Posts Tagged ‘Medical’
Urgency to Halt the Preventable
NEWS THAT HAS COME TO US:CHRISTIANA GIDEON - (Arusha, Tanzania) died from malaria Sept. 21, 2009. Christiana was a 4th grade student who was preparing for her national exams in one of the schools that we are helping sponsor in Tanzania.
She was excelling in her studies. Sadly, like over ten million others in developing nations she died from a disease that could have been prevented with the help of available medicines and proper care. The solution seems so simple -getting the medicines and medical care which are available to the “Christianas” of the world.
Urgency is often viewed through a negative lens particularly when it is presented within the backdrop of our hurry-up culture. In that sense, urgency can be a tyrant that robs us of our priorities and peace of mind. However, urgency that has direction and purpose is necessary to accomplish tasks that are of extreme and immediate importance.
I share Christiana’s story with you with the hope that more of you will embrace with us a sense of useful, purposeful and life-saving urgency.
Preventable = to keep from occurring; to avert; to hinder. Many things are beyond our control and understanding…others are not. They are PREVENTABLE. Join us in our efforts to prevent the preventable.
James R. Smith
Whoa…those shots!
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Leo nakewenda kliniki = Today I went to the Doctor (Clinic) and got my shots for Africa. My arm is sore = Mkono mlangu ni kidonda.
I received my Yellow Fever, Typhoid and Hepatitis A shots. Tomorrow I have to get my malaria medicine = Kesho nakwenda pokea dawa da malaria. Other than the malaria meds this isn’t something I have to do for every trip, but at least I have access to doctors and reliable meds. You have no idea what a hospital in Africa looks like. You ( and I) would never go there.
One of my main goals is to see that the hospital that is being built (in the region where we work) is able to receive native Africans in a clean, antiseptic environment and give them a chance to survive. My arm is sore ( I am a wimp,) but they have absolutely no alternative but to suffer and see what fate comes there way. We can change this. Let’s get this hospital built. The President of Tanzania has visited the hospital site of which we are involved. He sees that it will be something different from the other hospitals. If you would like an opportunity…please help us to make a difference. www.H4Cinternational.org
P.S. My arm is feeling better already
BTW. The name of our Blog is MBELE, it means = moving forward in Swahili. Is there any other way but forward that we can go? Join us as we move!
James R. Smith