Cholera.

Good post .Appreciate. Epidemic of cholera is very common in most of resource constrain countries . One of Indian company has developed a vaccine to prevent cholera effectively .

Summer and street art in the City

And it also didn’t stop me getting looted by a squirrel last week as I ate my lunch….fail (Sorry no Lions or Giraffes here -that’s about as exciting as the wildlife gets in London, unless you count the 6am survivors surfacing the clubs on a weekend morning).Appreciate the art of putting things nicely . Best of luck for your assignment .

My lil friend …. Bhutu

Happy birthday Bhutu !!!Appreciate kindness

An African Reading Club in Australia

Well said !!! As per me Marketing Management for nonprofit organization is still a new concept for many NGOs.

Minority

Best of Luck. Enjoy the differences .

If it looks good eat it!

You can just see the joy in her eyes, she loves making people happy as her ….Beautiful observation ,enjoy reading

Reaching to Most Vulnerable :Amref Heath Africa

It’s almost a week here in Kenya at Amref Health Africa country office. HR representative took me to several departments for Induction.  It was really nice to interact with them. I will possibly   discuss more on people and various  functions in my next blog , here I would like  to introduce you with  NGO   Amref Health Africa ,where I will be working for next six months .

History

Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 as the Flying Doctors of East Africa by three surgeons–Archibald McIndoe, Sir Michael Wood, and Thomas Rees–to bring emergency medical and surgical services to remote communities throughout East Africa. Amref Health Africa now delivers preventative, community based health care and has grown to become the largest African-led international health development organization working on the continent today.

Focus

Amref Health Africa has build strong credibility   as a result of   substantial sustainable development work in Africa from last 57  years .  Amref  is dedicated to  improve  health   of people of Africa by partnering with and empowering communities  to strengthen heath systems .One thing which is very unique about Amref is the their reach to most vulnerable  and hard to reach communities   . The organization works side by side with local communities, equipping them with the knowledge, skills and resources to be able to address their own health needs.

Amref Health Africa currently implements more than 160 programs and projects through its offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda with the aim of:

1. Making pregnancy safe and expanding reproductive health
2. Reducing morbidity and mortality among children (MNCH)
3. Scaling up HIV, TB, and malaria responses
4. Increasing access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities
5. Increasing access by disadvantaged communities to quality medical, surgical and diagnostic services
6. Developing a strong research and innovation base to contribute to health improvement in Africa

Amref has done a great job to improve the health of people of Africa from last 6 decades and received many awards and recognition for their work. Now Amref is gearing up to bring  lots of  strategic and structural changes to  better deal with  current health challenges  of people  of Africa   .I wish my work with team of Amref health add substantial value to achieve  Amref ‘s objective of bring lasting change  to health of people  of Africa .

I wish this smile remind me to spread many smiles

I thought of becoming  Pulse volunteer in year 2011, incidentally got chance to explore in the area of   marketing in the same year , later in 2012  elevated  as   second line sales manager . I was…

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I wish this smile remind me to spread many smiles

I thought of becoming  Pulse volunteer in year 2011, incidentally got chance to explore in the area of   marketing in the same year , later in 2012  elevated  as   second line sales manager . I was waiting for the next opportunity to apply for Pulse and luckily this year I am  going Kenya to work with Amref Health Africa  as Pusle Volunteer .

I never realized before, that this   is going to be so tough. As the day to leave the family, colleagues at work place has reached, lots of thoughts started hitting my brain causing lots of unrest.  This time seems to be a unique in nature , a very uncommon juncture of anxiety, curiosity, uncertainty, excitement, happiness .

Truly speaking  In never hesitated before, rather always  rushed to grab any learning opportunity I got during my journey of close to 16 year with GSK . I have moved myself to eleven different locations within country in different roles, in different cultural environment happily.  Surprisingly this time something which is really pulling me back is one who hasn’t celebrated his first birth day yet. Yes I am going for good reason but one thing I am really leaving behind is a very innocent smile, a never forgettable smile.

I may miss first birthday of my son , I may miss some of joyful moment but I am determined to bring something more from Kenya which shall positively impact life of communities to whom  Amref Health Africa is  serving .  I wish this smile strengthen my determination to spread more smiles in lives of many who have no reason to smile even.

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