CHAIN OF HOPE
I have had the opportunity
to discover during a two weeks internship the inside of a huge NGO
called Chain of Hope!
Since 1996, the charity
founded by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub has been working with leading
cardiac referral centres in the UK and Europe to treat children from
war-torn and developing countries who would otherwise find it almost
impossible to receive the treatment they need.
The long term aim of Chain
of Hope is to establish locally sustainable cardiac services in
countries where the facilities do not exist.
The first means to achieve
this goal is conducting , teaching and training missions at the
cardiac units that the charity supports around the world in countries
such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uganda and Jamaica. These
missions have two aims:
to treat children suffering
from life-threatening heart diseases and to provide onsite expertise
and teaching for local cardiac teams. Chain of Hope also sponsors the
training of key clinicians and runs nursing training programs, as
well as developing infrastructure and helping providing vital medical
equipment.
While the primary objective
is underway, the charity also runs a Child Referral Program,
bringing children to leading cardiac centers worldwide for emergency,
life-saving cardiac treatment.
It was great to give a hand during those two weeks and to realize that it is not that complicated to help !
How did you help them btw? But very interesting article, I knew the NGO before but I was surprised not many people know about them... anyway, here is the link to their website if any of you is interested in helping these people with their mission ^^
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That must have been such an amazing experience! I've always wanted to help and make a difference in the World by attending to different charity groups. Wasn't it too hard to see so many young children in bad conditions?
ReplyDeleteThanks for this very interesting article :)
This is such a lovely name for an organisation like this one! This must have been for you an incredible way to discover the real world, which is actually not as nice as we think it is. I'm also very interested in ways to help one another, and as you said it is not very hard to help. When I was on a school trip to England this year, we saw with my friends two homeless men, who were totally lethargic. My friends and myself weren't going to eat our sandwiches because they were not really nice, so instead of trowing them we simply gave them to these two poor men. So I'm completely on the same wavelength as you! Let just help everyone, as long as we can.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great initiative. In many developing countries, health services are so poor that thousands of people, especially children, die even of diseases that do not cause any major problem in rich countries. The treatment of cardiac diseases requires specific skills and equipment that are lacking in poor countries. So the initiative of this NGO is simply admirable.
ReplyDeleteThat must have been very enlightning, it's great that there are still people willing to do all they can to make this world a better place, for children espacially because the future will belong to them. I am looking forward myself to do some charity work in a few years from now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the article
That sounds like such a great and inspiring experience. Its important to support the families in war torn countries. I believe that if anyone were in that position they would want help and its our responsibility to help them. I think what you did is very selfless and brave and you should encourage your friends and peers to do the same.:)
ReplyDeleteGreat and inspiring initiative, Malka-Lou showing once again the kind of person you are. For the record and for everyone, I can guarantee you that volunteering and/or doing charity work, regardless of what you choose and of how it turns out is always a one-of-a-kind experience that will bring you a lot in the short and long term.
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Your article is really important because it's encouraging people to act and to do good actions in this world. I think one thing we can all do to help is to donate blood, I personally want to but I can't because I have to be 18 and I admire so much everyone who does and who participates to charity group. Thanks for this article
ReplyDeleteHow amazing to give your time for other people, especially people in need. Erin's rght, we can each do our little bit in our every day lives to make the world a better place!
ReplyDeleteI used to know that NGO by name but now I know a little bit more about it. It's truly amazing, and great. I really hope that it will help those countries.
ReplyDeleteThose countries really need help, It's amazing to see that we're making a change !
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