IMHO ’ s Role in Building Health Systems & Addressing Vital Humanitarian Needs

1. IMHO’s Role in Building Health Systems & Addressing Vital Humanitarian Needs Nanda Nanthakumar, PhD IMHO Board of Directors

2. The Genesis of a Movement…

3. 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…

4. Persistent Challenges in Sri Lanka • Livelihoods/Empowerment • Hospital Development (strengthening systems & infrastructure) • Water & Sanitation • Mental Health & Psychosocial Rehabilitation • Rehabilitation for Amputees • Primary Care

5. Serving Resettled Communities

6. War, poverty, and natural disasters don’t discriminate…and neither do we. • IMHO has supported communities in need in 14 countries since inception

7. Lives Forever Impacted • A statistic is merely a number, but the measure of one life is unquantifiable

8. 2012 Efforts & Financials EXPENSES • Programs: $279,424 • In-Kind: $71,050 • TOTAL: $350,474

9. 2012 Geographic Focus

10. Ethiopia Development Efforts: $7,205 • Gondar Teaching Hospital surgical textbook development • Establishment of a deaf education & empowerment center in Bahir Dar

11. India—Cyclone Thane Relief: $5,000

12. Haiti Development Efforts: $3,250 • Shipment of medicines for community clinic • Providing regular breakfast to school children

13. Livelihoods Support: $61,000Kilinochchi, Jaffna, Mullaithivu, Ampara, & Mannar

14. Livelihoods Support

15. Example of Livelihoods Support: Women’s Trishaw Driver Empowerment • Provided 5 three-wheelers/trishaws to trained women who will perpetuate the program

16. 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

17. 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

18. Tube Wells & Toilets: $33,983 • Toilets & tube wells for the benefit of disabled persons and their families

19. Amputee Rehab & Support: $17,450 • Amputee rehabilitation in Jaffna • Wheelchairs for paraplegic patients in Kilinochchi • (Livelihoods support, toilets, & tube wells accounted for separately)

20. Nutrition: $10,300 • Ongoing nutritional feeding program for low BMI pregnant women & new mothers in Batticaloa, and orphans/youth throughout NE

21. Mobile Clinics: $3,500 • Ongoing support for mobile clinics in Sandilipay

22. Hospital Development: $160,545 • Batticaloa Teaching Hospital • Jaffna Teaching Hospital • Tellipalai Base Hospital • Vavuniya General Hospital • Kilinochchi General Hospital

23. Batticaloa Hospital Development: $23,500 + $70,000 in-kind • Ambulance for Cardiology Unit • Pneumatic calf compressor & cuffs • In-kind: Pacemaker & blood analyzer

24. Tellipalai Hospital Development: $25,200 • Operating room equipment

25. 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

26. Vavuniya Hospital Development: $17,600 • Orthopedic Unit equipment • Physiotherapist support

27. Kilinochchi Hospital Development: $5,000 • Ambulance repair

28. Hurricane Sandy Relief (2012/2013): $5,000 • Assisting residents of New York & New Jersey affected by Hurricane Sandy: $5,000

29. “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