The 1040 Initiative

The speakers will give us an  overview of The 1040 Initiative (1040i) The mission of 1040i is to change the lives of 1 million children and adults each year through water, health and education in Morocco and Ivory Coast.

104 creates opportunities for volunteer teams of medical professionals to provide surgeries (e.g. cataorthopedic, d adults in areas where medical care is basically non-et or the specialties we can provide do not exist.

Bruce and Mae have been going to Africa with medical teams from The 1040 Initiative for over 10 years. Mae is a Pharmacy Technician and runs the pharmacy that is set up each February in the hospital at Doropo in the country of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Bruce is a retired police officer and is currently Funeral Director at Darling Fischer.  When in Africa, he does a little of whatever needs to be done. This includes sterilization,  circulating for surgeons and cooking breakfast for the team.