Kenya: EMS students and teachers proundly display new textbooks.
Training this year will be a little different for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in Kenya. Bethuel Aliwa of the Kenya Council of EMTs (KCEMT) has taken delivery of 50 EMS books for their training program that will teach students how to deliver basic and advanced emergency medical care for the sick and injured in Kenya.
Dr. Martha Bobby MacGuffie, M.D., President & Founder of SHARE, was one of ten people to be honored at the the Second Annual “Honor Our Heroes” ceremony held on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at the Palisades Center, West Nyack, New York.
Dr. MacGuffie was recognized for her efforts with SHARE, especially for helping children orphaned due to AIDS.
The November 9, 2008 Journal News article Ten receive Honor Our Heroes awards provides further details about this special honor and ceremony.
The Journal News recently reported on SHARE’s preparations to ship a large container of medical equipment to Kenya. The article titled SHARE packs medical supplies for Kenya appeared in the November 3, 2008 issue.
This is the fourth large shipment of medical supplies that SHARE has sent to Kenya to date. The last three shipments contained over $1.6 million (USD) worth of medical equipment and supplies to benefit Kenyan communities.
Dr. Martha Bobby MacGuffie, M.D., President & Founder of SHARE, is being named as one of the Heroes in the Second Annual “Honor Our Heroes” event to be held on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 1:00pm at the Palisades Center, West Nyack, New York.
The event, featuring introductions and presentations for each Hero, will take place in the JC Penney Court on the first level of the Palisades Center. The event will be MC’d by Bob Baird of the Journal News.
Mr. Odino Apuko is the Commissioner of Suba District, Nyanza Province, Kenya. Speaking at a conference of NGOs (Non-governmental Organizations), including some very prominent international ones, Mr. Apuko commented:
”...of all the NGOs I know, SHARE is one of the best and most effective. They have limited resources—only two people—but I see them going from school to school, ensuring that their charge is well carried out!”
The two people he refers to in this comment are SHARE Kenya’s social workers Cyprina and Lucy who administer the SHARE Orphan Sponsorship (SOS) program.
SHARE Board member David Violante has been honored with The John and Kathleen Gorman Public Health Humanitarian Award from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
The Journal News web site’s Opinion section for April 11, 2008, features a story in which Douglas P. Mackey fondly remembers being Dr. Martha MacGuffie’s first major burn patient. This online story titled Dr. Martha MacGuffie: A true healer allows readers to submit their own comments.
We are deeply saddened to report that SHARE Board Member Lou Bassik has passed away on Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
Lou served as our beloved treasurer at SHARE and was an invaluable member of our Board of Directors. He was committed to our goal of helping Kenyan orphans who have less than nothing. His friendly attitude, enthusiastic demeanour, and his infectious laughter will be sorely missed.
In honor of his dedication to our cause, SHARE will plant a Neem tree on the shore of Lake Victoria in Kenya where it will provide shade for our orphans as they play.
Evidence of Humanity is an advocacy organization promoting public awareness and cultivation of social and environmental well-being. The organization’s web site has recently published a story about SHARE.
The story is filed under the following site categories: Community, Health, Poverty, and Youth. Organizations under each category are listed in alphabetical order.
Please read SHARE’s story and stories of dozens of other wonderful organizations by visiting the Evidence of Humanity web site at evidenceofhumanity.org
We extend our heartfelt thanks to this organization for helping promote SHARE and for all the good work this organization does to better human life.
The Journal News has recently featured two detailed articles on Dr. MacGuffie. The online versions of these articles also allow readers to write their own comments.
SHARE is celebrating Dr. MacGuffie’s career this Saturday, March 29, 08 at a Gala Event.