Amani Global Works has been featured in the news! Please click on the images below to read the articles.
The Network Journal
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 240 patients daily and the nutrition center has been feeding 150 children twice a day. A total of two full-time physicians and eight nurses now serve the community on 10 acres of land that has been donated to the organization by the community. Dr. Jacques Sebisaho hopes to use “health care as an anchor for community economic development model in the region”.
Westchester Magazine
Dr. Jacques Sebisaho and Amani Global Works were honored by the Afya Foundation, a Yonkers-based non-profit global health organization. The relief efforts Dr. Sebisaho and Amani Global Works provide to the people of Idjwi Island were recognized at the Afya Foundation’s first inaugural Benefit Awards Dinner that honored visionaries in global health. Dr. Sebisaho was presented the Afya Foundation’s Visionary Award.
We Care Solar & UN Foundation
Dr. Sebisaho spoke about the important connection between sustainable energy and health care at the “Powering Health Care in the Developing World” conference in Washington, D.C. The conference was sponsored by the United Nations Foundation and the World Health Organization. Since many of the patients in Idjwi come to seek health care only after their work day is done, the important and life-saving role that solar energy plays in the facilities at Amani Global Works is immeasurable. For example, when a Solar Suitcase was brought into the village during a cholera outbreak, survival rate from cholera spiked to 100%. The clinic’s current ability to monitor patients throughout the night continues to make a world of difference to those who live in Idjwi.
33rd Annual Refugees International Dinner
Mimy Mudekereza and Dr. Jacques Sebisaho attended the 33rd Annual Refugees International Dinner in Washington, D.C. as Matt Dillon’s guests. Refugees International is an organization that “advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises”.