2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Successful and Effective Strategies and Resources for Health Education

Projects and Community Health FairsMonday, 30 May, 2016

2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Moderator: PDG Karl Diekman, D 5160Panelists:

PDG Jane Little, D 5010PADG Sheila Hurst, D 5160Past RI Director Yash Pal Das, D 3080Ambassador Sally Cowal, ACS

PDG Karl Diekman, D 5160

HEWRAG Health Education and Wellness Rotarian Action Group

RAGs function independently of Rotary International.

RAGs must operate in accordance with Rotary policy.

What is a Rotarian Action Group?

An autonomous group of Rotarians, family members, program participants, and alumni who are experts in a particular field.

Group members share their expertise by collaborating with clubs and districts on service projects.

RAG for Population and Development

Examples of Rotarian Action Groups

Blood Donations Peace

MalariaLiteracy

WASHRAG

Humanitarian ServiceClubs must achieve 3 of 7 goals:

One choice is:Ensure that at least one club member

belongs to a Board-recognized Rotarian Action Group

John F. Germ

RI President-Elect

PRESIDENTIAL CITATION 2016-2017

Current Rotarian Action Groups

As of April 2016, there are 26 Rotarian Action Groups addressing the following areas of service:

• Addiction Prevention• AIDS & Family Health• Alzheimer’s/Dementia• Blindness Prevention

• Blood Donation• Child Slavery

• Clubfoot• Dental Volunteers

• Diabetes• Disaster Assistance• Endangered Species

• Environmental Sustainability

• Health Education and Wellness• Hearing

• Food Plant Solutions• Hunger and Malnutrition

• Literacy• Malaria

• Mental Health• Microcredit & Community Development

• Multiple Sclerosis• Peace

• Polio Survivors • Population and Development

• Water and Sanitation

WHFRAG + Kenya Smiles Became HEWRAG

The World Health Fairs Rotarian Action Group Has combined with Kenya Smiles

To form HEWRAGHealth Education & Wellness

Rotarian Action Group

What’s unique about HEWRAG?

Its 3 areas of emphasis

1. Health Fairs and Medical Missions2. Oral Health and Nutrition3. Cervical Cancer Prevention

PDG Jane Little

PADG SHEILA HURST

A Model for Improving Children’s Oral Health in

Kenya, East Africa, & Beyond

A Program of Districts 5160, 9212 (Kenya), and

6150 (Central & NE Arkansas)

KENYA SMILES

The Rotarian, February 2014

The Rotarian, August 2013

The Rotary Foundation Celebrating the First 100

years

Page 257

Featuredin the ROTAMarch 2016Newsletter

REACH OUT TO AFRICA NEWSLETTER MARCH 2016

Featured 3 times in Breakout Sessions

How did this happen?

It all started with 2 Incredible District Governors

PDG Geeta Manek, District 9200 (9212)

And her classmate

PDG Laura Day, District 5160

Team Leaders Sheila Hurst & Jeff Bamford

Joined by PDG Karl Diekman and PP Protus Lumiti

~45 million people~1000 dentists ~39 million people

~30,000 dentists

~99 million people~500 dentists

First we identified a problem worth solving.

Kenya has widely available healthy foods and drinks

And heavily marketed, inexpensive, sugar-based, highly processed foods and drinks

We identified some ways to address the problems

Building AWARENESSProviding INFORMATIONPromoting EDUCATION

Prevention is the goal.

$200,000+ Rotary Global Grant projectRC Karen-Nairobi and District 5160

$53,000 raised $10 at a time from Rotary Clubs and individuals

Contributions from D 5160, 9212, & 6150 The Rotary Foundation Matching Funds Additional gifts and donations bring the current

funding total to $450,000+

Then together we found funding to help solve it.

Dental Kits for 5000 children

Rotarians donated $10 to sponsor a dental care kit with for dental care.

$53,000 raised 5000 children received

dental kits and oral health lessons.

Healthy Snacks Magnetic Game

Puppets from FolkmanisFolkmanis Puppets

Oral Health & Nutrition Tool KitEnglish Curriculum

English Curriculum

Oral Health & Nutrition Tool Kit Swahili Curriculum

Swahili Curriculum

Implementation! 2 Vocational Training Teams

6 top Kenya Dentists to UC San Francisco School of Dentistry

Visits to leading American dental schools

Training on an Aseptico Mobile Operatory

Honored by the California State Assembly

Vocational Training Teams worked together in Nairobi

Instruction and training for faculty & students

University of Nairobi School of Dental Sciences

Kenya Dental Association Continuing Education Classes

Nutrition Education for 300 women

for Mothers & Caregivers

Training the Trainers in villages near Meru

35 hour nutrition education course for local women

Growing and preparing healthy foods in healthy ways

600 women in Meru now own and uselocally manufactured jiko energy efficient stoves.

Lessons in a pre-school in Kibera Slum

The children were all curious

Grateful and Joyous

And thrilled with the dental care kits.

But has Kenya Smiles really made a difference?

Oral health lessons and dental kits for 5000 children

Support for dental programs in rural villages

Oral health lessons and supplies in Loitokitok District

Oral Health Lessons for Families by Local Dentists

Families in Mukuru Slum learning about good nutrition,

oral health, and dental care.

Professinal preventive care for children

Mobile operatories and portable dental chairs for clinics

New Scholarships for Dental Students

Women’s baking program with energy efficient oven .

Nutrition for Life Bakery open for business!

16,500 Direct Beneficiaries to dateMany strategies can be used in

other locations and other projects.

3000 children in Myanmar, January 2015

3500 children and educators Kenya, October 2015

Now there is Local Program Leadership

Adults want to learn about good dental health, too

Kenya Smiles is Simple

Kenya Smiles is Sustainable

Kenya Smiles is Scalable

Kenya Smiles

Would you like to learn more?

We’d like to talk with you!

Thank you.

YASH PAL DASPast Rotary InternationalDirector

1905- 2005 ROTARY CELEBRATES 100 YEARS

Inspiration for the Project

1997: Mrs. Sneh Bansal was detected with Cancer

2000: Rtn. Subhash Bansal decided to provide care for cancer patients in Ambala as no such facility was available in there

Cancer Awareness and Counseling Program

100 awareness camps 2500 women examined for Breast Cancer.Decision in 2005 to set up a full time Rotary Hospital

OUR DREAM

OUR MOTIVATOR

Dr. Jai Dev

Chairman

Contributed over US$ 1 million

January 2010

Hospital begins to function

RECEPTION AREA

WARD CHARGES US$4 PER DAY

• Initiated by the Rotary Club of Ambala in 2005 • to commemorate 100 years of Rotary

• US $2 million donated by Rotary Members & Community

• A No Profit - No Loss Hospital

• Built up area: 40,000 sq. ft.

• 100 Beds General Hospital

ROTARY’S GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY

109

OUR OBJECTIVE

Motto: Low Cost but Quality Healthcare for allModel: Infrastructure, including Land, Building, Equipment, etc. to be provided through donations by Rotarians and the CommunityFunding: Running expenses to be borne by patients

CONSTRUCTION TEAM

MODERN EQUIPMENT

Surgery with C-Arm in Progress

ANGIOGRAPHY–ANGIOPLASTY PROCEDURES

ADVANCED LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS

• Cath Lab for Angioplasty and Pace Maker implant• Advanced Pathology Lab• 2 Operation Theatres – with Laminar Airflow –

Bacteria free system• Separate Male and Female Wards• 10 Private Rooms• Semi-private wards• 24 hour Emergency with critical are MD doctor

OUR FACILITIES

• General Medicine• General Surgery• Orthopedics• Ear Nose Throat• Radiology• Physiotherapy• Critical Care

• Urology & Kidney• Oncology• Neuro Surgery• Dermatology• Interventional

Cardiology

OUR DEPARTMENTS

OUR DREAM FOR THE FUTURE• 250 Bed Multi-specialty hospital

• Advanced Cardiac Care Center

• Radiotherapy Equipment

• Develop into a full-fledged Medical College• and Cancer Research Center

Rotarians are doing good in the community.

THANK YOU

Ambassador Sally CowalSenior Vice President, Global Cancer ControlAmerican Cancer Society, Inc.

Cervical cancer prevention programs…

Save women’s lives, keeping families and communities intact

Can be successfully integrated into existinghealth services for women and girls

Are in demand, viable, and affordable inall countries

Cervical cancer prevention programs…(continued)

Are a highly cost-effective "best-buy" inglobal health (WHO)

Contribute to achieving current and emerging global development targets on

1. the health of girls and women and2. the reduction of noncommunicable

diseases (NCDs) worldwide.

Vaccination Examination

self-testingVIAPAP Smears

TreatmentCryo therapyLEEP

Referral

Preventing, Evaluating, and Treating HPV

Ladyganga.org

HEWRAG can help you…

o Design your project o Find your project partner(s)o Connect you with the right resources almost

anywhere in the worldo Provide guidance during implementationo And much more

You’re invited to join HEWRAG today!Become part of our team working

to eliminate cervical cancer.Hewrag.org hewrag@gmail.com

Health Education and Wellness

Rotarian Action Group

• To promote good health and wellness through healthy lifestyle choices and disease prevention.

• To achieve and maintain good health and to utilize effective preventions in an integrated way.

• To build awareness, promote education, and provide information about good health and wellness

HEWRAG’S GOALS

Visit Rotary.org/actiongroups Visit www.hewrag.orgAttend the Annual MeetingWrite to Hewrag@gmail.comSign up for the HEWRAG newsletter Like us on Facebook.com/hewragConsider joining HEWRAG

For more information about HEWRAG

Stop by Booth #3236. Let’s talk…

This presentation will be posted on

Hewrag.org.You can also see the

newsletter there.

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