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The feature article describes the inception and missions of Amani Global Works. It also discusses the ways Amani Global Works has made a difference to the community of Idjwi Island. For example, the medical center has been treating approximately ...

DARIEN, Conn. – Working 6,000 miles from home with a crew that didn’t speak his language, Darien teen Clay Baxter built a canoe this summer that will help thousands on the small African island of Idjwi receive medical attention.

“I had my whole summer planned out. This happened really, really suddenly,” said Baxter, 16. He was working as an office assistant for Sandra Campos at Cynosure Holdings in New York when he was introduced to Jacques Sebisaho, founder of Amani Global ...

The AGW Nutrition Program was launched in 2011 in order to provide nutrition protein supplements to the most critically ill and malnourished children in the community.

Every morning on the northern part of Idjwi island, Jacqueline and Rolande, the clinic “mothers” arrive by 6:45am and begin preparation of the protein supplement porridge. They create the mix from a flour base, prepare the fire, and cook the meals twice a day for 120 children enrolled in the ...

Until July, 2011, Idjwi’s island did not have any means of transportation for emergency situations such as critically ill patients or prenatal emergencies. Now, due to the masterminds of Dr. Sebisaho and 16-year-old Clay Baxter, Idjwi has their first water ambulance.

They worked endlessly for a week with small tools from 4 AM to 7 PM or later. The success of this creation inspired the community and can continue to be recreated by the craftsman and volunteers of Idjwi.

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On Africa’s long-forsaken Idjwi island, Harvard School Of Public Health (HSPH) students are building a health care system from the ground up.

Lake Kivu sits between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its serene waves giving little hint of the conflicts that have erupted beyond its shoreline. To the west, Rwanda is still waking up from its genocidal nightmare. To the east, fighting continues in the DRC; though a 2002 treaty officially ended a civil war that left millions ...

Students reach across different Harvard schools to explore and help uncharted territory

In arguably the world’s poorest country, on an island four times the size of Manhattan, exists a population of 250,000 people invisible to society and, in a sense, forgotten. This island—Idjwi—is a six-hour boat ride from the mainland of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the middle of Lake Kivu.

Many Harvard students travel the globe to pursue their own projects each summer, but in this project, a team ...

Since this summer, when I first wrote about Dr. Jacques Sebisaho and his team as they prepared to travel to Idjwi with the mission of filling the Island’s healthcare void, the facts on the island remain unchanged. There are still upwards of 200,000 vulnerable people living on the island, only three of whom are doctors; there are still low instances of electricity and potable water, and high child mortality rates. But, what is different, is the island’s outlook.

In a ...

If you sign on to the newborn Amani Global Works website, you will be greeted with a Congolese Proverb: “He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.” But what is it that is going to transform this proverb from an optimistic nicety into a lower mortality rate and better quality of life for the Island of Idjwi? The answer is Dr. Sebisaho and a handful of Harvard University Students. Having grown up ...