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Apr 15th, 2008

UMCOR Hotline for April 15, 2008

15 2008 april

In Today’s Hotline:
SIERRE LEONE: SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT MALARIA
Henrietta Emmanuel has a big job - getting the word out about malaria throughout Sierre Leone, West Africa. She travels to several schools and villages as part of the Community-Based Malaria Control Program at Kissy United Methodist Hospital. In addition to teaching people about the importance of preventing malaria, she has developed a series of educational materials that explains malaria, its causes, symptoms, and treatments in simple, basic terms.
Public health posters decorate the walls at Taiama Clinic, one of the six clinics Kissy Hospital works with throughout Sierra Leone. Each poster displays prevention methods and treatment of malaria and illustrates how much medicine to administer a child. Patients are also encouraged to use treated bed nets.
Malaria kills one of five children in Africa. The Malaria Program however, is generating optimistic results with Kissy Hospital and a clinic in Manjama seeing a decrease in the number of patients that have malaria. Help programs like these continue by sending your gifts to Malaria Control, UMCOR Advance #982009.
*Mark, an asylee from Haiti, was separated from his family for two long years due to his immigration status. With guided counsel and support from UMCOR’s Justice for Our Neighbors program (JFON), Mark completed the lengthy paperwork process and secured his legal status. Now that he has a green-card, his wife and two children have been able to join him in the US.
JFON works with entire families to help reunite family members. They help families stay in the US and make them aware of all the benefits and opportunities that are available to them. The program provides free, professional legal services to immigrants in monthly clinics and helps asylum seekers and immigrants navigate the rules and laws that affect their lives here in the US.

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12 Responses to “UMCOR Hotline for April 15, 2008”

  1. # Twyla on 15 Apr 2008 at 4:29 pm

    I could care less, it’s my birthday in an hour :3 !!! ***** the RIAA birthday to me.

  2. # Melody on 15 Apr 2008 at 5:19 pm

    who told gary he can make up new holidays?

  3. # Kam on 15 Apr 2008 at 6:10 pm

    IGPD 2008, there are still some GP in the world!

  4. # Gervase on 15 Apr 2008 at 7:00 pm

    This guy is ***** weird.

  5. # Eleanora on 15 Apr 2008 at 7:51 pm

    Hmmm… Another BS “day.” How about we stop all these this day we do this and that stuff and start acting like decent, smart human beings all year round.

  6. # Jaydon on 15 Apr 2008 at 8:41 pm

    So, does Gary count as a good person by making this day or what? Isn’t that a paradox of some sort?

  7. # Terence on 15 Apr 2008 at 9:32 pm

    *sigh* A for effort, F for execution. Buried, as will most every other piece of bloggerish that comes from GEE VEE DAWT CAWM!!

  8. # Raine on 15 Apr 2008 at 10:23 pm

    I’d like to say that everyone in here is awesome… except for the assholes

  9. # Clive on 15 Apr 2008 at 11:13 pm

    ***** off

  10. # Janetta on 16 Apr 2008 at 12:04 am

    Props to Gary. He is good people.

  11. # Renie on 16 Apr 2008 at 12:54 am

    You know, he’s cool and all… but I think his internet celebrity status has gone to his head. What next? Adopt some kinds from Vietnam?