Curtis Daboll, 27, is heading on a two-week aid mission to Cambodia with Global Medic in March. The Sarnia paramedic is pictured here with donated equipment from the Lambton County Emergency Medical Services Department. SUBMITTED PHOTO/ THE OBSERVER/ QMI AGENCY.
AID MISSION: Sarnia man to provide medical aid, clean water
By TYLER KULA
The Observer
A Lambton County paramedic from Sarnia is heading to Cambodia in March to help provide medical aid and clean water.
Curtis Daboll, 27, will visit the southeastern Asian country with Global Medic, the operational arm of the David McAntony Gibson Foundation.
The charity provides rapid response disaster aid, as well as clean drinking water and infrastructure re-establishment aid to Third World countries.
"I put my name out for a couple of deployments," said Daboll, who's volunteered with Global Medic for one year. "The opportunity came up to jump on this one and thought I'd go for it."
He's flying out March 22 and joining 12 other paramedics and emergency responders for two week-long aid missions in rural areas outside Siem Reap and Battambang.
He'll also spend a week in neighbouring Laos sightseeing.
In preparation for the trip, Daboll is raising $3,000 to provide 60 water filtration units for schools and families. The units are desperately needed in Cambodia because must of the water is unsafe to drink, he said.
"Hopefully I'll get a chance to deliver the water filtration systems I'm bringing so I can see that firsthand," he said
But the Welland, Ont.-born man's primary role will be providing clinical care. He'll also be training medics in the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) — responsible for clearing land mines.
"We train them through a trauma course," he said.
Cambodia is heavily mined. The United Nations estimates four to six million were laid in the country during three decades of conflict.
The Global Medic group, meanwhile, is also trained how to use water filtration units, set up tents and inflatable hospitals.
Daboll, who has been a paramedic for six years in Lambton County, said he has no idea what to expect.
"I've travelled to Third World countries but it's never been on an aid mission before," he said.
Daboll is paying his own travel costs and currently has $2,180 raised to provide water filtration units.
Anyone who wants to make a donation can visit www.canadahelps.org, click on Giving Pages under How To Give, and type Curtis Daboll.
tkula@theobserver.ca
AID MISSION: Sarnia man to provide medical aid, clean water
By TYLER KULA
The Observer
A Lambton County paramedic from Sarnia is heading to Cambodia in March to help provide medical aid and clean water.
Curtis Daboll, 27, will visit the southeastern Asian country with Global Medic, the operational arm of the David McAntony Gibson Foundation.
The charity provides rapid response disaster aid, as well as clean drinking water and infrastructure re-establishment aid to Third World countries.
"I put my name out for a couple of deployments," said Daboll, who's volunteered with Global Medic for one year. "The opportunity came up to jump on this one and thought I'd go for it."
He's flying out March 22 and joining 12 other paramedics and emergency responders for two week-long aid missions in rural areas outside Siem Reap and Battambang.
He'll also spend a week in neighbouring Laos sightseeing.
In preparation for the trip, Daboll is raising $3,000 to provide 60 water filtration units for schools and families. The units are desperately needed in Cambodia because must of the water is unsafe to drink, he said.
"Hopefully I'll get a chance to deliver the water filtration systems I'm bringing so I can see that firsthand," he said
But the Welland, Ont.-born man's primary role will be providing clinical care. He'll also be training medics in the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) — responsible for clearing land mines.
"We train them through a trauma course," he said.
Cambodia is heavily mined. The United Nations estimates four to six million were laid in the country during three decades of conflict.
The Global Medic group, meanwhile, is also trained how to use water filtration units, set up tents and inflatable hospitals.
Daboll, who has been a paramedic for six years in Lambton County, said he has no idea what to expect.
"I've travelled to Third World countries but it's never been on an aid mission before," he said.
Daboll is paying his own travel costs and currently has $2,180 raised to provide water filtration units.
Anyone who wants to make a donation can visit www.canadahelps.org, click on Giving Pages under How To Give, and type Curtis Daboll.
tkula@theobserver.ca
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