September 22, 1966
Student volunteers in health efforts in Nicaragua
(Date is for when it was reported in the Sophian)
A Smith student volunteer with the ship “HOPE” (Health Opportunity for People Everywhere) described her experience aboard and the necessary medical services that its staff provided, in 1966, in Nicaragua (previously having served Indonesia, Vietnam, Peru, Ecuador, and Guinea). She and another Smith student were the first women to be accepted as summer volunteers.
Students Spend Summer Working With “Hope”; Give Medical Aid, Education To Nicaragua’s Poor
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