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    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

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    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

    2009 Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors @ Riley County schools

    2009 Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors @ Riley County schools

    2009 Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors performing @  Riley County schools

    Sarah Gill (Riley County High School YA Coordinator) with 2009 Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors

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Dr. Steve Penner talks about Family Medicine

Steve Penner, MD, Volunteer Faculty, Family and Community Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine –Wichita, and national AAFP ((The American Academy of Family Physicians) volunteer teacher of the year in 2003, was asked to travel to Paraguay to educate  Paraguayans about community-based education. Upon his return, Dr. Penner filed the following report:
About 1 1/2 [...]

Family Medicine Faculty Exchange Program–more history

In 2002, the Partners of the Americas presented its “Award for
Excellence” to the Kansas-Paraguay Partnership (KPP) and the Comité Paraguay/Kansas for their work on the development and implementation of the Family Medicine Faculty Exchange program. The award was received at the Annual Partners of the Americas International Convention in Quito, Ecuador,
Nov. 22, 2002. [...]

Background and Overview of the Health Committee

For 40 years the collaboration between KPP, CPK, the University of Kansas Medical SchoolWichita and the KU International programs has been a model for combining the strengths of several institutions to provide significantly improved medical services in Paraguay.

In the early 1990’s, The University of Kansas School of Medicine, in collaboration with KPP, began [...]