Transforming Communities through Discipleship, Partnership, Service and Development
During the month of February the community health and development team began setting plans for our work in the sector of Bugesera. On February 22 and 23 Chrisostome Nshimiyimana organized an initial training session at the Juru Sector CENTRE DE SANTE. We invited the Umudugudu leaders and/or their development or healthcare coordinators to spend some… Read More
During the Month of January 2012 the community health team continued to follow up with the director of the Nyamata Hospital and the leaders of the Bugesera district in an attempt to begin community health services in Bugesera and medical education services in the Nyamata hospital. We were informed by the director of the hospital… Read More
After our training in CHE (community health evangelism) in August we began to implement concepts learned. We have been surveying a community in the valley between Niboye and Kagarama. During the last month we have been working with one of the community members and his family by training in Mushroom farming for Thomas and sewing… Read More
During the month of August we had the chance to build our relationship and partnership with Project Healthy Children. PHC specializes in micronutrient fortification of foods for the improvement of childhood nutrition. During this past month we were able to meet with PHC lead nutritionist, Laura Rowe as well as PHC Rwandan director. During Miss… Read More
During the Months of January and February our team has formed a relationship with the community health center at Ruhuha in the Eastern Province district of Bugasera. With the expertice of our ultrasonographer Lori Kimbrow we have been able to provide prenatal care to women of this sector. During our preparations for this visit we… Read More
ATN began a commercial application of the rocket stove development program with the African Bagel Company. Martin Koonce with the help of Robin Smith, developer of the African Bagel Company, built a brick rocket stove for them to use in the cooking process. This allowed them to boil more bagels (a type of bread) more… Read More
During the months of November, December and January Lori Kimbrow, and Dr. Brian Robinson have been working with KHI (Kigali Health Institute) on undergraduate education in the departements of Radiology and Laboratory medicine. Together with ATN they are working with this institution to improve the quality of care available to Rwandans. Lori Kimbrow is teaching… Read More
Over the past several months, Martin Koonce has developed many different stove models that use charcoal or wood to reduce the amount of fuel needed to cook a family meal. It is well known that the use of charcoal is a primary cause of deforestation and ATN is looking for alternatives in cookstoves as well… Read More
We have started a few demonstration projects and one of those is our sack gardens. Like many Rwandans, we are limited with land and so this is one way we are able to grow more on a small plot of land. Included is the write-up we did that gives step-by-step instructions on how to construct… Read More
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