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IMHOIMHO’’s Role in Building Health s Role in Building Health Systems & Addressing Vital Systems & Addressing Vital
Humanitarian NeedsHumanitarian NeedsNanda Nanthakumar, Nanda Nanthakumar, PhDPhD
IMHO Board of IMHO Board of DirectorsDirectors
Why???
• Our collective motivation & vision of a better tomorrow
• We are building more than just an organization
• Thousands of lives have been positively impacted by our shared efforts
• The future of IMHO and our vision for the future…
Persistent Challenges in Sri Lanka
• Livelihoods/Empowerment• Hospital Development (strengthening systems &
infrastructure)• Water & Sanitation• Mental Health & Psychosocial Rehabilitation• Rehabilitation for Amputees• Primary Care
War, poverty, and natural disasters don’t discriminate…and
neither do we.• IMHO has supported communities in need in 14
countries since inception
Lives Forever Impacted• A statistic is merely a number, but the
measure of one life is unquantifiable
Ethiopia Development Efforts: $7,205
• Gondar Teaching Hospital surgical textbook development
• Establishment of a deaf education & empowerment center in Bahir Dar
Haiti Development Efforts: $3,250
• Shipment of medicines for community clinic• Providing regular breakfast to school children
Example of Livelihoods Support:
Women’s Trishaw Driver Empowerment• Provided 5 three-wheelers/trishaws to trained
women who will perpetuate the program
Student/Education Support: $17,800
• Photocopier & solar panels for school in Iyankankulam• 20 solar panels for schools/homes in Kilinochchi and
Mullaithivu• Jaffna orphans support (meals & living expenses)• Financial assistance to 6 students in Kilinochchi• Rebuilt a home for severely
disadvantaged youth
Mental Health: $23,950• Out-patient
transportation facility & 10 bicycles for “Kudil” patients
• Multi-disciplinary mental health team in Tellipalai
• Supplies/equipment and facilities renovation in Kalmunai
Tube Wells & Toilets: $33,983
• Toilets & tube wells for the benefit of disabled persons and their families
Amputee Rehab & Support: $17,450
• Amputee rehabilitation in Jaffna
• Wheelchairs for paraplegic patients in Kilinochchi
• (Livelihoods support, toilets, & tube wells accounted for separately)
Nutrition: $10,300• Ongoing nutritional feeding program for low BMI
pregnant women & new mothers in Batticaloa, and orphans/youth throughout NE
Hospital Development: $160,545
• Batticaloa Teaching Hospital• Jaffna Teaching Hospital• Tellipalai Base Hospital• Vavuniya General Hospital• Kilinochchi General Hospital
Batticaloa Hospital Development:
$23,500 + $70,000 in-kind• Ambulance for Cardiology Unit• Pneumatic calf compressor & cuffs• In-kind: Pacemaker & blood analyzer
Jaffna Hospital Development: $19,246
• Diabetic Center Support & Development
• Bone marrow biopsy needles
• Biothesiometer• Patient warmer• Cancer registry, patient
support, and cancer center operating support
• Radioactive iodine treatment
Hurricane Sandy Relief (2012/2013): $5,000
• Assisting residents of New York & New Jersey affected by Hurricane Sandy: $5,000
““The highest prayer in this world is service, The highest prayer in this world is service, the greatest devotion is loving the people the greatest devotion is loving the people
around us: and the noblest character trait is around us: and the noblest character trait is divine compassion for all living creatures.divine compassion for all living creatures.””
~Swami Chinmayananda~Swami Chinmayananda
““The highest prayer in this world is service, The highest prayer in this world is service, the greatest devotion is loving the people the greatest devotion is loving the people
around us: and the noblest character trait is around us: and the noblest character trait is divine compassion for all living creatures.divine compassion for all living creatures.””
~Swami Chinmayananda~Swami Chinmayananda
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