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Dear FFCC Team Member,
Thanks to your support, FFCC continues to make an incredible impact in this nation and across the globe! Locally, we remain focused on aiding children and families in need, as well as our homeless community. Globally, the placement of water filters and the provision of packaged meals is literally saving lives every day.
Here's a snapshot view of some accomplishments that have been made possible because of the time, money, and compassion that each of you have shared.
FFCC IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
| | | | Meals distributed | San Diego | 600,000 | Meals distributed | Tanzania, Africa | 3.3 million | Meals distributed | Haiti | 1.2 million | Meals distributed | Japan | 100,000 | Meals distributed | Mexico | 300,000 | Water filters installed | Tanzania, Africa | 60 | Water filters installed | Haiti | 50 | Travel to | Tanzania, Africa | 10 trips | Travel to | Haiti | 7 trips |
To learn more about opportunities for getting involved right here in San Diego, visit our website (www.ffccsd.org) or contact me ([email protected]) or Becky Palenske ([email protected]). If you would like to travel with us to Tanzania or Haiti, please email Tina Socha ([email protected]).
With continued thanks,
Phil Harris
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NEXT WEEK FRIDAY, JULY 29TH!
Food Packaging Event #25
Real Living Lifestyles
Click here to register and join us next Friday, July 29th as we continue our community's efforts to end hunger in San Diego and around the world.
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Fight Against Hunger (FAH) Club Coordinator Opportunities! Are you passionate about FFCC's fight against hunger? Does it inspire you that this next generation is working hard to make the world a better place?
If so, maybe you would enjoy collaborating with our local high school Fight Against Hunger Clubs as they empower their peers to get involved and help us eradicate hunger! There is an FAH Club coordinator meeting on Wednesday, July 27th @ 6:30 pm. If you are interested, email Tina Socha @ [email protected] for more information. |
Hadzabe Medical Clinic Update
On this past trip to Tanzania, Africa, the Azusa Pacific University/FFCC team, which was there for two months, worked on building a medical clinic for the Hadzabe people. This clinic will provide a location for the Hadzabe people and the other people in the region to come and receive medical care. This effort furthers the cause to help the Hadzabe people (who are traditionally a nomadic tribe) stay in an area where they can farm and have a more sustainable source of food. This will allow them to be a healthy people again. Over the time that we worked with the people, we built stronger relationships with the workers and the tribe. We helped out with a lot of the painting and delivered the sand, gravel and brick to the clinic. We worked there for several weeks and it was amazing to see the clinic get built and finished, knowing the countless lives that it is going to save. The Tanzania government is fully supportive of the work being done with the Hadzabe people, so we look forward to the opportunity to work more closely with these officials in the future to ensure that the nutrition and medical needs of the people are met. |
Traveler Spotlight:
Karla Stahley, RN, BSN calls
US medical professionals to take notice
My name is Karla Stahley and I am a registered nurse at Scripps Mercy Hospital. I have been in the health care profession for about 20 years and functioning as a nurse for 5 of those years. I recently took a trip [with FFCC] to Tanzania in a humanitarian effort to help the people in this country. I wanted to be able to serve a community that was in desperate need and this country definitely qualifies.
While there I had the opportunity to tour the local hospital in Singida, and several "community clinics" out in the villages. The conditions of care in this country are deplorable. I would compare them to the 19th century. They have an unbelievable nursing shortage as well as no money to upgrade or maintain a hospital as it should be. The things that I observed were very fixable with time and thought and training and also money and supplies.
While I was in this hospital I recognized that there was no housecleaning staff, the nurses were about 12:1 ratio, the x-ray machine had been down for about 7 months, and finally they were readying to do an exploratory laporotomy on a patient without diagnostics being done. This facility was antiquated at best.
There is a new obstetrics hospital is being built and it is quite nice as far as the standards in this country. They have a building but are out of resources to furnish and begin treating. I would challenge anyone in the health care profession to take this trip and begin to formulate ways to educate the healthcare profession in Tanzania on how to better run their facilities and train in aseptic technique and maintenance.
Your life will change after a short visit to these wonderfully grateful people and you will want to be a change agent and advocate for them.
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Are you a health care professional? We would welcome your involvement and expertise in support of our efforts in Tanzania and Haiti. Also, if you have access to medication &/or medical supplies, please contact Phil Harris at [email protected].
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You make a difference! Thank you so much for your gifts of time, talent, and financial support!
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Upcoming Events at a Glance
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Senior Outreach (Downtown Salvation Army) July 26th 9am-Noon
Haiti Trip #8 Team Meeting July 26th 6:30pm
Fight Against Hunger High School Coordinator Meeting July 27th 6:30pm
FFCC Board Meeting July 28th 6:30am
Food Packaging Event #25 (REGISTER NOW!) FRIDAY EVENT! July 29th
Homeless Outreach (Downtown Salvation Army) August 1st 6:00pm (Don't forget to bring items in need!)
Fight Against Hunger High School Club Leader BBQ and Swim August 5th
Fight Against Hunger High School Coordinator Meeting August 9th 6:30pm
Haiti Trip #8 (August 12-21) August 12th thru August 21st
Senior Outreach (Downtown Salvation Army) August 23rd 9am-Noon
Informational Meeting for Haiti #9 (November 2011) -Harris home August 29th 6:30pm
Informational Meeting for Tanzania #11 - Harris home September 6th 6:30pm
=================================================================== UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL DATES (2011-2012)
Haiti Trip #8 August 2011 August 12-August 21, 2011 Haiti Trip #9 November 2011 November 4-November 12, 2011 Haiti Trip #10 January 2012 January 21-January 28, 2012 Tanzania Trip #10 February 2012 February 10-February 27, 2012
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Contact Information | FFCC Director Phil Harris
Friends & Family Community Connection
12463 Rancho Bernardo Road, PMB 158 San Diego, California 92128 858-204-9643, Nonprofit 501(c)3, Federal Tax Identification 75-3057954 |
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