| MAP INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM UPDATES & GLOBAL CAPSULES |
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FOURTH QUARTER |
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| INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESOURCES | |
| In response to a devastating tidal
wave that hit the northern coast of Papua New Guinea in July, MAP partnered with
Church of the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries to deliver and distribute an Emergency
Health kit (EHK). Each Emergency Health Kit contains medicines and first aid supplies
to treat 10,000 people for three months. The EHK was airlifted to the hospital that
was the primary site of the relief work among the injured. MAP responded to Hurricane George's relief to both the Dominican Republic and Haiti in September with over $2.9 million in medicines and emergency medical supplies. |
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| MAP/LATIN AMERICA | |
| MAP premiered two sets of HIV/AIDS educational
material for a Latin America audience this quarter. AIDS, WOMEN, and the CHURCH
consists of pamphlets, workbooks, group participation guides, and an audio-cassette for
both individual and group reflection. A YOUTH and AIDS video has also been produced after
extensive testing and editing with the help of youth from age 14-18 in six countries.
"Que pasa si te doy un beso?" ("What happens if I give You a
Kiss?") has already been adopted by the Ecuador Ministry of Health as an
education piece for use in secondary schools. Other countries' education ministries are
currently analyzing the materials and also have expressed interest in adopting them for
use in their schools. A group of MAP-trained women health promoters from the capital city of Quito traveled to river communities in the Amazon rain forest for a week giving health talks, learning about local health problems and treatments, and sharing cultural differences and customs. In Bolivia, 120 children in the community of Chilimarca have been organized into groups for skill-building in personal health, hygiene and disease prevention. MAP calls this project "Child to Child" because the sessions are run by 24 youth volunteers from the community. The youth facilitators are trained in workshops and they, in turn, hold weekly meetings with the children. |
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| MAP/EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | |
| In response to the American Embassy bombing in Nairobi on August 7th that killed 247 and wounded nearly 5,000, MAP's east and Southern Africa office delivered a consignment of medicines, gauze, sutures and surgical materials to Kenyatta Hospital. This donation was made possible by the release of a special disaster module by Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies, and processing and freight charges were assumed in partnership by MAP and the Southern Baptist mission board. Kenya's minister of health, Jackson Kalweo, accepted the donation on behalf of his country and thanked MAP and the international community at large for its overwhelming support. | |
| MAP/WEST AFRICA | |
| An agreement was signed in July with the ministry of health of Côte
d'Ivoire outlining MAP's role in the nationwide guinea worm eradication program. As a
result of the agreement, MAP has supplied the medicines needed n the treatment of this
disease for the entire country for six months. MAP will also assist in community
education efforts to give affected communities the information and resources to break the
cycle of this dreaded disease. An assessment trip was made by MAP's regional director for West Africa to Liberia to investigate the postwar condition of Christian health ministries and explore opportunities for MAP medical supply distribution and training. MAP re-established long held, pre-war ties with ELWA Hospital, Phebe Hospital and the Christian Health Association of Liberia (CHAL). Possible future avenues of assistance for MAP include providing donated medicines, sharing MAP HIV/AIDS education materials developed for a francophone audience, and assisting in strengthening management capability. |
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GLOBAL CAPSULES "Two million children have been killed in wars since 1987 and 6 million more have been seriously injured or permanently disabled. It is estimated that some 300,000 children under age 18 are fighting in government of rebel armies." New York Times |
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"Fifty percent of the world's population have never talked on a telephone." "What Kathie Lee Gifford Needs to know" |
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| "Three out of every four African teenage girls are mothers." International Center for Research on Women |
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