GET INVOLVED!
Donate
• Online donation
• One off donation/ Bank transfer
• Monthly gift / Bank transfer
• See our online shop and select a gift for a friend
• Charity e-bay (sell stuff you don’t use for ICROSS)
• Send us a donation in kind ( not only money )
Fundraising
• Organise an event for one of our projects
• Organise a competition in your school, work-place, among your friends
• Plan a dinner or Drinks-Night with your friends
• Run the Marathon or Trek to raise money and awareness.
Act
• Share us on Facebook or Twitter with your friends
• Plan an Exhibition of ICROSS projects in your work, school, local area
• Artist/Photographer programme
• Email us your ideas, suggestions.
• Corporate or family partnership
Volunteer
• Share your skills with us
• Be one of our online team
• Volunteer in Africa
• Help us network, blog for us, use your network to help build ICROSS
• Lobby and help us with our campaigns and initiatives
• Be a voice of the poor, give presentations and talks on our behalf.
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder, International Director ICROSS
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://www.michaelmeegan.com
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
reflections Mike Meegan
"We have forgotten the secrets of happiness and have lost the art of wonder. Our world is in pain, and the gap between nations grows. The problems seem overwhelming." Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"When we are caught in the microcosms we can miss the majesty and vastness of the universe." Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"There are many intelligences, many dynamic paths that illuminate our way."
Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"Unless the mindset that has dominated charity in Africa changes, the model that governs response will remain unchanged."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"With everything in me I believe that the only path we to joy is the way of serving each other without looking for anything in return."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"There is far too much misery in the world, too much anxiety, and we need to open ourselves to becoming agents of joy."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"It is easy to think of all the things we can’t do, but every one of us can do something, and we can do something about everything."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"If I decide not to reach out to a child in a slum because the rich politician has a Mercedes, I punish that child because of the greed of his oppressor."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"The world needs to become a community, to relieve the tremendous amount of unnecessary suffering that is tearing us apart."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"When we are caught in the microcosms we can miss the majesty and vastness of the universe." Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"There are many intelligences, many dynamic paths that illuminate our way."
Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"Unless the mindset that has dominated charity in Africa changes, the model that governs response will remain unchanged."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"With everything in me I believe that the only path we to joy is the way of serving each other without looking for anything in return."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"There is far too much misery in the world, too much anxiety, and we need to open ourselves to becoming agents of joy."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"It is easy to think of all the things we can’t do, but every one of us can do something, and we can do something about everything."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"If I decide not to reach out to a child in a slum because the rich politician has a Mercedes, I punish that child because of the greed of his oppressor."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
"The world needs to become a community, to relieve the tremendous amount of unnecessary suffering that is tearing us apart."Michael Meegan Surprised by Joy
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
http://icrossinternational.org/ ACTION in 2012 ICROSS INTERNATIONAL
GET INVOLVED IN ICROSS 2012
http://icrossinternational.org/
Donate
• Online donation
• One off donation/ Bank transfer
• Monthly gift / Bank transfer
• See our online shop and select a gift for a friend
• Charity e-bay (sell stuff you don’t use for ICROSS)
• Send us a donation in kind ( not only money )
Fundraising
• Organise an event for one of our projects
• Organise a competition in your school, work-place, among your friends
• Plan a dinner or Drinks-Night with your friends
• Run the Marathon or Trek to raise money and awareness.
Act
• Share us on Facebook or Twitter with your friends
• Plan an Exhibition of ICROSS projects in your work, school, local area
• Artist/Photographer programme
• Email us your ideas, suggestions.
• Corporate or family partnership
Volunteer
• Share your skills with us
• Be one of our online team
• Volunteer in Africa
• Help us network, blog for us, use your network to help build ICROSS
• Lobby and help us with our campaigns and initiatives
• Be a voice of the poor, give presentations and talks on our behalf.
http://icrossinternational.org/
Donate
• Online donation
• One off donation/ Bank transfer
• Monthly gift / Bank transfer
• See our online shop and select a gift for a friend
• Charity e-bay (sell stuff you don’t use for ICROSS)
• Send us a donation in kind ( not only money )
Fundraising
• Organise an event for one of our projects
• Organise a competition in your school, work-place, among your friends
• Plan a dinner or Drinks-Night with your friends
• Run the Marathon or Trek to raise money and awareness.
Act
• Share us on Facebook or Twitter with your friends
• Plan an Exhibition of ICROSS projects in your work, school, local area
• Artist/Photographer programme
• Email us your ideas, suggestions.
• Corporate or family partnership
Volunteer
• Share your skills with us
• Be one of our online team
• Volunteer in Africa
• Help us network, blog for us, use your network to help build ICROSS
• Lobby and help us with our campaigns and initiatives
• Be a voice of the poor, give presentations and talks on our behalf.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
ICROSS overview 2011
Overview: Danny Ngwiri Country Director
ICROSS in a nutshell 2011
For those not familiar with ICROSS here is an overview of who we are and what we do, where we do it and how we work.
Background: ICROSS was created by Dr. Joe Barnes and Dr. Michael Meegan in 1979. It established a new approach towards long term health care (this is explained in details in our downloadable strategic plan) For decades ICROSS has developed public health research that has pioneered low cost innovations (please see research section)
Philosophy: We believe in evidence driven, results based long term solutions that can be shared. We do not believe that projects should be donor agendas, they must be community decided and locally planned.
We succeed because all we do is long term over decades, in local language and through local culture. Our work is built through continuities.
Passion: None should ever sleep and be hungry; no child needs to be sick and untreated or thirsty. Everything we do will change the poverty trap and the short term idea of poverty. Our humanity is how we care for each other and embrace those who are vulnerable and hurt.
We are going to end starvation and suffering, but we can only do this together.
Vision: A World free of needless suffering and infant death where people can be cared for and respected as they are within their own language , culture, traditions and beliefs. Where there is no hunger and starvation in a World of such vast wealth. Where there is compassion and kindness based on equality and shared empathy and understanding.
What we do: We fight poverty by identifying a root cause of suffering and designing long term ways to create change. Famine relief, short term projects and quick solutions do not work. For 30 years, we have been developing alternative innovations and low tech solutions to big problems.
Who we are: ICROSS is an international Non-governmental organisation working in partnership with civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, governments and bilateral agencies including the Global Fund, the European Union, the World Health Organisation UNICEF other Organizations and local communities.
We are a group of trained professional s in global health and development ranging from clinical services and gynecological to water and sanitation. Most of our teams and all our managers are from local communities.
What do we do?
We prevent diseases and control epidemics.
We create long term changes in infant mortality.
We are creating low cost-effective solutions to break the cycle of poverty.
We train, educate and support thousands of local people to be self sufficient.
We see what is working and find out what is effective through scientific study and research. Working with international institutions we have published widely on new innovative responses to disease and poverty.
We identify the most vulnerable children and communities in need and provide practical immediate help and long term solutions so they will be independent.
We believe in evidence led public health programmes responding to the realities on the ground.
HIV, AIDS, TB & Malaria 2011
For over 20 years ICROSS has been fighting HIV AIDS in Kenya. ICROSS is responding to one of the worst tragedies to strike Africa; AIDS.
Africa has over 70% of the world's HIV cases and Kenya has over 1.4 million of the world's 34 million people living with the virus. Every day more than 6,000 people die of AIDS most in Sub Saharan Africa. TB is rising dramatically and more people died last year of malaria in Africa than HIV/AIDS. These three killer diseases are central to our public health prevention programmes.
Home Based Care
We are preventing new infections through education, training and safe management of AIDS infected. We are protecting their families from infection and are reaching out to people living with AIDS.
Our home care programmes provide nutritional and medical support to the poorest of the poor. They allow people to die with dignity in their own homes instead of in hospitals where there are often three patients to one bed. Home care reduces the risk of secondary infections to vulnerable children and careers and our successes have been copied in other home care programmes.
Orphans & Vulnerable Children
There are over 900,000 AIDS orphans in Kenya and many more children orphaned from other diseases. Every day, 700 adults of reproductive age die in Kenya, leaving behind an increasing number of children.
The crisis is rapidly worsening across all of Africa.Our programmes are reaching AIDS orphans and vulnerable children providing care, support, education, nutrition and medical care. Many of these children are sick themselves and require a lot of love and support.
We are working with children in many different environments and situations (extended family care, foster and adaptation, village type institutions and orphanages). We are helping these children to stay in there communities
Voluntary Counseling: The most important thing in fighting AIDS is prevention, education, empowering people and encouraging safe sex. At the centre of our AIDS prevention is a peer based awareness programme backed up by voluntary counseling and testing.
Together with our partners we have built a comprehensive care center with voluntary counseling and testing facility to create an infrastructure and support system that greatly reduce new infections and protect the younger generation. It also provides effective counseling, support and helps those infected by HIV and share knowledge and awareness.
Malaria Control
We have implemented a comprehensive malaria prevention and control
programme in two districts. Next year we want to cut malaria cases with 50% among the people we work with.
We are using rapid response, multiple prevention and careful research. With your help we can cut malaria deaths in half. Ways of preventing malaria include insecticide treated bed-nets and simply by reducing the number of mosquitoes by spraying breeding grounds and cutting grass around huts and homesteads. Moreover, safe pregnancy is ensured by providing anti malaria tablets to pregnant women.
Community Health 2011
In most of Africa people are so poor they have no health services, since 1979 we have provided essential health services to tribal communities across Kenya and Tanzania. These programmes include disease control, nutrition, family planning, women’s health, infant and children’s health, immunization and vaccination, clinical services, long term prevention and child survival.
ICROSS provides essential medical and health programmes in many remote areas. Some of these areas are as big as Belgium and Denmark. We make sure that vital medical care is accessible by people living absolute poverty, by setting up dispensaries and training community health workers.
Building on 30 years of success in community health we are planning exciting new programmes with communities throughout the Rift Valley.
These will provide essential health care, primary and preventive medicine and water, sanitation and reproductive health care.
Infectious Disease Control
For 25 years we have worked to reduce some of the worst killers in Africa. Diarrheal illness and waterborne disease remains our top priority. Our success in diarrhoea control has been replicated around the world and ICROSS with College of Surgeons in Dublin have produced the only three clinical control trials of solar disinfection to reduce diarrhoea.
Our infectious disease programme covers a wide range of diseases like cholera typhoid and diarrhoea as well as trachoma infections and sexually transmitted infections. ICROSS works with many pastoral and nomadic tribes preventing disease through culture and local language.
Safe Motherhood
Thousands of women die unnecessarily through pregnancy and childbirth. Many more suffer from malnutrition and serious illness. ICROSS implements women's health and safe motherhood programmes in hundreds of villages in Kenya. Safe motherhood advances and lessons have been shared with other programmes in 12 African countries and the Philippines over the past 18 months.
With your help hundreds of mothers could have the right to choose through appropriate reproductive health care have safe pregnancies with proper nutrition and have qualified home delivery through trained birth attendants.
Child Health
The most vulnerable population in Africa is children. The vast majority dying needlessly are children who are often too weak from hunger to fight disease. With over 140 million hungry children in sub Saharan Africa, more children live in absolute poverty than ever before. The average child in Africa has 30 times more illness and disease each year than an European child.
The average child in Africa has less than US$ 10 a year expenditure on health and less than US$ 50 a year to food. ICROSS works in 42 small projects educating and training mothers and elder children to protect the health of small children.
Our child health programmes have existed over 25 years and have been visited by over 2000 colleagues and health professionals from around the world. Our child health initiative include child to child health promotion, immunization and follow up, child nutrition, educational support for non-school going children and working through women’s groups, targeting other vulnerable children.
Child development and assessment of nutritional progress is the cornerstone of our child health programmes in desert areas.
We have three ongoing research programmes looking at the nutritional status of children in desert, rural and urban areas. We are following the nutritional growth of over 40,000 children among the Maasai. 30% of ICROSS programmes are child focused given the mean average age in Africa is 17 and falling and child hood diseases are rising rapidly. Child health care remains a vital part of our work.
Health Education
All our training is through the local culture and language. These health workers are supported by local communities 80% of our 560 volunteers are mothers and grandmothers. It costs 6 pounds to train one health worker in disease control and prevention, hygiene and sanitation.
Hygiene & Sanitation
Water-related diseases are a growing human tragedy, killing more than 5 million people each year About 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to dirty water. Some 60% of all infant mortality worldwide is linked to infectious and parasitic diseases, most of them water-related.
Water-borne diseases include cholera, typhoid, bacillary dysentery, polio, meningitis, hepatitis A and E and diarrhoea, among others. These are diseases caused by dirty water, and most can be prevented by treating water before use
Every day, diarrheal diseases cause some 6,000 deaths, mostly among children under five. diarrheal diseases have killed more children in the past ten years than all the people lost to armed conflict since World War II.
Fighting Poverty in Africa
ICROSS fights poverty in Africa through series of campaigns and long term commitment. For over three decades we at ICROSS have been at the core phase making a difference where it counts. ICROSS is growing dynamically building on its experience with young skilled African managers. It does not copy other organizations’ but explore creative new ways and alternatives. It embraces new ideas constantly challenging assumptions. ICROSS learning and research have been published internationally
Water
Since 1994 we have been fighting diarrhea by providing clean water, providing water sources, protecting water holes and refining use of SODIS and pioneering water disinfection
Innovations
Among our innovation have been improvement to reduce neo natal tetanus, development of fly traps to reduce trachoma blindness and the first clinical control trials of solar disinfection.
Local cultures
ICROSS has built all its programmes through the local cultures, traditions, believes and language.
Community ownership
Poverty can only be defeated through programmes that are owned by the people, we do not believe in donor driven agendas but by plans owned by local communities.
ICROSS in a nutshell 2011
For those not familiar with ICROSS here is an overview of who we are and what we do, where we do it and how we work.
Background: ICROSS was created by Dr. Joe Barnes and Dr. Michael Meegan in 1979. It established a new approach towards long term health care (this is explained in details in our downloadable strategic plan) For decades ICROSS has developed public health research that has pioneered low cost innovations (please see research section)
Philosophy: We believe in evidence driven, results based long term solutions that can be shared. We do not believe that projects should be donor agendas, they must be community decided and locally planned.
We succeed because all we do is long term over decades, in local language and through local culture. Our work is built through continuities.
Passion: None should ever sleep and be hungry; no child needs to be sick and untreated or thirsty. Everything we do will change the poverty trap and the short term idea of poverty. Our humanity is how we care for each other and embrace those who are vulnerable and hurt.
We are going to end starvation and suffering, but we can only do this together.
Vision: A World free of needless suffering and infant death where people can be cared for and respected as they are within their own language , culture, traditions and beliefs. Where there is no hunger and starvation in a World of such vast wealth. Where there is compassion and kindness based on equality and shared empathy and understanding.
What we do: We fight poverty by identifying a root cause of suffering and designing long term ways to create change. Famine relief, short term projects and quick solutions do not work. For 30 years, we have been developing alternative innovations and low tech solutions to big problems.
Who we are: ICROSS is an international Non-governmental organisation working in partnership with civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, governments and bilateral agencies including the Global Fund, the European Union, the World Health Organisation UNICEF other Organizations and local communities.
We are a group of trained professional s in global health and development ranging from clinical services and gynecological to water and sanitation. Most of our teams and all our managers are from local communities.
What do we do?
We prevent diseases and control epidemics.
We create long term changes in infant mortality.
We are creating low cost-effective solutions to break the cycle of poverty.
We train, educate and support thousands of local people to be self sufficient.
We see what is working and find out what is effective through scientific study and research. Working with international institutions we have published widely on new innovative responses to disease and poverty.
We identify the most vulnerable children and communities in need and provide practical immediate help and long term solutions so they will be independent.
We believe in evidence led public health programmes responding to the realities on the ground.
HIV, AIDS, TB & Malaria 2011
For over 20 years ICROSS has been fighting HIV AIDS in Kenya. ICROSS is responding to one of the worst tragedies to strike Africa; AIDS.
Africa has over 70% of the world's HIV cases and Kenya has over 1.4 million of the world's 34 million people living with the virus. Every day more than 6,000 people die of AIDS most in Sub Saharan Africa. TB is rising dramatically and more people died last year of malaria in Africa than HIV/AIDS. These three killer diseases are central to our public health prevention programmes.
Home Based Care
We are preventing new infections through education, training and safe management of AIDS infected. We are protecting their families from infection and are reaching out to people living with AIDS.
Our home care programmes provide nutritional and medical support to the poorest of the poor. They allow people to die with dignity in their own homes instead of in hospitals where there are often three patients to one bed. Home care reduces the risk of secondary infections to vulnerable children and careers and our successes have been copied in other home care programmes.
Orphans & Vulnerable Children
There are over 900,000 AIDS orphans in Kenya and many more children orphaned from other diseases. Every day, 700 adults of reproductive age die in Kenya, leaving behind an increasing number of children.
The crisis is rapidly worsening across all of Africa.Our programmes are reaching AIDS orphans and vulnerable children providing care, support, education, nutrition and medical care. Many of these children are sick themselves and require a lot of love and support.
We are working with children in many different environments and situations (extended family care, foster and adaptation, village type institutions and orphanages). We are helping these children to stay in there communities
Voluntary Counseling: The most important thing in fighting AIDS is prevention, education, empowering people and encouraging safe sex. At the centre of our AIDS prevention is a peer based awareness programme backed up by voluntary counseling and testing.
Together with our partners we have built a comprehensive care center with voluntary counseling and testing facility to create an infrastructure and support system that greatly reduce new infections and protect the younger generation. It also provides effective counseling, support and helps those infected by HIV and share knowledge and awareness.
Malaria Control
We have implemented a comprehensive malaria prevention and control
programme in two districts. Next year we want to cut malaria cases with 50% among the people we work with.
We are using rapid response, multiple prevention and careful research. With your help we can cut malaria deaths in half. Ways of preventing malaria include insecticide treated bed-nets and simply by reducing the number of mosquitoes by spraying breeding grounds and cutting grass around huts and homesteads. Moreover, safe pregnancy is ensured by providing anti malaria tablets to pregnant women.
Community Health 2011
In most of Africa people are so poor they have no health services, since 1979 we have provided essential health services to tribal communities across Kenya and Tanzania. These programmes include disease control, nutrition, family planning, women’s health, infant and children’s health, immunization and vaccination, clinical services, long term prevention and child survival.
ICROSS provides essential medical and health programmes in many remote areas. Some of these areas are as big as Belgium and Denmark. We make sure that vital medical care is accessible by people living absolute poverty, by setting up dispensaries and training community health workers.
Building on 30 years of success in community health we are planning exciting new programmes with communities throughout the Rift Valley.
These will provide essential health care, primary and preventive medicine and water, sanitation and reproductive health care.
Infectious Disease Control
For 25 years we have worked to reduce some of the worst killers in Africa. Diarrheal illness and waterborne disease remains our top priority. Our success in diarrhoea control has been replicated around the world and ICROSS with College of Surgeons in Dublin have produced the only three clinical control trials of solar disinfection to reduce diarrhoea.
Our infectious disease programme covers a wide range of diseases like cholera typhoid and diarrhoea as well as trachoma infections and sexually transmitted infections. ICROSS works with many pastoral and nomadic tribes preventing disease through culture and local language.
Safe Motherhood
Thousands of women die unnecessarily through pregnancy and childbirth. Many more suffer from malnutrition and serious illness. ICROSS implements women's health and safe motherhood programmes in hundreds of villages in Kenya. Safe motherhood advances and lessons have been shared with other programmes in 12 African countries and the Philippines over the past 18 months.
With your help hundreds of mothers could have the right to choose through appropriate reproductive health care have safe pregnancies with proper nutrition and have qualified home delivery through trained birth attendants.
Child Health
The most vulnerable population in Africa is children. The vast majority dying needlessly are children who are often too weak from hunger to fight disease. With over 140 million hungry children in sub Saharan Africa, more children live in absolute poverty than ever before. The average child in Africa has 30 times more illness and disease each year than an European child.
The average child in Africa has less than US$ 10 a year expenditure on health and less than US$ 50 a year to food. ICROSS works in 42 small projects educating and training mothers and elder children to protect the health of small children.
Our child health programmes have existed over 25 years and have been visited by over 2000 colleagues and health professionals from around the world. Our child health initiative include child to child health promotion, immunization and follow up, child nutrition, educational support for non-school going children and working through women’s groups, targeting other vulnerable children.
Child development and assessment of nutritional progress is the cornerstone of our child health programmes in desert areas.
We have three ongoing research programmes looking at the nutritional status of children in desert, rural and urban areas. We are following the nutritional growth of over 40,000 children among the Maasai. 30% of ICROSS programmes are child focused given the mean average age in Africa is 17 and falling and child hood diseases are rising rapidly. Child health care remains a vital part of our work.
Health Education
All our training is through the local culture and language. These health workers are supported by local communities 80% of our 560 volunteers are mothers and grandmothers. It costs 6 pounds to train one health worker in disease control and prevention, hygiene and sanitation.
Hygiene & Sanitation
Water-related diseases are a growing human tragedy, killing more than 5 million people each year About 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to dirty water. Some 60% of all infant mortality worldwide is linked to infectious and parasitic diseases, most of them water-related.
Water-borne diseases include cholera, typhoid, bacillary dysentery, polio, meningitis, hepatitis A and E and diarrhoea, among others. These are diseases caused by dirty water, and most can be prevented by treating water before use
Every day, diarrheal diseases cause some 6,000 deaths, mostly among children under five. diarrheal diseases have killed more children in the past ten years than all the people lost to armed conflict since World War II.
Fighting Poverty in Africa
ICROSS fights poverty in Africa through series of campaigns and long term commitment. For over three decades we at ICROSS have been at the core phase making a difference where it counts. ICROSS is growing dynamically building on its experience with young skilled African managers. It does not copy other organizations’ but explore creative new ways and alternatives. It embraces new ideas constantly challenging assumptions. ICROSS learning and research have been published internationally
Water
Since 1994 we have been fighting diarrhea by providing clean water, providing water sources, protecting water holes and refining use of SODIS and pioneering water disinfection
Innovations
Among our innovation have been improvement to reduce neo natal tetanus, development of fly traps to reduce trachoma blindness and the first clinical control trials of solar disinfection.
Local cultures
ICROSS has built all its programmes through the local cultures, traditions, believes and language.
Community ownership
Poverty can only be defeated through programmes that are owned by the people, we do not believe in donor driven agendas but by plans owned by local communities.
Monday, December 5, 2011
“By becoming awake to the selves within us we can create a harmony and a healthy balance of these energies that often conflict with each other. When these forces become balanced we become more centred, and more alert. Our different skills and talents work together in creating a powerful synergy.” “The Tribe of One” , Michael Meegan “This synergy, the coming together of all of these selves is like the coming together of many different faces often for the first time. Creating this unity with ourselves is like drawing together many strangers who become friends, drawing together all of our dynamics into an internal harmony. It is this dynamic synergy and fusion of everyone within us that creates from many selves a ‘tribe of one’. A tribe of one represents the multiple dimensions of a person’s selves channelled through a singular calm, focused consciousness. It is the harmony of these selves into a force of creative energy.” “The Tribe of One” , Michael Meegan
“By becoming awake to the selves within us we can create a harmony and a healthy balance of these energies that often conflict with each other. When these forces become balanced we become more centred, and more alert. Our different skills and talents work together in creating a powerful synergy.”
“The Tribe of One” , Michael Meegan
“This synergy, the coming together of all of these selves is like the coming together of many different faces often for the first time. Creating this unity with ourselves is like drawing together many strangers who become friends, drawing together all of our dynamics into an internal harmony. It is this dynamic synergy and fusion of everyone within us that creates from many selves a ‘tribe of one’. A tribe of one represents the multiple dimensions of a person’s selves channelled through a singular calm, focused consciousness. It is the harmony of these selves into a force of creative energy.”
“The Tribe of One” , Michael Meegan
“The Tribe of One” , Michael Meegan
“This synergy, the coming together of all of these selves is like the coming together of many different faces often for the first time. Creating this unity with ourselves is like drawing together many strangers who become friends, drawing together all of our dynamics into an internal harmony. It is this dynamic synergy and fusion of everyone within us that creates from many selves a ‘tribe of one’. A tribe of one represents the multiple dimensions of a person’s selves channelled through a singular calm, focused consciousness. It is the harmony of these selves into a force of creative energy.”
“The Tribe of One” , Michael Meegan
Saturday, December 3, 2011
ICROSS PROJECTS UPDATE
ICROSS Projects 2011-2012
• We prevent diseases and control epidemics.
• We create long term changes in infant mortality.
• We are creating low cost-effective solutions to break the cycle of poverty.
• We train, educate and support thousands of local people to be self sufficient.
• We support communities in helping orphaned children and help them respond to poverty in the villages.
• We see what is working and find out what is effective through scientific study and research. Working with international institutions we have published widely on new innovative responses to disease and poverty.
• We identify the most vulnerable children and communities in need and provide practical immediate help and long term solutions so they will be independent.
• We believe in evidence led public health programmes responding to the realities on the ground.
HIV, AIDS, TB & Malaria 2011-2016
For over 20 years ICROSS has been fighting HIV AIDS in Kenya. ICROSS is responding to one of the worst tragedies to strike Africa; AIDS.
Africa has over 70% of the world's HIV cases and Kenya has over 1.4 million of the world's 34 million people living with the virus. Every day more than 6,000 people die of AIDS most in Sub Saharan Africa. TB is rising dramatically and more people died last year of malaria in Africa than HIV/AIDS. These three killer diseases are central to our public health prevention programmes.
In 2012 we are extending these programmes with the help of the Global fund and other donors. Together with a network of partners we are expanding all HIV and AIDS programmes into new districts and scaling up interventions to reach thousands more victims and patients. This year sees the opening of a new comprehensive care centre in western Kenya and new AIDS prevention projects.
Home Based Care
We are preventing new infections through education, training and safe management of AIDS infected. We are protecting their families from infection and are reaching out to over 26,000 people living with AIDS. This number will double within three years.
Our home care programmes provide nutritional and medical support to the poorest of the poor. They allow people to die with dignity in their own homes instead of in hospitals where there are often three patients to one bed. Home care reduces the risk of secondary infections to vulnerable children and carers and our successes have been copied in other home care programmes. This project provides the most basic human needs, support, counselling and essentials to people who desperately need your help.
• Orphans & Vulnerable Children
There are over 900,000 AIDS orphans in Kenya and many more children orphaned from other diseases. Every day, 700 adults of reproductive age die in Kenya, leaving behind an increasing number of children. The crisis is rapidly worsening across all of Africa.
We continue to study this problem and are part of three multi-country studies measuring the needs of these children. Our programmes are reaching 45,000 orphans and vulnerable children providing care, support, education, nutrition and medical care. Many of these children are sick themselves and require a lot of love and support.
We are working with children in many different set ups (extended family care, foster and adaptation, village type institutions and orphanages). We are helping these children intergrading into communities and in 2006 we will scale up these programmes to meet the growing need in project areas larger than the Irish republic.
With your help we will be able to ensure the futures of thousands of these children. Not all vulnerable children are orphaned, many are severely malnourished, and many go to bed hungry every night. We need your support to change the poverty trap that drags these children into further illness and disease.
• Voluntary Counseling
The most important thing in fighting AIDS is prevention, education, empowering people and encouraging safe sex. At the centre of our AIDS prevention is a peer based awareness programme backed up by voluntary counseling and testing.
Together with our partners we build a comprehensive care center with voluntary counseling and testing facility to create an infrastructure and support system that greatly reduce new infections and protect the younger generation. It also provides effective counseling, support and helps those infected by HIV and share knowledge and awareness.
• Malaria Control
• 3,000 people die from malaria a day. They die because they lack access to health care, life saving drugs and bed-nets
• Every year there are over 300,000,000 cases of malaria (10 new cases every second).
• Malaria is on the rise. Malaria is responsible for one out of four childhood deaths.
• We have implemented a comprehensive malaria prevention and control programme in five districts. In 2005-2009 we want to cut malaria cases with 50% among the people we work with.
• We are using rapid response, multiple prevention and careful research.
• With your help we can cut malaria deaths in half.
Ways of preventing malaria include insecticide treated bed-nets and simply by reducing the number of mosquitoes by spraying breeding grounds and cutting grass around huts and homesteads. Moreover, safe pregnancy is ensured by providing anti malaria tablets to pregnant women.
2. Community Health 2011-2016
In most of Africa people are so poor they have no health services, since 1979 we have provided essential health services to tribal communities across Kenya and Tanzania. These programmes include disease control, nutrition, family planning, women’s health, infant and children’s health, immunization and vaccination, clinical services, long term prevention and child survival.
ICROSS provides essential medical and health programmes in many remote areas. Some of these areas are as big as Belgium and Denmark. We make sure that vital medical care is accessible by people living absolute poverty, by setting up dispensaries and training community health workers.
Building on 30 years of success in community health we are planning exciting new programmes with communities throughout the Rift Valley.
These will provide essential health care, primary and preventive medicine and water, sanitation and reproductive health care.
Our new programmes over the next 5 years are outlined in detail in the downloadable strategic plan 2011-2016 and in the annual report 2011
• Infectious Disease Control
For 25 years we have worked to reduce some of the worst killers in Africa. Diarrheal illness and waterborne disease remains our top priority. Our success in diarrhoea control has been replicated around the world and ICROSS with College of Surgeons in Dublin have produced the only three clinical control trials of solar disinfection to reduce diarrhoea.
Our infectious disease programme cover a wide range of diseases like cholera typhoid and diarrhoea as well as trachoma infections and sexually transmitted infections. ICROSS works with many pastoral and nomadic tribes preventing disease through culture and local language.
• Safe Motherhood
Thousands of women die unnecessarily through pregnancy and childbirth. Many more suffer from malnutrition and serious illness. ICROSS implements women's health and safe motherhood programmes in hundreds of villages in Kenya. Safe motherhood advances and lessons have been shared with other programmes in 12 African countries and the Philippines over the past 18 months.
With your help hundreds of mothers could have the right to choose through appropriate reproductive health care have safe pregnancies with proper nutrition and have qualified home delivery through trained birth attendants.
In 2004 ICROSS trained 180 midwives. In 2005 we are training a further 340.
• Child Health
The most vulnerable population in Africa is children. The vast majority dying needlessly are children who are often too weak from hunger to fight disease. With over 140 million hungry children in sub Saharan Africa, more children live in absolute poverty than ever before. The average child in Africa has 30 times more illness and disease each year than an European child.
The average child in Africa has less than US$ 10 a year expenditure on health and less than US$ 50 a year to food. ICROSS works in 42 small projects educating and training mothers and elder children to protect the health of small children.
Our child health programmes have existed over 25 years and have been visited by over 2000 colleagues and health professionals from around the world. Our child health initiative include child to child health promotion, immunization and follow up, child nutrition, educational support for non-school going children and working through women’s groups, targeting other vulnerable children. Child development and assessment of nutritional progress is the cornerstone of our child health programmes in desert areas.
We have three ongoing research programmes looking at the nutritional status of children in desert, rural and urban areas. We are following the nutritional growth of over 40,000 children among the Maasai. 30% of ICROSS programmes are child focused given the mean average age in Africa is 17 and falling and child hood diseases are rising rapidly. Child health care remains a vital part of our work.
• Health Worker Training
In 2005 ICROSS will train 900 health workers with the assistance of the Irish people. We will also train over 600 carers of AIDS patients and hundreds of other health workers. This is part of a holistic and comprehensive strategy to transfer medical knowledge into the tribal belief systems in Africa.
All our training is through the local culture and language. These health workers are supported by local communities 80% of our 560 volunteers are mothers and grandmothers. It costs 6 pounds to train one health worker in disease control and prevention, hygiene and sanitation.
• Hygiene & Sanitation
• Water-related diseases are a growing human tragedy, killing more than 5 million people each year
• About 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to dirty water
• Some 60% of all infant mortality worldwide is linked to infectious and parasitic diseases, most of them water-related.
• Water-borne diseases include cholera, typhoid, bacillary dysentery, polio, meningitis, hepatitis A and E and diarrhoea, among others. These are diseases caused by dirty water, and most can be prevented by treating water before use
• Every day, diarrhoeal diseases cause some 6,000 deaths, mostly among children under five
• Diarrhoeal diseases have killed more children in the past ten years than all the people lost to armed conflict since World War II.
3. Fighting Poverty in Africa
ICROSS fights poverty in Africa through series of campaigns and long term commitment. For over three decades we at ICROSS have been at the core phase making a difference where it counts. ICROSS is growing dynamically building on its experience with young skilled African managers. It does not copy other organizations’ but explore creative new ways and alternatives. It embraces new ideas constantly challenging assumptions. ICROSS learning and research have been published internationally (see research section)
• Water
Since 1994 we have been fighting diarrhea by providing clean water, providing water sources, protecting water holes and refining use of SODIS and pioneering water disinfection.
• Health
30 year of providing primary health care, emergency services, long term clinical support and long range community health.
• Nutrition
Mother and child nutrition, improving food for school aged children, comprehensive training and nutritional awareness.
• HIV
Our HIV activities include homecare for terminally ill, AIDS orphans and vulnerable children, TB awareness, detection and control, maternal transmission education, voluntary counseling and testing, behavior change communication.
• Campaign and awareness
Since 2005 we have had international exhibitions around the world to create a better understanding of poverty and injustice. Our awareness campaign range from female circumcision to malnutrition and starvation.
• Innovations
Among our innovation have been improvement to reduce neo natal tetanus, development of fly traps to reduce trachoma blindness and the first clinical control trials of solar disinfection.
• Local cultures
ICROSS has built all its programmes through the local cultures, traditions, believes and language.
• Community ownership
Poverty can only be defeated through programmes that are owned by the people, we do not believe in donor driven agendas but by plans owned by local communities.
• Emergency
Since the east Africa drought of 1983-84, to the most troubled conflict of 2007-08, ICROSS has been working with friends and communities playing a critical role in fighting poverty.
• We prevent diseases and control epidemics.
• We create long term changes in infant mortality.
• We are creating low cost-effective solutions to break the cycle of poverty.
• We train, educate and support thousands of local people to be self sufficient.
• We support communities in helping orphaned children and help them respond to poverty in the villages.
• We see what is working and find out what is effective through scientific study and research. Working with international institutions we have published widely on new innovative responses to disease and poverty.
• We identify the most vulnerable children and communities in need and provide practical immediate help and long term solutions so they will be independent.
• We believe in evidence led public health programmes responding to the realities on the ground.
HIV, AIDS, TB & Malaria 2011-2016
For over 20 years ICROSS has been fighting HIV AIDS in Kenya. ICROSS is responding to one of the worst tragedies to strike Africa; AIDS.
Africa has over 70% of the world's HIV cases and Kenya has over 1.4 million of the world's 34 million people living with the virus. Every day more than 6,000 people die of AIDS most in Sub Saharan Africa. TB is rising dramatically and more people died last year of malaria in Africa than HIV/AIDS. These three killer diseases are central to our public health prevention programmes.
In 2012 we are extending these programmes with the help of the Global fund and other donors. Together with a network of partners we are expanding all HIV and AIDS programmes into new districts and scaling up interventions to reach thousands more victims and patients. This year sees the opening of a new comprehensive care centre in western Kenya and new AIDS prevention projects.
Home Based Care
We are preventing new infections through education, training and safe management of AIDS infected. We are protecting their families from infection and are reaching out to over 26,000 people living with AIDS. This number will double within three years.
Our home care programmes provide nutritional and medical support to the poorest of the poor. They allow people to die with dignity in their own homes instead of in hospitals where there are often three patients to one bed. Home care reduces the risk of secondary infections to vulnerable children and carers and our successes have been copied in other home care programmes. This project provides the most basic human needs, support, counselling and essentials to people who desperately need your help.
• Orphans & Vulnerable Children
There are over 900,000 AIDS orphans in Kenya and many more children orphaned from other diseases. Every day, 700 adults of reproductive age die in Kenya, leaving behind an increasing number of children. The crisis is rapidly worsening across all of Africa.
We continue to study this problem and are part of three multi-country studies measuring the needs of these children. Our programmes are reaching 45,000 orphans and vulnerable children providing care, support, education, nutrition and medical care. Many of these children are sick themselves and require a lot of love and support.
We are working with children in many different set ups (extended family care, foster and adaptation, village type institutions and orphanages). We are helping these children intergrading into communities and in 2006 we will scale up these programmes to meet the growing need in project areas larger than the Irish republic.
With your help we will be able to ensure the futures of thousands of these children. Not all vulnerable children are orphaned, many are severely malnourished, and many go to bed hungry every night. We need your support to change the poverty trap that drags these children into further illness and disease.
• Voluntary Counseling
The most important thing in fighting AIDS is prevention, education, empowering people and encouraging safe sex. At the centre of our AIDS prevention is a peer based awareness programme backed up by voluntary counseling and testing.
Together with our partners we build a comprehensive care center with voluntary counseling and testing facility to create an infrastructure and support system that greatly reduce new infections and protect the younger generation. It also provides effective counseling, support and helps those infected by HIV and share knowledge and awareness.
• Malaria Control
• 3,000 people die from malaria a day. They die because they lack access to health care, life saving drugs and bed-nets
• Every year there are over 300,000,000 cases of malaria (10 new cases every second).
• Malaria is on the rise. Malaria is responsible for one out of four childhood deaths.
• We have implemented a comprehensive malaria prevention and control programme in five districts. In 2005-2009 we want to cut malaria cases with 50% among the people we work with.
• We are using rapid response, multiple prevention and careful research.
• With your help we can cut malaria deaths in half.
Ways of preventing malaria include insecticide treated bed-nets and simply by reducing the number of mosquitoes by spraying breeding grounds and cutting grass around huts and homesteads. Moreover, safe pregnancy is ensured by providing anti malaria tablets to pregnant women.
2. Community Health 2011-2016
In most of Africa people are so poor they have no health services, since 1979 we have provided essential health services to tribal communities across Kenya and Tanzania. These programmes include disease control, nutrition, family planning, women’s health, infant and children’s health, immunization and vaccination, clinical services, long term prevention and child survival.
ICROSS provides essential medical and health programmes in many remote areas. Some of these areas are as big as Belgium and Denmark. We make sure that vital medical care is accessible by people living absolute poverty, by setting up dispensaries and training community health workers.
Building on 30 years of success in community health we are planning exciting new programmes with communities throughout the Rift Valley.
These will provide essential health care, primary and preventive medicine and water, sanitation and reproductive health care.
Our new programmes over the next 5 years are outlined in detail in the downloadable strategic plan 2011-2016 and in the annual report 2011
• Infectious Disease Control
For 25 years we have worked to reduce some of the worst killers in Africa. Diarrheal illness and waterborne disease remains our top priority. Our success in diarrhoea control has been replicated around the world and ICROSS with College of Surgeons in Dublin have produced the only three clinical control trials of solar disinfection to reduce diarrhoea.
Our infectious disease programme cover a wide range of diseases like cholera typhoid and diarrhoea as well as trachoma infections and sexually transmitted infections. ICROSS works with many pastoral and nomadic tribes preventing disease through culture and local language.
• Safe Motherhood
Thousands of women die unnecessarily through pregnancy and childbirth. Many more suffer from malnutrition and serious illness. ICROSS implements women's health and safe motherhood programmes in hundreds of villages in Kenya. Safe motherhood advances and lessons have been shared with other programmes in 12 African countries and the Philippines over the past 18 months.
With your help hundreds of mothers could have the right to choose through appropriate reproductive health care have safe pregnancies with proper nutrition and have qualified home delivery through trained birth attendants.
In 2004 ICROSS trained 180 midwives. In 2005 we are training a further 340.
• Child Health
The most vulnerable population in Africa is children. The vast majority dying needlessly are children who are often too weak from hunger to fight disease. With over 140 million hungry children in sub Saharan Africa, more children live in absolute poverty than ever before. The average child in Africa has 30 times more illness and disease each year than an European child.
The average child in Africa has less than US$ 10 a year expenditure on health and less than US$ 50 a year to food. ICROSS works in 42 small projects educating and training mothers and elder children to protect the health of small children.
Our child health programmes have existed over 25 years and have been visited by over 2000 colleagues and health professionals from around the world. Our child health initiative include child to child health promotion, immunization and follow up, child nutrition, educational support for non-school going children and working through women’s groups, targeting other vulnerable children. Child development and assessment of nutritional progress is the cornerstone of our child health programmes in desert areas.
We have three ongoing research programmes looking at the nutritional status of children in desert, rural and urban areas. We are following the nutritional growth of over 40,000 children among the Maasai. 30% of ICROSS programmes are child focused given the mean average age in Africa is 17 and falling and child hood diseases are rising rapidly. Child health care remains a vital part of our work.
• Health Worker Training
In 2005 ICROSS will train 900 health workers with the assistance of the Irish people. We will also train over 600 carers of AIDS patients and hundreds of other health workers. This is part of a holistic and comprehensive strategy to transfer medical knowledge into the tribal belief systems in Africa.
All our training is through the local culture and language. These health workers are supported by local communities 80% of our 560 volunteers are mothers and grandmothers. It costs 6 pounds to train one health worker in disease control and prevention, hygiene and sanitation.
• Hygiene & Sanitation
• Water-related diseases are a growing human tragedy, killing more than 5 million people each year
• About 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to dirty water
• Some 60% of all infant mortality worldwide is linked to infectious and parasitic diseases, most of them water-related.
• Water-borne diseases include cholera, typhoid, bacillary dysentery, polio, meningitis, hepatitis A and E and diarrhoea, among others. These are diseases caused by dirty water, and most can be prevented by treating water before use
• Every day, diarrhoeal diseases cause some 6,000 deaths, mostly among children under five
• Diarrhoeal diseases have killed more children in the past ten years than all the people lost to armed conflict since World War II.
3. Fighting Poverty in Africa
ICROSS fights poverty in Africa through series of campaigns and long term commitment. For over three decades we at ICROSS have been at the core phase making a difference where it counts. ICROSS is growing dynamically building on its experience with young skilled African managers. It does not copy other organizations’ but explore creative new ways and alternatives. It embraces new ideas constantly challenging assumptions. ICROSS learning and research have been published internationally (see research section)
• Water
Since 1994 we have been fighting diarrhea by providing clean water, providing water sources, protecting water holes and refining use of SODIS and pioneering water disinfection.
• Health
30 year of providing primary health care, emergency services, long term clinical support and long range community health.
• Nutrition
Mother and child nutrition, improving food for school aged children, comprehensive training and nutritional awareness.
• HIV
Our HIV activities include homecare for terminally ill, AIDS orphans and vulnerable children, TB awareness, detection and control, maternal transmission education, voluntary counseling and testing, behavior change communication.
• Campaign and awareness
Since 2005 we have had international exhibitions around the world to create a better understanding of poverty and injustice. Our awareness campaign range from female circumcision to malnutrition and starvation.
• Innovations
Among our innovation have been improvement to reduce neo natal tetanus, development of fly traps to reduce trachoma blindness and the first clinical control trials of solar disinfection.
• Local cultures
ICROSS has built all its programmes through the local cultures, traditions, believes and language.
• Community ownership
Poverty can only be defeated through programmes that are owned by the people, we do not believe in donor driven agendas but by plans owned by local communities.
• Emergency
Since the east Africa drought of 1983-84, to the most troubled conflict of 2007-08, ICROSS has been working with friends and communities playing a critical role in fighting poverty.
Friday, November 25, 2011
World AIDS Day December 1st 2011
World AIDS Day December 1st 2011
This is a day we remember the terrible epidemic that has caused so much suffering around the World. It a day that hopes to increase awareness about AIDS and remind people of the tragic loss caused by this horrific pandemic. As usual those who suffer most are the poorest of the poor.
Africa has over two thirds of the Worlds HIV and AIDS victims and most of the deaths with over 22 million suffering. They have the fastest spread of the epidemic and few resources to fight the scale of the suffering.
Kenya has one of the world’s worst AIDS epidemics. Over 1.5 million people are living with HIV in Kenya ; over 1.2 million children have been orphaned by AIDS; and in 2009 80,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses across the country. This compares to the UK with 90,000 cases.
Kenya’s HIV numbers peaked in 2000 and, according to the latest figures, has dramatically reduced to around 6.3 percent. This decline is partially due to an increase in education and awareness, and high death rates. Its also due to aggressive prevention programmes. ICROSS has been fighting AIDS in Kenya since 1987. There is a lot more to do as many people are still vulnerable. ICROSS has a range of programmes including prevention and awareness.
Just under half of adults who need treatment and only 1 in 3 children needing treatment are receiving it. There are huge strides that have been made and the epidemic is slowing down, but there are still millions who desperately need help and an opportunity to rebuild their lives. Prevention and creating awareness, providing condoms and encouraging safe sex is critical. ICROSS continues its efforts to fight AIDS.
There is a vast amount of work that ICROSS and its partners need to do. We need your help to do it.
ICROSS HIV and AIDS programmes have reached thousands of families over the last 20 years. Serving communities across Kenya , we have provided effective home care, AIDS orphan support, training, prevention, community services and care centres. ICROSS has an AIDS resource centre in Bondo in Western Kenya and has created support systems in villages in rural areas. We need your help and support to do more. There are videos on our HIV AIDS programmes on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA5gqmoysGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vZoe0ZXqmw&feature=related
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD
D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder, International Director ICROSS
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
This is a day we remember the terrible epidemic that has caused so much suffering around the World. It a day that hopes to increase awareness about AIDS and remind people of the tragic loss caused by this horrific pandemic. As usual those who suffer most are the poorest of the poor.
Africa has over two thirds of the Worlds HIV and AIDS victims and most of the deaths with over 22 million suffering. They have the fastest spread of the epidemic and few resources to fight the scale of the suffering.
Kenya has one of the world’s worst AIDS epidemics. Over 1.5 million people are living with HIV in Kenya ; over 1.2 million children have been orphaned by AIDS; and in 2009 80,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses across the country. This compares to the UK with 90,000 cases.
Kenya’s HIV numbers peaked in 2000 and, according to the latest figures, has dramatically reduced to around 6.3 percent. This decline is partially due to an increase in education and awareness, and high death rates. Its also due to aggressive prevention programmes. ICROSS has been fighting AIDS in Kenya since 1987. There is a lot more to do as many people are still vulnerable. ICROSS has a range of programmes including prevention and awareness.
Just under half of adults who need treatment and only 1 in 3 children needing treatment are receiving it. There are huge strides that have been made and the epidemic is slowing down, but there are still millions who desperately need help and an opportunity to rebuild their lives. Prevention and creating awareness, providing condoms and encouraging safe sex is critical. ICROSS continues its efforts to fight AIDS.
There is a vast amount of work that ICROSS and its partners need to do. We need your help to do it.
ICROSS HIV and AIDS programmes have reached thousands of families over the last 20 years. Serving communities across Kenya , we have provided effective home care, AIDS orphan support, training, prevention, community services and care centres. ICROSS has an AIDS resource centre in Bondo in Western Kenya and has created support systems in villages in rural areas. We need your help and support to do more. There are videos on our HIV AIDS programmes on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA5gqmoysGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vZoe0ZXqmw&feature=related
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD
D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder, International Director ICROSS
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
ICROSS extends famine support
Today over 30,000 children in Africa will die from poverty related deaths, all avoidable. There are over 170 million children going to bed hungry tonight because they do not have enough food. There are over a billion people without clean water. For over thirty years ICROSS has been doing something about it.
With your help we have built a series of long term health programmes across the Sub Saharan savannah with tribal communities. Designing health programmes with the local communities in their own language and through their own values we have created locally owned programmes. The future of all change is community owned choices.
ICROSS has a long range programme of slow consistent and real change making a difference not just today and tommorrow but across decades. Over the last eight months crippling poverty and worsening drought has caused terrible suffering to young children, mothers and other vulnerable people including the disabled and the old. ICROSS has implemented a wide range of community interventions from special nutritional care and child survival to water protection and intensive diarrhoea control. We need your help now to
continue reaching the communities still devastated by drought and hunger.
This week there are still over 5,000 children who are seriously undernourished and over 700 mothers who need our help.
It is a difficult time for everyone during this recession, but for those who have no voice, no other support and no other help it is an impossible time. Please help ICROSS as we continue to make a lasting difference where it counts most.
With your help we have built a series of long term health programmes across the Sub Saharan savannah with tribal communities. Designing health programmes with the local communities in their own language and through their own values we have created locally owned programmes. The future of all change is community owned choices.
ICROSS has a long range programme of slow consistent and real change making a difference not just today and tommorrow but across decades. Over the last eight months crippling poverty and worsening drought has caused terrible suffering to young children, mothers and other vulnerable people including the disabled and the old. ICROSS has implemented a wide range of community interventions from special nutritional care and child survival to water protection and intensive diarrhoea control. We need your help now to
continue reaching the communities still devastated by drought and hunger.
This week there are still over 5,000 children who are seriously undernourished and over 700 mothers who need our help.
It is a difficult time for everyone during this recession, but for those who have no voice, no other support and no other help it is an impossible time. Please help ICROSS as we continue to make a lasting difference where it counts most.
Monday, September 12, 2011
ICROSS child survival sept 2011
As the tragic suffering of children continues in semi desert areas of
East Africa, ICROSS teams battle against dehydration, malnutrition and
needless suffering. Saruni OleLengeny works with community health
workers making sure children do not fall below safe body weight.
Together with Gerry Coogan and friends ICROSS is following high risk
children in remote villages who do not eat because there is no food.
Metaei is a 6 year old girl who ate less than a handful of rice a day
for the last three weeks, now seriously below weight she is one of the
many children being helped in the drought response programme. We need
your help to save lives today and protect vulnerable children from
becoming seriously ill. ICROSS Founder Michael Meegan said today "We
are also protecting water sources and appealing for help to ensure
families have enough water to drink, a huge problem is that the
existing water is contaminated and the Maasai have lost many of their
water holes, the remaining ones are often causes of diarrhoea, The
biggest killer of children is often diarrhoeal infections" We need
your help to extend emergency support to the growing number of
children who are falling below safe weight.
ICROSS has worked among these communities for almost thirty years. you
can help us today by supporting our projects at
www.icross-africa.net.
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD
D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder, International Director ICROSS
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
East Africa, ICROSS teams battle against dehydration, malnutrition and
needless suffering. Saruni OleLengeny works with community health
workers making sure children do not fall below safe body weight.
Together with Gerry Coogan and friends ICROSS is following high risk
children in remote villages who do not eat because there is no food.
Metaei is a 6 year old girl who ate less than a handful of rice a day
for the last three weeks, now seriously below weight she is one of the
many children being helped in the drought response programme. We need
your help to save lives today and protect vulnerable children from
becoming seriously ill. ICROSS Founder Michael Meegan said today "We
are also protecting water sources and appealing for help to ensure
families have enough water to drink, a huge problem is that the
existing water is contaminated and the Maasai have lost many of their
water holes, the remaining ones are often causes of diarrhoea, The
biggest killer of children is often diarrhoeal infections" We need
your help to extend emergency support to the growing number of
children who are falling below safe weight.
ICROSS has worked among these communities for almost thirty years. you
can help us today by supporting our projects at
www.icross-africa.net.
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD
D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder, International Director ICROSS
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
ICROSS AIDS programmes
As ICROSS continues to serve those most in need the HIV AIDS programmes continue to impact the poor.
We are part of the International network of organisations around the world committed to preventing AIDS. NAM aidsmap is the global initiative dedicated to promoting HIV awareness and sharing information.
NAM works world-wide to provide knowledge.http://www.aidsmap.com
Access to quality information is absolutely critical to enable individuals and communities affected by HIV to protect themselves, care for others, advocate for better services and challenge stigma and discrimination. We want to make sure this information is there for anyone who needs it.
NAM believes that knowledge is power.
"We provide vital information to enable individuals and communities to take control of HIV and AIDS."
With your help, we at ICROSS work with our partners to support people with HIV to live long and healthy lives.
You can see ICROSS details at
http://www.aidsmap.com/org/3f85eda5-2e92-4a13-8a72-1baaaa69a165/page/1411896/
We are part of the International network of organisations around the world committed to preventing AIDS. NAM aidsmap is the global initiative dedicated to promoting HIV awareness and sharing information.
NAM works world-wide to provide knowledge.http://www.aidsmap.com
Access to quality information is absolutely critical to enable individuals and communities affected by HIV to protect themselves, care for others, advocate for better services and challenge stigma and discrimination. We want to make sure this information is there for anyone who needs it.
NAM believes that knowledge is power.
"We provide vital information to enable individuals and communities to take control of HIV and AIDS."
With your help, we at ICROSS work with our partners to support people with HIV to live long and healthy lives.
You can see ICROSS details at
http://www.aidsmap.com/org/3f85eda5-2e92-4a13-8a72-1baaaa69a165/page/1411896/
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
safe motherhood critical in reducing infant deaths in Africa
ICROSS Safe motherhood and infant health care
The crisis in Africa is worsening. ICROSS is building new projects to impact on the areas most in need.
Heres the problem faced by the poorest of the poor.
One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: Africa 2015) so we have a long term projects targeting these causes.
Over half of Maasai children under 5 years are underweight.(Source Nut Survey July2011) ICROSS works at preventing malnutrition and feeding the most vulnerable children.
Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF) Our work in child survival and child monitoring as well as maternal education and training has been published since 1981.
In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: UNICEF) ICROSS has doubled the number of vaccinations in the last 3 years in its rural health sclinics and outreach and nomadic health services.
Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank/UNICEF) For 18 years ICROSS has worked with AIDS orphans in rural and slum areas.
43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF) 64% of children in Maasai communities.(source SODIS ) ICROSS has made an international contribution to diarrhoea with its work published and widely used. Since 1986 we have been pioneering innovations to reduce water borne disease. We need to share this work more widely.
64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF) in Maasailand this is 76%. ICROSS continues to promote hygiene, sanitation and prevention across hundreds of villages.
Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school. (source: Africa 2015) For 27 years ICROSS has supported primary schools and assisted girls to go to school in rural areas.
We need help to extend these vital projects to more communities and villages.
ICROSS is a leading independent organization making long term change in the lives of communities living in absolute poverty. With over three decades of experience in delivering public health in Africa we have also pioneered research into long term interventions creating lasting improvements in health.
Recognized for our commitment to International health research we have been published in the leading medical journals ranging from the Journal of the American Medical Association to the LANCET and other key scientific publications. ICROSS has a reputation for innovation and international partnerships, our work begins and is rooted through the values of the communities we live with. ICROSS works with a wide range of other organizations, government departments, NGOs and many local partners .
As ICROSS continues to strengthen long term public health, our projects are built on peer reviewed externally validated research. As part of our commitment to local ownership we have created community led systems that drive all our planning. With a pedigree spanning thirty years and a team of highly qualified specialists ICROSS is putting in place new infrastructures to help our programmes grow. As we design the next phase of our primary health and maternal child initiatives we will be launching an appeal to raise support for all of our Clinics, prevention programmes and safe motherhood.
The crisis in Africa is worsening. ICROSS is building new projects to impact on the areas most in need.
Heres the problem faced by the poorest of the poor.
One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: Africa 2015) so we have a long term projects targeting these causes.
Over half of Maasai children under 5 years are underweight.(Source Nut Survey July2011) ICROSS works at preventing malnutrition and feeding the most vulnerable children.
Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF) Our work in child survival and child monitoring as well as maternal education and training has been published since 1981.
In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: UNICEF) ICROSS has doubled the number of vaccinations in the last 3 years in its rural health sclinics and outreach and nomadic health services.
Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank/UNICEF) For 18 years ICROSS has worked with AIDS orphans in rural and slum areas.
43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF) 64% of children in Maasai communities.(source SODIS ) ICROSS has made an international contribution to diarrhoea with its work published and widely used. Since 1986 we have been pioneering innovations to reduce water borne disease. We need to share this work more widely.
64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF) in Maasailand this is 76%. ICROSS continues to promote hygiene, sanitation and prevention across hundreds of villages.
Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school. (source: Africa 2015) For 27 years ICROSS has supported primary schools and assisted girls to go to school in rural areas.
We need help to extend these vital projects to more communities and villages.
ICROSS is a leading independent organization making long term change in the lives of communities living in absolute poverty. With over three decades of experience in delivering public health in Africa we have also pioneered research into long term interventions creating lasting improvements in health.
Recognized for our commitment to International health research we have been published in the leading medical journals ranging from the Journal of the American Medical Association to the LANCET and other key scientific publications. ICROSS has a reputation for innovation and international partnerships, our work begins and is rooted through the values of the communities we live with. ICROSS works with a wide range of other organizations, government departments, NGOs and many local partners .
As ICROSS continues to strengthen long term public health, our projects are built on peer reviewed externally validated research. As part of our commitment to local ownership we have created community led systems that drive all our planning. With a pedigree spanning thirty years and a team of highly qualified specialists ICROSS is putting in place new infrastructures to help our programmes grow. As we design the next phase of our primary health and maternal child initiatives we will be launching an appeal to raise support for all of our Clinics, prevention programmes and safe motherhood.
Monday, September 5, 2011
ICROSS Safe motherhood and infant health care
ICROSS Safe motherhood and infant health care
The crisis in Africa is worsening. ICROSS is building new projects to impact on the areas most in need.
Heres the problem faced by the poorest of the poor.
One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: Africa 2015) so we have a long term projects targeting these causes.
Over half of Maasai children under 5 years are underweight.(Source Nut Survey July2011) ICROSS works at preventing malnutrition and feeding the most vulnerable children.
Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF) Our work in child survival and child monitoring as well as maternal education and training has been published since 1981.
In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: UNICEF) ICROSS has doubled the number of vaccinations in the last 3 years in its rural health sclinics and outreach and nomadic health services.
Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank/UNICEF) For 18 years ICROSS has worked with AIDS orphans in rural and slum areas.
43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF) 64% of children in Maasai communities.(source SODIS ) ICROSS has made an international contribution to diarrhoea with its work published and widely used. Since 1986 we have been pioneering innovations to reduce water borne disease. We need to share this work more widely.
64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF) in Maasailand this is 76%. ICROSS continues to promote hygiene, sanitation and prevention across hundreds of villages.
Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school. (source: Africa 2015) For 27 years ICROSS has supported primary schools and assisted girls to go to school in rural areas.
We need help to extend these vital projects to more communities and villages.
ICROSS is a leading independent organization making long term change in the lives of communities living in absolute poverty. With over three decades of experience in delivering public health in Africa we have also pioneered research into long term interventions creating lasting improvements in health.
Recognized for our commitment to International health research we have been published in the leading medical journals ranging from the Journal of the American Medical Association to the LANCET and other key scientific publications. ICROSS has a reputation for innovation and international partnerships, our work begins and is rooted through the values of the communities we live with. ICROSS works with a wide range of other organizations, government departments, NGOs and many local partners .
As ICROSS continues to strengthen long term public health, our projects are built on peer reviewed externally validated research. As part of our commitment to local ownership we have created community led systems that drive all our planning. With a pedigree spanning thirty years and a team of highly qualified specialists ICROSS is putting in place new infrastructures to help our programmes grow. As we design the next phase of our primary health and maternal child initiatives we will be launching an appeal to raise support for all of our Clinics, prevention programmes and safe motherhood.
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
ICROSS www.icrosskenya.org works as a Kenyan-based development NGO, with a focus in the field of health,[1][2] with key international lectures [3] including the RedR Future shocks lecture,.[4] ICROSS is responsible for a large terminal care programme and a series of public health programmes. One of ICROSS's key research streams has been investigating means of solar disinfection (SODIS) of contaminated drinking water, and has helped conduct a number of control trials of SODIS.[5] Engaged in multi country collaborative programmes www.rcsi.ie/hwts09 ICROSS stresses traditional tribal values, building development programmes through the exisyting decision systems and creating locally driven agendas.
International profile ICROSS campaigns have included Africa awakes which tries to change the stereotypes and negative perceptions of Africa www.africa-awakes.com These exhibitions have received wide media coverage in Italy and France. ICROSS public health work has been cited Internationally , medical work has appeared in key scienticif journals since 1981. Meegan who received many international awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Elmore-Meegan was featured in BBC's Hardtalk current affair's programme for his work for ICROSS[6] while in 2006 the organisation was the subject of an award winning documentary by Irish Television.[7] ICROSS and its Founders have received widespread recognition for their work, especially in long term public health and creating lasting community development programmes. ICROSS spcialises in long term pastoralist health programmes, the most recent example of which was opened in December 2010 at Ilkilorit, Maasai land in Kenya. They have been covered extensively in the media, most recently for SODIS and for Africa awakes campaigns fighting racism, prejudice and stereotypes. In 2003 the founder received International person of the year in Ireland and in 2006 was the second person ever to receive a D Med Honoris Causa for his work in International health.www.nui.ie/college/docs/citations/2006/meegan.pdf
ICROSS work is widely cited ( see google scholar ) and the administration is entirely Africanied since August 2000.
Media news items include research http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/fol060732/proj634131 http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/letter-2003-10-16.html The International NGO which has multi lateral and bi lateral donors. Since 2003 the expansion of ICROSS International has seen the creation of an International Advisory board in 2009 chaired by Dr Davida de La Harpe. In October 2009 ICROSS launched www.icrossinternational.org and www.icrosskenya.org
Michael Meegan has also written numerous books on his work with ICROSS including 'All Will Be Well'(the successor to 'All Shall Be Well'), 'Surprised by Joy' and 'Changing the World 2008 A new series of books is being published by eye books www.eye-books.con
In January 2010 ICROSS Kenya extended its Rural health programmes. In March ICROSS Kenya began legal action in Ireland to try and establlish where funds raised for Kenyan projects had gone. The co founder of ICROSS Dr Joe Barnes installed a new Board of Directors in ICROSS Ireland july 2010 and funding to ICROSS Kenya programmes resumed. This funding was raised by the Founders
The crisis in Africa is worsening. ICROSS is building new projects to impact on the areas most in need.
Heres the problem faced by the poorest of the poor.
One in six African children dies before the age of five. Most of these deaths could be prevented. (source: Africa 2015) so we have a long term projects targeting these causes.
Over half of Maasai children under 5 years are underweight.(Source Nut Survey July2011) ICROSS works at preventing malnutrition and feeding the most vulnerable children.
Nearly one third of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. (source: UNICEF) Our work in child survival and child monitoring as well as maternal education and training has been published since 1981.
In sub-Saharan Africa, measles takes the life of a child nearly every minute of every day. An effective measles vaccine costs as little as $1 per child. (source: UNICEF) ICROSS has doubled the number of vaccinations in the last 3 years in its rural health sclinics and outreach and nomadic health services.
Between 12 and 14 million African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. (source: World Bank/UNICEF) For 18 years ICROSS has worked with AIDS orphans in rural and slum areas.
43% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water. (source: UNICEF) 64% of children in Maasai communities.(source SODIS ) ICROSS has made an international contribution to diarrhoea with its work published and widely used. Since 1986 we have been pioneering innovations to reduce water borne disease. We need to share this work more widely.
64% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have adequate sanitation. (source: UNICEF) in Maasailand this is 76%. ICROSS continues to promote hygiene, sanitation and prevention across hundreds of villages.
Only 57% of African children are enrolled in primary education, and one in three of those does not complete school. (source: Africa 2015) For 27 years ICROSS has supported primary schools and assisted girls to go to school in rural areas.
We need help to extend these vital projects to more communities and villages.
ICROSS is a leading independent organization making long term change in the lives of communities living in absolute poverty. With over three decades of experience in delivering public health in Africa we have also pioneered research into long term interventions creating lasting improvements in health.
Recognized for our commitment to International health research we have been published in the leading medical journals ranging from the Journal of the American Medical Association to the LANCET and other key scientific publications. ICROSS has a reputation for innovation and international partnerships, our work begins and is rooted through the values of the communities we live with. ICROSS works with a wide range of other organizations, government departments, NGOs and many local partners .
As ICROSS continues to strengthen long term public health, our projects are built on peer reviewed externally validated research. As part of our commitment to local ownership we have created community led systems that drive all our planning. With a pedigree spanning thirty years and a team of highly qualified specialists ICROSS is putting in place new infrastructures to help our programmes grow. As we design the next phase of our primary health and maternal child initiatives we will be launching an appeal to raise support for all of our Clinics, prevention programmes and safe motherhood.
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
ICROSS www.icrosskenya.org works as a Kenyan-based development NGO, with a focus in the field of health,[1][2] with key international lectures [3] including the RedR Future shocks lecture,.[4] ICROSS is responsible for a large terminal care programme and a series of public health programmes. One of ICROSS's key research streams has been investigating means of solar disinfection (SODIS) of contaminated drinking water, and has helped conduct a number of control trials of SODIS.[5] Engaged in multi country collaborative programmes www.rcsi.ie/hwts09 ICROSS stresses traditional tribal values, building development programmes through the exisyting decision systems and creating locally driven agendas.
International profile ICROSS campaigns have included Africa awakes which tries to change the stereotypes and negative perceptions of Africa www.africa-awakes.com These exhibitions have received wide media coverage in Italy and France. ICROSS public health work has been cited Internationally , medical work has appeared in key scienticif journals since 1981. Meegan who received many international awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Elmore-Meegan was featured in BBC's Hardtalk current affair's programme for his work for ICROSS[6] while in 2006 the organisation was the subject of an award winning documentary by Irish Television.[7] ICROSS and its Founders have received widespread recognition for their work, especially in long term public health and creating lasting community development programmes. ICROSS spcialises in long term pastoralist health programmes, the most recent example of which was opened in December 2010 at Ilkilorit, Maasai land in Kenya. They have been covered extensively in the media, most recently for SODIS and for Africa awakes campaigns fighting racism, prejudice and stereotypes. In 2003 the founder received International person of the year in Ireland and in 2006 was the second person ever to receive a D Med Honoris Causa for his work in International health.www.nui.ie/college/docs/citations/2006/meegan.pdf
ICROSS work is widely cited ( see google scholar ) and the administration is entirely Africanied since August 2000.
Media news items include research http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/fol060732/proj634131 http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/letter-2003-10-16.html The International NGO which has multi lateral and bi lateral donors. Since 2003 the expansion of ICROSS International has seen the creation of an International Advisory board in 2009 chaired by Dr Davida de La Harpe. In October 2009 ICROSS launched www.icrossinternational.org and www.icrosskenya.org
Michael Meegan has also written numerous books on his work with ICROSS including 'All Will Be Well'(the successor to 'All Shall Be Well'), 'Surprised by Joy' and 'Changing the World 2008 A new series of books is being published by eye books www.eye-books.con
In January 2010 ICROSS Kenya extended its Rural health programmes. In March ICROSS Kenya began legal action in Ireland to try and establlish where funds raised for Kenyan projects had gone. The co founder of ICROSS Dr Joe Barnes installed a new Board of Directors in ICROSS Ireland july 2010 and funding to ICROSS Kenya programmes resumed. This funding was raised by the Founders
Monday, August 29, 2011
ICROSS extends diarrhoea prevention September 2011
ICROSS steps up diarrhoea control for young children
Children during drought are very vulnerable to dehydration and infections. one of the most serious medical problems are water borne diseases. We have been working on preventing diarrhoeal infection since the early 1980s http://rehydrate.org/dd/dd39.htm#page8 We learned from our early work in preventing water borne disease that "The success of Interventions relating to practical hygiene is due to the fact that many of our own community health workers are Maasai and Samburu warriors who are part of the community and who have combined what they see as 'modernism' with traditional practices.
There is an important place for building on cultural perceptions and ideas and those beliefs are essential in building and designing any community health initiative. As one of our health workers said: 'At the end of the day, a mother will listen to her mother's advice rather than to a stranger's. She'll draw on her experience from her world, not from ideas given her in another language.' Our work has grown over the three decades to include child survival in traditional communities.
During the current drought ICROSS community health teams are working in homes an villages to make sure we identify children who are loosing weight early enough to intervene. This is possible by community owned hygiene and sanitation projects. You can help us reach these children to prevent severe malnutrition by getting directly involved and donating online http://www.icross-africa.net/ to our diarrhoea prevention programme. Please help our drought relief programme by donating or guying something to help out mother and child health work in Africa on http://www.icross-africa.net/#!__store/mothercare
your support is essential in order for ICROSS to continue its vital work. at a time when the whole world has problems , it is easy for us to forget those who are most in need. Please help today and visit http://www.icross-africa.net/#!__store
Further information
More about ICROSS diarrhoeal work can be found on http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673696023094 and http://adc.bmj.com/content/81/4/337.abstract and http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/284/2/152.short http://mic.sgmjournals.org/content/155/4/1310.short http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2802%2907427-5/fulltext and also http://myanmar.digitaljournals.org/index.php/MJCMP/article/view/656/642 http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=11216015
Further reading
Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of drinking water protects against cholera in children
under 6 years of age. Arch Dis Child 2001;85(4):293-5.
Meegan M, Morley DC. Growth monitoring: family participation:
effective community development. Trop Doct 1999;29(1):23-7.
Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of water reduces diarrhoeal disease: an update. Arch Dis
Child 1999;81(4):337-8.
Meegan M, Morley DC, Brown R. Child weighing by the unschooled: a
report of a controlled study of growth monitoring over 12 months of
Maasai children using direct recording scales. Trans R Soc Trop Med
Hyg 1994;88(6):635-7.
Conroy RM, Meegan ME. Dwindling donor aid for health programmes in
developing countries. Lancet 1994;343(8907):1228-9.
Meegan MK. Rethinking famine relief. Lancet 1992;340(8830):1293-4.
Meegan M, McCormick J. Prevention of disease in the poor world.
Lancet 1988;2(8603):152-3.
Meegan M. Starvation and suffering. Lancet 1983;2(8365-66):1506.
Meegan M. The reality of starvation and disease. Lancet 1981;1
(8212):146.
In preparation
Solar disinfection of drinking water (SODIS) in the prevention of dysentery in Kenyan children aged under 5 years, Environmental Science and Technology Journal, Oct 2011
Martella du Preez1, Ronan M. Conroy2, Sophie Ligondo3, James Hennessy3, Michael Elroy-Meegan3, Allan Soita3, Kevin G. McGuigan4
Children during drought are very vulnerable to dehydration and infections. one of the most serious medical problems are water borne diseases. We have been working on preventing diarrhoeal infection since the early 1980s http://rehydrate.org/dd/dd39.htm#page8 We learned from our early work in preventing water borne disease that "The success of Interventions relating to practical hygiene is due to the fact that many of our own community health workers are Maasai and Samburu warriors who are part of the community and who have combined what they see as 'modernism' with traditional practices.
There is an important place for building on cultural perceptions and ideas and those beliefs are essential in building and designing any community health initiative. As one of our health workers said: 'At the end of the day, a mother will listen to her mother's advice rather than to a stranger's. She'll draw on her experience from her world, not from ideas given her in another language.' Our work has grown over the three decades to include child survival in traditional communities.
During the current drought ICROSS community health teams are working in homes an villages to make sure we identify children who are loosing weight early enough to intervene. This is possible by community owned hygiene and sanitation projects. You can help us reach these children to prevent severe malnutrition by getting directly involved and donating online http://www.icross-africa.net/ to our diarrhoea prevention programme. Please help our drought relief programme by donating or guying something to help out mother and child health work in Africa on http://www.icross-africa.net/#!__store/mothercare
your support is essential in order for ICROSS to continue its vital work. at a time when the whole world has problems , it is easy for us to forget those who are most in need. Please help today and visit http://www.icross-africa.net/#!__store
Further information
More about ICROSS diarrhoeal work can be found on http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673696023094 and http://adc.bmj.com/content/81/4/337.abstract and http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/284/2/152.short http://mic.sgmjournals.org/content/155/4/1310.short http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2802%2907427-5/fulltext and also http://myanmar.digitaljournals.org/index.php/MJCMP/article/view/656/642 http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=11216015
Further reading
Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of drinking water protects against cholera in children
under 6 years of age. Arch Dis Child 2001;85(4):293-5.
Meegan M, Morley DC. Growth monitoring: family participation:
effective community development. Trop Doct 1999;29(1):23-7.
Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of water reduces diarrhoeal disease: an update. Arch Dis
Child 1999;81(4):337-8.
Meegan M, Morley DC, Brown R. Child weighing by the unschooled: a
report of a controlled study of growth monitoring over 12 months of
Maasai children using direct recording scales. Trans R Soc Trop Med
Hyg 1994;88(6):635-7.
Conroy RM, Meegan ME. Dwindling donor aid for health programmes in
developing countries. Lancet 1994;343(8907):1228-9.
Meegan MK. Rethinking famine relief. Lancet 1992;340(8830):1293-4.
Meegan M, McCormick J. Prevention of disease in the poor world.
Lancet 1988;2(8603):152-3.
Meegan M. Starvation and suffering. Lancet 1983;2(8365-66):1506.
Meegan M. The reality of starvation and disease. Lancet 1981;1
(8212):146.
In preparation
Solar disinfection of drinking water (SODIS) in the prevention of dysentery in Kenyan children aged under 5 years, Environmental Science and Technology Journal, Oct 2011
Martella du Preez1, Ronan M. Conroy2, Sophie Ligondo3, James Hennessy3, Michael Elroy-Meegan3, Allan Soita3, Kevin G. McGuigan4
Friday, August 12, 2011
help fight famine in Africa ICROSS appeal
How can you help the worsening tragedy of suffering in Africa
You can get personally involved. You can help us get others involved. You can donate on line and you can ask your friends to donate. please share our links on your facebook, twitter and social media networks. You can help spread the word about poverty and how people can fight it. You can help us with fundraising. No matter how little every penny makes a difference and all your donation is spent where it matters serving the poorest of the poor. We need your help in this continued campaign during this terrible drought. We need every one to help no matter how they are able. If you can donate please do, If not please share our link with your friends. A growing number of children and mothers are suffering during this drought. There is increased dehydration, malnutrition, water borne disease, hunger and infectious disease among children and those most vulnerable , the old and the weak. ICROSS is working throughout its Rural health programmes preventing disease, reducing infections and improving water. With your help we can do more, and we need your help now.
For thirty years ICROSS has been working among tribal communities fighting poverty and ending suffering. We need your help right now. you can donate on http://www.icross-africa.net/ or through the store.
Here's a few comments from our friends
" I just donated a chicken that will give some child an egg every day, anyone can afford that" Jenny, 22 unemployed , London
"I I was not able to donate but I did share the web site with a few friends and one of them contributed towards girls education so it was worth the two minutes it took to do just that" Andrea,24 Student Nairobi
"ICROSS is very small but makes a real impact and because its personal I heard back what happened with my cash, I like the personal touch " Mary K, 45 Southampton
and from those we work with
" I could not go to school for days at a time every month, someone donated sanitary pads and now I don't miss school, Its a personal problem but many of my friends stopped school because of it, I don't know who helped me , but it has changed my future" Seleu, 16 Student
" My young sisters had become sick a lot and we had no money for food , no way of finding money, our cow died , then we had no milk or blood any day. ICROSS gave us a new cow and now they are having milk every day . without this they could have passed away " Thono 14 Maasai boy
" If I had not been helped I would be burying my daughter by now " Sigenan 23 Mother
Please send whatever you can and share our work with your friends.
http://icrossinternational.org/
You can get personally involved. You can help us get others involved. You can donate on line and you can ask your friends to donate. please share our links on your facebook, twitter and social media networks. You can help spread the word about poverty and how people can fight it. You can help us with fundraising. No matter how little every penny makes a difference and all your donation is spent where it matters serving the poorest of the poor. We need your help in this continued campaign during this terrible drought. We need every one to help no matter how they are able. If you can donate please do, If not please share our link with your friends. A growing number of children and mothers are suffering during this drought. There is increased dehydration, malnutrition, water borne disease, hunger and infectious disease among children and those most vulnerable , the old and the weak. ICROSS is working throughout its Rural health programmes preventing disease, reducing infections and improving water. With your help we can do more, and we need your help now.
For thirty years ICROSS has been working among tribal communities fighting poverty and ending suffering. We need your help right now. you can donate on http://www.icross-africa.net/ or through the store.
Here's a few comments from our friends
" I just donated a chicken that will give some child an egg every day, anyone can afford that" Jenny, 22 unemployed , London
"I I was not able to donate but I did share the web site with a few friends and one of them contributed towards girls education so it was worth the two minutes it took to do just that" Andrea,24 Student Nairobi
"ICROSS is very small but makes a real impact and because its personal I heard back what happened with my cash, I like the personal touch " Mary K, 45 Southampton
and from those we work with
" I could not go to school for days at a time every month, someone donated sanitary pads and now I don't miss school, Its a personal problem but many of my friends stopped school because of it, I don't know who helped me , but it has changed my future" Seleu, 16 Student
" My young sisters had become sick a lot and we had no money for food , no way of finding money, our cow died , then we had no milk or blood any day. ICROSS gave us a new cow and now they are having milk every day . without this they could have passed away " Thono 14 Maasai boy
" If I had not been helped I would be burying my daughter by now " Sigenan 23 Mother
Please send whatever you can and share our work with your friends.
http://icrossinternational.org/
ICROSS launches its 5th five year strategic plan 2011-2016
Today ICROSS released its latest five year plan. The strategic direction of ICROSS 2011-2016
takes into account the worsening poverty and increasing number of droughts in Sub Saharan Africa.
Our rights based approach has developed over the last thirty years learning from decades of public health and
disaster management. Apart from detailing our programmes targeting the most vulnerable children it sets out our community
health programme priorities. It also details our corporate governance, transparency, accountability and risk management policies as
an NGO and as a charity non profit.
This latest policy document sets the trend and focus of ICROSS rural health programmes for the future.
It details who we are and what we stand for, states our values and commitment to long term service and action.
The future is an exciting series of challenges. With a broad mix of skills, a great deal of expertise and a young fresh
team with new ideas and energy we have a young spirit and an insatiable energy to learn from our research and grow
with our communities. In this the 5th five year plan our direction is detailed until 2016. It is the result of community planning,
group work shops and feedback from partners and stakeholders nationally and internationally .
The International Director Dr Michael Meegan said " five member team who compiled the latest plan have over 130 person years of
field experience serving African communities and personal skills ranging from gender rights and community development to programme
management and global health. As with all strategies, this policy is dynamic and flexible constantly incorporating new innovations and developments."
You can download this new plan on the web site.
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Updates ICROSS
Updated Resume
Dr Michael Meegan
Founder International Director ICROSS
ICROSS Rural Health Programmes, P. O. Box 507, Ngong Hills, Rift Valley, Kenya
mikemeegan@gmail.com
www.icrossinternational.org http://www.icross-africa.net/ http://icrosskenya.org/
www.michaelmeegan.com www.michaelmeegan.net
+ 254 721737394 (Kenya Office)
Consultant International health, Epidemiology, analysing health problems, belief systems, cultural public-health processes. Community based health programmes . Creating effective long term health changes, design of research systems Africa, Asia. Author, lecturer.
Doctorate in Medicine ( D.Med Hon, C) National University of Ireland 2006,
M.Sc (Community Health)1989, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
B.Phil (Hons) 1979 Milltown Park, Holy See
Ongoing learning: Ph.D “The importance of local appropriateness in the development of health programmes in Africa” Global Health (Dept International Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tampere University, Finland ) 2009-2012
FRAMI Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Ireland
East African Association of Anthropology, co-founder
Senior Research fellow, Centre of Culture and Development Baroda, Gujarat
Melvin Jones Fellow
Trinity College Association, life member
Languages : English ,French, Samburu, Maasai, Swahili
Areas of Professional Experience:
Programme Management and Development
• Thirty years in strategic public health planning, project development and successful fundraising for community based health and development projects. Experienced in negotiating with donors and the government. Negotiated Global fund and multi/bi lateral grants of over $12 million.
• Designed and developed culturally appropriate health care based programmes for nomadic peoples in East Africa.Developed Strategic public health Plan 2011-2016.
• Established and designed numerous community based projects with emphasis on development of community systems, including women’s development and youth programmes
• Provided programmatic management and directed famine relief operations across 21,000 sq. miles reaching 32,700 including follow-up and rehabilitation of severely malnourished children 2009Programmatic management including human and financial resource management to ICROSS to achieve project goals, including personnel management and organisational restructuring for Kenyan and Tanzanian Programmes
• Provided monitoring and evaluation of internationally funded projects in the ICROSS programme including supervision of project feedback, development of proposal design and undertaking feasibility studies
• Pioneered the use of dialogic methodology for education and facilitation at community level.Pioneered the use of cultural linguistic ethnography and the application of epistemological and epidemiological disciplines to PLWA and programme development
• Designed, developed and monitored the implementation of competency based and problem oriented training system, for traditional birth attendants, in collaboration with Ministry of Health Tanzania (village and District level)
• Provided team leadership, drawing together multi disciplinary teams from widely differing ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds into cohesive effective teams.
Research and Consultancy
Areas of specialization.
Anthropology
19 years living among Samburu and Maasai pastoral nomadic tribal communities in semi-arid rural areas. Cultural ethnography, applied medical anthropology, application of belief systems to public health policies, academic and ethnographic interpretation of data using cultural mechanisms.
The use of community concepts such as meaning, religion, symbol, value, systems and behavioral modeling, truth and acceptance in structuring development strategies.
International Health
Experienced in developing community centered evaluation systems through the use of epistemology (ethnic cognitional theories) and cultural epidemiology.
Key consultancies include:
• Principal Investigator Kenya, International Consortium ,Alternative methods for mass water protection , led by Royal College of Surgeons 2007-10
• Visiting Lecturer , Dept International Health, Faculty of Medicine Tampere University 2008-2011
• Principle investigator Kenya , International collaborative study on Solar disinfection of drinking water, EU funded multi country research, RCSI 2005-2010
• Visiting lecturer, Gujarat, Centre for Culture and Development Baroda Jan 2008
• Community based new born care, 2007, CARE International Cambodia
• Women’s health and Safe Motherhood Programme, Ministry of Health, Manila, Philippines June 2002 – December 2005. European Union.
• Development on extended medical anthropological studies and field research components for malaria control: Surat Malaria Control and Research Project. India (1999) (DFID funded project)
• Epidemiology advisor to the Rapid Response Mechanism component for malaria control; Surat Malaria Control and Research Project. India (1998) (DFID funded project)
• Social Development Advisor to Surat Malaria Control and Research Project. Development aspects of malaria control in Surat District, Gujarat State India 1997-98 (DFID funded project).
• Clinical epidemiological and statistical advisor, Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu, India, Government of India, 1998 (DFID funded project). Clinical epidemiological and statistical Advisor, Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu, India, Government of India, 1999 (DFID funded project)Project preparation, communications component Child-to-Child modules (1995) (Kenya).
• Project appraisal: community participation/education and communication components of regional health care programme (Population and Health Services, Kenya 1994)
Programme Experience:
2000- to date: Founder and International Director ICROSS, Head Public Health Research Programme. Based in Kenya. Overseeing the development of ICROSS as a local NGO in Kenya, and Tanzania, providing technical support to policy and planning.
• Founder , International Director ICROSS , established registered charities in 5 countries.
• Founder, New World International Kenya, NWI UK , an advocacy, awareness and action group for Global development 2008 / NWI Kenya 2008
• Designed participatory systems, models of impact analysis and mechanisms for evaluation surveillance for long-term programmes.
• Training Kenyan and Tanzanian programme managers in problem solving skills and developing line management systems
• Director of research ensuring ongoing analysis of development impact supervising 11 collaborative medical research programmes in East Africa.
• Production of project write-ups including financial profiles, cost benefits analysis and impact assessments totaling $4 million in 05-06
• Responsible for the Africanisation of all ICROSS programmes 2001-2009
• Advisor to numerous official bodies including; REHAB Ireland, Consultants in Public Affairs, Dublin, Japanese Embassy, Nairobi, DANIDA, Local NGOs, local grassroots development groups and the Centre for Social Studies Gujarat, India.
• Sourced over $28 million in grants for ICROSS health programmes in Kenya while International Director between 1997-2004
1987 –1999 Director of Rural Health Programmes, ICROSS
Based in Kenya; Responsible for establishing ICROSS Tanzania as an autonomous NGO, assisting local NGOs in the development of self-sustaining strategies.
• Ensured capacity building through human resource development. Responsible for 47 separate health project activities, through 36 local NGOs in Kenya.
• Advisory Board member for the Kenya Association of Professional Counselors Adolescent project.
• Initiated and ensured epidemiological and anthropological research to support the development of indicators for impact assessment.
1981-1986 Field Director
Based in Kenya. Responsible for implementation and coordination of multiple development activities in Kenya, Somalia and Uganda, including: -
• Evaluation of projects already in place, looking particularly at their impact on vulnerable local communities, including women and the internally displaced.
• Networking of NGOS and field supervision of famine relief logistics of supplementary feeding and emergency relief activities in three semi desert areas.
• Evaluation of micro-credit options available to disadvantaged groups in rural areas, research into options and secure, where appropriate, alternative micro-credit schemes to establish small scale enterprises. Recommend new avenues for continuing support between ICROSS international, and UK/USA solidarity groups and local initiatives.
• Research and implementation of multiple development projects in partnership with nomadic people, local NGOs and government departments, focus areas included health care interventions, water conservation and appropriate agricultural development planning for semi arid areas.
• Evaluation and assessment of field projects in Mogadishu, Somalia
Illustrative awards
2008
-Premio internazionale Exposcuola per l'impegno civile Italy, International Humanitarian award of the Exposcuola.
-International Angelo della Pace for 2008 The Rachel Foundation Italy
2006
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 10 May 2006
Doctorate in Medicine D.Med (Honoris Causa) National University of Ireland 10 April 2006
2003
International Person of the year,
Irish National Awards , November 2003
1995
Melvin Jones Fellow
Humanitarian services
Lions Clubs International 1995
1988
Past Pupil of the Year
Terenure College 1988
Illustrative Research Articles and Publications
1. Elmore-Meegan M, Conroy RM, . Sex workers in Kenya,
numbers of clients and associated risks: an exploratory survey.
Reprod Health Matters 2004;12(23):50-7.
2. Meegan ME, Conroy RM, Lengeny SO, Renhault K, Nyangole J. Effect
on neonatal tetanus mortality after a culturally-based health
promotion programme. Lancet 2001;358(9282):640-1.
3. Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of drinking water protects against cholera in children
under 6 years of age. Arch Dis Child 2001;85(4):293-5.
4. Meegan M, Morley DC. Growth monitoring: family participation:
effective community development. Trop Doct 1999;29(1):23-7.
5. Conroy RM, Meegan ME, Joyce T, McGuigan K, Barnes J. Solar
disinfection of water reduces diarrhoeal disease: an update. Arch Dis
Child 1999;81(4):337-8.
6. Meegan M, Morley D, Chavasse D. Fly traps. Lancet 1997;349(9055):886.
7. Meegan M, Morley DC, Brown R. Child weighing by the unschooled: a
report of a controlled study of growth monitoring over 12 months of
Maasai children using direct recording scales. Trans R Soc Trop Med
Hyg 1994;88(6):635-7.
8. Conroy RM, Meegan ME. Dwindling donor aid for health programmes in
developing countries. Lancet 1994;343(8907):1228-9.
9. Meegan MK. Rethinking famine relief. Lancet 1992;340(8830):1293-4.
10. Konings E, Anderson RM, Morley D, O'Riordan T, Meegan M. Rates of
sexual partner change among two pastoralist southern Nilotic groups
in east Africa. Aids 1989;3(4):245-7.
11. Meegan M, McCormick J. Prevention of disease in the poor world.
Lancet 1988;2(8603):152-3.
12. Meegan M. Starvation and suffering. Lancet 1983;2(8365-66):1506.
13. Meegan M. The reality of starvation and disease. Lancet 1981;1
(8212):146.
In Preparation
Solar disinfection of drinking water (SODIS) in the prevention of dysentery in Kenyan children aged under 5 years, Environmental Science and Technology Journal,September 2011
Martella du Preez1, Ronan M. Conroy2, Sophie Ligondo3, James Hennessy3, Michael Elroy-Meegan3, Allan Soita3, Kevin G. McGuigan4
Published Books
Changing the World
Feb 2009 256 pgs www.eye-books.com
Take my hand, a spiritual journey
With Sharon Wilkinson, Forward by T Hogan, 58 pgs www.michaelmeegan.com July 2008
Surprised by joy; a story of hope in the midst of tragedy ( forward by Stephen Sackur BBC ) 156 pgs July 2006 www.maverickhouse.com
All Will be Well (Forward by John Hurt) Eye-Books, 149 pgs
May 2004. ISBN 1903070279 www.eye-book.com
All Shall be Well, Forward by John Powell SJ, ISBN 000-627006-9, Collins. 146 pgs. First edition 1986, Reprint Jan 1999.
In preparation
The path of change
Meegan M ,Conroy R Scrima M
Eye Books May 2012 www.eye-books.com
The Tribe of One With Colin Meagle www.eye-books.com
May 2012
So you want o be a volunteer A guide for International volunteers
Journies in the underworld: a novel
With Thomas Ernst, Penelope Shales, Sharon Wilkinson, Allberto Bellu
The secret of Light Fortress monastery on Montpellier, guarding the secrets of the last mystics of Jerusalem 1200 pgs, historical Novel 2013
Illustrative general articles
AFRO Journal Italy, regular contributor on Global health, poverty and International health trends and patterning Oct 09 Feb 09 Dialogue on Diarrhoea , regular contributor
World Health Organsation (WHO ) guidelines Trachoma prevention, fly traps , M Elmore-Meegan Prof D Morely et al, Geneva, Switzerland. 2001
Peer Reviews for key publications & major conferences and journals incl Int AIDS Conference
Scientific conferences and presentations (illustrative)
Health care in regions of absolute Poverty
Seminar , Dept International health, Faculty of Medicine
University of Tampere, Finland 30th November 2009
SODIS in KENYA, 20 years of field implementaton
SODIS International Conference Phnom Phen Cambodia
International seminar of the impact of Solar disinfection
International Research Colloquium of the Network to promote
Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS), Twenty years of SODIS in Kenya.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 21st - 23rd September 2009
Changing dynamics of Morbidity, Mortality and poverty of children in the Third World.
Senate Hearing, Italian Senate, Rome
Senatorial Commission on International Children’s Rights , At the request of Italian Senate Commission, Rome , 31st April 2009
Global health and interdependency,
The Royal College of Surgeons Charter day lecture 2009
Royal College of Surgeons,Dublin. 12th Feb 2009
Emerging mega-trends in Global health
Future shocks; disasters and relief in a changing world, RedR Conference, Royal College of nursing, London, 5th December, 2007
Locally appropriate technologies in low income settings, Dept International health, Tampere University, Finland. 29th Nov 2007
Applied operational study of pain determinants in terminally ill patients in Bondo, Kenya XVI International AIDS Conference,Toronto, August 06 Francis,P,Meegan,M
The 46th Robert Graves Lecture
Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
Creating long term change through culturally acceptable cost effective public health interventions.
Dublin 10 May 06
IFCW World Forum. “AIDS orphans & Vulnerable Children; an evidence-led response.” Cape Town, South Africa. 2003
Annual Consultative Review, Manitoba and Nairobi Universities Collaborative Conference. “An assessment of home-based care interventions among 2,116 terminally ill patients in Bondo and Siaya using clinically validated scales.
Interim results.” Nairobi, Kenya. 2003
"AIDS and the changing face of Africa: The impact on children, WUSC-Carleton, Médecins Sans Frontières, CARE Carlton University Canada, 25th Nov 2002
Annual Consultative Review, Manitoba and Nairobi Universities Collaborative Conference. “Modeling cultural determinants of sexual behavior” - A Pilot Study. Nairobi, Kenya. 2002
Annual Consultative Review, Manitoba and Nairobi Universities Collaborative Conference. “AIDS, children and poverty, an alternative model to international Aid, ‘Love, evidence and common sense.” Nairobi, Kenya. 2002.
WHO Trachoma conference
. “Effect of fly control using sustainable interventions on the prevalence of Trachoma in five pastoral tribes in Kenya.” Geneva, Switzerland. 2001
Child Survival. Alternative strategies in reducing infant mortality” International Conference on Child survival. Nairobi, Kenya. 2001
Identifying emerging needs among AIDS orphans in Kenya. “Multicentre Matched Perspective Control Study of 2,786 Children Orphaned by AIDS, 2,420 other Orphans and 3,400”
Nairobi, Kenya. 2000
AIDS orphans. “An emerging crisis: a USAID sponsored conference.” Nanyuki. Kenya. 2000
Annual Consultative Review, Manitoba and Nairobi Universities Collaborative Conference. “Multi centre Matched Perspective Control Study of 2,786 Children
Orphaned by AIDS, 2,420 other Orphans and 3,400.” Nairobi, Kenya. 2000
East African Association of Anthropologists inaugural Conference. “Anthropology and ethnography.” Nairobi, Kenya. 2000
Sunday, August 7, 2011
ICROSS continues to fight drought in Kenya
ICROSS continues to fight drought in Kenya
ICROSS continues fighting poverty and hunger through its network of clinics. While Southern Kenya is not worst hit, a growing number of malnourished children are falling into serious malnutrition. The untold suffering caused by this drought has wiped out most of the domestic livestock. The communities are struggling to Survive. ICROSS Medical teams and health staff are extending the nutritional care to reach more families every week. With your help we can help more families survive the worsening drought.
Dr Michael Meegan was in Longosua today at the heart of Maasailand . Speaking with community leaders in Longosua he renewed ICROSS committment in 2011 to reduce dehydration and improve the nutrition of malnourished children.
There have been 42 droughts in the Horn of Africa since ICROSS started in 1979, affecting an estimated 109 million people; with 47 million people experiencing drought in the region in the last decade alone. The most well-known famine took place in Ethiopia in 1984; some estimates put the death toll as high as one million.
ICROSS Kenya remains committed to LONG TERM service of the tribal pastoral nomads. We are building long term child survival and safe motherhood to reduce suffering and build long range systems for the future.
more on
While most of the US$2.4 billion required to feed people affected by the food crisis will come from rich countries, local populations and the diaspora are also doing their bit. Just one week after it began, the Kenyans for Kenya initiative has already raised more than $1.3 million from private citizens using mobile cash transfer services and taking donations of as little as $0.10; the first consignment of food was sent from the capital, Nairobi, on 31 July.
Feeding the malnourished - By the time help reaches them, many adults and children require therapeutic feeding to regain their strength and get back to a healthy weight. Some of the products WFP uses to improve the nutritional intake of drought-affected people are:
* Fortified blended foods: Blends of partially pre-cooked and milled cereals, soya, beans, pulses fortified with vitamins and minerals. These are usually mixed with water and cooked as porridge and provide about 380 Kcal per 100g. The most commonly used FBF is corn soya blend.
* Ready-to-use foods: According to WFP, these are better suited to meet the nutritional needs of young and moderately malnourished children than fortified blended foods. Mainly used in emergency operations and designed to be eaten in small quantities as a supplement to the regular diet, ready-to-use foods such as Plumpy’doz contain peanut paste, vegetable fat, skimmed milk powder, whey and sugar; 100g provides more than 500 Kcal.
* High-energy biscuits: These wheat-based biscuits, which provide 450 Kcal per 100g, are fortified with vitamins and minerals and are usually used early on in emergency feeding programme, before cooking facilities are widely available.
* Sprinkles - This is a tasteless powder containing the recommended daily intake of 16 vitamins and minerals for one person; it can be sprinkled on to home-prepared food after cooking.
* Compressed food bars - made from baked wheat flour, vegetable fat, sugar, soya protein concentrate and malt extract, these bars are used in disaster relief operations when local food cannot be distributed or prepared. They can be eaten as a bar straight from the package or crumbled into water and eaten as porridge, and contain 250 Kcal and 8.1g of protein per 56g bar.
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD
D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder, International Director ICROSS
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
ICROSS continues fighting poverty and hunger through its network of clinics. While Southern Kenya is not worst hit, a growing number of malnourished children are falling into serious malnutrition. The untold suffering caused by this drought has wiped out most of the domestic livestock. The communities are struggling to Survive. ICROSS Medical teams and health staff are extending the nutritional care to reach more families every week. With your help we can help more families survive the worsening drought.
Dr Michael Meegan was in Longosua today at the heart of Maasailand . Speaking with community leaders in Longosua he renewed ICROSS committment in 2011 to reduce dehydration and improve the nutrition of malnourished children.
There have been 42 droughts in the Horn of Africa since ICROSS started in 1979, affecting an estimated 109 million people; with 47 million people experiencing drought in the region in the last decade alone. The most well-known famine took place in Ethiopia in 1984; some estimates put the death toll as high as one million.
ICROSS Kenya remains committed to LONG TERM service of the tribal pastoral nomads. We are building long term child survival and safe motherhood to reduce suffering and build long range systems for the future.
more on
While most of the US$2.4 billion required to feed people affected by the food crisis will come from rich countries, local populations and the diaspora are also doing their bit. Just one week after it began, the Kenyans for Kenya initiative has already raised more than $1.3 million from private citizens using mobile cash transfer services and taking donations of as little as $0.10; the first consignment of food was sent from the capital, Nairobi, on 31 July.
Feeding the malnourished - By the time help reaches them, many adults and children require therapeutic feeding to regain their strength and get back to a healthy weight. Some of the products WFP uses to improve the nutritional intake of drought-affected people are:
* Fortified blended foods: Blends of partially pre-cooked and milled cereals, soya, beans, pulses fortified with vitamins and minerals. These are usually mixed with water and cooked as porridge and provide about 380 Kcal per 100g. The most commonly used FBF is corn soya blend.
* Ready-to-use foods: According to WFP, these are better suited to meet the nutritional needs of young and moderately malnourished children than fortified blended foods. Mainly used in emergency operations and designed to be eaten in small quantities as a supplement to the regular diet, ready-to-use foods such as Plumpy’doz contain peanut paste, vegetable fat, skimmed milk powder, whey and sugar; 100g provides more than 500 Kcal.
* High-energy biscuits: These wheat-based biscuits, which provide 450 Kcal per 100g, are fortified with vitamins and minerals and are usually used early on in emergency feeding programme, before cooking facilities are widely available.
* Sprinkles - This is a tasteless powder containing the recommended daily intake of 16 vitamins and minerals for one person; it can be sprinkled on to home-prepared food after cooking.
* Compressed food bars - made from baked wheat flour, vegetable fat, sugar, soya protein concentrate and malt extract, these bars are used in disaster relief operations when local food cannot be distributed or prepared. They can be eaten as a bar straight from the package or crumbled into water and eaten as porridge, and contain 250 Kcal and 8.1g of protein per 56g bar.
Michael Elmore-Meegan MSc Community Health TCD
D Med HC NUI FRAMI
Founder, International Director ICROSS
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://www.michaelmeegan.net/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
Sunday, July 31, 2011
ICROSS strategic plan for drought Kenya 2011
The International Community for relief of starvation and suffering works with tribal groups to find long term solutions to poverty and disease.
Our teams and planners are from the communities. Our public health research has made a contribution to International health for thirty years. ICROSS strives to constantly improve its programmes and the way in which we work. We are constantly improving our operations and management.
ICROSS is an International development organization that was founded to bring about lasting changes in health. We work closely with communities, civil society and partners in building long term health care. We are establishing new support groups in other countries as part of our International strategy.
While our Strategic plan details our corporate governance there are key areas of governance that we are prioritising in 2011-2016.
Vision
Our long term strategy as outlined in our five year plan embrace the vision and aspirations of the Millennium development goals building on the values, leadership and cultural structures of African people. The vision of ICROSS places emphasis on the National development framework developed in Africa by Africans.
Africanisation
We are proud that since 2001 all ICROSS programmes were completely managed by Africans. All project managers, supervisors, trainers, field teams and community staff are African. While these teams provide learning opportunities for Intern and volunteer partnerships, the Africanisation of all projects has been a vital component of the success and continuity of the programmes.
Gender
ICROSS is an equal opportunities NGO. As part of our Gender policy, we have actively recruited women into senior management positions. The majority of Project managers and field co ordinators are women, the great majority of field staff are women. ICROSS focuses all its core programme development on gender.
Ownership
Programmes are not owned or driven by donors but by local communities.
Whose Reality
As part of corporate accountability ICROSS places the beliefs, values, cultural structures and hopes of the local people at the centre of planning, decision making and planning. With a strong inclusion policy and partnership in local language we work towards programmes that have their roots in local communities.
Transparency
As part of our policy of accountability to our donors ICROSS continually strives to improve its financial systems and procedures.
With rural projects scattered across geographical areas larger than Ireland there are challenges to ensure best practices and accountability of resources in Africa. ICROSS and our donors undertake frequent internal and external audits with Annual external audits or all programmes.
As part of continual improvements and strengthening of the organization, we conducted external organization and management reviews and have recently commissioned a comprehensive financial review of all financial systems, structures procedures and operations.
Our commitment is to best practices of transparency and collective accountability. ICROSS insists on the highest standards from its entire staff as well as ensuring due diligence and the highest work ethics. Our code of conduct is based upon international gold standards and ensures not only equality and ethics but transparency and integrity.
External audits and comprehensive financial records are available to partners including Governments through our national offices.
Management
Apart of corporate governance ICROSS continues to profesionalise and strengthen its management teams. All management of field programmes is executed by senior staff with at least ten years operational field experience. We are in the process of reviewing management structures in the face of recent expansion of all programmes.
Staff
We have a staff policy based upon the local regulations, laws and norms. ICROSS is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on any grounds.
Advice & Consultation
ICROSS has a team of advisors and skilled specialists that it regularly consults on specific areas of International development. All advisors have at least a decade of experience working in underdeveloped countries while most are currently in operational settings. All ICROSS advisors are highly qualified specialists in their field of expertise with the latest knowledge and information.
This helps ICROSS in its strategic planning and evidence based strategic development.
As part of its international collaboration and team , work ICROSS designs all its international research in close partnership with peer review collaborators.
More Information is Available Concerning Our Corporate Governance
In developing our corporate policies we seek to create a dynamic forward-looking organisation that will be able to respond to emerging challenges and needs in a rapidly changing world. Together with our partners, we are moving forward embracing new ideas and innovative approaches, learning from the wisdom and experience of the past. We are building on evidence and introducing fresh, exciting ideas and directions. Our vision of a better world inspires us, our mission focuses us, and our shared goals unite us. With effective planning, transparency, and clear direction, we will be able to really create lasting change. As part of this process our international advisory board is made up of a wide range of professionals across many disciplines.
http://icrossinternational.org/
www.icross-africa.net
http://icrosskenya.org/
http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
Philip Sironka
Head Communication ICROSS
We are a small international organisation working to fight poverty and disease in the poorest parts of the world. For over 25 years we have worked with tribes in East Africa fighting disease. Health professionals work with local communities in long term development and health programmes.
ICROSS works with the resources, capabilities and capacities of poor marginalised communities seeking to strengthen their capacity to improve their own health and livelihoods through the rights based approaches of participation, inclusion and community empowerment processes. ICROSS has fully documented its vast experience in disease prevention and control amongst these disadvantaged communities. This experience is informing national and international best practice on critical areas such as HIV/AIDS prevention, home-based care for those infected with HIV/AIDS and succession planning for orphans and vulnerable children.
Our values include living as equals among those we work with and for, learning their languages and culture, inculcating a respect for diversity of beliefs and dedicating ourselves to long-term commitment to the poor, those who are socially excluded and those who are victims of social injustice.
People in the communities are empowered to take full responsibility for the changes and developments that drive the development of ICROSS. Community participation starts right from needs identification through implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Communities, families and individuals are involved in all decisions that impact, however remotely, upon their lives.
ICROSS believes that the most effective vehicle for development work is the communities' own belief systems and traditions. People have the right to choose and the right to plan their own future, consequently, anthropological research is a key part of our work.
ICROSS Concept
ICROSS is much more than just an organisation working in Africa. ICROSS is a concept, an idea, a set of values, which is shared and advocated by a large and evolving international community. The three decades ICROSS has operated in Africa has taught us the importance of these values and in a world where political, religious and socio-economic agendas play an ever more important role in the aid industry, ICROSS has uniquely, and with instinct, refrained from giving up its values and beliefs.
The values of ICROSS derive from something as simple as caring for our brothers and sisters; assist them out of and prevent them from suffering, without an agenda other than genuinely wanting to assist. We assist them through their own people, their languages, their traditions and existing political and belief systems with a sincere admiration and respect for their cultures.
By listening to the people whom we assist and develop programmes according to their needs and in their presence, rather than our wishes in an office far from their reality, the communities we serve, gain a sense of ownership. This is a real ownership not a donor driven or foreign idea. The feeling of ownership is crucial in any development work; it reduces possible constraints and limitations of a programme and ensures success, cost effectiveness and more importantly sustainability. ICROSS assists communities to facilitate themselves out of affliction.
ICROSS has over the years, scientifically shown, that what we do works. Our values and evidence based approach has ensured that even as a small, bottom-up, grass-root operating organisation, we have gained international respect among politicians, religious leaders, and academics around the world, who among thousands of others, make up the international community of ICROSS. ICROSS actually has the poor, donors and Government represented on our board of Directors, it is transparent and shares new ideas.
This international community is the driving force behind ICROSS as an idea. The humanitarian work of ICROSS stretches far beyond our programmes in Africa. ICROSS is within anyone who genuinely wants to care and assist others with love, respect and understanding. ICROSS as an idea is growing dynamically and with your help could reach more people.
Disclaimer
This is the official web site of the International Community for Relief of Starvation and Suffering. ICROSS is a Kenyan based International NGO founded by Dr Michael Meegan. The projects, research, initiatives and work are operated, managed and run by ICROSS Kenya.
This web site, its contents, programmes and images are the sole property of ICROSS Kenya and no other entity by the same name has any involvement or ownership of these programmes or this web site.
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Please note that all partners, stakeholders and International Advisory board as well as the co-founder Dr. J Barnes working with ICROSS Kenya have no association with any other entity in regard to our programmes or this web site. All reports, research, publications, information and data available are the sole property of and represents ICROSS Kenya and no other entity. No other person or persons may present or claim any of this material or data.
Contact Us
Address
ICROSS International Head Office
ICROSS, PO 507 Ngong Hills, Kenya
Our teams and planners are from the communities. Our public health research has made a contribution to International health for thirty years. ICROSS strives to constantly improve its programmes and the way in which we work. We are constantly improving our operations and management.
ICROSS is an International development organization that was founded to bring about lasting changes in health. We work closely with communities, civil society and partners in building long term health care. We are establishing new support groups in other countries as part of our International strategy.
While our Strategic plan details our corporate governance there are key areas of governance that we are prioritising in 2011-2016.
Vision
Our long term strategy as outlined in our five year plan embrace the vision and aspirations of the Millennium development goals building on the values, leadership and cultural structures of African people. The vision of ICROSS places emphasis on the National development framework developed in Africa by Africans.
Africanisation
We are proud that since 2001 all ICROSS programmes were completely managed by Africans. All project managers, supervisors, trainers, field teams and community staff are African. While these teams provide learning opportunities for Intern and volunteer partnerships, the Africanisation of all projects has been a vital component of the success and continuity of the programmes.
Gender
ICROSS is an equal opportunities NGO. As part of our Gender policy, we have actively recruited women into senior management positions. The majority of Project managers and field co ordinators are women, the great majority of field staff are women. ICROSS focuses all its core programme development on gender.
Ownership
Programmes are not owned or driven by donors but by local communities.
Whose Reality
As part of corporate accountability ICROSS places the beliefs, values, cultural structures and hopes of the local people at the centre of planning, decision making and planning. With a strong inclusion policy and partnership in local language we work towards programmes that have their roots in local communities.
Transparency
As part of our policy of accountability to our donors ICROSS continually strives to improve its financial systems and procedures.
With rural projects scattered across geographical areas larger than Ireland there are challenges to ensure best practices and accountability of resources in Africa. ICROSS and our donors undertake frequent internal and external audits with Annual external audits or all programmes.
As part of continual improvements and strengthening of the organization, we conducted external organization and management reviews and have recently commissioned a comprehensive financial review of all financial systems, structures procedures and operations.
Our commitment is to best practices of transparency and collective accountability. ICROSS insists on the highest standards from its entire staff as well as ensuring due diligence and the highest work ethics. Our code of conduct is based upon international gold standards and ensures not only equality and ethics but transparency and integrity.
External audits and comprehensive financial records are available to partners including Governments through our national offices.
Management
Apart of corporate governance ICROSS continues to profesionalise and strengthen its management teams. All management of field programmes is executed by senior staff with at least ten years operational field experience. We are in the process of reviewing management structures in the face of recent expansion of all programmes.
Staff
We have a staff policy based upon the local regulations, laws and norms. ICROSS is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on any grounds.
Advice & Consultation
ICROSS has a team of advisors and skilled specialists that it regularly consults on specific areas of International development. All advisors have at least a decade of experience working in underdeveloped countries while most are currently in operational settings. All ICROSS advisors are highly qualified specialists in their field of expertise with the latest knowledge and information.
This helps ICROSS in its strategic planning and evidence based strategic development.
As part of its international collaboration and team , work ICROSS designs all its international research in close partnership with peer review collaborators.
More Information is Available Concerning Our Corporate Governance
In developing our corporate policies we seek to create a dynamic forward-looking organisation that will be able to respond to emerging challenges and needs in a rapidly changing world. Together with our partners, we are moving forward embracing new ideas and innovative approaches, learning from the wisdom and experience of the past. We are building on evidence and introducing fresh, exciting ideas and directions. Our vision of a better world inspires us, our mission focuses us, and our shared goals unite us. With effective planning, transparency, and clear direction, we will be able to really create lasting change. As part of this process our international advisory board is made up of a wide range of professionals across many disciplines.
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Philip Sironka
Head Communication ICROSS
We are a small international organisation working to fight poverty and disease in the poorest parts of the world. For over 25 years we have worked with tribes in East Africa fighting disease. Health professionals work with local communities in long term development and health programmes.
ICROSS works with the resources, capabilities and capacities of poor marginalised communities seeking to strengthen their capacity to improve their own health and livelihoods through the rights based approaches of participation, inclusion and community empowerment processes. ICROSS has fully documented its vast experience in disease prevention and control amongst these disadvantaged communities. This experience is informing national and international best practice on critical areas such as HIV/AIDS prevention, home-based care for those infected with HIV/AIDS and succession planning for orphans and vulnerable children.
Our values include living as equals among those we work with and for, learning their languages and culture, inculcating a respect for diversity of beliefs and dedicating ourselves to long-term commitment to the poor, those who are socially excluded and those who are victims of social injustice.
People in the communities are empowered to take full responsibility for the changes and developments that drive the development of ICROSS. Community participation starts right from needs identification through implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Communities, families and individuals are involved in all decisions that impact, however remotely, upon their lives.
ICROSS believes that the most effective vehicle for development work is the communities' own belief systems and traditions. People have the right to choose and the right to plan their own future, consequently, anthropological research is a key part of our work.
ICROSS Concept
ICROSS is much more than just an organisation working in Africa. ICROSS is a concept, an idea, a set of values, which is shared and advocated by a large and evolving international community. The three decades ICROSS has operated in Africa has taught us the importance of these values and in a world where political, religious and socio-economic agendas play an ever more important role in the aid industry, ICROSS has uniquely, and with instinct, refrained from giving up its values and beliefs.
The values of ICROSS derive from something as simple as caring for our brothers and sisters; assist them out of and prevent them from suffering, without an agenda other than genuinely wanting to assist. We assist them through their own people, their languages, their traditions and existing political and belief systems with a sincere admiration and respect for their cultures.
By listening to the people whom we assist and develop programmes according to their needs and in their presence, rather than our wishes in an office far from their reality, the communities we serve, gain a sense of ownership. This is a real ownership not a donor driven or foreign idea. The feeling of ownership is crucial in any development work; it reduces possible constraints and limitations of a programme and ensures success, cost effectiveness and more importantly sustainability. ICROSS assists communities to facilitate themselves out of affliction.
ICROSS has over the years, scientifically shown, that what we do works. Our values and evidence based approach has ensured that even as a small, bottom-up, grass-root operating organisation, we have gained international respect among politicians, religious leaders, and academics around the world, who among thousands of others, make up the international community of ICROSS. ICROSS actually has the poor, donors and Government represented on our board of Directors, it is transparent and shares new ideas.
This international community is the driving force behind ICROSS as an idea. The humanitarian work of ICROSS stretches far beyond our programmes in Africa. ICROSS is within anyone who genuinely wants to care and assist others with love, respect and understanding. ICROSS as an idea is growing dynamically and with your help could reach more people.
Disclaimer
This is the official web site of the International Community for Relief of Starvation and Suffering. ICROSS is a Kenyan based International NGO founded by Dr Michael Meegan. The projects, research, initiatives and work are operated, managed and run by ICROSS Kenya.
This web site, its contents, programmes and images are the sole property of ICROSS Kenya and no other entity by the same name has any involvement or ownership of these programmes or this web site.
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Please note that all partners, stakeholders and International Advisory board as well as the co-founder Dr. J Barnes working with ICROSS Kenya have no association with any other entity in regard to our programmes or this web site. All reports, research, publications, information and data available are the sole property of and represents ICROSS Kenya and no other entity. No other person or persons may present or claim any of this material or data.
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ICROSS International Head Office
ICROSS, PO 507 Ngong Hills, Kenya
Friday, July 29, 2011
Extending safe motherhood programmes ICROSS August 2011
As we extend our Rural health programmes ICROSS extends all its
clinics. Inyonyori has served the communities in Maasailand for 25
years This picture shows the new wing which will be used as part of
the Mother and child care and the child survival programmes. As we
develop the primary health interventions and disease control we are
increasing the numbers of health personnel at all ICROSS clinics. In
this, the largest expansion on health services since 1997 we hope to
double our field capacity by 2014.
At the centre of the ICROSS strategic plan is Mother and child health,
reproductive health, comprehensive safe motherhood and long term
changes in malnutrition and water resources. Together with all our
friends, colleagues and partners we are building a long term health
programme that will make a lasting impact in the lives of the
communities we serve.
ICROSS Nurses and womens group leaders joined other organisations and
community groups yesterday at the District health planning forum. As
ICROSS prepares for the challenges of the drought , we are working
closely with Government and tribal leaders to put support systems in
place. Our partners in Kenya and Europe are working hard to put in
place the resources needed to reach those most in need.
The Entasat said "We need women around the World to share our journey
and work with us to help in these times of such suffering for our
mothers and children" Field project leader OleMakeseer added that "
It is hard for people to understand the extreme poverty endured in
this time, without food and water, many of our people enduring
unimagined hardship and poverty".
Speaking from Inyonyori the International Director said " the future
remains community owned planning, locally driven priorities, our great
success over the last thirty years is working through the culture and
values of the communities, that how we have survived over the decades,
by living among th communities as part of them. We are proud that long
before community participation became a fad in the mid 1990s, we were
implementing local ownership and decision making" Michael Meegan went
on to say that " We are not passing through, our teams , managers,
nurses are from the communities, this is the only way that will work
long term" More on http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/ and
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
clinics. Inyonyori has served the communities in Maasailand for 25
years This picture shows the new wing which will be used as part of
the Mother and child care and the child survival programmes. As we
develop the primary health interventions and disease control we are
increasing the numbers of health personnel at all ICROSS clinics. In
this, the largest expansion on health services since 1997 we hope to
double our field capacity by 2014.
At the centre of the ICROSS strategic plan is Mother and child health,
reproductive health, comprehensive safe motherhood and long term
changes in malnutrition and water resources. Together with all our
friends, colleagues and partners we are building a long term health
programme that will make a lasting impact in the lives of the
communities we serve.
ICROSS Nurses and womens group leaders joined other organisations and
community groups yesterday at the District health planning forum. As
ICROSS prepares for the challenges of the drought , we are working
closely with Government and tribal leaders to put support systems in
place. Our partners in Kenya and Europe are working hard to put in
place the resources needed to reach those most in need.
The Entasat said "We need women around the World to share our journey
and work with us to help in these times of such suffering for our
mothers and children" Field project leader OleMakeseer added that "
It is hard for people to understand the extreme poverty endured in
this time, without food and water, many of our people enduring
unimagined hardship and poverty".
Speaking from Inyonyori the International Director said " the future
remains community owned planning, locally driven priorities, our great
success over the last thirty years is working through the culture and
values of the communities, that how we have survived over the decades,
by living among th communities as part of them. We are proud that long
before community participation became a fad in the mid 1990s, we were
implementing local ownership and decision making" Michael Meegan went
on to say that " We are not passing through, our teams , managers,
nurses are from the communities, this is the only way that will work
long term" More on http://icrossprojects.blogspot.com/ and
http://twitter.com/#!/ICROSSprojects
ICROSS health teams awarded at Kajiado District health forum July 28 2011
Today ICROSS Kenya was awarded the "Best Nurse award" and the "Most dedicated Nurse"award. These were both awarded to Rose Gitau who is the nurse in charge at the Ronan Conroy clinic in Sinkiraine. Despite multiple challenges ICROSS is extending its community and primary health services in 2011-2012. The Dr Joe Barnes Clinic at Longosua was also recognised at the District conference. ICROSS is working throughout all its health programmes to increase immunisation and child survival. As famine spreads children under five are increasingly vulnerable to diarrhoeal infection, dehydration and severe malnutrition.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Emergency Famine Appeal August 2011
ICROSS Emergency Famine Appeal August 2011
Worsening drought, spreading poverty and growing unrest have added to failure of rains in East Africa. This has led to worsening famine in much of East Africa. This famine is deteriorating. ICROSS has been fighting famine and poverty for thirty years in East Africa., Our first famine was in 1983-85.
But this is the worst drought in 60 years in many parts of Africa with more than 10 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and the newly-formed Republic of South Sudan face starvation, desperately needing water and emergency healthcare.
The International Director Dr Michael Meegan said today “ Our project teams and health staff are committed in the long term to follow-up and ongoing primary care as well as this crisis. “ He added “ the rise of serious cases of malnutrition, diarrhoeal infections and deteriorating health of whole communities is an urgent concern for us all”.
Head of programmes Sarune OleLengeny said today “We were here through many dissaters and problems, we will continue serving the communities hit by these tragedies in the long term. All of us will be here God willing for the next thirty years” POleLasoi added “ ICROSS is made up of the local communities, we are the people affected, we live in the drought areas , in the middle of the increasing humanitarian crisis . We have been working here for decades. As always, we at ICROSS have been here long before the crisis started and still here long after the media leave.”
Please help by :-
Contacting us directly or by donating on line , no matter how small , every cent counts . Please donate by clicking on
A. http://www.icross-africa.net/ or
B. https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=y0ApSsBgpgauToQxhN0CklatV6LsV9mlTL_tIvw27Srlg9tpeRF5xXnQP3y&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d1e83f46a36995b3856cef1e18897ad75
C. Visiting our online store http://www.icross-africa.net/#!__store
Worsening drought, spreading poverty and growing unrest have added to failure of rains in East Africa. This has led to worsening famine in much of East Africa. This famine is deteriorating. ICROSS has been fighting famine and poverty for thirty years in East Africa., Our first famine was in 1983-85.
But this is the worst drought in 60 years in many parts of Africa with more than 10 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and the newly-formed Republic of South Sudan face starvation, desperately needing water and emergency healthcare.
The International Director Dr Michael Meegan said today “ Our project teams and health staff are committed in the long term to follow-up and ongoing primary care as well as this crisis. “ He added “ the rise of serious cases of malnutrition, diarrhoeal infections and deteriorating health of whole communities is an urgent concern for us all”.
Head of programmes Sarune OleLengeny said today “We were here through many dissaters and problems, we will continue serving the communities hit by these tragedies in the long term. All of us will be here God willing for the next thirty years” POleLasoi added “ ICROSS is made up of the local communities, we are the people affected, we live in the drought areas , in the middle of the increasing humanitarian crisis . We have been working here for decades. As always, we at ICROSS have been here long before the crisis started and still here long after the media leave.”
Please help by :-
Contacting us directly or by donating on line , no matter how small , every cent counts . Please donate by clicking on
A. http://www.icross-africa.net/ or
B. https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=y0ApSsBgpgauToQxhN0CklatV6LsV9mlTL_tIvw27Srlg9tpeRF5xXnQP3y&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d1e83f46a36995b3856cef1e18897ad75
C. Visiting our online store http://www.icross-africa.net/#!__store
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