Jan 25, 2005 | Humanitarian Projects, Medical Equipment
Several years ago, in an interview with a doctor in a rural hospital in Cameroon, I learned how he does all surgical operations under local anesthesia. He explained how many deaths occur simply because of the lack of available oxygen to assist the patients’...
Jan 24, 2005 | Housing Projects, Humanitarian Projects
A home for the youngest victims of genocide in Rwanda. Accepting an invitation from individuals conducting humanitarian projects in Rwanda, I spent three days in the capitol, Kigali, visiting many hospitals, rehabilitation centers, Aids orphanages, and homeless...
Jan 23, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
Bhante visits a remote village in Kenya where many children have lost their parents to AIDS. In this age of disposable technology, we often take for granted the high tech equipment that makes our lives so much easier. In many parts of Africa, people do not count on...
Jan 22, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
Students gathering in the playground to greet Bhante. To reach the small school, we traveled two hours by car from the city of Anuradhapura. Then we traveled another three kilometers on an unpaved dusty road. At first sight, it didn’t look like much at all. If...
Jan 22, 2005 | Humanitarian Projects, Wheelchair Donations
Distributing prosthetic limbs to children in Kenya. In my travels to rural Kenya, I participated in donating more wheelchairs, crutches, and prosthetic limbs to children in outlying villages. I also sponsored additional cataract operations as part of our ongoing...
Jan 20, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
For eighteen years, the Sri Lankan government fought a long and difficult war with a separatist group called the Tamil Tigers. By the time the government negotiated a cease-fire with the separatists in 2001, about seven thousand people had lost their lives. Although...
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