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The Bedadi Project Handover
For over 4 years IDEALS has supported the project of rehousing homeless victims of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake. These destitute people have now been given the deeds of their newly build earthquake proof homes and accept for connection of electricity, the project is now complete.
In April the documents were handed
News from Jalozai Refugee Camp, Pakistan
The need for continued support of the camp's medical centre was well illustrated when Dr Andy Ferguson and John Beavis visited the camp in late April. Although early spring the temperature was 40'C and the refugees were taking shelter in their tented accommodation. It is a desperate place, with few
Chile Earthquake: Mantanzas Appeal
On the 27th February 2010, Chile was hit by a massive earthquake, the 5th most violent ever recorded. The small coastal tourist town of Matanzas was devastated by the violent tremors and the subsequent tsunami
Robby Swift, whose family have been long term supporters of IDEALS, was in Matanzas with his
GAZA
In August 2009 IDEALS Trustees Sir Terence English and John Beavis visited Gaza on behalf of PTC UK and supported by Medical Aid for Palestine MAP. The purpose was to meet with members of the medical profession and assess whether PTC was suitable for the area. We were greeted with
Midwifery Training Progresses Well
The training of student midwives from the FATA and NWFP border regions began in April 2009 and progresses well, with the first exam results demonstrating a generally high level of performance. All 15 of our trainees have successfully negotiated the "basic sciences" and entered the clinical phase of their training.
The young women are enjoying their studies which are taken in company with local students from Peshawar. This is a good project in many ways and not only because it is an attempt to change the appalling mortality and morbidity of mothers and babies in the FATA region but because it gives these young women the opportunity to engage in very useful careers and develop themeselves as individuals.
We now also have reason to hope that government funding will be available for the FATA Department for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health to build upon this pilot scheme and run future courses to expand the total number of FATA midwives (new graduates plus those in training) to 255 over the next three years.
IDEALS/CAMP will see this pilot scheme through to completion and then may be able to assist with recruitment of trainees for future courses through the provision of advice and local contacts.
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