Rose News for ‘Emergency Relief’ Category

Vancouver is known for its cherry blossoms and late-April is when they get going ! Come and see them and come to our wonderful concert. Rutsuku Yamagishi is one of the worlds great pianists. One of Rutsukos beliefs is that performances should be live only – thus she rarely (if ever) will perform for recordings in studios..

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Sri Lanka:   Young Women’s Clubs –  8 villages,   Girls sports programs ,  Women’s University Scholarship Program,  Women’s Livelihood Groups (Women’s Support and Women’s Vocational Training.     www.rosesrilanka.info (http://www NULL.rosesrilanka NULL.info/)

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Pakistan:   Frontier Primary Health Care support of  Traditional Birth Attendant training program   www.hmef.info (http://www NULL.hmef NULL.info/)

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Cambodia: ‘Access for All’  program for disabled womens education, support and vocational training   http://rosecambodia.org (http://www NULL.rosecambodia NULL.org/)

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Afghanistan:  Tabish-Rose Charities Training Women’s Health and Computer training program’s  www.hmef.info (http://www NULL.hmef NULL.info/)

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Guatemala:  Safe Motherhood women’s birth attendant and women’s health programs   www.safemotherhoodproject.org (http://www NULL.safemotherhoodproject NULL.org/)

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Zambia:  Womens income generation programs   http://malambograssroots.ca (http://malambograssroots NULL.ca/)

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Haiti:  Women’s neonatal nursing training  www.rosehaiti.info (http://www NULL.rosehaiti NULL.info/)

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World Birth aid pack saves countless lives

We also wish to laud the women’s programs Rose  has been privileged to have supported, partnered  or planned with, in the past (and perhaps the future too!)  including  the Lumbini Program for training of Women Village Eye Screeners  www.lei.org.np (http://www NULL.lei NULL.org NULL.np/)   and the remarkable  ‘WBDI’ Organization in Samoa,  www.womeninbusiness.ws (http://www NULL.womeninbusiness NULL.ws/)  the One in Three Women Organization (Seattle)  www.oneinthreewomen.com (http://www NULL.oneinthreewomen NULL.com/) and  World Birth Aid (Seattle)  www.worldbirthaid.org (http://www NULL.worldbirthaid NULL.org/)

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Haiti Cholera Relief 2010. Dr Amy Osborne

The organizers of Rose Charities also pay tribute and gratitude to the professional women volunteers (nurses, physicians, counselors, logisticians etc) who have contributed over 50% of involvement, organization and sustainability of emergency relief and ‘post-relief’ operations Rose Charities and close partners AMDA (http://amdacanada NULL.org) have played over the years.  Their magnificent work has helped tens of thousands of victims in many parts of the globe.

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Hurricane Katrina 2005 R.N.Kirsten Reems

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2004 Asian Tsunami Sri Lanka R.N.Mary Spencer

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Japan Eathquake/Tsunami 2011

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Supplies for Thai flood victims from Rose Singapore

Rose Charities Singapore’s efforts to assist the Thai flood victims has increased still further.  “Send a tin of milk” was a project to send milk power to babies in Thailand in the wake of the current flooding disaster. Through donations from sponsors and help from contacts, Rose Singapore  purchased some 1,500 tins of milk and procured the necessary transport to send the items by road from Malaysia into Thailand. Coordination has been with the  The Chaipattana Foundation – a foundation of His Majesty the  Thai king himself.   Now, further donations of supplies and materials have been collected for shipment.

(http://amdacanada NULL.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/turkey-quake1 NULL.jpg)AMDA Doctors Treating the Injured in Ercis, Turkey (2011-10-28) AMDA Emergency Medical Team which left Okayama, Japan, on the 24th, is now actively engaged in relief efforts at “Sahara Hospital”, Erzis, Van, in the eastern Turkey.

AMDA team arrived Van Airport on the 25th. After thorough assessment with the staff of Kimse Yok Mu, a Turkish NGO, they have decided to move to Ercis, the city worst hit by the 7.2 earthquake of Oct. 23. Rescue efforts still continue in some areas of Ercis and the wounded are being transported to a make-shift hospital, commonly called as “Sahara Hospital”. It is a hub hospital where all injured in the area are brought in.

Those with serious conditions are transferred to hospitals in Van from here. AMDA’s doctors, one being a thoracic surgeon and the other a neurology specialist, have been actively performing medical services for the injured since the 25th. AMDA’s coordinator, sent by the Turkey Japan Cultural Dialog Society, is acting as an interpreter for the team.  There are quite a number of chest trauma cases. As there are only 3 thoracic specialists in the entire hospital, he is working on shift with the local doctors performing operations and attending to critical patients. On the 26th, he treated 15 to 20 patients with the local staff. Though the number of serious cases is declining, there are still many trauma patients needing saturation.

On the 27th, the weather changed from rain to snow. Scrambles for tents have already started among the people. Chronic illness and infections are expected to increase.

Rose Charities Singapore has established a transport link into Thailand. Through a network of volunteers, friends and affiliates, emergency supplies are being purchased in neigbouring countries and transported to the areas in need.

Donations in the past 3 days alone have enabled us to purchase 1000 tins of milk power which will be sent to babies in evacuation centers through local Thai TV station ThaiTV3.

We are now sending out the call for canned food for those stranded at the flooded sites.

For SGD3.00 / RM7.20, the flood victims will get a set of the following items:
1. Cinta Sardine in tomato sauce at RM2.75/425g/can (retail is RM3.25/can)
2. Rex Baked beans in tomato sauce at 1.95/425g/can (retail is RM2.25/can)
3. ‘Xiang Xiang’ brand crackers abt 420gm (similar to Ping Pong brand) RM2.50/pack

Donations are needed to assist program and will be very gratefully received.

As always with Rose Charities, the program is run 100% by unpaid volunteers so every cent donated goes…

(http://www NULL.rosecanada NULL.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/thai-floods NULL.jpg)Thailand has been suffering the worst flooding in living memory. Over 300 people have died and thousands are homeless. In some areas food, especially for babies and the elderly with special needs is scarce.   Rose Charities relief efforts have been spearheaded by the newly formed Rose Charities Singapore in conjunction with Rose Charities Malaysia and Rose Charities USA (and other Rose organizations) are supporting through their efforts.   Emergency supplies are being donated and purchased both through contacts on the ground in Thailand as well as in those neigbouring countries, and transported to the areas in need.

Donations are needed to assist program and will be very gratefully received.  As always with Rose Charities USA, the program is volunteer run so every cent donated will go to work in the disaster area for those in need.   To donate, please see our donations page.

(2011-04-24) AMDA has now shifted from direct medical to rehabilitation efforts. The medical systems of the are are now back and running and able to cope with the direct medical needs. Relief however will continue into the foreseeable future as needs are still huge. It is hard for many who have not seen the area to comprehend the magnitude of the destruction, social, physical, and infrastructural. Iwate Prefecture (the town of Ohtsuchicho): Contrary to the arrival of a warmer season, the northeastern Japan still needs to endure occasional blizzards. And while entire Japan has entered a new school year from April, Ohtsuchi High School in the severely devastated Ohtsuchicho was no exception. In the midst of housing approximately 270 evacuees in the school gym, the school held a general assembly to embark on a new semester. Furthermore, the number of evacuees in the region has relatively decreased as a whole. As the focus of AMDA’s relief activities shifted towards rehabilitative assistance from emergency medical relief, the team ended its regular medical consultation at the shelter and downsized its medical service solely to acupuncture therapy (mainly held by a locally-hired therapist.) For the next one month, the heavily damaged Ohtsuchi Hospital will offer medical services temporarily at a local community center. Meanwhile, the work is underway to resume their regular operation at their actual hospital building with new facilities that will allow X-ray, dialysis, blood tests, surgical operations and admission of patients. Among AMDA team members was a coordinator originally from Ohtsuchicho. Undoubtedly, things would not have gone so smooth without her presence. Miyagi Pref. (the town of Minamisanriku-cho): Besides a handover of AMDA’s activities had taken place, the team organized a range of recreational activities for those persevering the prolonged evacuation life. On Apr. 19th at Shizugawa Elementary School, the team opened “Cafe de AMDA”, a temporary cafe to serve hot chocolate and coffee to the evacuees. The event ended with great success which garnered more 70 visitors in one hour. The air was filled with aromatic fume from authentically brewed paper-drip coffee and some even said it was the first cup of hot chocolate they had after the disaster hit. AMDA staff also baked cookies with children using a temporary oven; the children enjoyed shaping cookie dough and had a fun and tasty time together. From now on, AMDA will back up Shizugawa Hospital during the rehabilitation phase. Latest dispatch of AMDA personnel: 27th group: 1 coordinator (Apr. 18th) 28th group: 1 nurse, 2 coordinators (Apr. 20th) Total number of AMDA’s relief personnel (as of Apr. 18th): 146 50 doctors, 32 nurses, 4 midwives, 2 assistant nurses, 3 pharmacists, 2 psychotherapists, 50 coordinators (including interpreters), 2 careworkers, 1 acupuncture therapist

(2011-04-14)

After one month has passed since the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit north-east Japan, people in the afflicted regions participated in a silent prayer on Apr. 11th. Even now, innumerable aftershocks are shaking the country which is causing the delay in the recovery of infrastructures and giving people high level of stress. Meanwhile, schools and hospitals are gradually getting back to normal with people making efforts towards it.

Iwate Prefecture (the town of Ohtsuchicho):

In order to uplift children’s mood, toys and stuffed animals of a popular Japanese cartoon character was donated in response to the call for help from AMDA’s pediatrician. The “Anpanman Program”, named after the character, was initiated in line with the ongoing mobile clinic services which provides recreation time for children besides medical treatments. While a number of stressed-related ailments are seen among patients, the program aims to take care of children’s mental health and put them at ease.

Other than the above, many patients complain of troubles with their eyes as they are exposed to the powder dust from the rubble. A nutritional program has also been implemented to improve the unbalanced diet of the evacuees and plans are underway to provide vitamin supplements as well.

Miyagi Pref. (the town of Minamisanriku-cho):

While mobile clinic services were delivered to Omori district in Minamisanriku-cho, the local Shizugawa Hospital has taken over the temporary prefabricated clinics from the Israeli medical team. The hospital has put its hands on resuming their regular operations and is expected to be normalized gradually.

Norovirus is still prevalent in Minamisanriku-cho, however, the preventive/hygiene measures implemented by AMDA have been effective in controlling the outbreak. From now on, hygiene awareness will be very important due to the arrival of a warmer season. There are 5 norovirus patients out of 360 evacuees at Shizugawa Elementary School.

After receiving the above report, AMDA sent relief goods such as vitamin supplements, dust-proof goggles and paper towels to both Iwate and Miyagi.

Latest dispatch of AMDA personnel:

23rd group: 1 acupuncture therapist, 1 nurse (Apr. 11th)

24th group: 2 doctors (including AMDA President) (Apr. 12th)

Total number of AMDA¡Çs relief personnel (as of Apr. 12th): 131

48 doctors, 27 nurses, 3 midwives, 2 assistant nurses, 3 pharmacists, 2 psychotherapists, 43 coordinators (including interpreters), 2 careworkers, 1 acupuncture therapist

(2011-04-06)

‘AMDA to Support Local Doctors by Donating Temporary-Clinic Units’

AMDA President, Dr. Shigeru Suganami held a press conference at AMDA Headquarters in Okayama, Japan on 5th April, announcing that AMDA will complete the emergency relief operations in the afflicted areas by the end of April and shift to rehabilitative assistance. The main project in the next stage will be to donate temporary-clinic units to local doctors whose clinic buildings were destroyed or washed away by the catastrophe.

AMDA has already been providing medical care after setting up a mobile-clinic trailer equipped with devices such as intravenous drip (IV) and electrocardiogram (ED). AMDA is also planning to construct two temporary clinics in Ohtsuchi-cho (Iwate Pref.) and Minamisanriku-cho (Miyagi Pref.) respectively. Setting up a temporary clinic (including various medical equipments and supplies) will cost around 10,000,000 yen (about 118,000 USD).

AMDA has heard that there are a number of town doctors who lost their clinics in the tsunami. Dr. Suganami appealed that there is a need of support in the form of a state-run loan offered to the local doctors in rebuilding their daily operations as soon as possible.

Dr. Suganami also reported that AMDA employed twelve locals as drivers, care workers and operational staff. He appreciated their knowledge of local geography and human relationships which greatly helped AMDA’s activities.

From now on, AMDA is going to support the rehabilitation of schools. To begin with, AMDA will give out “back-to-school” kits containing stationery and school bags.

In collaboration with foreign medical organizations, plans are also underway to establish a scholarship program for the local high school students that are aiming to become doctors/nurses in the future.