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Dying Young Woman Calls Emergency Services and is Told ‘Everyone Dies’

July 31, 2018 Kavian Milani Uncategorized

-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator

CNN.com (22-year-old Naomi Musenga who is told by a French emergency response operator that ‘everyone dies’ later dies shortly dies after arriving in a hospital)

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/11/health/france-ambulance-call-mocked-trnd/index.html

This story is a bit old but is still very disturbing nonetheless.

In France, a 22-year-old woman calls emergency services and during the call she is unable to properly describe her symptoms due to the excruciating pain she is experiencing and is only able to say that she is is pain and she feels like she is going to die. The operator’s response? “Yes…you will die, certainly, one day, like everybody else.” A family member later calls a doctor who then takes her to a hospital where she soon dies after two heart attacks.

Now…it’s understandable for an operator to be stressed after working 12 consecutive hours a day, however, this is no excuse to disregard a caller who was in so much pain she could barely speak. Every call should be treated as important because cases like this where a civilian who is in actual danger or pain is neglected come up all too often.

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United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

July 24, 2018 Kavian Milani Accessible Healthcare

-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator

UNICEF

From its founding in 1946, UNICEF has always believed that:

“All children have a right to survive, thrive, and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.”

It has indiscriminately defended children from all around the world in over 190 countries and territories for over 70 years through programmes and National Committees using a life-cycle based approach. UNICEF uses this approach to recognize “the particular importance of early childhood development and adolescence,” focusing it’s programmes on “the most disadvantaged children, including those living in fragile contexts, those with disabilities, those who are affected by rapid urbanization and those affected by environmental degradation.”

“UNICEF was created with a distinct purpose in mind: to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path.” Through actions such as promoting girls’ education, immunizing children against common childhood diseases, advocating for and assisting in well-balanced nutrition, and mobilizing anti-HIV/AIDS efforts among young people, UNICEF is working hard to ensure that its purpose is met. In fact, according the UNICEF’s 2017 Annual Report, the organization “responded to 337 emergencies in 102 countries (8.8 million of whom where children), reached nearly 33 million people with safe water in humanitarian settings, supported the vaccination of 141 million children against polio in Africa, delivered health services to 15.2 million children and women in humanitarian emergencies, and helped bring the number of new HIV infections in children averted since 2010 to at least 1.6 million,” and many more achievements.

To take a look at UNICEF’s 2017 annual report:

https://www.unicef.org/publications/index_102899.html

For more information on or more news regarding UNICEF and its work:

https://www.unicef.org/

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United Nations World Food Programme

July 24, 2018 Kavian Milani Uncategorized

-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator

UN World Food Programme

Established in 1961, the UN’s World Food Programme was originally an experiment created to provide food aid to countries during times of desperate need or following a crisis. Its current  commitment is to end hunger, achieve food security, and improve nutrition by 2030, focusing on “emergency assistance, relief and rehabilitation, development aid and special operations” to reach this goal.

Purchasing over 2 million metric tons of food each year and sending out 5,000 trucks, 20 ships, and 92 planes each day, WFP is able to distribute approximately 12.6 billion rations of food to 80 million people in around 80 countries each year, raking up an average cost of only .31 US dollars per ration. Of these 80 million people include between 20 and 25 million children across 63 countries who are provided school meals every year.

WFP’s efforts do not stop there:

  • Even after the subside of an emergency, WFP stays behind to help communities “rebuild shattered lives and livelihoods [and works hard] to strengthen the resilience of [the] people and communities affected by protracted crises.”
  • To ensure the authenticity and intergrity of the organziation, WFP “created an Ethics Office in 2008 to ensure that all staff members observe and perform their functions with the highest standards of integrity, as required by the Charter of the United Nations, and in accordance with the Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service” and “adopted a Whistleblower Protection Policy” to protect individuals who report internal misconduct and wrongdoing as well as “cooperate with a duly authorized audit or investigation.”

Give a donation and support WFP’s goal of ending world hunger by 2030 by clicking the link below!

https://support.wfpusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=4181&4181.donation=form1&s_src=UNR0000EXwfp

For more information about WFP and its cause:

http://www1.wfp.org/

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Soccer Without Borders

July 24, 2018 Kavian Milani Change

-Elizabeth Chinery, Junior Community Outreach Coordinator

SWB Colorado

Soccer Without Borders is an non-profit organization, founded by Ben Gucciardi in 2006, that aims “to use soccer as a vehicle for positive change, providing under-served youth with a toolkit to overcome obstacles to growth, inclusion, and personal success.” Its values include:

  • The inherent potential and gifts of all young people
  • Honesty and authenticity in speech and action
  • All learners as teachers and all teachers as learners
  • Openness to all perspectives, voices, and people

The organization has grown drastically through the last twelve years with global presence in 10 countries on 3 continents including programs developed in programs developed in 5 US states (California, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington) as well as Nicaragua and Uganda, reaching over 2,000 youth annually and over 10,000 youth throughout its years.

SWB’s program is modeled to meet the needs of the target population of each individual location and create “a team environment defined by consistent leaders, dynamic and relevant program activities, and a culture of acceptance.” Its impact highlights include language development (including the SWB Baltimore’s integration of language learning into field practice), academic advancement through tactics such as academic intervention and regular tutoring, and reciprocal impact (i.e. volunteers learning from the participants as they also teach them).

To learn more about Soccer Without Borders, contact an ambassador, or become an ambassador to get your community involved click the link below!

https://www.soccerwithoutborders.org/

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