Dentists and dental technicians from PROJECT STRETCH go to San Juan every February. Typically they do exams, fill cavities, provide fluoride treatments and train teachers in how to raise the consciousness of students about the necessity of brushing their teeth. For more information about Project Stretch, call 508-653-2417.

Also making yearly visits to San Juan, ususally in January, are the optometrists of VOSH-NECO --the New England Council of Volunteers in Optometric Service to Humanity. The folks from VOSH have been giving eye exams and distributing recycled eyeglasses to over 2,000 people a year in San Juan alone. These glasses are shipped down by the Sister City Project and held in reserve for the January Clinics, which are held in the big primary school in San Juan. For more information about VOSH, contact Dr. Joseph D'Amico, 508-829-2033, or at eyeclam@aol.com or Dr. Matt Blondin, 860-567-4543, or at mblond@aol.com.

Doctors, nurses, physical therapists, dentists, and other healthcare professionals interested in volunteering in San Juan del Sur should contact Dr. Rosa Elena Bello of Servicios Medicos Comunales (in Spanish only) at rosaebel@ibw.com.ni.