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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
The indispensable century – Africans in Diaspora
My phone ran that night and it was Musa, I had not spoken to him for a while, so it was a bit surprising that he called. "Guess what happened to Abu" he said "what" I enquired. "What is the worst thing that can happen to anyone?" "Death" I replied. "That's exactly what happened to Abu" shocked I exclaimed "what" "he committed suicide" Musa muttered. Abu has finally capitulated to the pressures of diaspora. He was not the last of the people I knew very well who decided rather than face the shame of returning to Africa with shattered dreams, it was better to cling to the safety of the afterlife.
Those guys like many of us left Africa with big dreams and hoped to make it big in the West. We were told by those who came before us that you could work two to three jobs, make bundles of money and return home a rich man or woman. However, upon arrival we realise that it was all an illusion. Being in Africa in very desperate situations, it never occurred to us that most of the people who were telling us those stories have themselves been in the West for sometime, 15-20 years, and they have never gone back home. If it was that easy why haven't they returned home? In the burning heat in Lagos or Accra with no knowledge of where your next meal will come from, there is no time for that type of rationalisation all you want is to get out.
For someone like me in a war ravaged country with seven and eight year old kids brandishing AK47's, where your life could end at any time by crossing the wrong check point, all you want is to get out. It does not matter where to. When a man is faced with certain death, the instinct to survival runs deep and you can do anything to get out of that situation.
When I crossed the border into neighbouring Sierra Leone, my thoughts were thank God for that at last I am saved. However, a few days later, I realised that I could not eat safely. My mind now turned to a different form of survival. In Liberia I just wanted to stay alive for the next hour and the next hour and the next. In Sierra Leone it was now a struggle to find food to eat. In Liberia my only goal was to stay alive. In Sierra Leone my goal was to now do something with this life that I had managed to save. I realised that it was no less difficult to stay alive in Sierra Leone than it was for me to dodge the bullets in Liberia.
Soon I was told that if I went to Nigeria, all my troubles will be over. With this thought in mind, I no longer sought to find a way of surviving in Sierra Leone, my mind was now focused on how to get from Sierra Leone to Nigeria. I managed to raise funds in Sierra Leone to go to neighbouring Guinea. From Guinea I went to Ivory Coast then to Ghana, from there to Togo, Benin and finally I arrived in Nigeria.
In Nigeria, the grass did not turn out green as I envisioned it when I was in Sierra Leone. Nigeria is a tough country, it's dog eat dog. In Liberia we will walk over our death, at least we turn around to see who it is. In Nigeria like Liberia, they will also walk over their death the difference is they will not even stop to see who it is. In this country mothers eat their young and kids feed their parent to the dogs for wealth. A country where siblings smoke one another over property disputes, can you imagine the type of welcome a refugee would get?
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All About Healthcare Volunteer
HealthCare Volunteer is a non-profit organization that connects volunteers with a health-related volunteering opportunity.[2][3] The organization provides medical, dental and surgical services to needy patients, and impoverished people worldwide, through indirect and direct patient-care programs.[4][5] The company also provides a social networking application, that allows health volunteers to connect with each other and create new volunteer teams. The organization has matched over 22,000 volunteers to nearly 2,400 organizations worldwide.[3] In total tens of thousands of patients have received health care as a result of its indirect and direct patient care programs.
History
In 2005, during his first year at UCLA Dental School, Patel decided to travel to Brazil to provide dental services to underserved communities. But he encountered difficulties in finding volunteer opportunities, having contacted more than 15 Brazilian organizations and receiving no response. He found that other dental and medical students had experienced similar problems. To address this problem, Patel created the Dental Volunteer and later HealthCare Volunteer to help connect students with volunteer opportunities.[6] During Dental school, Neilesh Patel said he spent many "pizza nights" – subsisting on pizza and pulling all-nighters teaching himself how to program and build a Web site, which became the backbone of HealthCare Volunteer. He said he was driven by the belief that all qualified applicants should have the opportunity to volunteer.[7]
Founded by Neilesh Patel, and Elliot Mendelsohn in November, 2005, HealthCare Volunteer has a large listing of health-related volunteering opportunities serving the non-profit sector.[3] Volunteers include physicians, dentists, medical students, and dental assistants, who donate their time to provide services including free surgery and dental care.[3] The organization has direct patient care programs in over 10 countries including India, Ecuador, Kenya, Tanzania, Liberia, Cameroon and Paraguay. In 2007, Patel was selected as a YouthActionNet Fellow in recognition of the organization's efforts.[8][9] In 2008, Patel was awarded the UCLA Charles E Young Humanitarian Award for his work in global health.
Patel and Mendelsohn have also established HealthCare Tourism International, the first non profit medical tourism accreditation service.[10] Patel started his first non-profit StudentsHelp.org (www.studentshelp.org) at age 17, which helped provide computer services and technical support to needy people around the world.
Volunteer Networking
One of the unique features of the HealthCare Volunteer website is its ability to allow volunteers to create online profiles and connect with other volunteers. Once volunteers have signed up and created their profiles, they can form volunteering teams for service at home or abroad.
Organizational Awards
In 2007, HealthCare Volunteer began awarding volunteers who helped advance the mission of HealthCare Volunteer.[12]
2007 Awards:
Award Recipient Comments Leadership Ravi Raghavan For fundraising, recruiting, public relations, and new partnerships Medical Field Excellence Dr. Samuel Feinstein For surgery work in Tanzania Dental Field Excellence Dr. Jason Ehtessabian For dental work in Tanzania Innovation Award Dr. Tara Athan, PhD For world's first health-related NGO and volunteer interactive, online map Opportunity Expansion Award Erick Mlanga For creating volunteering opportunities in Tanzania Organizational Award Carolina Myans For uploading new volunteering opportunities onto HealthCare Volunteer's website Student Volunteer Award Colin Casault For overcoming numerous obstacles to perform volunteer work in rural Tanzania
2008 Awards:
Award Recipient Comments Leadership Ravi Raghavan This year, Mr. Raghavan launched
the India chapter of HealthCare Volunteer and recruited new volunteers from India.
Medical Field Excellence Dr. Seth Podolsky For public health medical work in Galapagos Islands Dental Field Excellence Andi Michels For dental work in Tanzania Innovation Award Adil Shafique For world's first health-related NGO and volunteer interactive, online map Opportunity Expansion Award Catherine Matthys For creating volunteering opportunities in Tanzania Student Volunteer Award Sarah Richardson For overcoming numerous obstacles to perform volunteer work in rural Tanzania.
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