FOCUS ON TANZANIA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 Wilson runs his own charity within Nicaragua called Doctors for Doctors & Nurses for Nurses, which sponsors the medical education of high potential youth in rural parts of the country. Wilson and Budgell were discussing their shared interest in international development one day, when Wilson decided he wanted to better understand his own profession within a global health context. Budgell invited him to volunteer his time with GPN, and Wilson accepted. “I worked as a chiropractor and helped to establish a patient base with the doctors and nurses of the area,” he says. “I would drive the local doctors to make house calls at the end of the day for patients who had trouble getting to the clinic.” Wilson says that volunteering abroad wasn’t what he thought it would be, and that he learned that what you do matters much less than how you do it. “Working in international development is hard, and doing it right is even harder,” he says. “What really good global health and international development looks like, is making lifelong friends and listening to people in the community you are working in. It was a lot less action and a lot more relation-ships and nuance.” Quinn agrees that this focus on relationships and commu-nity matters just as much as the care the charity provides. “Living within such a vibrant community afforded me unique opportunities to witness drum performances, snake dancing ceremonies, shop at local markets, and make genuine relationships with colleagues and local villagers who I was fortunate to interact with,” she says. While Budgell and GPN obviously see the value in the service they provide, he’s quick to point out that they don’t want to be sending volunteers to Tanzania forever, and that the country is evolving and improving very quickly. “We must plan for that day when Tanzanians don’t need us anymore. Or we need each other equally,” he says. “We want to put in a resilient training program, so that essentially we work ourselves out of a job.” Thanks to this recent grant, and the charity’s three-year expansion plan, they just might accomplish that goal. The Pos+Abilities clinic is currently recruiting volun-teers with a minimum commitment of three months, with backgrounds in chiropractic, physiotherapy, nursing, oc-cupational therapy, or prosthetics. Additionally, the charity is also looking to hire to a salaried clinic manager to begin work around the end of June/beginning of July. For more information about the position or to apply, please contact Brian Budgell at [email protected]. STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE Can you imagine a successful organization without a strategic vision? Only 5 to 10 percent of chiropractors actually have a written plan for success. Planning your ideal practice is easy if you follow the eighteen step-by-step exercises in Strategic Planning for the Chiropractic Practice. Through developing a mission statement, objectives, and operational plans, this guide will help you create a custom-built action plan to grow your practice and attain your goals. Also includes strategic plan examples, templates, and exercises to help implement your plan right away. $141.70 Item #0763750855 877-267-3473 annexbookstore.com www.canadianchiropractor.ca CC_BOOKSTORE_HPApri19_MLD.indd 1 April 2019 Canadian Chiropractor 27 2019-03-05 11:30 AM
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