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January 2013: Uganda -This trip is currently being
planned....stay tuned!
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January 2012:
Uganda-January 2012 brought a selected group of
volunteers to Canaan Farms and Gulu for health promotion projects, health
teaching and continued health assessments. Volunteers traveled to Gulu to be
trained in the construction of Rocket Stoves by Aid Africa, a non-profit
organization focused on promoting the health of the poorest of the poor in
Northern Uganda. Here, the team learned how to educate locals on the
construction, economic benefits and health benefits of smoke-reducing,
fuel-efficient household stoves. A maternal health team, lead by nurses,
provided Cannan farms with maternity kits, clean and sterile supplies that are
needed to promote the health of mothers and newborns at delivery. A dental
health team returned to continue dental cleaning and teaching. They also
assisted in organizing supplies in the brand new clinic, farming, building drip
irrigation systems and constructing bio-sand water filters.
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January 2011:
Uganda-In January 2011, SHA returned to Cannan
farms and Fort Portal to provide health promotion with seven nurses and one
dental hygenist. Donations raised funded the construction of a latrine and bath
house for the community clinic located on Cannan Farms as well as mosquito nets
for 70 orphans in Fort Portal. Health teaching, covering a wide variety of
subjects, was attended by more than forty enthusiastic community members and 70
orphans. More than 150 mouths were cleaned and assessed and dental teaching and
supplies were given. Community members welcomed the nurses into their homes
where assessments were preformed and health projects for the future were
decided upon by community leaders.
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November 2010:
Exploratory trip to Oaxaca Mexico-Update to come
soon!
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January 2010:
Uganda-In January 2010, SHA traveled with 6 nurses to
Uganda. Three nurses were returning from the previous year, while 3 new
people decided to join this wonderful group. In 2009 the focus continued
to be community health, education and promotion. This year the group
traveled to Cannan farms where they began the ground-breaking work on the new
clinic (a long time dream of Cannan farms). The group also partnered with
another non-profit in doing health teachings to the community. Some of
the topics being maternal health, clean water and nutrition. Other
projects that were continued this year was setting up sand water filter systems
and drip water irrigation for community members to have access to clean water
and fresh fruits and vegetables in the dry season. The second part of
this trip the group traveled to Fort Portal. Here they also did community
teaching and health education for several different groups of orphans.
Both parts of the trip seemed to be very successful, well received for
the communities and life changing for the travelers.
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January 2009:
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Head-to-Toe physical assessments of children gaining a felt need of the region,
developing relationships with local community members for future projects.
Assessing local
hospitals, villages, and clinics.
