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#207 From: "Jennifer Staple" <Jennifer.Staple@...>
Date: Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:10 pm
Subject: Africa and Asia: Volunteer Service 		uniteforsight
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Please forward widely. Currently accepting applications for 2008 and 2009.

Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN International and Recently in The New York Times

Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring: http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU, UNITE FOR SIGHT RESTORED SIGHT TO 10,062 PATIENTS AND PROVIDED EYE CARE TO 300,000 IN 2006 AND 2007

How Do I Apply? The application as well as complete details about Unite For Sight's international opportunities are available at http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/

Who Is Eligible To Volunteer Abroad?: Volunteers are 18 years and older, and there is no upper age limit. Volunteers range from undergraduate/college students to medical and optometry students, public health students and professionals, business students, filmmakers and photographers, nurses and nursing students, social workers, physician's assistants, teachers and educators, opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.

Unite For Sight welcomes volunteers who may not have previous health or eye care experience. Volunteers receive all necessary training from Unite For Sight so that they are able to assist eye doctors with community eye outreach programs. Unite For Sight also welcomes volunteers to participate as photographers and filmmakers.

What is Unite For Sight's Mission? Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.

Unite For Sight's work to prevent blindness and restore sight is featured weekly on CNN INTERNATIONAL from September 2007-August 2008.

What Do Volunteers Do?: Volunteers receive hands-on clinical experience while assisting doctors in remote, rural villages. Volunteers learn about international health and eye care, learn clinical skills while working with patients and doctors, and, in one program location, have an opportunity to practice cataract surgery on a goat's eye.

The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities. Unite For Sight’s volunteers (local and visiting) work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access. The eye clinic’s eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages. The clinic’s eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery. Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds. Volunteers immediately see the joy on patients' faces when their sight is restored after years of blindness. These memories last a lifetime.

While helping the community, volunteers are in a position to witness and draw their own conclusions about the failures and inequities of global health systems. It broadens their view of what works, and what role they can have to insure a health system that works for everyone and that leaves no person blind in the future.

What Do Volunteers Say?:

“During my volunteering experience, I realized that Unite for Sight’s service is a campaign for the salvation of humanity that allows the light of compassion to shine through each of us. I believe it is this display of altruism and commitment that makes the organization’s service so virtuous and treasured by both volunteers and patients. After all, making a difference in the world is not so difficult if only one would care enough to sacrifice a part of oneself in order to change the world for the better. My experience as a Unite for Sight volunteer has inspired me to dedicate my future career to serving underprivileged communities around the world.”—Chiwing “Jessica” Qu, Yale University Undergraduate Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India

"I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had in Accra (Ghana) in October 2007 as part of Unite For Sight. The program provides volunteers with a unique and hands-on involvement – being able to help out to the level of your training and comfort. My experience taught me that Ghanaian people are the friendliest people I have interacted with anywhere in the world, that ordinary people involved with Unite For Sight are making extraordinary differences, and that sitting in a classroom receiving a world-class education cannot match real life experiences while volunteering."--Varun Verma, UMDNJ Medical Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

"While in Ghana, I worked with an ophthalmologist (Dr. James Clarke), two eye nurses (Robert Dolo, Kartee Karloweah), an assistant (Bismark Boryor), and a coordinator (Seth). Working with the Unite for Sight team on these outreaches in service to these wonderful people of Ghana was the single most rewarding work I've done in my life. The people of Ghana are some of the friendliest and most thankful of anyone I have ever met. Overall, the experience has changed the way I view the world, my own country, and my role in the world forever. The only way to understand the way 4/5 of the world lives is to go yourself and get involved. The staff I worked with that are the heart and soul of Unite for Sight in Accra were some of the brightest and hard working individuals I have ever met. They are accomplishing feats few ever accomplish in their lives, and I am truly blessed to have had the opportunity to work with them and now call them my friends. I look forward to future work with Unite for Sight as an Ophthalmologist. The task at hand in Ghana, and I'm sure in all of Unite for Sight's locations throughout the world, is enormous. The more people that get involved, the more accessible services will be to these wonderful people. Plain and simple, the more we help, the more people can see the world they live in!”—Brian Fowler, Medical Student at University of Virginia, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

Hundreds of volunteer narratives, volunteer diaries, as well as videos of alumni volunteers and partner eye doctors are available on the Unite For Sight website: http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

Also, Unite For Sight's Fifth Annual International Health Conference is coming up at Yale on April 12-13, 2008. Keynote addresses by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, Dr. Allan Rosenfield, and Dr. Susan Blumenthal. Plus 180 Speakers and 2,000+ conference attendees. Register for the conference at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference


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#206 From: "Jennifer Staple" <Jennifer.Staple@...>
Date: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:48 am
Subject: Volunteer Service in Africa and Asia 		uniteforsight
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Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN International and Recently in NY Times

Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring: http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU, UNITE FOR SIGHT RESTORED SIGHT TO 10,062 PATIENTS AND PROVIDED EYE CARE TO 300,000 IN 2006 AND 2007

How Do I Apply? The application as well as complete details about Unite For Sight's international opportunities are available at http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/

Who Is Eligible To Volunteer Abroad?: Volunteers are 18 years and older, and there is no upper age limit. Volunteers range from undergraduate/college students to medical and optometry students, public health students and professionals, business students, filmmakers and photographers, nurses and nursing students, physician's assistants, teachers and educators, opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.

What is Unite For Sight's Mission? Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.

Unite For Sight's work to prevent blindness and restore sight is featured weekly on CNN INTERNATIONAL from September 2007-August 2008.

What Do Volunteers Do?: Volunteers receive hands-on clinical experience while assisting doctors in remote, rural villages. Volunteers learn about international health and eye care, learn clinical skills while working with patients and doctors, and, in one program location, have an opportunity to practice cataract surgery on a goat's eye.

The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities. Unite For Sight’s volunteers (local and visiting) work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access. The eye clinic’s eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages. The clinic’s eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery. Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds. Volunteers immediately see the joy on patients' faces when their sight is restored after years of blindness. These memories last a lifetime.

While helping the community, volunteers are in a position to witness and draw their own conclusions about the failures and inequities of global health systems. It broadens their view of what works, and what role they can have to insure a health system that works for everyone and that leaves no person blind in the future.

What Do Volunteers Say?:

“During my volunteering experience, I realized that Unite for Sight’s service is a campaign for the salvation of humanity that allows the light of compassion to shine through each of us. I believe it is this display of altruism and commitment that makes the organization’s service so virtuous and treasured by both volunteers and patients. After all, making a difference in the world is not so difficult if only one would care enough to sacrifice a part of oneself in order to change the world for the better. My experience as a Unite for Sight volunteer has inspired me to dedicate my future career to serving underprivileged communities around the world.”—Chiwing “Jessica” Qu, Yale University Undergraduate Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India

"I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had in Accra (Ghana) in October 2007 as part of Unite For Sight. The program provides volunteers with a unique and hands-on involvement – being able to help out to the level of your training and comfort. My experience taught me that Ghanaian people are the friendliest people I have interacted with anywhere in the world, that ordinary people involved with Unite For Sight are making extraordinary differences, and that sitting in a classroom receiving a world-class education cannot match real life experiences while volunteering."--Varun Verma, UMDNJ Medical Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

"While in Ghana, I worked with an ophthalmologist (Dr. James Clarke), two eye nurses (Robert Dolo, Kartee Karloweah), an assistant (Bismark Boryor), and a coordinator (Seth). Working with the Unite for Sight team on these outreaches in service to these wonderful people of Ghana was the single most rewarding work I've done in my life. The people of Ghana are some of the friendliest and most thankful of anyone I have ever met. Overall, the experience has changed the way I view the world, my own country, and my role in the world forever. The only way to understand the way 4/5 of the world lives is to go yourself and get involved. The staff I worked with that are the heart and soul of Unite for Sight in Accra were some of the brightest and hard working individuals I have ever met. They are accomplishing feats few ever accomplish in their lives, and I am truly blessed to have had the opportunity to work with them and now call them my friends. I look forward to future work with Unite for Sight as an Ophthalmologist. The task at hand in Ghana, and I'm sure in all of Unite for Sight's locations throughout the world, is enormous. The more people that get involved, the more accessible services will be to these wonderful people. Plain and simple, the more we help, the more people can see the world they live in!”—Brian Fowler, Medical Student at University of Virginia, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

Hundreds of volunteer narratives, volunteer diaries, as well as videos of alumni volunteers and partner eye doctors are available on the Unite For Sight website: http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer


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#205 From: Jennifer.Staple@...
Date: Wed Jan 2, 2008 7:48 pm
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Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN

Currently accepting applications for January 2008 through January 2009.  Rolling application deadline - the first qualified applicants are accepted.  Apply today!

Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring: http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer

Save Eyes and Lives.  Every Eye, A Life.
Those who are blind in Africa have a four times higher mortality rate
60-80% of children who become blind die within 1-2 years
80% of blindness is curable or preventable

How Do I Apply?  The application as well as complete details about Unite For Sight's international opportunities are available at http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/

What is Unite For Sight's Mission? Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness. 

Unite For Sight's work to prevent blindness and restore sight is featured weekly on CNN INTERNATIONAL from September 2007-August 2008

Who Is Eligible to Participate?: The Unite For Sight internship is open to individuals 18 years and older, and there is no upper age limit. Volunteers range from undergraduate students to medical students, public health students and professionals, nurses, physician's assistants, teachers and educators, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, doctors, opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists.

What Do Volunteers Do?: Volunteers receive hands-on clinical experience while assisting doctors in remote, rural villages.  Volunteers learn about international health and eye care, learn clinical skills while working with patients and doctors, and, in one program location, have an opportunity to perform cataract surgery on a goat's eye.

The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities.  Unite For Sight’s volunteers (local and visiting) work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access.  The eye clinic’s eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages.  The clinic’s eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery.  Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds.  Volunteers immediately see the joy on patients' faces when their sight is restored after years of blindness.  These memories last a lifetime.

While helping the community, volunteers are in a position to witness and draw their own conclusions about the failures and inequities of global health systems. It broadens their view of what works, and what role they can have to insure a health system that works for everyone and that leaves no person blind in the future.

What Do Volunteers Say?:

“During my volunteering experience, I realized that Unite for Sight’s service is a campaign for the salvation of humanity that allows the light of compassion to shine through each of us. I believe it is this display of altruism and commitment that makes the organization’s service so virtuous and treasured by both volunteers and patients. After all, making a difference in the world is not so difficult if only one would care enough to sacrifice a part of oneself in order to change the world for the better. My experience as a Unite for Sight volunteer has inspired me to dedicate my future career to serving underprivileged communities around the world.”—Chiwing “Jessica” Qu, Yale University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India 2007

"Without Unite for Sight, I cannot imagine how I could possibly have seen and learned so much as an undergraduate about medicine, other cultures, and my own desire and ability to make a difference in others' lives."--Charlotte Hogan, Georgetown University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in India 2006 and Ghana 2005

"I can honestly say that everything I learned in 3 years of medical school paled in comparison to the 3 week experience I had in Accra (Ghana) in October 2007 as part of Unite For Sight.  The program provides volunteers with a unique and hands-on involvement – being able to help out to the level of your training and comfort. My experience taught me that Ghanaian people are the friendliest people I have interacted with anywhere in the world, that ordinary people involved with Unite For Sight are making extraordinary differences, and that sitting in a classroom receiving a world-class education cannot match real life experiences while volunteering."--Varun Verma, UMDNJ Medical Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana


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#204 From: Jennifer.Staple@...
Date: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:45 pm
Subject: International Health & Development Conference at Yale 		uniteforsight
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The registration rate increases monthly, and the next registration deadline is November 30th.  Please forward widely.

Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference
Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow
April 12-13, 2008
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008

Join 2,000 conference attendees and 150 speakers for a stimulating conference.

Keynote Addresses By: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Susan Blumenthal, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim
Plus More Than 150 Featured Speakers

Register For Conference - EARLY BIRD RATE ( $65 students, $90 all others) http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008 REGISTER NOW TO SECURE LOWEST RATE. RATE INCREASES AFTER NOVEMBER 30TH.

Who should attend? Anyone interested in international health, public health, international development, medicine, eye care, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, bioethics, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, environmental health, and public service.

Keynote Addresses

· "Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century," Susan Blumenthal, MD,MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General; Senior Advisor For Health and Medicine; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center
·  "Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health," Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD,Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AIDS Director at World Health Organization
·  Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
·  "Millennium Village Project", Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages

 

Plus 150+ Speakers. Full List at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008

"Doctors..and Africa", Ted M. Alemayhu, Founder, Chairman and CEO, US Doctors For Africa
"Scaling Up Provision of Safe Drinking Water in the Developing World", Greg Allgood, PhD, Director, Children's Safe Drinking Water, Procter & Gamble
"People, Places, and Genes: How world populations are helping us find the cause of glaucoma.", R. Rand Allingham, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology; Director, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center
"Keratoprosthesis in the Developing World", Jared Ament, MD, MPh, Clinical Research Fellow, Ophthalmlology & Corneal Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health
"Orphan Life Abroad: How children live without parental care", Jane Aronson, MD, Director, International Pediatric Health Services; Founder and Executive Medical Director, Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO); Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
"Title To Be Announced", Hibah Ayaz, BA Candidate, Union College; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India
"Refocusing Malnutrition Interventions in Rural Haiti: A Strategic Evolution", Adeline Azrack, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, Hopital Albert Schweitzer
"Title To Be Announced", Thomas Baah, MD, MSc, Ophthalmologist, Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Ghana
"Title To Be Announced", Abrahim Bagheri, BS Candidate, Loyola Marymount University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India
"Can Market-Based Approaches Arrest The Killer In The Kitchen? The Promises and Pitfalls of Commercializing Improved Cookstoves", Robert Bailis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
"A need to incorporate sound waste management practices for improving Environmental performance, Public health safety and Delivery of quality-healthcare by Clinical Laboratories in India - A case study", Reema Banerjee, MSc, PG Diploma in Hospital Management, Centre for Environment Education, India
"The Slaying of Dragons: Guinea Worm Eradication", Michele Barry, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine and Global Health Director, Office of International Health; Chief, General Medicine Firm, Yale University School of Medicine
"Engaging the Public: Improving Our Health", Georges Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association
"Health For All Now", Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH, Founder, President and CEO, MIDEGO
"Doing it The Quality Way Because It Is In Equality", P. Berman, OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympics Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes
"Eliminating the Needless Loss of Sight That Occurs During Sports", Paul Berman, OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympics Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes
"Home Visit Project of Blind Babies Foundation and Perspektiva of the Volga Region in Russia", Julie Bernas-Pierce, MEd, Executive Director, Blind Babies Foundation
"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developing World", Terry Blaschke, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Molecular Pharmacology (Active Emeritus), Stanford University School of Medicine
"Addressing the Need for Reduction of Uncorrected Refractive Error in Persons With intellectual Disability through Participate in Special Olympics Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes Vision Program.", Sandy Block, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
"What Happens When Child Soldiers Grow-up? Mozambique Life Outcome Study", Neil Boothby, EdD, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health; Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health
"Raising Malawi", Philippe van den Bossche, Executive Director, Raising Malawi
"Operation Miracle", Peter Bourne, MA, MD, Visiting Scholar, Oxford University; Vice Chancellor Emeritus, St. George's University; Formerly Special Assistant to the President of the United States for Health Issues; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
"Cataract Blindness in Developing Countries and SEE International", Harry S. Brown, MD, Founder, Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International
"Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the Urban Slums of Africa", John Bryant, PhD, Professor, Johns Hopkins University
"Tema Eye Survey", Donald Budenz, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
"International Nurse Education: Simulation Plays A Part in Global Standards of Practice", Ann Campbell, RN, MSN, CPNP, Old Dominion University/Operation Smile International
"Title To Be Announced", Michael Cappello, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Public Health; Director, Program in International Child Health; Co-Director, International Adoption Clinic, Yale University School of Medicine
"Community Health Improvement in a Nomadic Village on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau", Nancy Chin, MPH, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester
"Unite For Sight To The Rescue: An Example Worth Emulating", James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"Title To Be Announced", Anna Cooper, MPH, MD Candidate, University of Rochester School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Bihar, India
"Managing Technology to Advance Eye Care", Ismael Cordero, Advisor, Healthcare Technology, Orbis
"Filling the Gap: A Model For Surgical Capacity Building In Rural China", Scott Corlew, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Interplast
"Title To Be Announced", Susan Day, MD, Chair and Program Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, California Pacific Medical Center
"Title To Be Announced", Samantha Diamond, BA Candidate, Yale University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana
"Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ethiopia: Barriers, Beliefs and Behavioral Outcomes", Julia Dickinson, RN, Yale University School of Nursing
"Unite For Sight Visiting Volunteers Participation in Eye Screening Outreach Program, Accra, Ghana", Robert Dolo, ON, RN, Ophthalmic Nurse, Unite For Sight-Ghana
"Is That Angle Occludable?", Syril K. Dorairaj, MD, Clinical Research Fellow, Glaucoma Associates of New York, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
"Title To Be Announced", Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"The Bad Road to Good Health: The Clinton Foundation's Initiative to Build Healthcare Capacity in Rural Areas", Andy Ellner, MD, Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative
"Childhood obesity prevention in the Western Cape region of South Africa", William D. Evans, PhD, Vice President, Research Triangle Institute
"Title To Be Announced", Sheri Fink, MD, PhD, Kaiser Media Fellow; Visiting Scientist, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
"Glaucoma Scrreinng in Connecticut", Susan Hall Forster, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services
"Title To Be Announced", David Friedman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and International Health, Johns Hopkins University
"Title To Be Announced", Stephen Furlow, MD Candidate, University of Kentucky School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"Title To Be Announced", Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director, The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute; Director, The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascuclar Health; Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research Foundation Professor, Mount Sinai; Past-President, American Heart Association; President-elect, World Heart Federation
"Humanitarian Health and HIV/AIDS Crisis and Care inside Dominican Republic's migrant sugar cane plantations Bateyes.", Ulrick Gaillard, JD, Founder and Executive Director, The Batey Relief Alliance
"A Binational Stanford - Mexico Health Advocacy Program - Partners to Address Immigrant Health", Gabriel Garcia, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Developing Strategies with Vietnamese Ethnic Rural Communities to Improve Health", Lan Gien, BSc, MEd, PhD, Professor of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland
"Estimating The Impact of a Safe, Effective, and Easily-Inserted Drainage Device for the Treatment of Glaucoma in the Developed and Developing World", Roger Goldberg, MD, MBA Candidate, Yale University School of Medicine
"Youth Engagement in Development Stategies: through the lens of Global Youth Service Day", Silvia Golombek, Senior Vice President, Youth Service America
"Introducing Students to Global Health", Sarabeth Gottlieb, CNM, MS, Lecturer, Yale University School of Nursing
"Clinical Mentoring Rapidly Improves Clinic Management Systems for HIV Care in Resource-Limited Settings", Katherine Graves-Abe, MA, Director of Operations, International Center For Equal Healthcare Access (ICEHA)
"Poisons in the Well: Exposure, Consequences and Remediation of Arsenic and Manganese in Bangladesh", Joe Graziano, PhD, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Pharmacology; Associate Dean for Research, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
"An Extremely Affordable Device To Enable Treatment of Asthma in Rural Mexico", Eric Green, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Title To Be Announced", Nora Groce, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Yale/WHO Collaborating Centre, Global Health Division, Yale School of Public Health
"Title To Be Announced", Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye Care Program, Ghana
"Nutritional Management of Cataracts", Heskel M. Haddad, MD, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College
"Key Components for the Development of an Emergency Healthcare System: The Ethiopian Experience", Tenagne Haile-Mariam, MD, Assistant Professor, The George Washington University Medical School
"Science, Technology, and Innovation in Developing Countries: By the People, for the People", Eva Harris, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; President, Sustainable Sciences Institute
"Health and Education at Grace Children's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti", Jeannine Hatt, MD, Past-President, International Child Care USA; Board of Directors and Chair, International Child Care's Medical Resource Development Clinic
"Infertility in Developing Countries: Scope, Psychosocial Burden and Need for Action", Anke Hemmerling, MD, PhD, MPH, UCSF Women's Global Health Imperative
"The Challenges of Glaucoma Care in West Africa", Leon Herndon, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University Eye Center
"Ophthalmology in the Holy Land: The Eye Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem", Steve Hudson, MD, JD, MPA, Ophthalmologist, Member of the Order of St. John (M.St..J), Unite For Sight Volunteer
"Akwaaba! Volunteer Ophthalmology in Breman Asikuma, Ghana", Steven Hudson, MD, JD, MPA, Ophthalmologist, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Breman Asikuma, Ghana
"Innovative Market Based Solutions in Global Health", Omer Imtiazuddin, MBA, Health Portfolio Manager, Acumen Fund
"Title To Be Announced", Ibrahim Jabr, Interim President, International Trachoma Initiative
"Title To Be Announced", Evaleen Jones, MD, Founder, President and Medical Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Addressing Serious Mental Disorders in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies", Lynne Jones, MA, MBChB, MRCPysch PhD
"Measuring Impacts", Dean Karlan, PhD, President and Founder of Innovations for Poverty Action; Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University
"Childhood Blindness And Its Prevention", Kartee Karloweah, ON, RN, Ophthalmic Nurse, Unite For Sight-Ghana
"Atrocities and Social Entrepreneurship", Zachary Kaufman, MPhil in International Relations; DPhil Candidate in International Relations, University of Oxford; JD Candidate, Yale University Law School
"Health Diplomacy", Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
"Title To Be Announced", Karen King, MA, Elementary School Teacher, Reed Intermediate School; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"Corporate/Professional initiatives: Co-operation to Address Unmet Medical Needs", Doug Lawrence, Vice President/General Manager, BD Medical - Ophthalmic Systems
"Title To Be Announced", Brian Lich, BA Candidate, Southern Methodist University; Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana
"Title To Be Announced", Shawn Lin, BS, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India
"Residency Based Fellowships in Global and Underserved Health - Who Are the Stakeholders?", Scott Loeliger, MD, MS, Faculty Physician, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
"Increasing Access to and Use of Skilled Maternal and Newborn Care in Dumka District of India", Juliet MacDowell, MA, Senior Program Manager, JHPIEGO
"Increasing Income, Confidence and Business Growth for Low-Income Women", Fiona Macaulay, President, Making Cents International
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#203 From: Tarmizi Abdulghani <mukarramkmpd@...>
Date: Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:19 pm
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Fjerritslev, Denmark
12th of August 2007
 
Joint Press Release
Stop the Use of Dictatorial Means in Aceh and Free the People.

Like other people in the world, the Acehnese wants to live in freedom without repression, violence or constraint from the hands of anyone. During the armed conflict such violations were allowed by the Indonesian Government and the authorities as means of oppressing the people as Aceh was under Martial Law or a “Military operational area”. But why is the people of Aceh still kept from enjoying the peace and the fulfillment of their civil rights now, in the time of peace?
 
The violent incidents of the past, that still haunt the acehnese people hinder the full freedom of the people and have become an obstacle to the creation of an open, developed and self-contained Aceh.
 
To hinder any form of demcratic action taken by the Acehnese people is a dictatorial practice that is beeing used in Aceh again to scare the people from struggeling for their rights. The steps taken to obstruct the wishes of the Acehnese in the process of creating peace and justice are means that indicates that the authorities has declared the civil society war. To dismantle or to shut up Human Rights activists in Aceh is very much in contradiction with peacefull values and norms.
 
The charges by the Police of Langsa of 8 named activists from Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) – Legal Aid Foundation that was announced by two letters recieved at 4th and 6th of August 2007. The reason for the charges was according to the police that the accused are guilty of illegal acts in connection with their support of the demonstrations of the victims of PT. Bumi Floras theft of land, in East Aceh on the 3rd of July. The charges of the activists indicates that the means of dictatorial oppression has come back to stand in the way of a the freedom of the civil democracy in Aceh.
 
8th Anniversary of the Butong Ateuh Tragedy, Nagan Raya Aceh.
 
At this occasion we also wish to express our deep sadness remembering the tragic shooting of civilians in Betong Atueh, that the authorities made and has claimed to be an enforcement of law and order. The incident that took place 8 years ago, on 11th of August 1999, is a black stain in the history of Aceh that touches all Acehnese. Thus, now we hope that those responsible for this massacre, aswell as all perpetraitors of Human Rights violations in Aceh, will step forward and dare to admitt their crimes and ask to be judged according to their actions in Aceh.
 
To right all wrongs made by small soldiers on duty in the field could be a profound warning to the desicionmakers against deciding to destroy the acehnese people.
The Acehnese people has shed enough blood through the years and now the time has come to solve the problems with a legal process. “ There is no harm in prying into the crimes of the past when striving for justice and the respect for Human Rights“ With the hope that all parties including the authorities will attend to the wishes of the Acehnese people, the primary owners of the Acehnese soil, who wants problems in Aceh solved using legal means (not political) as crimes are usually judged in other parts of the World.
 
Therefore, we, as peace-loving and justice-seeking Acehnese, make the following statement:
1. We support the actions taken by the members of LBH in assisting and defending the victims.
2. We urge all stakeholders in the peace process in Aceh and the Government of Aceh to take the nessecary steps to withdraw the police’s accusations of the 8 members of LBH in connection with their helping the victims of human rights violations.
3. We urge the Government of Aceh to solve the problems of the people in a fair manner as soon as possible.
4. We urge all involved parties in Aceh, including the enforcers of the law not to use dictatorial means again that will hinder the process of democratisation and liberalisation in Aceh.
5. We urge the policeforces, that should be protecting the people, to take the side of the people and not of the oppressive posseors of property.
6. We encourage all of the acehnese to keep struggeling for justice and democracy in Aceh.
 
 
Fjerritslev Denmark, 12th of August 2007
 
1. KMPD ( Komite Monitoring Perdamaina dan Demokrasi ) The Peace and Democracy Monitoring Committee, European Representation.
2. Acehniske Samfund Forening ( ASF ) – The Acehnese Society in Denmark
3. Acheh Center in America
3. Achehnese Canadian Community Socity ( ACCS ) di Kanada
4. Acheh Sumatra Flyktninge Forening ( ASFF ) Acheh Sumatra Refugee Society in Norway
5. Asian Group Amnesty International Denmark
 
Contact Persons :
Tarmizi Age
Chairman, KMPD
European representation
Mψlleparken 20 9690 Fjerritslev Denmark
Mobile/HP : (+45) 24897172
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Adnan Daud
The Acehnese Society in Denmark,
Acehnisk Samfund Forening (ASF)
Sondergade 19 I
9690 Fjerritslev, Denmark.
Mobile  : (+45) 41569190
E-mail   : uleemadon@...
 
 
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#201 From: Tarmizi Abdulghani <mukarramkmpd@...>
Date: Sat Aug 4, 2007 12:04 pm
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August 1. 2007
 
 
                         First Anniversary of the LoGA in Aceh
 
 
 
Wedensday August 1st. 2007 it was exactly one year ago that the President of Indonesia signed the Law on the Governance of Aceh (LoGA). The LoGA that were then passed in Jakarta is significant for the lives of all Acehnese.
Ever since the LoGA was made in Jakarta the Acehnese people have been participating actively demanding that the LoGA, that was to be passed should be aspirational and in accordance with the MoU.
 
The LoGA is a law made especially by Jakarta to the Acehnese community. For the Acehnese people the MoU that was signed by Gam and the Indonesian Government in Helsinki on 15th August 2005 is the primary frame of reference.
 
All Acehnese know that the LoGA, that was signed in Jakarta does not meet their aspirations and that it should be revised in order to fit the wishes of the Acehnese people and the points agreed upon in the MoU. It is evident that the LoGA, that was signed in August 2006 lacks far behind in its implementation, a process that should have been running by now.
 
Thus, the time has come for the Indonesian Government and GAM to correct the points of the LoGA, that is not in accordance with the MoU, in order for the peace process to run as it was initially planned for the benefit of all Acehnese.
 
It should not be forgotten, that the peace in Aceh was not imposed by force but a wholesome peace that involved all aspects of the social life of the Acehnese. Also the peace in Aceh should not only be enjoyed by a small group of people – those close to the power - but by the whole people of Aceh. 
 
The Government/the leaders should not just want to forget the negative effects of the conflict or to leave the victims to ponder on the memory of the suffering of their past without granting them the right to get justice or to start a new life after the conflict.
 
We, the Acehnese staying in Europe, urge all stakeholders in the peaceprocess in Aceh to:
 
  1. To take steps to forward the appeal from the Acehnese people for a revision of the LoGA by the Indonesian Government in order for it to live up to the MoU.
  2. Form a tribunal to deal with Human Rights violations committed in Aceh and allow an independent investigation of these violations and allow those responsible for to be tried at this tribunal.
  3. Give full support to the victims of the conflict and of the Tsunami, including the Reintegration-fund that should be freed from conspiracies and bureaucracy and carry out its work in an ethical and honest way.
  4. Be attentive and supportive of aspirations of the Acehnese people, that are presented in a democratic manner and to the benefit of all Acehnese.
 
 
Best Regards,
 
 
Tarmizi Age

Chairman, KMPD
European representation
Mψlleparken 20
9690 Fjerritslev Denmark
Mobile/HP : (+45) 24897172
http://www.kmpd.or.id
 
 
 
Adnan Daud

The Acehnese Society in Denmark,
Acehnisk Samfund Forening (ASF)
Sondergade 19 I
9690 Fjerritslev, Denmark. 
Mobile  : (+45) 41569190
E-mail   : uleemadon@...
 
 
 
(Translated by Marie Bjψrnager Jensen)


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#200 From: Tarmizi Abdulghani <mukarramkmpd@...>
Date: Sat Jul 7, 2007 3:21 pm
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Denmark 4 July 2007
 
The Acehnese Inheritance at the National Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
 
The Acehnese sultanate and a sort of Acehnese state, that goes back houndreds of years is not just an invention of cheap nationalist propoganda, but a historical fact that is supported by various sources. The european representative of KMPD and The Acehnese Society in Denmark has tried to uncover Acehs historical records by tracking some of the objects from the Acehnese past that are kept well in European museums. The efforts of KMPD and ASF has borne fruit as we have seen more than a houndred photos of antique items from Aceh that are stored at the National Museum in Denmark.
 
In the big old mansion that houses the National Museum in Copenhagen the ethnographic collection counts more than a houndred historic objects from Aceh.
No less than 140 beautyfull antique objects originating from Aceh can be found in the collection that constitutes of things, collected by explorers, traders, anthropologists and sailors have brought back from Aceh. By the help of Marie Bjornager Jensen, student of Anthropology at the University in Aarhus, Denmark, who specializes in Aceh and the Inspector of the departement for India, Southeast Asia and Oceania Bente Wolff we have come across this valuable collection. Among the items are shields and knives that are estimated to be of unique national imortance for Denmark and things that are handed over to the museum by the Royal Danish Arts Chamber.
 
The eldest object in the collection is a beautyfull silver knife made in 1748.  The collection also counts a cigarette case witch is filed with the message “his Majesty the King”, but it is not evident if the the Danish king has ever owned this item and how it might have come into his possesion.
”It is a good thing if the people from the area, that the things come from see those things with their own eyes”, saya Bente Wolff, the inspector of the departement for India, Southeast Asia and Oceania at the Ethnographic Collection at the National Museum in Copenhagen.
 
Indeed, looking at these old things in the Museum in Denmark, one can easily imagine the life of the Acehnese 80-200 years ago when they were manufactured. We can imagine how some of them must have looked wearing the sarongs, scarfs and trousers from gold threaded silk, weawed silk hats and silver necklaces, earrings and belts. We can imagine the daily life of the acehnese when seeing the simple objects like cigarettes, a tinderbox, chew tobacco, beautyfully wowen straw mats and lids from banana leaves and colored paper to cover the food, a betelnut scissors and lamps. Moreover there are evidence of the acehnese’ religious life such as pieces of cloth with golden embroidered islamic symbols and even a few toombstones, that have come into the Museums possesion.
 
One of the most interesting objects in the collection is a flag dated to 1850-1900. Unlike the present acehnese flag this one is all red with white applications in form of a crescent a big star, four small dots (stars) and two swords. This flag could have been made in connection to the war against the Duch (1873-1903) and must have it΄s own political meaning, allthough the story behind it is not recorded.
 
The collection, that counts numerous swords, knifes, guns and other armory bears witness to the political situation in Aceh at the time of the aquisition of the items, both of the Duch war but also of peacefull connections with the sourrounding states and tribes. Its testifies that the era of globalisation had already begun long before our time.
 
Learning about this collection of Acehnese items in European museums, such as in Denmark, the European representative of Peace and Democracy Monitoring Committee (KMPD) and the Acehnese Society in Denmark (ASF), encourages the Acehnese Government and Acehnese Museums to take measures to give the Acehnese an opportunity to see these things from the past with their own eyes, by, temporarily,bringing them back to Aceh.
 
 
 
 


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#199 From: Tarmizi Abdulghani <mukarramkmpd@...>
Date: Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:06 am
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Stop the Violence, Carry out Justice in Aceh.
 
Silkeborg, Aarhus, Denmark 16th June 2007
 
 
Peace is the key to the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that the Indonesian Government and GAM signed in Helsinki at 15th of August 2005, in Aceh. It was decided that the implementation of the MoU should be carried out by the involved parties in Aceh based on the following points mentioned in the original script (read the Memorandum of Understanding, Helsinki).
4.The regulation of the security.
4.1.All acts of violence conflicted on one party by the other must end, no sooner than the moment of signing this Memorandum of Understanding.
 
The fatal shot that was fired by the police towards Rizal Zamzami on Monday the 11th. June 2007 in the Village of Matang Raya Blang Sialet, the Subdistrict of Baktia Barat in Aceh Utara, is a tragic example of acts committed by the policeforces in the field that are not in accord with the spirit of the agreement that the Government of Indonesia has signed. Violence is neither the key to the implementation of the MoU nor to justice.
 
We, the Acehnese community, cannot accept the use of weapons as a means of carrying out justice and this practise should stop immediately. The perpetraitors of these act shold be judged and GAM and the Government of Aceh should  form a special team that can report, in a transparent manner, all acts of violence in Aceh and uncover the motive and the ones responsible for the acts. This will ease the way for the implementation of the peace process in Aceh and enable justice to be carried out based on the law- not on shootings.
 
The Memorandum of Understanding, signed in Helsinki, is very clear on the following points:
4.10. the organic policeforces will be responsible for securing law and order.
4.12.The member of the organic policeforces in Aceh will recieve special training in respect for Human Rights in Aceh and abroad.
 
Based on this Memorandum we, the Acehnese, cannot by any means accept the claim of the police: that the shooting in question were carried out according to the existing procedure. According to the police, the victim ran away from a police-sweeping and was shot in order to stop him from commiting a crime: to resist the working of the law. This claim is contrary to values of peace and Human Rights and to the claim of other parts of the Government: that Indonesia is a constitutional state.
 
We urge the responsible parties in Aceh to carry out all points of the MoU including the following points:
1.4.The regulation of the laws.
1.4.5. All non-civilians who commits civil crimes in Aceh must be judged at civil courts in Aceh.
 
We write this statement out of our responsibility as Acehnese wishing that true peace and justice will be implemented in Aceh.We hope that all involved parties will help securing peace and justice in Aceh.
 
Adanan Daud
ASF ( Acehniske Samfund Forening/ the Acehnese Society ) in Denmark
 
Tarmizi Age
KMPD ( Komite Monitoring Perdamaian dan Demokrasi/ the Comitte for Peace and Democracy Monitoring ) European representative.
 
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  •  Georges Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association
  •  Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center
  •  Neil Boothby, EdD, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health; Director, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health
  •  Harry S. Brown, MD, Founder, Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International
  •  Donald Budenz, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
  •  Michael Cappello, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Public Health; Director, Program in International Child Health; Co-Director, International Adoption Clinic, Yale University School of Medicine
  •  Emily Moore and Mark Carlson, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Sociology, San Diego State University
  •  James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
  •  Margaret Duah-Mensah, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
  •  Susan Hall Forster, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Studies, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Services
  •  Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye Care Program, Ghana
  •  Leon Herndon, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University Eye Center
  •  Ibrahim Jabr, Interim President, International Trachoma Initiative
  •  Dean Karlan, PhD, President and Founder of Innovations for Poverty Action; Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University
  •  Zachary Kaufman, MPhil in International Relations; DPhil Candidate in International Relations, University of Oxford; JD Candidate, Yale University Law School
  •  Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
  •  Doug Lawrence, Vice President/General Manager, BD Medical - Ophthalmic Systems
  • Tshepo Mbalambi, BSc, Med Sci, MBcHB Candidate, University of Ghana School of Medicine
  •  Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, Program Director Global Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health
  •  Edward O'Neil Jr, MD, Founder, Omni Med; Author, Awakening Hippocrates: Primer on Health, Poverty, and Global Service, and A Practical Guide to Global Health Service
  •  Cliff OCallahan, MD, PhD, Pediatric Faculty, Middlesex Hospital Family Practice Program; Chair, AAP Section on International Child Health
  •  Elijah Paintsil, MD, Associate Research Scientist, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
  •  Matthew Paul, MD, Danbury Eye Physicians and Surgeons
  •  Steven C. Phillips, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, Exxon Mobil Corporation
  •  Louis Pizzarello, MD, MPH, Secretary General, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
  •  Thomas Quinn, MD, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
  •  Nathan Radcliffe, MD, Glaucoma Service at New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
  •  Ian Rawson, MD, CEO/Directeur General, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
  •  William Reese, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation
  •  Ilya Rozenbuam, MD, GANY Glaucoma Fellow, New York Eye and Ear Institute
  •  Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker
  •  Sarwat Salim, MD, Ophthalmologist
  •  Werner Schultink, MD, Chief Child Development and Nutrition, UNICEF
  •  Bruce Shields, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Chairman Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology, Yale University School of Medicine
  •  Peter Singer, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine; Chief, Clinical Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
  •  Kari Stoever, Senior Program Officer, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Sabin Vaccine Institute
  • Robert Farris Thompson, PhD, Col. John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art, Yale University
  •  Jamie Lachman and Tim Cunningham, Clowns Without Borders
  •  Satya Verma, OD, FAAO, Director, Community Eye Care, Pennsylvania College of Optometry
  •  Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

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#197 From: "smabdullah2003" <smabdullah2003@...>
Date: Mon May 21, 2007 1:16 am
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Dear Friends,
All the 12-days Sorayya's and Lisa's journal from the ground in Aceh
are now on line. You can read them by clicking on the dates from this
link:

http://www.acehrelief.org/journal/

Thank you for your continuing support to Aceh Relief Fund.

Saiful

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Date: Mon May 7, 2007 12:39 pm
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Dear Friends,
Sorayya's first journal from Aceh is up! Please check it out at:

http://www.acehrelief.org/journal/llsk/llsk050507.html

Sorayya plan to post her journal regularly. So, please visit our
website now and then.

With warm regards,
Saiful

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Date: Thu May 3, 2007 12:55 pm
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Aceh visit/Saltonstall grant: Local novelist Sorayya Khan will be
traveling to Aceh, Indonesia, May 3 – 18 as part of her Constance
Saltonstall Foundation Artist Grant in Creative Non-Fiction. During
her visit Ms. Khan will conduct interviews of tsunami survivors and
conflict survivors as part of her ongoing research on the relationship
between trauma, memory, and loss. "I'm interested in this relationship
in my fiction, although I've previously thought about it in the
context of war and not natural disasters. I see the interviews as part
of a larger project as well, though, one which records the words of
tsunami survivors as "history." The creation of an oral history
archive some time in the future would, in fact, be the very best
monument to mark the tsunami."

Aceh Relief Fund: Ms. Khan's close connection with Aceh is tied to her
involvement with the local not- for- profit ACEH RELIEF FUND . Founded
in December 2004 by Indonesian and Malaysian scholars at Cornell
University together with Ithaca community members, Aceh Relief Fund
has successfully initiated and continues to fund a mobile library, a
revolving micro-enterprise grant program, and the construction of a
community center as well as ten homes designated for non-landowners in
the village of Punge Jurong.

Sorayya's journal: During her travels in Aceh, Ms. Khan will be
posting journal entries to the Aceh Relief Fund web site,
http://www.acehrelief.org/journal. Ms Khan will be traveling with Lisa
Loomis, a journalist and editor of the Vermont weekly newspaper, The
Valley Reporter. Ms. Loomis will write articles and take photographs
for her newspaper, as well as the Aceh Relief web site, on her travels.

Please come back to ARF's website to check Sorayya's journal from Aceh.

Saiful

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March 9, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Sophie Huntington
	  Outreach Coordinator, Einaudi Center for International Studies
607-255-5475
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The Memory Project: Portraits of Acehnese Children

The Southeast Asia Program outreach office in partnership with Aceh
Relief Fund and the Tompkins County Public library are hosting an
exhibit curated by Carol Spence, Ithaca High School Art teacher.  The
Memory Project, designed to bring together Ithaca High School art
students and Indonesian children affected by the 2004 Tsunami,
consists of pastel portraits inspired by photographs of young Acehnese
children orphaned by the tsunami. The portraits, along with letters
from the high school artists, will be sent to the Acehnese children in
the spring of 2007. The public is invited to view the portraits in the
Youth Services department of the library.

In addition, there will be an informal reception held on March 9th@
4:00pm in the Library's Thaler/Howell Room, where the public can meet
the artists and learn about their experiences with this project. For
more information visit the Southeast Asia Program on-line calendar at

http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/SoutheastAsia/calendar.

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#193 From: Tarmizi Abdulghani <mukarramkmpd@...>
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Denmark Monday 29th of January 2006
By : Tarmizi Age
Translated by : Marie Jensen
Head of Committee for Peace and Democracy Monitoring ( KMPD ) European departement & Acehnese Staying in Denmark.
 
 
                A New Approach to Development in Aceh
 
The rural areas are the assets for building a successful and progressive Aceh
 
.......Meunyoe ka sapue pakat lampoh jrat tapeugala (If agreed upon in unanimous even dirt from graveyards can be sold, Acehnese proverb), this proverb have convinced the Acehnese of the power of the collective desision and of the good results that can be reached if all involved persons put all their effort into it. 
 
When mentioning Aceh, what immediately comes to the mind of most people are 1. The war between GAM, the Indonesian Army and Millitias that have been put to rest by the Memorandum of Understanding in Helsinki on 15th of August 2005. At the moment he process of peace is progressing in accordance with the MoU. 2. The Tsunami caused by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean 26th  of December 2004- untill now many tsunami victims still stay in barracks. 3. The reign of Sultan Iskandar Muda (The heydays of the acehnese sultanate). These are historical fixpoints that have now passed and left the Acehnese to lead their lives in a quite simple way untouched by progress in any significant way.
 
Peace, Democracy, Justice, Welfare and Development are everybodies aspirations and therefore I will try to put some of my thinking into writing, hoping that it will be usefull in persuing these goals.
 
According to me, the formation of a sucssessfull and progressive Aceh must be approached in a new way: from the most remote villages, that are build up in an orderly, organized and wise way, creating development in all sectors without akward incidents or dirty bureaucracy .This means development for all in respect of human and legal values and not just for certain groups or for government officials. All must be wrapped up in one strong, durable and fixed target without having to sacrifice the culture or lifestyle that the countrydwellers are used to lead. The local communites in the countryside must be involved in the development of their own area.
 
Development must be started from the level of the family, for example by empowering the housewives for the benfit of the children, who will gain a better life.
What I mean is that the members of the family must be empowered through education, economic prosperity and democratic participation. But it must all be done in accordance with the culture in the countryside of Aceh because if a development strategy is not based on the lifestyle of the countrydwellers it is not likely to have any impact or it risks making it difficult to speed up the process of getting rid of the old influences that have left the people in the country discouraged long behind the development, at the end of the day the inhabitants of the countryside are the capital of the population.
 
Thus it is very important to eliminate the distinction between under-, middle- and upperclass in Aceh and this can only be done by ensuring an equal distribution of development and of rights to freedom and life among the Acehnese people. Primarily this must be dome by involving the people in the countryside in the development of their own area. In comparison with the developed countries in Asia and in other parts of the world this has not been the case in Aceh. We must admit that Aceh has been left behind the development in all sectors. Thus it is important to stress that the start of the development of Aceh demands the awareness of the villagers themselves and the full support from all involved parties.
 
Concerning the physical development I think that the new method of development in Aceh must start from the countryside. The Government, the mass organisations, LSM, NGOs and anyone that plays a role and are interested in the future must pay attention to the parts of Aceh that have been left behind.
 
 
The Subdistrict of Peudada is left behind the Development of the District of Bireuen in Aceh.
 
For decades now the development efforts in Aceh has focused on the urban areas or on areas inhabited by people who play a role in the governments affairs, or in other words if an area has many public employees it is likely to be more developed. To give you an example: if you are going to Biruen try to take a tour through the whole district and stop by the subdistrict og Peudada. You will see for yourself the work that the government of Peudada has carried out. Then go the Pulo Ara street and follow it to the Village of Jaba, there you will see the road that the villagers have made themselves in lack of support from the Government.
 
I sometimes wonder if this is a remain from the inauguration of the Head of the subdistrict of Peudada? Are all new Subdistrict leaders or leading officials in the government of Peudada or in other parts of Aceh are involved in corruption using large public funds, money laundering or just in paving their own way to even higher positions? In Indonesia including in Aceh it is common for every person who are in office as head of a subdistrict runs for office as mayor in a ruthless way, using the people as stepping stones to their own carriers.
 
The responsibility for the lack of development in the countryside of Aceh can be traced to the Government. Neither the District Government in Bireuen nor the Acehnese Government have any plans of building public facilities in Peudada or in other remote settlements of Aceh.This must be changed very soon, I think! The leader of the Subdistrict and the Government officials must realise that they should to work for the benefit of the people because they are installed as the servant of the people. Build public facilities for the people! Why is the road to the house of the subdistrict leader made from asphalt whereas the peoples roads are filled with holes, mud and dirt? The people of Peudada, Aceh have asked when I have talked to them. Moreover, this is only one of many needs of the inhabitants in the villages.
 
Everybody knows that it is difficult to carry out the job of a leader, but this is a test to expose if the politicians are really in the game to be a good leader for the people or if he just hopes to benefit from a high position in society. I am sure that if anyone sincerely wants to develop Aceh, he will certaintly be successful in developing the Acehnese people. Furthermore it is horrible if the leaders response if something are not carried out satisfactory is to push the blame on someone else without admitting one’s own mistakes. Try to engage in developement without making sweet promises to the people that are not met by solutions and positive actions that can carry Aceh to its future success.
 
The Solution according to me.
 
To create equality and work for an even development in Aceh, the effort must be aimed at maximal long term developmentgoals. By changing the method of development from:“ from the cities to the countryside “ to the new approach to development :“from the countryside to the cities “. From my point of view this is new approach is the way to build a successful Aceh. “If this approach is employed in Aceh, and in all underdeveloped places aswell, I am sure that Aceh will stand out as a great example for the rest of the world.”
 
When building roads, for eksample, do as I have just described! Start from the countryside, from every corner where there are people staying, to the open land that they cultivate and connect everything without discriminating the countryside from the cities.The road must be properly bulid with the guarantee of a certain durability . The main goal must be to ease the movements of the country dwellers in their everyday ruitines supporting their lives and this will enable the whole of society to benefit from the economic development. Other public goods should also be distributed like this and in the end there would no longer be any isolated areas in Aceh. In principle all of Aceh will be connected and it will no longer be possible to distinguish between the lifestyles in the country and in the cities.
 
In this way, a new progressive, comfortable and evidently successful Aceh will be born eventually.  Everyone will be able to travel around in Aceh at reasonable prices. This means that every Acehnese citizen is equally important in their everyday life. Ironically, in the implementation of it is given that the natural environment must be protected, but the development and building of facilities for the people should not be stopped in the name of protection of nature. Thus, some things may dissapear while others are planted instead.
 
 
I end this line of thoughts with expressing the hope that this new Acehnese approach to development may be taken into consideration by all involved parties in the future development of Aceh and reaching for it’s success.


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Volunteer Abroad With Unite For Sight in Spring, Summer, Winter, or Fall
Make A Difference!

What is Unite For Sight's Mission? Unite For Sight (www.uniteforsight.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.

What Do Volunteers Do?: The goal of Unite For Sight and its partner eye clinics and communities is to create eye disease-free communities.  Unite For Sight’s volunteers (local and visiting) work with partner eye clinics to provide eye care in communities without previous access.  Visiting volunteers from North America range from undergraduate and medical students, educators, nurses, and public health professionals to optometrists and ophthalmologists.  The eye clinic’s eye doctors and Unite For Sight volunteers jointly provide community-based screening programs in rural villages.  The clinic’s eye doctors diagnose and treat eye disease in the field, and surgical patients are brought to the eye clinic for surgery.  Patients receive free surgery funded by Unite For Sight so that no patient remains blind due to lack of funds.

How Do I Apply?  The application as well as complete details about Unite For Sight's international opportunities are available at http://www.uniteforsight.org/intl_volunteer/  Programs fill quickly - apply soon for summer positions!

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What Do Volunteers Say?:

"After an amazing experience volunteering with Unite for Sight in Ghana in 2005, where I made lifelong friends, learned to face challenges I never dreamed I would encounter, and most importantly helped hundreds of people who had previously been unable to see, I could not wait to become involved with Unite for Sight again. The incredible experience I had in Chennai, India this past summer 2006 made me realize that the success of my first internship was not a fluke, that Unite for Sight’s programs all over the world are strong not only in helping the medically underserved, but also in educating and changing the lives of volunteers.

The medical staff at the Uma Eye Clinic in Chennai were hard-working, welcoming, and totally committed both to caring for the patients funded by Unite for Sight and to helping Unite for Sight volunteers become comfortable in a foreign environment. Time and time again they went out of their way to teach us ophthalmologic skills with care and patience. It was a true gift to be able to learn one-on-one from excellent physicians about all steps in the cataract surgery process.
The men, women, and children I met at our traveling eye camps were badly in need of eye care, and I am grateful that we were able to help them. They were also lovely hosts and were excited to show us their culture. As they showed me where they worked and lived, I was often struck by the fact that their sight is important not only to their quality of life, but often also to their ability to provide for themselves and their families. It was at these times that I realized the importance of Unite for Sight’s mission.

Without Unite for Sight, I cannot imagine how I could possibly have seen and learned so much as an undergraduate about medicine, other cultures, and my own desire and ability to make a difference in others’ lives."--Charlotte Hogan, Georgetown University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India 2006 and Hohoe, Ghana 2005
"I helped restore sight to children and their impoverished families while working with the doctors Sinhas (Dr. Ajit Sinha, Dr. Satyajit Sinha, and Dr. Pooja Sinha) at A.B. Eye Institute in Patna, Bihar. The Sinhas and I worked from 9am to 10pm almost six full days a week. We saw hundreds of patients—the Sinhas saw more patients in one day than many ophthalmologists in the U.S. see in three weeks. We diagnosed all types of eye diseases, prescribed and distributed eyeglasses I had collected in California, and performed vision-restoring surgeries on patients who had been suffering for years. While our job was not always easy, the results were always rewarding. For the first time in my life, I felt like I made an immediate and meaningful impact on peoples’ lives.

Yet this medical work was only a small part of my journey through India. Living with the Sinhas, I had the opportunity to experience what so few foreigners ever see: the traditional life of a modern Indian family. I didn’t just travel to India, take a few pictures in front of a few historic monuments, and write off my visit as complete. Instead, I got to see part of the real India; I ate traditional meals with the family and attended a Hindu wedding. I was a minority for the first time in my life—the only white person in a sea of tanner faces. Having traveled to a state where few foreigners visit, I was confronted daily by stares and cultural blunders. Everyone I met, however, was more than happy to help me understand my misconceptions. Never before have I felt so isolated yet congruently welcomed. Like the contradictions evident in India’s very nature, I felt simultaneously productive and worthless, significant and inconsequential. Ultimately, what I took away from this experience was so much more than just an advanced understanding of ophthalmology.

So I want to thank the organization Unite For Sight for helping get me to India. I want to thank the Sinhas for warmly accepting me into their home and work. And I want to thank the residents of India, and Patna especially, for making my journey so magnificent. You welcomed me into your country and allowed me a glimpse of its soul. Bohut Dhanyavad."--Leigha Winters, Stanford University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Bihar, India

"My learning experiences with Unite For Sight and Uma Eye Clinic are priceless. I don't think I would have had the opportunity anywhere else to perform phacoemulsification on a goat's eye, or to work with eye doctors to examine patients for cataracts and refractive complications. I came home with experiences that even medical students dream about. Uma Eye Clinic provided the finest teachers and doctors that enhanced my knowledge about ophthalmology. After each eye camp, about 5 patients would travel back with us in the van for cataract surgery. We the interns were able to participate in every step of the patient's journey-the screening process, patient histories, preparation for the surgery that included a myriad of clinical tests and a thorough analysis of the eyes, the surgery process, and finally watching the patient's reaction as he or she regained their vision.

I feel that I have grown tremendously over this past summer, not only in the knowledge that I acquired from the physicians at Uma Eye Clinic, but my interactions with people in the villages and children in the schools. I am deeply indebted to Unite for Sight for giving me this opportunity to volunteer and learn about international medicine and health care."--Prachi Mayenkar, University of Missouri-Columbia BA/MD Candidate, Unite for Sight Volunteer in Chennai, India

"This experience literally changed my life. It was one of the most amazing and rewarding experiences I have ever had. If given the chance, I would do it all over again and for longer (maybe this experience is to be continued..). I learned so much about Ghana and myself. I learned that I would seriously like to consider optometry, especially so that I could come back to places like Ghana and help develop the eye care system (which lacks enough support). I am actually continuing my work as an officer in the Unite for Sight Chapter on campus. I will never forget this trip! You have no idea how much this memory means to me and what it has inspired me to do and be!"--Hafeezah Omar, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Accra, Ghana

"The combination of an effective, rewarding volunteer program and immersion into a fascinating culture makes Unite for Sight a wonderfully unique program and is one that I would recommend to anyone looking to make a significant impact for good in a developing area of the world.  It was a blessing to be able to provide these key services to people who normally would have been unable to afford them. An invaluable and truly touching aspect of the volunteer experience was the direct interaction I was able to have with the many patients who came to our clinic. Their genuine thankfulness for our help alone made this trip absolutely worthwhile."--Patrick Grimm, Yale University Student, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Patriensa, Ghana

What Do Eye Clinics Say?: "So many people tell me to thank you and your family each day for the help you have given by giving sight to the poor. Our desire to serve and poor patients desire to see would not have been possible without the help and support of Unite For Sight." --Dr. Ajit Sinha, Director, A.B. Eye Institute; President, All India Ophthalmological Society

"The question I have always asked myself is 'what would have happened to all these people who have benefited from Unite For Sight programs had the organization not come to their aid?' It is likely that many would have perished in their agony."--Dr. James Clarke, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

"I must say that Unite for Sight volunteers have come to give hope to the people of Tamale and Northern Region, and all of us appreciate the wonderful work these volunteers are doing for these poor and vulnerable people who otherwise would not have access to quality eye care services.  We need you more than ever to be able to achieve the VISION 2020 goal of the Right to Sight for all by the year 2020."--Dr. Seth Wanye, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

What Programs Are Available?

Summer 2007

Africa

Accra, Ghana View details
May 1-15; May 15-30; June 1-15; June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-15; August 1-30; September 1-15; September 15-30 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)
Asikuma, Ghana View details
June 1-30; July 1-31
Patriensa Village in Asante Akim District, Ghana View details
May 22-June 22; July 27-August 25
Tamale, Ghana View details
May 22 - July 1; July 1 - August 18; August 18 - September 15 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)

Asia

Chennai, India View details
May 1-30; May 1-10; May 10 - May 30; June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-15; August 15-30 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)
Dhenkanal, Orissa, India View details
June 1-30; July 1-31; August 1-20 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)
Jaipur, India View details
August 15-30; September 1-15
Jodhpur, India View details
July 1-August 1
Nellore, India View details
July 1-31
New Delhi, India View details
May 1-30; June 1-30, July 1-31; August 1-25
Patna, Bihar, India View details
May 25 - June 10; July 1-10; July 15 - 31; August 10-20
Pondicherry, India View details
Flexible dates for 4 weeks or more.
Western Thailand, Thailand View details
May 20-July 1; July 1-August 15 Dates To Be Confirmed

Fall 2007

Africa

Accra, Ghana View details
September 1-15; September 15-30 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)
Tamale, Ghana View details
August 18 - September 15; September 15 - October 15

Asia

Chennai, India View details
September 1-15; September 15-30; October 1-15; October 15-31; November 1-15; November 15-30 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)
Jodhpur, India View details
September 1-30, October 1-31; November 1-30
Patna, Bihar, India View details
Flexible Dates For 2 Weeks

Winter 2007

Africa

Tamale, Ghana View details
December 15-January 15

Asia

Chennai, India View details
December 1-30; December 18-30; December 28-January 10; January 1-15; January 15-30; February 1-28; March 1-30 (volunteers may participate in more than 1 session)
Jaipur, India View details
December 28-January 10
Jodhpur, India View details
December 1-20; January 5-30
New Delhi, India View details
December 15-January 10
Patna, Bihar, India View details
December 28-January 10



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#191 From: Jennifer Staple <Jennifer.Staple@...>
Date: Sat Jan 6, 2007 4:06 pm
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GLOBAL HEALTH & INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE: Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices to Achieve Global Goals
Unite For Sight Fourth Annual International Health Conference
April 14-15, 2007 at Stanford University School of Medicine, California

More Than 300 Renowned Speakers from North America, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe
Join over 1,500 leaders, doctors, professionals, and students from 5 continents for an engaging exchange of ideas and best practices.
When: April 14-15, 2007
Where: Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA
Who should attend?Anyone interested in eye care, international health, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, international service, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, or microenterprise
EARLY BIRD RATE INCREASES AFTER JANUARY 20: Current Rate is $65 Students/$85 All Others


SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS (19 OF THE 300 SPEAKERS) INCLUDE:
    --"Millennium Development Goals, Partnerships, and Eye Care (By Prepared Videotape)", JEFFREY SACHS, PhD, Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor of Health Policy and Management

    --"Challenges in Public Health: From Smallpox and Polio Eradication to SARS and Avian Influenza", DAVID HEYMANN, MD, MPH, Former Executive Director for Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization

    --"Public Private Partnerships to Advance Technologies for Neglected Disease", CHRISTOPHER ELIAS, MD, MPH, President of PATH

    --"The Right to Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in Latin America", ARACHU CASTRO, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine, Academic Director; Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard Medical School / Partners in Heath

    --"The War on AIDS - Integration Equals Impact", GEORGE GUIMARAES, President and CEO, Project Concern International

    --"Critical Health Issues in the 21st Century", SUSAN BLUMENTHAL, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center

    --"The Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Promise For Their Control", PETER HOTEZ, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University

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    --"Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella", STEPHEN L. COCHI, MD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Global Immunization Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    --"Is Women's Health a Human Right?", MINI MURTHY, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor of Practice,New York Medical College School of Public Health

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Dear Friends,
ARF's website is updated. Please have a visit at www.acehrelief.org

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Date: Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:44 pm
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Who should attend?Anyone interested in eye care, international health, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, international service, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, or microenterprise
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#188 From: "smabdullah2003" <smabdullah2003@...>
Date: Thu Sep 7, 2006 1:23 pm
Subject: ARF at Tompkins County Library 		smabdullah2003
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Dear All,
Aceh Relief Fund with the support from Cornell's Southeast Asia
Program (SEAP) and Tompkins County Library is displaying some
educational material (pictures, photos, brochures) about ARF, Tsunami,
Aceh and its people, and ARF's works on the ground at Tompkins County
Library, in downtown Ithaca, NY.

The displays will be there the whole September. It is near the
newspaper section of the library (walk to the left after you enter the
library). This is a way to say "thank you" and "to report back" to
Ithaca and Tompkins County communities who have been very supportive
to ARF's work for the Tsunami survivors in Banda Aceh.

If you are around, please check it out!

With warm regard,
Saiful

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#186 From: Halim El Bambi <hai_otodidak@...>
Date: Mon May 15, 2006 8:10 am
Subject: New Article: Does Aceh Need Two Provinces? By Aguswandi BR 		hai_otodidak
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New Article on the Aceh Institute website:
Does Aceh Need Two Provinces? *)
By: Aguswandi, Researcher at The Aceh Institute, Banda
Aceh.

Just when you think you have things figured out here,
they turn topsy-turvy on you. This might be the best
way to describe the fallout caused by those advocating
dividing Aceh into two new provinces. There is no
economic, political, or administrative need for
establishing a new province in Aceh right now... for
full coverage enter here: http://www.acehinstitute.org/english_version.htm

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#185 From: Halim El Bambi <hai_otodidak@...>
Date: Tue May 2, 2006 2:13 am
Subject: What do I think of local Staff in Aceh? 		hai_otodidak
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What do I think of local Staff in Aceh?
By Cameron Noble ((Program Manager, Grass Roots
Assistance for Aceh, Embassy of Jepang in Banda Aceh)

Until recently, I was before based mainly in Meulaboh
where finding qualified and experienced staffs was
initially difficult. However, a team for my office had
to be formed quickly so largely inexperienced but
sincere staffs were recruited. Many staffs had lost
everything in the tsunami but worked tirelessly to
help others despite their own trauma and loss.

ENTER HERE:
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#184 From: Halim El Bambi <hai_otodidak@...>
Date: Mon May 1, 2006 5:39 am
Subject: 80-90 triliun untuk Rekonstruksi Aceh 		hai_otodidak
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Untuk membangun Aceh lebih baik, dibutuhkan dana 80-90
triliun sampai dengan tahun 2009 – ini merupakan
program rekonstruksi terbesar di negara berkembang.
Dana ini berasal dari tiga sumber utama, antara lain
bisa anda baca di: Portfolio Dana Rekonstruksi Aceh di
Tengah Ancaman Inflasi Oleh: T. Safriza Sofyan
(Multi-Donor Trust Fund NAD-Nias, Banda Aceh)

http://www.acehinstitute.org/

====================
Aceh Institute mengundang semua pihak untuk menuangkan
pemikiran, ide,gagasan, hasil kajian dan opininya
dalam rangka berkontribusi mewujudkan “Aceh Baru” yang
sejahtera dan bermartabat untuk dimuat di
http://www.acehinstitute.org. Artikel dalam format
ilmiah popular yang akan dimuat termasuk dalam
bidang-bidang sebagai berikut:

•      Konflik, perdamaian dan rekonstruksi  pasca
konflik
•      Tsunami, rehabilitasi dan rekontruksi
•      Pendidikan dan pengembangan sumber daya manusia
•      Perkembangan teknologi dan sumber daya alam
•      Pembangunan ekonomi
•      Perencanaan wilayah dan lingkungan
•      Politik, hukum dan HAM
•      Demokratisasi dan transparansi
•      Sejarah dan perubahan sosial
•      Agama dan budaya

Selain dimuat dalam website, tulisan-tulisan yang
memenuhi syarat akan dimuat dalam bulletin “Seumike”
yang terbit 4 bulan sekali. Tulisan-tulisan terbaik
akan diterbitkan dalam buku yang akan diterbitkan
setiap tahun. Buku dan Bulletin Aceh Institute akan
diterbitkan dalam bahasa Indonesia dan Inggris.

Setiap tulisan harus orisinil dan memiliki kadar
ilmiah yang bisa dipertanggungjawabkan serta
diharapkan karya tersebut belum pernah dimuat di media
lain baik cetak maupun elektronik.Editor berhak
melakukan editing, tanpa merubah ide dari penulis.
Penulis juga dianjurkan untuk mengirimkan photo
terbarunya untuk dimuat dalam website. Disediakan
honorarium yang pantas untuk setiap tulisan yang
dimuat.

Tulisan dan pertanyaan lebih lanjut dapat dikirimkan
ke email : info@... atau ke sekretariat
Aceh Institute :

ACEHINSTITUTE - Jl Sultan Iskandar Muda No.SK III/12
Punge Blang Cut Banda Aceh 23234 Phone/Fax
+62-651-41682, Phone2:+62-651-7400185
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#183 From: Halim El Bambi <hai_otodidak@...>
Date: Mon May 1, 2006 9:54 am
Subject: What do I think of local Staff in Aceh? 		hai_otodidak
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What do I think of local Staff in Aceh?
By Cameron Noble

(Program Manager, Grass Roots Assistance for Aceh,
Embassy of Jepang in Banda Aceh) Until recently, I was
before based mainly in Meulaboh where finding
qualified and experienced staffs was initially
difficult. However, a team for my office had to be
formed quickly so largely inexperienced but sincere
staffs were recruited. Many staffs had lost everything
in the tsunami but worked tirelessly to help others
despite their own trauma and loss.

http://www.acehinstitute.org/english_version.htm

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#182 From: "smabdullah2003" <smabdullah2003@...>
Date: Thu Apr 6, 2006 1:44 pm
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Dear Friends,
Please have a look at a link of Rick Wake's journal on his ARF
volunteer works in Banda Aceh for three weeks last February.
Visit: www.acehrelief.org

Also, a piece by Mazalan and me on "Tsunami Response and Women" which
Mazalan presented at a conference in Atlanta last March. The article
can viewed from The Aceh Institute English version website:
http://www.acehinstitute.org/english_version.htm

Expect more updates soon....
Have great days ahead!

Saiful

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#181 From: smabdullah2003@...
Date: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:51 pm
Subject: ABCNEWS.com: Person of the Week: Elizabeth Hausler 		smabdullah2003
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I thought you might find this story interesting.

Person of the Week: Elizabeth Hausler
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=1711529&page=1

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#180 From: "smabdullah2003" <smabdullah2003@...>
Date: Thu Mar 2, 2006 7:35 pm
Subject: Tsunami Commemoration, tmrw Fri 3 		smabdullah2003
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A gentle reminder for anybody who plans to come for the tsunami
commemoration ceremony:

Tsunami Commemoration Ceremony

The Ithaca-based Aceh Relief Fund, the Southeast Asia Program, Cornell
United Religious Works, the International Students and Scholars
Office, the  Cornell Indonesian Students Association, the Malaysian
Students Association, the Cornell India Association, and other
supporters will present:

Tsunami Commemoration Ceremony
Friday, March 3, 2006 at 5:00 PM
First floor, Robert Purcell Community Center (RPCC)
Cornell University's North Campus.

The Cornell and Ithaca Communities will commemorate the 12/26/04
Tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia as a way to remember the victims,
honor the hard work of the survivors, celebrate the progress that
community-based efforts have made, and raise awareness of the long
road to recovery still ahead in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India,
Thailand, and Malaysia.

This ceremony will include:

* prayers for the victims,
* reports from those working on the ground to help those in the
affected areas rebuild,
* musical performances by Cornell Gamelan Ensemble, Silat, a martial
art, performance by a Malaysian student and a folk-dance by an India
student.
* and a photo essay on the daily struggles and successes of those who
are recovering from the disaster.

Light Indonesian/Malaysian refreshments will be served.

This program is free and open to the public. Children are welcome.

Remembering 26 December 2004

For further information visit www.acehrelief.org, contact
info@... or:

Sophie Huntington
Curriculum Coordinator
SEAP Outreach
117 Kahin Center
640 Stewart Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ph/F: (607) 275-9452

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Date: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:31 am
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Please plan to come and circulate this announcemnet to your list.

Saiful Mahdi

TSUNAMI COMMEMORATION CEREMONY

The Ithaca-based Aceh Relief Fund, the Southeast Asia Program, Cornell
United Religious Works, the International Students and Scholars
Office, the Cornell Indonesian Students Association, the Malaysian
Students Association, and other supporters will present:

Tsunami Commemoration Ceremony
Friday, March 3 at 5:00 PM
First floor, Robert Purcell Community Center (RPCC)
Cornell University's North Campus.

The Cornell and Ithaca Communities will commemorate the 12/26/04
Tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia as a way to remember the victims,
honor the hard work of the survivors, celebrate the progress that
community-based efforts have made, and raise awareness of the long
road to recovery still ahead in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand,
and Malaysia.

This ceremony will include:
• prayers for the victims,
• reports from those working on the ground to help those in the
affected areas rebuild,
• musical performances by Cornell Gamelan Ensemble,
• and a photo essay on the daily struggles and successes of those who
are recovering from the disaster.

Light Indonesian/Malaysian refreshments will be served.

This program is free and open to the public. Children are welcome.

For further information contact info@... or:

Sophie Huntington
Curriculum Coordinator
SEAP Outreach
117 Kahin Center
640 Stewart Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850
Ph/F: (607) 275-9452

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#178 From: "smabdullah2003" <smabdullah2003@...>
Date: Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:45 am
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After a year, yet another frustrating story about tsunami aid. Saiful

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailweekly.asp?fileid=20060111.@02

January 11, 2006
Red-tape wrangle holds up tsunami aid

Hera Diani and Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Medan

After nine months of frustration in trying to claim a container filled
with tsunami relief supplies at Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta, the
Sampoerna Foundation gave up.

First, there was the storage fee at the seaport -- which eventually
reached a whopping Rp 50 million (around US$5,263) -- plus the Rp 10
million needed to deliver the container to Aceh, as well as another
container handling fee of 500 euros.

Secondly, the aid -- mostly clothes, blankets and mattresses shipped
by a Dutch donor -- was no longer needed by the victims more than a
year after the Dec. 26, 2004, disaster.

The foundation, which is primarily focused on disbursing educational
scholarships nationwide, declared it was unable to foot the bill,
except for the 500 euros.

"We feel it's now irrelevant to send the aid anyway," the marketing
and communications director of Sampoerna Foundation, Sapto Handoyo
Sakti, told The Jakarta Post on Monday.

The foundation assigned courier and cargo company Mondo Express to
arrange custom clearance. Despite clearance documents from several
related departments and institutions, including the Directorate
General of Taxation as the body assigned to channel aid to Aceh,
another permit was required from the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

A host of other clearance documents was also needed from the Ministry
of Social Affairs, Coordinating Ministry for People's Welfare and the
National Disaster Management Body (Bakornas).

By the time all the documents were received in November, the storage
fee had ballooned.

Sampoerna Foundation communications officer Hendri Budi Satrio noted
there were no such problems in overseas aid sent by air.

"It may not be all the port's mistake, because they (port authorities)
also fear that many parties are taking advantage of the situation and
trying to send goods through the port for free," Hendri told the Post.

Ferry Ariansyah of Mondo Express said about 217 containers of tsunami
aid, including ambulances, remained at the port due to the high
storage fees.

In Medan, containers of tsunami aid from donor countries are
languishing at Belawan Port due to various reasons, including lack of
funds to claim them and inadequate documentation.

Over 232 containers of basic needs and 58 of vehicles are stuck at the
port even as other aid supplies arrive, Belawan custom office's
coordinator for intelligence and investigation services Muhammad Rusdi
said.

"We're worried that the aid will be useless or damaged if it's stuck
here too long," said Rusdi.

Donors from New Zealand, Japan, Thailand, Switzerland, Britain and
Singapore have sent aid through the Medan port as of January, he said.

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Date: Mon Jan 9, 2006 4:52 am
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Post-tsunami aid and building civil society in Aceh

Olle Tornquist, Oslo

Donors often say that the major obstacle in the post-tsunami relief
and reconstruction work is poor co-ordination of the organizations
involved. This may be true, but the observation does not help much
unless we discuss why.

International development co-operation has become neo-liberal. A
myriad of state and private actors compete for funds and influence on
imperfect markets in order to reach diffuse goals. In addition, there
is little trust in the state. In Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam it has even
been repressive and suffers still from authoritarianism, corruption
and inefficiency. To improve co-ordination, these factors should be
addressed. But then the reconstruction work and the peace- and
democracy efforts must be combined -- and this is not being done. That
is the basic problem!

In principle, everybody wants to combine peace- and development work,
at best by means of democracy. The question is how. In Sri Lanka
several years of Norwegian facilitation of negotiations between the
government and the Tamil guerrilla indicates that it is not always
fruitful to avoid the political conflicts and to use instead "neutral"
development aid as a carrot to promote peace. By now, the post-tsunami
aid suffers from hidden politicization. Actors on the government side
and the guerrilla give special privileges to their respective
constituencies and sympathizers. At times this even increases the
conflicts.

In Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam the situation has instead improved by way
of explicitly political peace negotiations. Enlightened politicians,
military officers and guerrilla leaders have made compromises on the
division of power and the government of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. This
has been followed by an international monitory mission and some space
for civil society and media to act as watchdogs.

Many say that this was possible only because the tsunami made people
around the world deeply concerned about the problems in Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam. But that was true of Sri Lanka as well. The major factors
were rather that both Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the new Indonesian
government realized that they would not be able to win the battle
militarily -- and that the fledgling democracy in other parts of
Indonesia stood out as a potentially more fruitful method to handle
the conflicts than violent struggle over independence.

The bottom line is thus that the Indonesian democracy must be
strengthened -- so that it does not only stand out as a potential but
also real alternative. But while the progress in Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam is due less to the regular reconstruction work than to the
peace- and democracy efforts, the problem is that the former is
swamped with money while the latter is neglected.

Even so it is true that the implementation of the peace accord has
been more successful than expected. GAM and the Government have both
demonstrated the best of intentions. The guerrilla has contributed to
its own decommissioning and dissolved itself. The military and police
withdraw their non-organic forces. The peace monitors are effective.
Local combatants are being compensated to facilitate their
reintegration into society. There are fruitful broad dialogues between
all relevant parties (including civil society groups) on the
governance of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

But the real obstacles remain. Sustainable integration of the
combatants in society presupposes new jobs within reasonably
non-corrupt reconstruction work. This calls for supervision by a
strong civil society and a working democracy. The Indonesian
Reconstruction Agency is not even mandated to work on post-conflict
issues (but obviously even wants to engage Indonesian soldiers in
supposedly civil rebuilding).

Further, the implementation of the locally approved proposals on the
governance of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam presupposes the approval of
Jakarta. The President, the Vice President and the Government honor
the intentions of the peace accord, but the nationalist opposition and
conservative officers resist it. One method is trying to divide
Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam into several provinces, which would nullify
the peace agreement and the reconstruction work. Another is trying to
block the chances for GAM and various civic groups to participate with
their own parties and independent candidates in local elections.

The important thing is not if the first elections in April are
postponed for a month or two. What is crucial is that both GAM and
civic groups are not marginalised but can participate in a meaningful
way. How would it be possible otherwise to transform violent conflicts
into peaceful politics? The peace accord and the reconstruction work
are at stake. This calls for more than the extension of the mandate of
the peace monitors until after the elections. It calls also for quick
and strong support for civil society and non-partisan political
education among various democratic groups.

So what are well intending donors and other actors doing to promote
this? So far, not much. I fail to understand why. Support for civil
society and human rights based democracy in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
might have been controversial before the Helsinki agreement, but at
this point it is the very basis for the successful completion of the
treaty as well as the reconstruction work, as recognized by both
parties. What can now be less controversial and more productive than
to strengthen, develop and spread Indonesia's own democracy? What
would be more prestigious to Indonesia than to offer the world a
successful model for peace and development by way of meaningful
political democratization?

Of course, I may be wrong. But it is not only the research of Demos
(the Indonesian Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies) that
emphasizes the importance of combining efforts at peace- and
reconstruction by way of democratization. The most recent reports from
the two internationally most reputed research institutes on the
problems in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, the East West Centre and the
International Crisis Group, point in the same direction. So if there
are strong objections on the basis of better analyses it would be good
to know.

The writer is Professor of Political Science and Development Research,
University of Oslo and Academic Co-director of Demos' Research. He can
be reached at olle.tornquist@....

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