Collective communications training in California
Amani was pleased to participate and unique hands-on communications training provided by Spitfire Strategies training designed to help non-profits such as ours continue to articulate our story and make smart communication choices. The two day training was a great way to hone in on our vision and ensure that we do not lose sight of […]
UN General Assembly (UNGA)
Amani participated in a number of high profile events during the UN General assembly which is held annually in New York during the third week of September. Given the influx of the global business community and multitude of world leaders in New York during this time, there are also numerous side events and forums for […]
UNGA 2019: A Focus on Global Health
At Amani Global Works one of the sayings that motivates our work is “He who has health has hope, and he who has hope, has everything.” At AGW we center our work on the belief that every individual no matter what their circumstances for background, deserves access to basic care in a dignified setting. The […]
Harvard and AGW
Amani Global Works is pleased to announce that we will be working closing with the Harvard School of Public Health on some new exciting initiatives designed to strengthen our overall evaluation efforts. The University is eager to work on helping us expand our efforts in some of the key areas we work and will advise […]
Meeting with Hadia Samaha, DRC Health portfolio manager at the World Bank
We are exploring ways to collaborate on integrated management of malnutrition and health strengthening in Idjwi (South-Kivu) and recently traveled to Washington to meet with some of our potential partners. The bank has numerous projects that are aligned with the government’s priority of building a comprehensive nutrition and health agenda. We hope that we can […]
Meeting with the new DRC Minister of Health in Kinshasa
As we continue to build capacity for our work in Idjwi Island and other regions, we are meeting with a number of new and interested partners from both the public and private sector. Most encouraging we are also exploring the feasibility of AGW to be considered for the new World Bank/DRC fund for nutrition, family […]
Partner Spotlight: Izumi Foundation – On Compassion and Altruism
AGW is honored to work with our partners at the Izumi Foundation, who’s charitable giving is centered on compassion and altruism. The Izumi Foundation provides assistance to some of the poorest communities in the world through their support of health programs in developing countries. During Izumi’s annual gathering of partners this past July, AGW participated […]
The Skoll World Forum
This past April, our Executive Director, Dr. Jacques Sebisaho and Program and Operations Director, Raniah travelled to Oxford, England during the Skoll World Forum on Entrepreneurship to meet with like-minded practitioners from across the globe. The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship “seeks to accelerate entrepreneurial solutions to the world’s most pressing problems by uniting […]
Story #3: Suzie’s first 2 years of life
This is Suzie. She is almost 2 years old. She almost died in childbirth, but her mother had been sponsored by Amani to give birth in a hospital setting. Thanks to the care of Amani’s health workers she and her Mother have been closely monitored and cared for to ensure that she obtained the primary […]
Blue Dream in the Hamptons will Feel Like a Night in the Aegean
The fourth Blue Dream Summer Gala of the Kimisis Church of the Hamptons will take place on Saturday, August 30. The much-anticipated annual event whose decorations and spirit – everyone must wear blue or white – seem to transport participants to a fabulous Aegean island will be on church grounds for the first time, but […]
Story #1: Amani Global Works Nutrition Program
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 […]
UPDATES ON CONSTRUCTION, NUTRITION PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY FARM
UPDATES ON CONSTRUCTION, NUTRITION PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY FARM During the summer, we made great progress on Idjwi. First, we built new hospital buildings with 8,000 sq. feet of clinical space, which has generated a lot of community support. The hospital was built with a small core of paid workers (mostly men, but one woman) and […]
Amani Global Works in the News
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 […]
Darien Teen Builds Canoe for African Clinic
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 […]
Story #2: Idjwi‘s Water Ambulance Program
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 […]
Idjwi Island: Oasis of Change
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 […]
Harvard Without Borders
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 […]
An Update on the Idjwi Project
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; […]
Dr. Sebisaho: “One Man and an Island”
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 […]
AGW’S COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM
We have trained 50 Community Health Workers, serving as a link between communities and the health clinic and have directly provided a stable source of income to 8 households (those who work for the clinic) and indirectly to many others.
IDJWI’S FIRST HEALTH CLINIC: KATONDA
With the help of Northern Idjwi’s King, Katonda was chosen as the location of AGW’s first health clinic that launched in December 2010. Since the opening, the clinic has treated more than 5,000 patients and continues to see more than 100 patients on a daily basis. Katonda is accessible by road and water from the […]