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2007 Children's
Dari Encyclopedia Project.
When the Taliban raged
through Afghanistan they not only closed schools, they destroyed them. And
in that wanton destruction were the tools of learning, including books.
Schools are now being rebuilt and teachers are holding classes, but they do
not have proper teaching materials. They cannot give assignments for
students to delve deeper into specific subjects because there are no books
for them to refer to. Even as Afghan families struggle to give their
children the gift of knowledge, they realize the gift is incomplete.
Learning is quite limited as text books and teaching materials are few in
number and inadequate in scope.
That has begun to
change for some students in northern Afghanistan thanks to a Millennium
partner who responded to this need. They developed a project to translate
the Kingfisher Child’s World Encyclopedia into Dari, the major language in
the area. This wonderful book has 500 full color pages, over 2500
illustrations and scores of fun activities, puzzles, quizzes and
experiments. Each section also contains stories from around the world,
giving students a flavor of different cultures and traditions. Furthermore,
the creative methodologies introduced in the encyclopedia will empower
teachers to expand their teaching abilities.
In Fall of 2007
distribution of the book began in rural schools. Principals and teachers
who attend the presentation ceremonies tell us that these encyclopedias are
good not only for the children but for the teachers themselves! The
information contained in the encyclopedia is outside the scope of the
teachers’ training. As word of the encyclopedias has spread, teachers
exclaim when they see us: “Oh, you’re the ones coming to bring us the
encyclopedias! We’ve heard many good things about you and this book!”
School officials are
excited about the children's encyclopedia because they believe it is the
kind of book that will allow the educational system to develop as it should,
enabling its steady progress forward. Everyone says that they want
more copies of the encyclopedias, requesting that we give one to every
teacher and to other individuals as well. Overall, they are very, very
pleased with the book. And we are pleased to have brought such a gift to
the children of Afghanistan.
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These young boys are anxious to begin
exploring the world with the new encyclopedia.
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2005 Afghan School Project Wraps Up Another Successful Year.
2005 ends another successful year for Millennium in
Northern Afghanistan. Two more schools were constructed,
providing 28 new rooms giving 1600 students a place to study.
Three new smaller satellite schools were built bringing
education to remote villages where girls must study closer to
home. One school in bad repair was remodeled, painted, received
new desks, and was supplied with textbooks for every student.
The first teacher training was completed with 220 teachers in
the district receiving certificates. Other schools received
various improvements such as a generator, wood heaters, 640
desks for 2 schools, a computer, and equipment for the teachers.
Plans for 2006 are already underway to bring more opportunity
and hope to the region. A winter teacher-training seminar will
provide ongoing in-depth training where it is needed. Project
staff wants to begin a new program that will train secondary
school teachers in science and math. Ongoing construction
and repair projects are scheduled for the coming year. The
project plans to continue to build up and support the schools
and teachers they have been working with through providing
additional textbooks, playground equipment and meeting other
needs. There are many opportunities for giving to the children
of Afghanistan in the coming year.
If you would like to partner with us in Afghanistan, click Donate Now, and
designate “Afghan Education”.
Go to the
regions page to find out more! Go to our photo gallery by
clicking
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Houston - International Teachers Program
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2007 International Teachers Program.
Four teachers from Tajikistan took part in Millennium's 7th annual International
Teachers Program in Houston, Texas. The program is for teachers
and other education professionals in English programs in
schools and universities in Central Asia.
In addition to the educational experience, the program improves the teachers'
understanding of Americans and the West as they live and interact with
American host families.
Teachers return to their countries with greater English proficiency,
as well as new teaching skills they can incorporate into their local
programs.
One result of the program has been the opening of a Central Asian English
Language Center, developed through the initiative of teachers who participated
in the program in cooperation with the local government.
A 2002 participant was one of the 14 people in Uzbekistan to receive
a 2-year fellowship in education through the 2004 Edmund S. Muskie Graduate
Fellowship Program.
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Teachers took a break from class and enjoyed
a sunny game of chess during their trip
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Americans who have participated in the program in previous years as hosts
and volunteers have developed a new understanding and appreciation for
these teachers, their cultures and worldviews and the obstacles that many
of them face in their own countries.
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India - Research, Education
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2007 Pure Water for Nomads of Northern India.
One of the many struggles for nomadic people like Gujjars and
Bakarwals in the mountains of northern India is having enough clean water.
These nomads follow their flocks as they have for generations, depending on
their herds for food, clothing, and status in their tribe. Clean water for the
animals is just as important to them as water for themselves.
Our team in this area is field testing a simple machine that
purifies 200 liters of water per minute. The process separates salt into its
component parts. The chlorine becomes a gas that is used to kill the microbes
that make people sick.
Amoebic and bacterial dysentery, giardia, and worms are 4
of the most common health problems in the region. This portable, easily
assembled machine costs roughly $1000 per unit and if it tests a
predicted will provide a very good solution to this age old problem. Funding is
currently needed for at least 5 more test units. To donate on line,
click here.
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Gujjar Education Proposal, Summer 2005.
In the rugged Himalayan Mountains of India where
the literacy rate is less than 50% there lives a nomadic people
called the Gujjar whose literacy rate is less than 10%. It is
in this region of isolated villages and independent nomads that
MRDS workers want to offer a creative solution to the great need
for education. We are seeking permission from the Indian
government to begin an education plan that would involve the
leaders of local communities with assistance from state,
national, and international organizations.
The plan provides for basic
education community by community at key points on the seasonal
migration route. MRDS hopes to have permission for the project
soon so we can begin the training of teachers and facilitating
resources and support for them in the Indian states of
Jammu and Kashmir,
working under the auspices of the Gujjar Bakarwal
Conference.Further projects, including Adult Literacy, Health
Education, Agro-Forestry and indigenous language media programs
will also be implemented in various phases.
Go to
the India
regions page for more.
South Indian Tsunami Research,
2005. With this year's Tsunami devastation
effecting coastal communities in Southern India, the MRDS Center
for Applied Science is conducting research on the effected
areas. One of the long range needs highlighted by the
recent tsunami is for a reef assessment team able to conduct
underwater ecological research. The Center for Applied Science
has been working with the Institute for Environmental Science
and Social Education for the past several years to develop such
a team. They have completed several projects, but the team's
capacity needs to expand. Find out more about the Tsunami's
effects on these coastal habitats.
Or check out the
results of
our latest survey project.
Villagers along the west coast of India
rely primarily on subsistence-level fishing to feed their families, but
over-fishing and pollution threaten the fish population and the villagers'
livelihoods. The Center for Applied Science MRDS is conducting research
that will help local fishermen conserve coastal resources and improve
fishing conditions.
In 2002, the Center for Applied Science completed the first
ever underwater assessment of coral and rocky reef habitats along the
coast. Because few Indian scientists are doing this type of research,
one important result was training several local scientists to conduct
underwater ecological research. Analysis of the data collected showed
182 fish species, including 18 previously unknown in the region. The assessment
was conducted through a grant from the National Geographic Society Committee
for Research and Exploration.
See
India regions page for more.
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Indonesia - Economic Development
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Healthcare. Funding is needed to train and monitor up to 140 volunteer
health workers in communities with severe poverty, low literacy rates
and limited medical access. Child malnourishment, anemia and sanitation
are major problems, as are unsafe drinking water and dengue fever and
tuberculosis.
Volunteer workers will educate their own communities on preventing and
treating common diseases, prenatal and maternal care, infant and child
care, hygiene and nutrition.
Cost for the four-month training program is just $30 per volunteer.
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Agriculture. About 70 percent of Indonesia's population
are farmers living in villages who struggle to provide for their
families on small plots of land. Villagers live simply, cultivating
their rice paddies by hand with hoes. Many parents can't afford
for their children to go to school.
As rice is the staple diet in Indonesia, farmers seek ways to increase
the production and quality of rice but cannot afford to risk new
methods of farming.
Millennium's partner helps farmers work together on experimental
plots to try new techniques, such as varying the way rice is planted
and managed.
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Iraq - Relief Effort
Health. A MRDS Mobile Dental Clinic traveled from Erbil to a nearby city to do a dental cleaning and education program at a local orphanage. The Mobile Dental Clinic also treated all the women participants of the Women's Project. MRDS provided free toothbrushes and toothpaste for participants. Many of the children had never been shown how to brush their teeth or even had toothbrushes. Two local television stations covered the program.
MRDS is working with Azadi Hospital to begin a clinical
mentoring program of labor and delivery staff. The program is designed
provide hands-on mentoring by a professional American midwife. Evaluations
and observations of the staff and their training is underway.
Earlier this month the newest office in Iraq participated in the nationwide
Polio vaccination project. This governmental project is aimed at vaccinating
every child under five in Iraq. MRDS staff, along with trained volunteers,
traveled door-to-door assisting in administering oral vaccinations and
recording names and ages. The MRDS Director of Health Programs has met
with both hospitals and governmental officials to survey the health needs
of the community. She has also participated in multiple radio interviews
about causes and preventive steps in diseases like Typhoid and AIDS.
For more information, see
Iraqi health initiatives.
A MRDS physical therapist is partnering with a Dutch Physical Therapist
and consultant for ACORN, a Dutch NGO, to create a long range plan to
improve the training and government regulations on physical therapists
in Iraq. The plan will be presented to local government authorities
and healthcare workers. The MRDS Physical Therapist recently assisted with training
related to cerebral palsy.
Current physical therapy in Iraq is well below international
standards set by the World Confederation for Physical Therapy. Most
local healthcare professionals are uneducated in the advancements in
the profession made over the past 30 years.
Read more in our
Third Quarter Newsletter
ESL Classes: Millennium has completed
the first ever Conversational English summer program at a university
in Northern Iraq. Over 400 students enrolled in two locations.
These classes provided needed experience for those who wish
to speak or teach the English language better. There is a high
need for English teachers in Iraq, and this program is focused on
meeting that demand.
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Macedonia -
Education
Business Instruction:
Millennium is improving the country's understanding of business
management through The Successful Business Principles Course.
The course, created by Highmark Business Seminars, presents
practical instruction in four essential business management
disciplines: marketing, finance, human resources, and strategy.
These principles have proven successful in the highly
competitive global marketplace.
Scholarships: The
Albanian Scholarship Foundation is assisting talented Albanians
in Macedonia through scholarship funds. By increasing the
educational level of Albanians in Macedonia their contributions
to society will likewise increase and benefit all the peoples
living in Macedonia. ASF focuses their efforts in developing
professional Albanians in crucial fields where they are as yet
under-represented.
In 2004 ASF
gave scholarship to 7 Albanian university students who are
studying in the fields of medicine, physics, mathematics,
biochemistry, computer science, business administration and
English. In 2005 ASF hopes to provide 34 scholarships totaling
euros € 75,000 ($93,000) to undergraduate and graduate students.
In all its
work ASF demonstrates honesty and accountability. ASF's
Transparency Policy states that donations are received only
through legal channels. Cash-in-hand donations are not
accepted. Annual financial statements will be available to the
general public. Scholarship winners will also be published in
the media. Through its commitment to transparency, ASF hopes to
influence the cultural mindset on ethical issues, restoring hope
and a solid base for the society.
To donate
online, click on Donate Now.
Visit ASF's web site at
www.fshb.org.
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Training improves the country's business management.
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Supporting
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Morocco -
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July 2008: The goal of Advance is to
empower local associations with development training and resources.
In 2007 we completed our first year of survey work. We worked
“shoulder to shoulder” with people of initiative from seven
different associations, to encourage sustainable solutions.
Advance co-hosted two trainings led by national development leaders,
and one cultural exchange which joined three associations and over
60 students.
In addition, Advance invested
in four local initiatives:
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a women’s sewing/literacy
project
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another women’s bakery
project which also teaches literacy and hygiene classes
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a school library and
playground project
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Projects: Advance works with two different associations, both with
proven histories of successful literacy training. These
associations have developed innovative ways to empower
non-traditional students in the community.
The bakery project provides
needed income for women. A mentoring aspect of the project partners
educated women alongside those who want to learn literacy and basic
hygiene.
In another project, women who
have benefited from previous sewing projects train new students. In
its next phase, this project envisions launching a training and
marketing cooperative for women. Additionally, this group has other
education programs that continue to draw people eager to learn.
Playground Project: An environmental association,
which recognizes the potential of children, has equipped their local
school with library and playground resources. Advance encourages
the association’s leaders in their efforts, and recognizes their
potential to implement other strategic projects in the future.
Water Project: Increased drought is a serious
threat to many rural villages and their traditional farming
methods. Advance is pleased to partner with a small village that
has demonstrated exceptional unity and foresight by developing a
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This forward thinking village will soon
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Playgrounds have been unusual in Morocco,
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Advance workshops provide the experience
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Outside the city, young girls wash clothes
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our affiliate in Morocco has settled into their new offices, just
around the corner from the lively, colorful souk (market).
Advance is involved with local organizations in workshops that are
encouraging grass roots innovations in sustainable development.
The focus of the workshops is launching and managing projects that
the local community or development leaders identify as needed in
their area. During these workshops the participants receive
practical experience defining solutions for both real and potential
problems they could encounter.
The range of needs in any community can be quite large,
so we anticipate being able to work on a wide variety of projects.
Recently a representative of local association asked Advance
if they could provide summer English classes. When asked how
he thought this would help people, the gentleman promptly replied,
“English is the key to the future”. In our ever-shrinking
world, knowledge of major languages can open many doors. It
was not long before Advance
was able to recruit two teachers and set up a program for late summer
2007.
Advance continues to look for
and accept new challenges as it works “shoulder to shoulder” with
locals to help them realize their dreams of improving life in towns
and villages in Morocco.

The souk sells everything from food to
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Tajikistan
FURUZ -- Micro Enterprise
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Youth Athletic Programs
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The micro enterprise development program started
by Millennium Development Partners in 1999, not only provides
loans, it assists enterprising Tajiks in developing and
maintaining their businesses. A successful business will
not only provide a regular
income for the owner but can also supply jobs for others in the
community.
As one viable answer to the poverty plaguing Tajikistan, the program was created to raise living standards and reduce poverty
by developing capacity among families to create profitable businesses
and new jobs. Training in good business practices and onsite consultation,
supervision and accountability helps clients achieve their business goals.
This program has been
operating for eight years. In 2006, Furuz had 865 clients, 95% of
the businesses were operating successfully during the loan
period and they created 1,283 jobs. Furuz enjoyed a
remarkable repayment rate of 99.3%. This is not only a
testament to the tenacity and ingenuity of the Tajik people but
it is a direct result of our team's commitment to pouring their
skills and knowledge into the business owners.
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Tajik boys enjoyed games and tournaments, which
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Asian countries that had obtained nearly 100 percent literacy
during the Soviet Era, is now quickly losing it. The civil war
following independence and the ongoing economic downturn have
had a crippling effect on the educational system. In fact, the
new generation is growing up without the means for a proper education
or even a place for meaningful social activity. Many families
cannot afford to send their children to school. So instead of
school, many children work odd jobs to help their families survive;
some even turn to crime.
Athletic programs provide a safe, supervised environment for
boys and girls to develop their social and physical skills as
well as to find a place to excel and be encouraged.
The primary goal of the program is to instill positive values
in youth such as honesty, hard work, discipline, and teamwork.
It also strengthens the self-esteem of the children and develops
their athletic skills. In 2003, 1,800 boys and 1,000 girls participated
in Millennium's sports programs.
Read more about Tajikistan:
First Quarter 2004 Newsletter
Spring 2007 Newsletter
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Turkey
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Education. MRDS Turkey sponsored its first Adult Literacy Trainers course. This is the beginnings steps to launching an adult literacy initiative by MRDS Turkey. The first training workshop was held by a group of bi/tri-lingual expatriates who want to empower other women to reach and teach others to read.
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Yemen - Health, Education &
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Miles of Thanks
to give back to the people of Yemen. Millennium is happy to partner with Miles of Thanks: a
Marathon to Benefit Deaf Education and Safe
Motherhood Projects in Yemen (MOT). After
spending several months in Yemen on Fulbright
Scholarships, the organizers of MOT wanted to give
back to the country and people who welcomed them so
warmly.
By running the Aqaba/Red Sea Marathon in Jordan on December 5, 2008 MOT
hopes to raise money to fund equipment for two very
deserving Yemeni nonprofit organizations; The Yemen
Family Care Association’s Safe Motherhood Hospital (YFCA)
and the Association for the Care and Rehabilitation
of the Deaf and Mute (Deaf Association).
According to MOT, YFCA, founded in 1976 is currently the largest
reproductive health organization in Yemen. Through
seven reproductive health centers and a number of
mobile reproductive health clinics YFCA provides
information, education, along with a range of
services related to maternal and reproductive health
in all regions of the country including under-served
rural areas. They also operate the Specialized Safe
Motherhood Hospital and Youth Development Center in
Sana’a, Yemen’s capital city. In Yemen, many women
face social, economic, and cultural obstacles which
prevent them from gaining access to reproductive
health-related information and services. A major
goal of YFCA policy is to combat such obstacles,
working with local communities to support the
reproductive needs of women while respecting local
customs and beliefs.
Services offered at YFCA clinics include pre- and post-natal care,
immunizations, family planning information/services,
and Safe Motherhood services. With varied services
in many locations there is always a need for
equipment.
MOT hopes to raise at least $5000 to help cover needs small and large
at the Safe Motherhood Hospital. Depending on the
success of the fundraising they can supply any
number of items from baby scales, blood pressure
apparatus, and exam lamps to fetal monitors, exam
and operation tables, autoclaves, or even an
ultrasound machine.
MOT also wants to provide much needed equipment for the Association for
the Care and Rehabilitation of the Deaf and Mute in
Aden. Even with a persistent lack of funds the Deaf
Association has established classrooms for deaf
children in every neighborhood in Aden, as well as a
preschool in Monsoorah. These classrooms provide
deaf children a unique opportunity to gain an
education and to socialize with their deaf peers in
a friendly, nurturing environment. In addition, to
enable members to become financially independent,
the Deaf Association runs technical training centers
which teach members of the deaf community skills
such as carpentry or sewing.
While the Deaf Association has managed to establish
schools, many of these facilities lack basic
classroom necessities. Visual aids, which are
essential for educating deaf children, are
noticeably absent in most classrooms. MOT hopes to
raise enough money to help the Deaf Association
purchase these valuable visual aids along with other
educational equipment.Click
on Donate Now to
help Miles of thanks help Yemen.
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As a budding young scientist, this boy is
thrilled to
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Training and Equipping
Science Teachers (TEST).
As a science major, Emad’s demanding coursework includes three years
of Biology, three years of Chemistry, and three years of Physics.
At his rural high school in the rugged northern mountains of Yemen,
Emad studies hard memorizing the notes that his teacher Mr. Ali
writes on the blackboard, but he knows this is not enough.
Emad needs to work out his knowledge of science; he needs to conduct
laboratory experiments.
Emad’s high school has a
lab room and boxes full of science equipment. His student lab
workbook contains many hands-on experiments. But there is no
one to lead the students in these activities. The missing
component is teacher training. Though Mr. Ali works diligently
giving the students the knowledge they need, he has never done
experiments himself, let alone taught a lab class.
To meet this growing need
among bright high schoolstudents
in Yemen, Millennium developed the TEST project. Through this
project a science education specialist will be sent to train Mr. Ali
and other science teachers in their own schools and equip them with
the remaining lab supplies which they need. During a series of
hands-on workshops throughout the year, teachers learn how to set up
laboratory equipment and lead their classroom science experiments.
As the TEST project trains
and equips science teachers, Emad and students in many other
mountain villages are excited to be conducting science experiments
for the first time. As they test their knowledge they are
discovering new ways of thinking, learning and investigating the
world around them.
You can help Yemeni high
school science students. Click
Donate Now
and designate ‘Yemen – TEST’.
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Healthcare for Street Sweeper Families to expand.
The success of this initial project (details below) and the tremendous
need of the poor for accessible healthcare has led to the expansion of
these healthcare services. Our services will be available to people in
a second suburb in the capital city of Sana’a. Additionally, we are
looking at an opportunity to open a third healthcare project for street
sweepers in yet another city, beginning in 2008.
Once again the primary aim is on preventative health
care and hygiene. We focus on teaching the front line caregivers,
mothers and grandmothers, basic first aid and hygiene. We show them how
to recognize potentially hazardous situations and symptoms, in an effort
to stop infections and diseases before they occur. Millennium is taking
on an extra consultant to manage these expansions. To read more
about this project, see "Touching the Untouchables" in
Newsletters: Second Quarter
2005
If you can help us ensure a healthier life for families
in Yemen click on
Donate Now
and designate
Yemen - Community Health.
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Emergency Assistance for Strained Emergency
Rooms. Hospital services are unavailable in many areas
of Yemen. In the capital city of Sana’a, the facilities that do
exist are extremely busy and the medical teams are stretched.
The hospitals lack necessary drugs as well as basic equipment
such as clean needles, syringes and gloves, causing obvious
frustration for patients and staff alike.
As in any typical emergency room situation, patients must wait a
long time to be seen. But here, once diagnosed, they are
immediately sent out to buy their own drugs, dressings and
equipment from shops in the neighborhood around the hospital.
This not only delays the emergency care, but many patients
cannot afford the supplies and simply do not return. Their
wounds and illnesses remain untreated.
Millennium is helping to provide essential drugs, equipment and
training to the ER in one of the largest hospitals in the center
of Sana’a. The Republican Hospital serves a large population of
the very poor. For most patients they provide these services at
much needed discounts. The hardworking staff and the strained
facilities are in urgent need of practical support.
If you can assist us in this important initiative please click
on Donate Now and designate Yemen
– ER
Contract with Sana'a University. Millennium Relief & Development Services has signed a contract
with the Sana'a University in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, to
bolster the school's educational programs. Components of the
program include a Visiting Expert Program (VEP) to bring in
university professors and professionals for short-term lecture
assignments; research opportunities for post-graduate students;
short-term conversational English instruction and curriculum
development. MRDS-Yemen also will assist in gathering books,
technical journals and equipment to improve the university's
libraries. For information, contact Millennium at
millennium@mrds.org
Healthcare for street sweeper families.
Millennium has enlisted the help of the British Embassy, the
Sana’a Ministry of Health, and a Street Sweeper Association to
begin a three year health project in a shantytown in Sana’a, the
capital of Yemen. The 6,000 individuals who live in this tightly
packed area have extremely limited access to healthcare.
Millennium and its partners opened a small clinic and pharmacy
right in the center of the slum. Local doctors staff the clinic,
while MRDS medical and community development specialists have
trained and equipped community health workers to be the front
line of health care in the shantytown.
Long-term sustainability of the project is being implemented.
The government has agreed to employ a doctor and pharmacist and
to donate essential medicines. The Street Sweeper Association
will continue paying the clinic and pharmacy rent as well as the
salaries of the village health workers. Rooftop container
gardens are being planted to provide a sustainable supply of
vegetables for the many families with malnourished children. To read more about this worthwhile project click on
Newsletters: Second
Quarter 2005
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The MASTERY Project (Mathematics and
Science Teacher Education Reform in Yemen). This
project concentrates on curriculum reform for secondary
Mathematics and Science teacher education programs. MRDS is an
implementing partner, along with lead partner Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam. The project is funded by the Nuffic (Netherlands
Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education)
NPT program for institutional strengthening.
Professors from Sanaa, Thamar, and Al-Hodeidah Universities are
working together with Millennium staff, the Ministry of
Education, and curriculum reform experts from Holland to upgrade
science teacher training from the ground up. Yemeni staff have
written comprehensive standards for graduate teachers in both
content and cross-cutting pedagogical issues such as
methodology, use of ICT in education, assessment, gender, etc.
Current activities include program review and pilot innovations
in teaching and learning in both Science and Education
faculties. An equipment component is intended to meet the
demands of the new curriculum for upgraded teaching aids and
laboratory equipment. For more information contact us at
millennium@mrds.org
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