MU| F e a t u r e s
M
anchester students who go
on the Medical Practicum
pay more than $2,000 each
to walk through mud, ride
in dugout canoes, sleep in
hammocks wrapped in mosquito netting, drink
filtered river water and eat rice and beans.
That their names go on a waiting list for
this self-inflicted hardship is a testament to
just how powerful the January experience in
Nicaragua is.
“It’s life-changing, and I’d do it again in
a heartbeat,” says Emily Clark ’18, a
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