imho year in review: 2013-14 building health systems & addressing vital humanitarian needs nanda...
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IMHO Year in Review: 2013-14
Building Health Systems & Addressing Vital Humanitarian
NeedsNanda Nanthakumar, PhDIMHO Board of Directors
The Genesis of a Movement…2
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The idea of IMHO is born
2004
First health care centers in Sri Lanka open
2005
Major tsunami relief efforts undertaken & volunteer teams descend
2009
IMHO launches major relief efforts in final stages of civil conflict
2014
11 years and $3.6M of relief & development assistance
Why do we do this work?
• Our collective motivation & vision for a better tomorrow
• Our shared humanitarian duty• We are building more than just an
organization• Message of hope• Thousands of lives have been positively
impacted by our shared efforts
Persistent Challenges in Sri Lanka
• Livelihoods/Empowerment• Hospital Development (strengthening
systems & infrastructure)• Water & Sanitation• Mental Health & Neuro-
Developmental Disorders• Rehabilitation for Amputees• Primary Care• Non-communicable diseases care
and management
Serving Resettled Communities
War, poverty, and natural disasters don’t discriminate…and
neither do we• IMHO has supported communities in need in 15
countries since our inception
Lives Forever Impacted• A statistic is merely a number, but the
measure of one life is unquantifiable
2012 Efforts & Financials
EXPENSES• Programs: $291,479• In-Kind Gifts: $71,050
2012 Geographic Focus
2013 Efforts & Financials
EXPENSES• Programs: $384,478
2013 Geographic Focus
Hurricane Sandy Relief (2012/2013): $5,000
• Assisting residents of New York & New Jersey affected by Hurricane Sandy: $5,000
Ethiopia Deaf Education: $7,903
• Deaf advocacy materials support
• Hiring a deaf teacher & deaf program coordinator in Bahir Dar
Ethiopia Service Trip• 2-week service trip in August 2013 with 12
volunteers
Haiti Development Efforts: $3,890
• Team volunteer visits to medical clinic• Providing a regular breakfast to school children
Philippines Typhoon Relief: $5,000
For victims of Typhoon Haiyan
India Flood Relief: $2,500For flood victims in Uttarakhand
Livelihoods Support: $22,601
Throughout NE Sri Lanka
Three-Wheeler Livelihoods Support for Paraplegics:
$116,200For benefit of paraplegics and their families
throughout NE Sri Lanka
Children’s Education & Support: $29,559
• Student hostel renovations• Children’s home improvements & toilets• Distribution of shoes and socks to hundreds of children• Financial assistance to students in Kilinochchi• Bicycles
Vocational Training Center: $25,388
• For training of young adults in Batticaloa
Mental Health: $32,651• Facility renovations
and improvements at National Institute of Mental Health
• Multi-disciplinary mental health team in Tellipalai
• Ongoing support for facilities and services at Kalmunai Rehab Unit
• Initial autism project support
Handicap Toilets: $10,575• Constructing specially accessible toilets for the
benefit of disabled persons and their families
Amputee Rehab & Support: $19,380
• Physiotherapy• Wheelchairs and
mobility devices• Support for key
local partners committed to serving these vulnerable persons
Mobile Clinics: $9,491• Ongoing support for mobile clinics in Moolai and
Sandilipay
Hospital Development: $84,068
• Batticaloa Teaching Hospital• Jaffna Teaching Hospital• Kalmunai Base Hospital• Kurunegala Teaching Hospital
Batticaloa Hospital Development:
$15,750• Motorcycles for community services
transportation
Kurunegala Hospital Development: $5,000
• Renovation of women’s orthopedic ward
Jaffna Hospital Development: $49,137
• Ongoing Diabetic Center Support & Development
• Equipment• Patient Services• Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit (NICU)• Staff Salaries• Dental Care
Kalmunai Hospital Development: $14,181
• Mental Health Rehab Unit, staff salaries, capacity-building, etc.
Next Steps: We Need Your Support!
1. Continued support for paraplegics through three-wheeler livelihoods support program
2. Establish a Center for Neurological Disorders (including autism and spectrum related disorders)
3. Provide a bus to provide regular transportation for patients in/around Jaffna to cancer center in Tellipalai
4. Provide ultrasound scanners for screening/treating obstetric patients in Vanni & Jaffna
5. Continued support for livelihoods development efforts
“The highest prayer in this world is service, the greatest devotion is loving the people
around us: and the noblest character trait is divine compassion for all living creatures.”
~Swami Chinmayananda
“The highest prayer in this world is service, the greatest devotion is loving the people
around us: and the noblest character trait is divine compassion for all living creatures.”
~Swami Chinmayananda
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