Now a staple calendar event, the Dinthill Alumni Association’s Medical Mission is led by the auspices of the Florida Chapter in partnership with the County Line Chiropractic Medical and Rehab Center — a medical group practice located in Miami, Florida, which provided medical, dental, and optical examinations for the students in this years staging.

This year’s mission was held from the 18th – 19th, of August 2022. The two-day event was well attended and supported by parents and students from neighboring schools. According to the mission coordinator Margarett Watt Walker, the program welcomed students from the Enid Bennett High School (formerly Bog Walk High School) and Guy’s Hill High School.

Mission purpose

With an increased need to satisfy medical examinations for back-to-school endeavors. The mission seeks to focus on providing essential health care in medical, dental, and optical examinations where necessary. In Addition, students with further prognosis are referred to their general practitioners with immediate attention and urgency.

With the two-year hiatus due to the novel coronavirus, the mission returns with increased challenges. Despite the hiccups, the mission is committed to offering its services to the community.

Mission Challenge

According to Miss Walker “There are about 70 of us from overseas of different professions. We have some challenges with things that were shipped that we need to use, but the shipper has not delivered after five weeks; however, we are here to serve”. She further lamented that if this continues it will jeopardize the longevity of the program for future missions.

The government needs to support more NGOs

She further appealed to the government to provide a more hassle-free environment for NGOs, seeking to provide help to their Alma Mater. Additionally, this could also encourage professionals in the diaspora to give back to nation-building with their services. Every year Medical doctors, Ophthalmologists, Dentists, and other volunteers partner with us to make our mission a success.

See additional reporting adapted from https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/dinthill-alumni-associations-medical-mission-returns/