 As
camp closure deadline looms, IMC steps
up emergency efforts in Pakistan
With millions of Pakistan earthquake
survivors preparing for a March 30 government deadline
to close tent villages, many face the prospect of
suffering from inadequate shelter, food and water,
and basic health care. IMC is focusing its efforts
on supporting populations once they leave the camps
and return home. Read
the latest information on the situation in
Pakistan
 IMC
promotes mental health education in Aceh
Reza,
an IMC clinical psychologist has been promoting
IMC's mental health programs in Aceh, Indonesia.
Educating people of all ages about mental
health disorders, IMC hopes to erase the
stigma surrounding them. Read
more
IMC
addresses effects of drought in Kenya
Since
1999 severe drought in Kenya has put 3.5 million
people, including 500,000 children
in need of emergency assistance. Minimal access
to water has also made Kenyans vulnerable to
hunger, disease and poor sanitation. Read
more
 IMC
Kenya program hosts WHO Director General
World Health Organization Director General, Lee
Jong-wook and Kenya's Minister for Health, Charity
Ngilu, visited IMC’s Tuberculosis HIV program in
Kibera. As they toured the facility with Country
Director Peter McOdida, Jong-wook
saw first hand the high quality of IMC’s
work and success of the program. Jong-wook told
McOdida that he was impressed by IMC’s
work and continued commitment to the Kenyan people.
IMC opens new mobile clinic in Afghanistan
IMC hosted a ceremony for the opening of a mobile
health clinic in Sheikh Mesri Township, Afghanistan
on March 13th, 2006. Attended by Dr. Asif Qazi
Zada, Deputy Governor of Nangrahar Province and
Suzanne Griffin, IMC acting Country Director,
this new clinic is another step by IMC to continue
to offer health care services to the Afghan people.
The
clinic employs two doctors, a midwife and a
pharmacist who provide health care services
to those who are most in need of help. IMC is
working with Afghanistan’s Ministry of
Public Health to help coordinate these efforts.
IMC
Outreach
IMC's
Lee Bycel leads trip to Rwanda and
Kenya
April
2 - 10, 2006:
Rabbi Lee Bycel, Senior
Advisor for Global Strategy, will lead
a trip
to Rwanda and Kenya to help educate people
about IMC’s efforts in the countries.
The group will attend a ceremony in Kigali,
Rwanda commemorating the 12th anniversary
of the genocide. This ceremony will pay
tribute to 800,000 people who were killed
and those
who survived. In 2005, Bycel led three
trips to Chad and Darfur.
“Mental
Health in Africa: Time for Action” conference
features IMC medical experts
April 24 - 25, 2006: Dr. Lynne Jones, IMC’s
technical adviser on mental health, and
IMC psychiatrist
Dr. Joseph Asare will be presenting on
their work in Indonesia and Sierra Leone
at an upcoming Mental Health in Africa
conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Also
from IMC, psychiatrist Dr. Mustafa Elmasari,
who is based in Chad, will discuss IMC’s
work initiating mental health services
for Sudanese refugees there.
IMC’s
3rd Annual Women to Women Luncheon
May 11, 2006: President and CEO Nancy
Aossey will discuss IMC’s efforts
to relieve suffering and foster self-reliance
through
humanitarian
assistance and training of local health
care personnel in places like Afghanistan,
Ethiopia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Uganda
at the 3rd Annual Women to Women Luncheon.
She will focus on IMC’s work with
women and children, who represent a majority
of the world’s war-affected populations
and bear much of the suffering inflicted
by violence and poverty.
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