June 2010

 
 
PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT:
NEW! Improving TB Diagnosis and Treatment in Uganda
Every year more than 2 million people die from tuberculosis (TB). The disease is most devastating in poor communities and countries with high HIV/AIDS rates.
In Uganda more than 40,000 people are infected with TB every year. High rates of malaria and HIV also complicate preventing and treating the disease.

But there's good news!

AMREF recently received funding from the Stop TB Partnership to improve diagnosis and treatment services in two central Ugandan towns. Learn more about this new initiative and help support AMREF’s work improving health by donating today.

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH: 
Running for African Mothers 
Vanessa Hynes, wife of Canada’s Ambassador to six East African countries ran the Ottawa Marathon this past weekend to raise awareness about AMREF’s work improving maternal and child health in East Africa.

Mrs. Hynes was introduced to AMREF during her current post in Nairobi. She is particularly concerned for the thousands of African mothers who sustain fistulas – an injury that occurs when a baby gets lodged in its mother’s birth canal during labour.

Watch an interview with Vanessa by the Ottawa Citizen and read more about her Run for African Mothers.



TUNE IN:  
Watch the Flying Doctors on Word Travels this Sunday
Make sure you tune into Word Travels this Sunday for a behind the scenes look into AMREF’s Flying Doctor Service.

Host Robin Esrock travels aboard a Cessna Caravan with Africa’s largest air ambulance – getting an inside glimpse into the remarkable work of the Flying Doctors. Read Robin’s blog about AMREF’s Flying Doctors.

Make sure you tune in to the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) on Sunday June 6 at 10PM ET.

RESULTS CANADA: 
Microcredit: Putting Poverty in Museums
This month’s RESULTS Canada issue is Microcredit. Today more than 100 million people around the world access microcredit loans (small loans that don’t require collateral) to start or expand a small business. Microcredit has empowered millions of people out of poverty.

But there are many more people that could benefit from this help. Only 20 per cent of people in African have access to basic financial services. Learn more about AMREF's work providing microcredit loans and how you can have your voice heard.  
 


EVENT:
Dark Star Requiem at Luminato
A devastating global pandemic. A full-scale dramatic oratorio.

Don’t miss the world premiere of Dark Star Requiem at this year’s Luminato Festival of Arts & Creativity.

Poet Jill Battson and composer Andrew Staniland trace the twenty-five-year history of AIDS from its origins to the present day in an evocative, poetic concert work. Focusing on the intimate and personal face of AIDS, the piece will resonate with audiences across a wide spectrum of age, class, culture and experience.

The show premieres Friday June 11 & Saturday June 12 at 8pm at Koerner Hall in the TELUS Centre for Performance & Learning at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Get tickets now! Or visit Tapestry New Opera for more information.
 
 

    

                   
 

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