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~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
This was near the start of the first day of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer that I did this past weekend, probably within the first four miles or so. I signed up for the walk myself and walked by myself that weekend. That said, I was not alone by a long stretch. There were 2300 walkers and crew and as I walked I walked along side and talked with many people from all over Chicagoland and the country. They had different reasons for walking and different stories about how breast cancer has impacted their own lives. Some were virgin walkers like myself and there were many people who have walked multiple times. It was an amazing experience.
You can see my entire Avon Walk for Breast Cancer 2012, Chicago, set here, along with a full description/story. Thanks for looking!
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Kilagi ("The Deaf One"), Me, and John de Dieu
Updates of November 7, 2018
Jean de Dieu Ngirabaganwa Jardon is a filmaker in Rwanda. He and I remain in contact and I want to share his work with the world! Years ago, Films Without Borders/ filmswithoutborders.org brought him to study in London.
To read more about John's work and to contact him, please go to ngjadon.wixsite.com/home
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The kids insisted that we take a break from editing photographs on the laptop and take a few photographs. Here you see the latest toy at the orphanage, proudly worn by John: my sunglasses. The little guy in the foreground is Kilagi which in Kinyarwanda means "The Deaf One" but his real name is Leon, and he's also mute, and boy is he expressive. And smart!
Gisimba Memorial Center
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali in Nyamirambo.
Rwanda. Afrika.
July 28, 2006.
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Through a community health worker training, 20 women from each of the five communities were identified tounder go TBA training. These women would attend two one-week seminars facilitated by ministry of health workers. The women were taught the essentials of neonatal and maternal health, how to recognise abnormal symptoms and when to refer pregnant women to maternal health clinics. Moreover, the women would learn how to deliver, although home deliveries are not encouraged, they become equipped to deal with emergency deliveries. TBA kits were provided by ICROSS Ireland and contain all the necessary tools to assist a delivery. This project trained 100 TBAs in five communities. Throughout the project, ICROSS worked closely with district health officers who drew from local expertise and taught using a culturally appropriate birth attendant curriculum.
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300 people die of HIV/AIDS related cases daily in Kenya.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Kenya has great socio-economic effects. The government declared AIDS a National disaster in 1999. Since then AIDS has been streamlined into all government Ministries due to the multi-sectoral of its effects. Nationally, HIV prevalence rate now for adults stands at 6.1%. Women of age 15-49 are 740,000. Children with HIV/AIDS are 150,000 and the number of AIDS orphans (age 0-17 years) stands at 1,100,000.
Each month in Kenya, over 3,000 babies are born to HIV-positive mothers. Kenya’s health system is ill-equipped for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS related diseases.
Bondo and Siaya are large districts in Nyanza on the edge of Lake Victoria with a total area of 2507km2. They are densely populated with small farm holdings that provide only a subsistence existence; consequently 61% of people live below the poverty line.
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Students participating in EOP Commuter Bridge.
Each year EOP Transitional Programs offers a summer experience to help students bridge the gap between High School and University. The program's goals are to give students a head start toward a successful college experience and the opportunity to begin building a strong community. Photo Credit: Margaret Nguyen | CSUN EOP
2020-04-08: Nchima Kapoma, student of Carnegie-Mellon university standing Infront of the college campus in Kigali, Rwanda.
'El señor de el autobus se llama Marino, gran amigo mío desde hace muchos años. Es de Chinacota y viaja a Pamplona todos los días por una de las vías alternas de ese pueblo y sale a El Diamante.
Marino, viene a buscar mercancía a Pamplona, verduras, víveres, etc. Por tanto sube vacío. Hablé con él para que lleve migrantes a diario por un precio de pasaje accesible (3mil pesos) desde nuestro Punto de Apoyo, por cada persona adulta, los niños no pagan. La organización On The Ground International, paga los pasajes diariamente. Las autoridades de transito están al tanto de la situación; yo mismo les comuniqué. El señor Marino pasa a las dos de la tarde todos los días, así a los migrantes les da tiempo de chequearse en la Cruz Roja, reciben atención médica, kit de aseo personal, descansan, comen, se les curan los pies y se atiende a la poblacion migrante lo mejor q podemos.
Normalmente el lleva a madres, padres e hijos, el nucleo familiar.
Cuando hay mucha gente hombres solos, selecciono dos de cada grupo junto con todos los bolsos y coches que tengan cada grupo para ser trasladados en el bus y así subir a Pamplona no se les hace tan difícil'.- Ronald.
Imagen enviada por el Punto de Hidratación
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I had also interviewed the orphanage’s founder, Andeisha Farid of Kabul. Last month, here in New York, we had coffee below Grand Central Station. I have followed her progress carefully.
I knew immediately that Brian’s focus would have an enormous impact on her good work in Afghanistan.
Children of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization in Kabul.
As founder of Orphans International Worldwide, I am familiar with running homes for children around the world – and the difficult task of raising the fund necessary to do so.
I am also familiar with how essential CharityHelp is, as this is the bridge over which we send funds to our own orphans from Haiti to Indonesia. And over the years I have come to have a great respect for CHI’s founder, visionary Paul Stevers.
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The first installment/pilot has been at Ilkilorit high school, where ICROSS have just opened a new health clinic serving the surrounding Maasai communities. The teachers at the school now use their Biogas up to 5 times a day to cook and make tea and are delighted with how easy it is to use. They no longer have any need for charcoal or their old charcoal Jiko (charcoal burning stove) and the schoolchildren are happy to bring the required bucket of dung each day for their teachers.
The system we have installed in Ilkilorit comprises a heavy duty rubber bag as the digester. It sits mostly above ground and uses PVC pipes for inputs and outputs. Plastic gas pipes tap the gas from the digester and transfer it to the point of use. Early research has shown the waste from one cow (10-15kg per day) is enough to sustain a household of 4 people, meeting their domestic fuel needs for cooking. It is also possible to run a converted generator off the gas that can make electricity to power homes, schools and shops, or recharge batteries.
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For more Information www.newworldinternational.net
Partner Charity www.icrossinternational.org
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/NWIinAfrica
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog nwikenya.wordpress.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/nwiuk or twitter.com/#!/MichaelMeegan
How you can get involved on www.newworldinternational.net
For Donation www.newworldinternational.net/#!__master/gifts/vstc7=donate
The first installment/pilot has been at Ilkilorit high school, where ICROSS have just opened a new health clinic serving the surrounding Maasai communities. The teachers at the school now use their Biogas up to 5 times a day to cook and make tea and are delighted with how easy it is to use. They no longer have any need for charcoal or their old charcoal Jiko (charcoal burning stove) and the schoolchildren are happy to bring the required bucket of dung each day for their teachers.
The system we have installed in Ilkilorit comprises a heavy duty rubber bag as the digester. It sits mostly above ground and uses PVC pipes for inputs and outputs. Plastic gas pipes tap the gas from the digester and transfer it to the point of use. Early research has shown the waste from one cow (10-15kg per day) is enough to sustain a household of 4 people, meeting their domestic fuel needs for cooking. It is also possible to run a converted generator off the gas that can make electricity to power homes, schools and shops, or recharge batteries.
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For more Information icrossinternational.org/default.aspx
Partner Charity www.newworldinternational.net/
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSwork or www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSPROJECTS
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog icrossprojects.blogspot.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/icross_kenya or twitter.com/#!/icrosskenya
How you can get involved on www.icrossinternational.org/get-involved/index.asp
For Donation icrossinaction.com/donate2.html