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Thailand 2004: Dr. Quiring's Personal Eyecare Mission
Trip
Rev. Ricky Tan, Dr. Quiring and the Care Corner Orphanage Children
Dr. Quiring was out of the office November 3 - 22nd, 2004 as he traveled to
Thailand. He, with Dr. Amelyn Yong from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, visited
orphanages to deliver ocular medications and lubricants (dry eye supplements) to
wonderful children. They also delivered clothing and toiletry items that were
donated by Dr. Yong.
 Pictures!
Children Pictures
Doctor Pictures
Check Out The Cortez Journal's Newspaper Article about the Mission Trip!
First of All, Thank you Alcon!
All of the ocular medications and lubricants were generously donated by
Alcon
Laboratories, a worldwide leader in eyecare products.
Alcon Humanitarian
Services has been very active in worldwide humanitarian work with its Medical
Missions Program for more than 40 years. Their generosity has benefited people
all around the world. Please feel free to
email Alcon to let them know of your
appreciation for their generous humanitarian work.
Donated Alcon Eyecare Products: Some of the products donated by Alcon were
their ocular lubricant, Alcon
Systane® and their
new ocular antibiotic, Alcon
Vigamox™.
 
An excerpt from Alcon's website:
"The Medical Missions Program has for more than 40 years supported thousands of
caring physicians in global charitable efforts aimed at preserving and restoring
sight to the less fortunate. Through this program Alcon annually contributes
products to more than 900 medical missions in more than 85 countries. This
support helps restore vision to individuals in developing countries, allowing
them to regain their independence and enjoy richer, fuller lives. A frequent
comment made by volunteer eyecare doctors is "without Alcon's support we could
not continue our humanitarian efforts.""
Thank you very much Alcon for helping to make a difference in the lives of
orphans in Thailand. Your generous gift of medications is greatly appreciated!
Keep up your great humanitarian work all around the world! ~Russell Quiring,
O.D.
Featured Orphanage:
Care Corner Orphanage, Chiang Mai, Thailand
The Care Corner Orphanage
is just a few miles north of Chiang Mai, Thailand. It currently cares for almost
90 children (from 1 year to 19 years of age) that have lost their parents. The
children sleep in bunk beds in separate, boys and girls buildings. They have
clean clothes and adequate food, thanks to donations from caring people and
organizations. To read some "Real Life Stories" of some of the children at the
orphanage, visit their website.
The orphanage has a meeting hall where meetings are held every night, filled
with songs and God's word. They also have chickens that produce their eggs, a
mushroom farm and vegetable garden. They also raise their own fish in a pond on
the property.
There is also a home on the property for the children with AIDS... called the
AIDS house. These children have an attendant living in the house with them to
care for their needs, but they interact normally with the other children.
All of the children have chores to do around the orphanage and also go a public
school that is very close to the orphanage. All public school students wear
school uniforms and they must be purchased by the orphanage. There are children
in Thailand that cannot afford to go to school as a lot of the school supplies
are not provided by the government, but by the child's family.
The children also make their own handicrafts (on the website select the "Gifts &
Crafts" menu item) that are sold in Thailand and Singapore to help raise money
for the orphanage. Many of these handicrafts are made of homemade paper (that
the children make from tree bark). Their handicrafts are beautiful! Use the link
in this paragraph to view some samples or you can see a few samples at Dr.
Quiring's office, hanging on the wall in his examination room!
Click here to go
to children pictures. Click here to go to doctor pictures.
An excerpt from Care Corner Orphanage's website:
"April 1995 was the inception of Care Corner Orphanage. It first started out
with twenty-eight children. As of March 1999, there are total of eighty-six
children housed at the orphanage, and there are many more on the waiting list.
The goal of the ministry is to provide spiritual development based on the Bible,
basic education, primary health care and the utmost moral guidance as they grow.
The work is expanding fast among the children who came from family devastated by
drug addiction or AIDS. The orphanage also provides shelter for girls who would
otherwise be lured into prostitution. We are trusting the Lord to provide the
needs to accommodate as many as two hundred children in the future."
We would like to thank Rev. Ricky Tan and his wife, Lay Hwa Tan for allowing Dr.
Quiring and Dr. Yong to stay at their orphanage while visiting. We had a
wonderful time with the children and enjoyed your warm hospitality and food.
Thanks so much!
If you are interested in donating to the orphanage or sponsoring a child for
just $30/day please contact them using this link and select "Donations" on the
left menu.
Pictures From The Mission Trip
Click on links below to view pictures from his mission trip:
Children Pictures
Doctor Pictures
Web Links
Click on the links below to visit or learn more about Thailand:
Care Corner Orphanage
Map of Thailand
Thai Children Adoption
US Embassy in Thailand
Thailand Tourism
This mission trip was not part of an organized mission trip or sponsored by any
organization, but a personal one. Dr. Quiring found this mission trip to be very
rewarding and hopes to return soon to Southeast Asia.
His personal eyecare mission trip encompassed:
● over 25,000 miles
● over 40 hours in the air
● 5 different airline carriers
● 4 different countries
● Almost 3 weeks
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