009 as part of the KUMCIO trip with
Medical Mission Foundation. Half of these students volunteered at
Obras Sociales del Hermano Pedro, a local hospital. Students
observed and assisted with many ear, nose, and throat surgeries to
open respiratory passages, repair eardrums, as well as orthopedic
and gynecological surgeries. The other students helped set up a clinic
in a town outside of Antigua, where they worked with a pediatrician,
dermatologist, and ER physician to deliver healthcare to over 600
men, women, and children.
Many KU departments donated money to this outreach trip, which
was used to provide equipment and medicine. The money was also
used to purchase an infusion pump for the
surgery ward of Obras Sociales del
Hermano Pedro.
Right: Second-year medical students Clark
Rogers and Laura Westfall are prepare to
assist in one of the many ENT surgeries
performed in Antigua, Guatemala.