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Thank You For An Amazing Year!

January 4, 2012 in Africa, Armenia, Asia, Disaster Relief, Donate, Europe, General, Helping Children, India, Japan, Kenya, Mission, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities, South America, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda, Whole Health by Jonathan White | Comments closed

Photo: Dr. Martina C. Fuchs, RMF Founder/CEO, making new friends at the Lwala, Kenya Community Hospital, October 1, 2011

We are so grateful to all our friends, supporters and teams around the world and wish everyone a fantastic 2012!

Having wrapped up another successful  we want to pause and say a huge THANK YOU to all of you who supported our work in 2011.  You have helped us achieve so much, and we give our deep thanks to everyone for your generosity and support!

In 2011 we..

  • In Japan, post-earthquake and tsunami, RMF reached over 33,000 people in Ishinomaki City with supplies, debris/sludge cleanup, and community center support.
  • In India, in RMF’s Malnutrition Eradication Program, our field staff of 75 Community Nutrition Educators diagnosed and treated 85,016 cases of Acute Malnutrition in more than 600 villages since our program started in 2010.
  • In Uganda, we provided healthcare, education and vocational training support to 55,000 refugees at the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement.
  • In South Sudan, 40 Nurses and Midwives at the RMF sponsored first-ever accredited Nursing and Midwifery College in Juba, are beginning their 2nd year of training.
  • In Pakistan, RMF treated more than 25,000 flood victims at our free medical camps, 32,000 patients at our clinic in Gulbella and provided healthcare in Talhatta for more than 150,000.
  • In Haiti, our free clinic at Hôpital Lambert Santé provided public access to 24-hour emergency and general healthcare to a community that is home to more than 100,000 displaced persons.
  • In Kenya, we upgraded the only hospital for 1,000,000 people in Lodwar, Turkana, starting with the pediatric ward and also continued to provide medical support, food and water to thousands through mobile and stationary clinics in the poorest and most drought ravaged regions in Kenya.
  • Closer to home, in South Los Angeles, RMF provided 70 children with new backpacks filled with school supplies and personal products, and just threw a Holiday Party for these children on December 17th.

From all of us at RMF: Have a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2012!

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Overwhelming yes vote for South Sudan independence referendum

January 20, 2011 in Africa, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities, Sudan, Whole Health by Jonathan White | Comments closed

A polling station during the South Sudan self-determination referendum. Photograph: Philip Dhil/EPA

Guardian Article about the referendum

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/19/south-sudan-yes-vote-independence

Below are the collection of headline we receive from our UN contacts on the ground in Juba, Sudan that show the preliminary results and reactions to the referendum held all last week.

UNMIS Morning Headlines – 19/01/11
(Please see also today’s MMR)

Referendum Monitor
·        United Nations Security Council members commend the conduct of the referendum (Al-Sahafa)
·        57% vote for separation in seven northern states (Al-Sahafa)
·        Deputy Chief Administrator for Abyei Area says JIUs would be deployed as per the recent agreement within a week (Al-Ayyam)
·        UN welcomes National Government, GoSS security arrangements (The Citizen)
·        Misseriya and Dinka trade accusations (Al-Sahafa; Al-Tayyar011)
·        Presidency to meet on 27th January to discuss Abyei – SRSG Menkerios (Al-Ahdath)
Popular Consultations Watch
·        SPLM in Southern Kordofan threatens war if Popular Consultations is not conducted in Southern Kordofan (Al-Sahafa)

Other Headlines:
·        President Al-Bashir heads Sudan delegation to the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit meeting in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (Sudan Vision)
·        SPLM signs memorandum of understanding with the Southern Sudan Defence Forces (Al-Ahram Al-Youm)
·        Workers detain director of Falluj oilfield in Upper Nile for 10 hours in protest over failure to pay their social security entitlements (Al-Ahram Al-Youm)
·        Opposition parties may plot sabotage – NCP’s Nafei Ali Nafei (Al-Ahdath)
·        Opposition parties demand release of PCP’s Turabi; threaten to take to the streets (Al-Sahafa)
·        Student protests in Omdurman over rising cost of living (Al-Ahdath)
·        Sudan signs peace deal with Darfur armed movement (Al-Ahdath)

Real Medicine Foundation, in collaboration with the Government of South Sudan, the UNFPA, the WHO, St. Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and in partnership with and with financial support from World Children’s Fund, is establishing the first College of Nursing and Midwifery. The consortium aims to provide a scalable working model for this college that will offer a 3 year diploma for Registered Nursing and Midwifery and may be extended to other strategic locations within the country.

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South Sudan braces for referendum vote on Sunday

January 7, 2011 in Africa, Helping Children, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities, Sudan by Jonathan White | Comments closed

Sunday is the official day of voting for South Sudan to decide if it wants to split into it’s own indepedent country from North Sudan.

Click on this link for a PDF MMR 05-Jan-2011 collection of updates from around North and South Sudan from the UN as the region and all the NGO’s there prepare for Sunday’s vote.  Headline article is excerpted below

We will not “mourn” secession – President Al-Bashir (Dailies)

President Al-Bashir said during a visit to Juba yesterday that the North would not mourn if the South opts for secession but, he indicated, it would be sad to lose the region. AFP reported that Al-Bashir told southerners on a rare visit to Juba on Tuesday he would celebrate the result of Sunday’s referendum on southern independence, “even if you choose secession.”"I personally will be sad if Sudan splits. But at the same time I will be happy if we have peace in Sudan between the two sides,” Bashir said in a speech to senior southern officials at the start of his one-day visit.

“I am going to celebrate your decision, even if your decision is secession.”"Anything you need in terms of technical, logistical or professional support from Khartoum, you will find us ready to give it,” he said. “The benefit we get from unity, we can also get it from two separate states.” …

The President also pledged to demarcate Sudan’s contested north-south border by July, when the south would gain independence if it votes that way, and called for free border movements.”The demarcation of the border will be completed before July 9, but that does not mean building a separation wall. It means a delimitation that allows the movement of citizens from both sides,” according to the laws in force, the official SUNA news agency quoted him as saying in Juba…

Real Medicine Foundation, in collaboration with the Government of South Sudan, the UNFPA, the WHO, St. Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and in partnership with and with financial support from World Children’s Fund, is establishing the first College of Nursing and Midwifery. The consortium aims to provide a scalable working model for this college that will offer a 3 year diploma for Registered Nursing and Midwifery and may be extended to other strategic locations within the country.

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Sudan: World’s newest nation would start almost from scratch (McClatchy.com)

November 22, 2010 in Africa, Providing Medical Support, Rebuilding Communities, Strategies for the Future, Sudan, Whole Health by Jonathan White | Comments closed

Fascinating article link below on McClathchy.com about the upcoming referendum in January on whether Southern Sudan is able to split off of Northern Sudan as it’s own independant country.

The future capital, Juba, is where our College of Nursing & Midwifery has begun as part of our Healthcare Capacity Building efforts in Africa.  Our school is on a temporary break right now as our students are allowed to return home to register and vote in this historic election.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/11/16/103825/worlds-newest-nation-would-start.html

Real Medicine Foundation, in collaboration with the Government of South Sudan, the UNFPA, the WHO, St. Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and in partnership with and with financial support from World Children’s Fund, is establishing the first College of Nursing and Midwifery. The consortium aims to provide a scalable working model for this college that will offer a 3 year diploma for Registered Nursing and Midwifery and may be extended to other strategic locations within the country.

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Meet Judith Apondi, one our Nursing College teachers in Sudan

November 10, 2010 in Africa, Sudan by Jonathan White | Comments closed

Continuing in our series of “getting to know you” interviews using the Proust interview from Vanity Fair.  Here is a recent interview with Judith Apondi of Sudan, one of of the new teachers at the Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery in Sudan.

Judith Margaret Apondo Apondi

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

My idea of perfect happiness is when I have a balanced life, one with work, leisure and challenges.

What is your favorite activity outside of work?

My favorite activity outside work is travelling, dancing and sitting with friends.

Who are your heroes?

Elizabeth Ngugi, a nurse who rose from a cleaner to a professor.

What is your favorite or most used website?

I do not have any. I look for what I want in any website.

What is your favorite movie?

I do not have a favorite movie. I just watch what I want and decide to enjoy it.

What is your greatest achievement?

My greatest achievement is the initiation and successful running of emergency courses for medical staff in my previous place of work.

What is your favorite music?

My favorite music is Lingala.

Who is your favorite author?

What talent would you most like to have?

I would like to have the ability to possess timeless love

Where would you most like to live?

I would like to live anywhere except and as long as there is no insecurity like war.

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Minister of Health for South Sudan visits our project: College of Nursing & Midwifery

July 26, 2010 in Africa, Initiatives, Rebuilding Communities, Strategies for the Future, Sudan by Jonathan White | Comments closed

Our project in South Sudan, the new Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery, continues to gain momentum and vital support, with Southern Sudan’s current Minister of Health, Dr. Luka Monoja, visiting the first student class at the temporary College campus in Juba.  The Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery is a new professional level 3 year college degree program supported by a consortium of stakeholders: Real Medicine Foundation, World Children’s Fund, UNFPA, UNDP, World Health Organization, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and the government of South Sudan.

Dr. Monoja was accompanied by the Undersecretary Dr. Olivia Lomoro and various other government officials. He indicated the importance and deep need for this level of trained Nurses and Midwives in Southern Sudan, and also stressed the how this particular institution is not only important to his heart but also to the Ministry of Health for the sustainable capacity building of professional health care providers.

He also mentioned that the need for skilled birth attendants through the training of midwives at the College is geared specifically toward reducing Sudan’s very high maternal mortality rates. Though the establishment of the college was long overdue he was glad that Southern Sudan can boast of having one now.

Some of the other things mentioned during Dr. Monoja’s visit were his deepest appreciation to the funding partners for their contribution towards the project and the financial needs of the students, and the continued partnership to ensure the future sustainability of the College.

The Minister encouraged the partners that although the institutions was still facing several financial challenges, there was a enormous need to push forward to ensure South Sudan’s future health.

For more information about this project please visit: http://www.realmedicinefoundation.org/initiative/healthcare-sector-capacity-building-college-of-nursing-and-midwifery-southern-sudan

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