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Pakistan Flood Relief: RMF holds second medical outreach camp

August 31, 2010 in Disaster Relief, General, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | No comments

Real Medicine Foundation just held a 2nd free medical camp in Charsadda this past Sunday the 29th of August for flood affected, at  the Union Council  Majukay. A total of 1,894 patients were diagnosed and treated through  this 2nd RMF Free Medical Camp, consisting of 65 % male, 35 % female including 23 % children.
Around 109 serious patients were referred to hospitals at DHQ Charsadda, LRH Peshawar and Khyber Teaching Hospital.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we will be holding many more of these free medical camps for all in need.  Full reports with treatment data of all our Medical Outreach camps will continue to be published on our website soon here.

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Kenya: Stories from the field in Turkana

August 30, 2010 in Disaster Relief, Donate, Kenya, Providing Medical Support by Jonathan White | No comments

By Derrick Lowoto, Clinical Officer

Derrick seeing a patient at an outreach camp

Our health care outreach program in collaboration with Share International and Medical Mission International serves the area of Turkana Kenya. The aim is to improve the delivery of primary Health Care Services within the Turkana Drought Region in Northern Kenya, its capital Lodwar and the people living in the remote villages of Turkana, Kenya.

The following are some patient success stories told by Derrick Lowoto, the Clinical Officer, over the past three months from Turkana.

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Los Angeles: Open House Fundraiser for Pakistan Flood Relief, Sunday, August 22nd

August 19, 2010 in Asia, Disaster Relief, Donate, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | No comments

Ali, Dr. Zeba, Haider Ali Vanek, Real Medicine Foundation & Their Friends & Family

INVITE YOU TO AN OPEN HOUSE

On Sunday, August 22, 2010, From 3:00–10:00 PM

AT 10551 WILSHIRE BLVD. UNIT #904, LOS ANGELES, CA. 90024

To Raise Funds, To Spread the Word, To Uplift Spirits And To Pledge To Work Together to Help the People Affected by The Catastrophic Floods Ravaging Pakistan which estimates 20 million without Food & Water for more than 2 weeks!

Real Medicine Foundation is partnering with the Relief Foundation in Pakistan to support the relief efforts with Free Medical Camps in the flood affected areas, and it is with great pleasure we announce that we are holding our first RMF-RF Free Medical Camp this coming Sunday, 22nd of August in the Charsadda district. RMF Pakistan Flood Relief Project

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Article: Reclaiming the US’s image in Pakistan

August 16, 2010 in Disaster Relief, In the news, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support by Jonathan White | No comments

Continuing with the coverage of the floods in Pakistan and what this means for our clinic in Balakot, I came across a good article from the New York Times that details why it is so important for Western Countries, the US in particular, to lend a helping hand to the people of Pakistan.

NY Times article here

Time and time again, the poor and rural areas of a country like Pakistan are left behind infrastructure, economic development and health care, ,and with no one else offering a helping hand fundamentalist groups like the Taliban will always step in to fill this void.  Looking at the amount of resources the US has already committed to both Afghanistan and Iraq to combat extremism, it would be a tragedy to let this opportunity pass to aid these efforts and to improve our image in this part of the world.

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Thank you letter from Pakistan donor

August 13, 2010 in Disaster Relief, General, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Thank You by Jonathan White | No comments

Our biggest thanks usually come from the people we help in the field, but sometimes they also come from our donors, which is always pleasure to see.  The letter we are sharing below was just sent from an Pakistani-American, Dr. Zeba Vanek, to our founder, Dr. Martina Fuchs, thanking her and RMF for all our efforts in Pakistan since 2007 and specifically for our current Flood Relief campaign.  Zeba also used her own network in the US to raise funds for the flood relief campaign and continue to be a great advocate for our cause.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Dear Martina,

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RMF Pakistan Relief Efforts: One-Fifth of Country is Underwater

August 12, 2010 in Disaster Relief, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | No comments

The reports are getting scarier by the day..the UN is now reporting that as much as one-fifth of Pakistan in under water with new flood warnings being issued today.  New York Times article here.

Real Medicine Foundation is responding to the devastating floods across Pakistan by harnessing the energy of local doctors, nurses, and paramedics who want to volunteer their time and services by giving them a platform to conduct free medical relief camps for thousands of flood affected individuals in communities across KPK and Sindh.  This cost effective intervention is based on the success of our flood relief camps in 2008 and anchored in our long-term commitment to serve the communities in Pakistan.  Since 2005 Real Medicine Foundation and our local partners have been providing primary health care in Balakot and are committed to extending our services where needed.

Every dollar donated to our relief efforts will go directly towards purchasing medicines and supplies for affected regions and towards supporting medical staff on the ground to cater to the urgent needs of flood affected communities.

For more information about our Flood Relief Efforts, please visit our website.

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Real Medicine Foundation in Turkana, Kenya: A Documentary

August 11, 2010 in Africa, Disaster Relief, In the news, Kenya, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | No comments

Our new 15 minute documentary film covers both the history of Real Medicine and highlights our medical and relief work in Turkana, Kenya. This film features incredible on the ground footage of our relief efforts in Turkana, footage of our founder Dr. Martina Fuchs in action, and an interview with New York Times author Jeffrey Gettleman whose article inspired our work in Turkana.  A very special thanks to the whole RMF production team, but especially George Papuashvili, who tirelessly donated both his time and talents to producing this moving documentary for RMF.  Remember to have your YouTube viewer set to High Definition to enjoy this film as it was meant to be seen.

High Definition Video:  http://www.youtube.com/user/RealMedFoundation

Background

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Alert: Pakistan floods affecting more people than the Tsunami and Haiti quake combined

August 10, 2010 in Asia, Disaster Relief, In the news, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | No comments

Due to the continued bad weather in Pakistan and the enormous number of people affected by the widespread flooding, the human scale of the flood devastation is on an almost unimaginable scale.  UN is now estimating that the total number of people affected exceeds the Tsunami, Haiti earthquake and 2005 Kashmir earthquake all combined.

Real Medicine is very busy trying to ensure that our established health clinic in this region is able to handle the huge influx of new patients, and also fundraising to be able to provide several health care outreach camps in the areas that aren’t able to access out clinic or other hospitals.

We are entirely locally staffed and partnered with Pakistan relief agencies to deliver the health care needed, so we don’t have the same “foreign aid” conflict that many organizations are struggling with in this region of the world.

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Reminder: Thursday 19th, LA area Happy Hour Fundraiser for Real Medicine

August 10, 2010 in Disaster Relief, Donate, Helping Children, Los Angeles, Partners, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities, Whole Health by Jonathan White | No comments

Join us for a happy hour benefiting the

Real Medicine Foundation

WHEN: Thursday, August 19th, 6:30-10:00 pm

WHERE: GYENARI (www.gyenari.com), 9540 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA

RSVP: Evite.com

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RMF Pakistan Update: Emergency Flood Relief and Outreach

August 6, 2010 in Asia, Disaster Relief, Donate, General, Pakistan, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities by Jonathan White | No comments

The news coming out of Pakistan is that the initial flooding estimates over the past few days were far too low, with government relief agencies now saying that at least 12 million people are affected and that it is clearly on track to be “the biggest disaster in the history of Pakistan”.

At least 650,000 houses have been destroyed; roads and electricity infrastructure have been severely decimated. Flood victims are so far receiving very little in emergency aid as their government has focused many of its limited resources in recent months on trying to contain the Taliban and at dealing with an economic crisis. In a region of this country already on the tipping point of becoming more disillusioned, it is more important than ever to offer whatever help we can.

Our Primary Health Care Clinic and staff are located in the state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, directly in the area most affected by the flooding, and for the past week our doors have been open to accept the many flood victims from the surrounding area and villages.

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