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Month: January 2019

Posted on January 24, 2019

Mother Teresa International Award 2019

Vijay Anand of Madunda EHA Hospital was honoured to receive the Mother Teresa International Award 2019 for outstanding achievement and contribution to Medicine and Social Work from Justice Shyamal Sen, Former Governor of West Bengal and Chief Justice of Kolkata and Allahabad High Courts at the East Zone Cultural Centre in Kolkata on the 18th …

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As part of our plan to provide information on EHA projects we support, this month we highlight the Roshini project run out of the Duncan Hospital in Raxaul. Roshini means light or brightness.The Roshini project spreads brightness through many of its programs. The Roshini Project provides awareness and access to medical services for people with mental illness and helping community members to reduce alcohol abuse and domestic violence. People with mental illness in north India face many barriers in their search for healing and wholeness. Psychiatrists are very scarce, community awareness is very limited, and general health care facilities are often reluctant or unable to offer appropriate care. Overall, stigma and discrimination remain powerful influences in the rural villages and towns. The goal of the Roshini Project is that community members will have more understanding about mental health issues and that people who have mental illnesses will be able to access appropriate health care. Toward this goal, the team identifies people living with mental illness in the surrounding area and help them to access medical treatment from the psychiatrist at Duncan Hospital. Ongoing education about the illness and its treatment are provided to ensure compliance with the treatment regimen. Vision: Empowering people with mental disability in East Champaran District, Bihar. 2019 Budget: $12,000 Breakdown of specific costs needed to provide medical services to one person with mental illness (per month): - Seizure - $140/month - Common mental disorder - $12/month - Severe mental disorder - $30/month To support education for children and youth with disabilities: - Vocational/skills training for one youth - $200 - Education for one child at special learning centre - $200 - Linkage with government private school - $100 Goals for 2019: - For the communities to become organized as groups and able to own the projects and programs - For our work to be recognized and valued by the local government authorities. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/emmanuel-hospital-association-canada-inc/campaign/roshini/
Deuteronomy 15:11 "For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land'". ehacanada.org/give EHA is a fellowship of Christian institutions offering consistent, compassionate care to vulnerable communities across India through the provision of health care, education, and development programs. Donate to one of these projects today! #bible #india #hope #hospital #donate #goodcauses #healthcareforall #care #givingback #compassion #education #mission #makeadifference #lifechanging
Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA) is a fellowship of Christian institutions offering consistent, compassionate care to vulnerable communities across India through the provision of health care, education, and development programs. Donate to one of these projects today! (Link in profile) "He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world." 1 Samuel 2:8 #bible #india #hope #hospital #donate #goodcauses #healthcareforall #care #givingback #compassion #education #mission #makeadifference #lifechanging
"For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat." #bible #india #hope #hospital #donate #goodcauses #healthcareforall #care #givingback #compassion #education #mission #makeadifference #lifechanging
Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, Landour is a quaint town, with refreshing mountain air, impossibly narrow roads with hair-pin bends, international schools and yes, Landour Community Hospital. Started in 1931, LCH joined EHA in the seventies. The hospital serves the local population, hill people and Westerners who came for language study. In the account above, Joy and her family write about their experiences retracing their parents' footsteps. We are grateful to Joy as she partners with us, supporting both LCH and EHA. Though now entirely an Indian operation, the 20 EHA hospitals have an illustrious past. Many workers from Canada, the US, the UK and other countries served faithfully, generously and sacrificially - people such as Gladys and Will Huggan. We salute them. For all the saints who from their labours rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy name O Jesus, be forever blest Alleluia ! Alleluia! Link to blog post in bio. #india #hope #hospital #donate #goodcauses #healthcareforall #care #givingback #compassion #education #mission #makeadifference #lifechanging #landour
Sunil Kumar Kushwaha is a 19-year-old man from a village in north Bihar. Three years ago, he was involved in a motorcycle accident and injured his spinal cord. From the nearby hospital, he was referred to a hospital in Delhi and after a brief period of rehabilitation, he returned home, facing the life-long challenge of being unable to stand and walk. He said, “I had a lot of difficulty accepting myself and adjusting to my new circumstances. I felt helpless and fully dependent on my family even for small things. I was very uncomfortable and felt that my life was worthless. I attempted to kill myself twice, thinking that my life was meaningless and hopeless. One day I heard about the Spinal Cord injury (SCI) meeting at Duncan Hospital, Raxaul. So, I went there with my mother to participate in SCI meeting. Through these SCI meetings, I realized that I am not alone and I am inspired by my friends who are also having similar problems. After meeting others with spinal cord injuries, I began to feel more optimistic and cheerful. I enrolled in school, started my studies and passed. In spite of my challenges, I am preparing for my further studies and in order to start a career. Recently, I received a wheelchair from JONI & FRIENDS through Duncan Hospital. Now I am much more mobile and I can do a lot more. I have started earning money by tutoring children. This is also service for my community which helps children get a good education. People have started appreciating me and this brings joy to my soul." #india #hope #hospital #donate #goodcauses #healthcareforall #care #givingback #compassion #education #mission #makeadifference #lifechanging #joniandfriends
On a hot and dusty day, my colleague Silas and I arrive in front of a small house in a rural village in Bihar.  Silas and I, working with Duncan Hospital’s Community Based Rehabilitation Project (CBR), have come to meet a child with a disability who lives with her parents and her extended family in this small, simple house. We have travelled here by motorbike, with Silas driving as I sat behind as the passenger.  The route to their home has taken us through the congested streets of Raxaul, Bihar where rickshaws, trucks, bicycles, pedestrians and motorbikes jockey for position. From there, we turned onto a quieter road, where Silas had to dodge potholes on the road and give wide berth to buses carrying passengers on the roof as well as on the seats.  We passed women cutting grass for their buffaloes, children tending goats, and men travelling to work as daily labourers.  We passed fields of rice and corn, punctuated from time to time, by small villages with mud and bamboo houses.  As Silas drove, I watched the beautiful scenery and noted how much this “commute” differs from my subway trip to work in Toronto, years previously.  What had brought me from my comfortable life in Toronto, to living in rural Bihar? For full blog post, link in bio. #linkinbio #india #hope #hospital #donate #goodcauses #healthcareforall #care #givingback #compassion #education #mission #makeadifference #lifechanging
“The loneliness of my house would’ve eaten me alive if I hadn’t found Kiran,” says Maya. As a child, Maya enjoyed playing in the homes of her already married older siblings. She never felt anxious about her own future, even as she reached marriageable age. Maya’s mother fell ill and Maya became her primary care-giver, living downstairs in her brother’s house. Maya’s mother despaired, knowing she was going to die before she could secure her daughter’s future. She begged her son’s wife to take care of Maya and find her a good husband. Once Maya’s mother died, however, Maya was lost in the shuffle as her married siblings moved on and raised their own children. Living below her brother, Maya was happy to be part of his family. Her brother’s wife was happy to have the extra help with housework and children. Maya enjoyed her role as aunt – the kids would all sleep in her house most nights! As the children started getting older, however, tension grew with her sister-in-law. Now that she didn’t need help in her own house, she began saying that Maya should marry and move out. Then Maya discovered that she had breast cancer. Even after all the years she’d spent caring for their children, her brothers deserted her. They forbid their children from going near her – worried that they would “catch” cancer by associating with her. Maya cycled from hospital to hospital alone. Even when she went for surgery, no one from her family accompanied her. Her sister-in- law, frustrated at the expense of Maya’s illness, told her, “You’re a worthless extra,” and Maya found it hard not to believe her. On a hospital visit, Maya met a woman associated with Kiran. A few days later, the woman came to visit Maya’s house and saw how alone she was. She also realized that Maya had become depressed and couldn’t think clearly enough to care for herself and deal with the effects of radiation. The woman visited regularly, helping Maya improve her health. She taught Maya how to deal with her illness and treatment. Eventually, Maya joined Kiran as a seamstress and found there the support she’d wished for from her own family. “Kiran is our home. These people understand us,” she says. Maya has also le
Apti + Suthiksh The morning I met Apti was a typical winter morning in Delhi, India. Nonchalant sunshine filtered down through layers of smog and left a hint of chill in the polluted city air. I followed Shalom staff as they navigated the labyrinth of alleyways leading to Apti’s residence. As we walked, the staff began to tell me Apti’s story. Originally from Nepal, Apti and her husband moved to Delhi in search of employment and a better future. Tragically though, Apti’s husband contracted HIV and, knowingly or unknowingly, passed the virus along toApti. From there the virus spread to three of their four children. The HIV virus proceeded to decimate Apti’s family; claiming the lives of her husband and two of their children. Already at rock bottom, Apti was somehow plunged deeper when she learned that she had cervical cancer – which had spread to other parts of her body. When Shalom staff first visited Apti she was living in horrid conditions, bed ridden-unable to walk because of painful leg swelling. During visits to her home, Shalom’s Palliative care nurses would massage her legs, and clean her tiny apartment, at times even cook food for her. Her nineteen-year-old son works long hours in order to provide for his mother and younger brother. With her elder son gone all day, A must rely on her six-year-old son Suthiksh to cook food, help her take medications and use the restroom. As we entered Apti’s tiny living space, I saw a curious head peaking up from a pile of blankets on the floor. This smiling youngster was Suthiksh, Apti’s third HIV+ child. I listened with building emotions as Shalom staff explained the kindness that Suthiksh shows towards his mother. On one occasion, he burned his hands while trying to heat bread for his mother. Suthiksh had tried to hold pieces of bread over an open flame. I was struck by the simple happiness and generosity of this little boy. We had brought a small package of crackers to give to Suthiksh. Upon opening them he immediately gave half of them back to me. How could I accept a gift from a child so poor? How could I refuse an offer so genuinely kind?

Projects

  • Anugrah Handicapped Childrens’ Project
  • Community Based Rehabilitation
  • Duncan Hospital, Raxaul
  • Equipment Fund
  • Good Samaritan Project
  • Christian Health Initiative for South Sudan (formally ICMDA)
  • Institute of Medical Missions
  • Madhipura Hospital
  • Neerekshe Project
  • Neonatal Survival and Training – NeST
  • Nursing School
  • Palliative Care Project
  • Prem Jyoti Community Project
  • Roshini Project
  • Shalom AIDS Project

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