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A PLAY ON %*# WORDS(Faux Pas de Deux) A short play with two characters By Albert Repicci Cast of Characters Tony Collins — A budding playwright in his early 30s Ms. Harriet Hopper – A theater critic, also in her 30s TIME: The present AT RISE: A COCKTAIL LOUNGE. Seated alone at one end of […]
Rwanda
It has been over 20 years since I undertook this mission in Rwanda, which marked my last healthcare project in Africa. What took so long to record this project? Perhaps it was the sense of futility that engulfed me when I reflected back on the savagery and brutality that had occurred there in the recent […]
Mongolia
Prior to the exploration of outer space our euphemistic reference for the most distant place on earth was considered to be outer Mongolia. With that in mind, I became intrigued with the notion of making that journey as soon as I saw a project to Mongolia appear on the schedule. With barely a thought, since […]
Philippines
The Philippines Most of the projects outside of the western hemisphere took at least two or three flights to get to the mission location. Since all arrangements and expenses were the responsibility of the volunteer, it became a little daunting passing through three or four airports or countries before getting into your destination. The Philippines […]
Peru and the Amazon
I received a phone call one day, of the type which I had grown to expect, from my friend Dr Pete Obregon. It was not, as one might expect, an invitation to play golf or tennis or even to go to dinner. The request fell off his lips as simply as an invitation to each […]
Ecuador
In Ecuador, we worked our way up into the Andes where we would be treating the Kishua descendants in the mountains near our base in the picturesque mountain village of Otavalo. Our whole team would travel, daily, by bus to distant villages until on one occasion, our bus got stuck in a dry riverbed well […]
Project Cambodia / Vietnam
October 1999 by Albert Repicci We touched down in Cambodia last night coming through Bangkok and were immediately taken to quarters in Phnom Penh where we would rendezvous with the members of the team aniving from other parts of the world. It took four days of travel to get there and we wasted little time […]
Nepal / India
I was nearly asleep by the time we flew over Boston, and as I looked down I might as well have been looking heavenly as the twinkling lights below could have been mistaken for the Milky Way. At this point, there were no more plans to be made, no more arrangements and no turning back, […]
Africa – Swaziland and Mozambique
As our flight approached Manzini we encountered a dramatic thunderstorm with lightening flashing off both wings of our aircraft. The power had blown out at the airport when we landed and so we were led by flashlight through the dark and torrential rain into a small terminal the size of two railroad boxcars. The six […]
THE BEGINNING / ANTIGUA and beyond
As I approached 40 years of age, I began to wonder what legacy I might leave. How might I in some small way make a difference in the world. I did not consider myself as having any particular talent for making such change, but it did strike me the simple act of relieving suffering, could […]