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09 Mar

EEF Gets A Wonderful Surprise

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EEF Gets a Wonderful Surprise! "Hello, do you remember me?” Berihun Former EEF Student EEF Students Excel It’s an amazing feeling when you can experience an incredible success story first-hand. Back in 2007 we came across Berihun. He was living in a 2mx1m makeshift corrugated iron hut in Addis Ababa all alone, in terrible conditions, without electricity and without any running water. The year before, aged 12, he had left his...

01 Nov

Celebrate One Health Day on November 3, 2019

by Joyce Paich

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November 3, 2019 is the fourth annual One Health Day, a global effort started by the CDC to bring attention to the necessity for a One Health approach to face shared health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. The idea behind One Health is that the health of people is linked to the health of animals. According to the CDC, 6 out of 10 infectious diseases in...

23 Oct

Hero Woman Rising – News from the Congo

by Todd MacMillan

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"Unfortunately, the center on the Plateau was attacked by an armed group just after Neema and I left…" Paul Freedman Documentarian MCN CONGO Amanda Valeur, Founder of MCN Healthcare and MCN Foundation, arranged to send award winning documentary filmmaker Paul Freedman to the Congo. This was to film the work of Neema Namadamu and Hero Women Rising. https://www.herowomenrising.org/ Communication from the field by Paul Freedman: Hi Amanda,I hope this finds you well. ...

11 Oct

by Joyce Paich

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GE Sponsored Webinar Can We Help 'Solve' Sepsis Together? The Economics of Sepsis Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2pm-2:45pm EST REGISTER TODAY Description: There is no way to adequately assess or quantify the personal suffering and tragedy of sepsis. But healthcare institutions do strive to be effective and efficient – for the very reason of continuous improvement. This webinar takes a different look at sepsis – how institutions may more practically...

10 Oct

International Day of the Girl Child

by Todd MacMillan

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International Day of The Girl October 11, 2019 Since 2012, 11 October has been marked as the International Day of the Girl. The day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face, while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights. "We need to uphold the equal rights, voices and influence of girls in our families, communities and nations. Girls can be powerful...

09 Oct

Every 40 Seconds Someone Loses Their Life to Suicide

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October 10, 2019, is World Mental Health Day. It is a day to bring awareness to something that affects us on a global level. This year, the focus is on suicide prevention. Over the last few decades, suicides have risen at an alarming and unimaginable rate. According to WHO, nearly 800,000 people die by suicide every year. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death...

18 Sep

A Thank You From Hero Women Rising

by Elisabeth Covella-Hanley

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HERO WOMEN RISING RISING TOGETHER "Thank you, with love, from the whole community." Neema Namadamu Hero Women Rising Founder Dear Amanda, We are so happy to share with you the triumphant news that the school YOU helped build, in a remote area of Itombwe, opened on Monday, September 2nd. Happy and excited children streamed in that morning, arriving early from all directions. Nearly 200 youngsters attended school that day. The youngest grade,...