Grief and trauma counsellor Liese Groot Alberts to visit Samoa

Liese Groot-Alberts, one of New Zealand's foremost grief and trauma counselors is to visit Samoa to assist with families and individuals who have experienced shock and loss. Liese has extensive international experience. She trained with Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. The trip will be organized by Rose Charities and AMDA Canada and assisted by the local Samoan organization, Women in Business Development See www.liesegrootalberts.com

Tsunami relief assistance to W. Samoa

Rose Charities New Zealand is providing assistane to tsunami affected families though local counterpart organization 'Women in Business Development' www.womeninbusiness.ws' This organization is locally based, has been working to assist women and families for many years, and has an excellent reputation for community level projects. It has direct contact with many families who have been severely affected by the September tsunami and can take funding directly down to those in need without a heavy administrational interface. In short its mode of operation, organization and function is very much in keeping with the direct 'people-helping-people approach of Rose Charities.

Donations to Rose Charities for Samoa relief are tax deductable for USA, and Canadian citizens ( see RoseCharitiesUSA.com and rosecharities.ca ) and qualify for 'gift aid' in the UK (see www.roseharities.org.uk ) . They will also be implemented by the route above.

Emergency Relief for Philippines, Samoa, Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia

The last 2 weeks has seen a terrible chain of disasters. Rose Charities is helping both on its own and through AMDA Canada. AMDA is a major international relief organization founded and based in Okayama, Japan www.amda.or.jp or www.amdainternational.org as follows.

• Direct aid through Rose Charities Vietnam to the Hue area (where Rose Charities Vietnam has a project)
• Direct assistance to Samoa through Rose Charities NZ www.Rose-Charities.org
  
• Assistance to Cambodia through Rose Charities organizations and/or AMDA.
  
• Assistance to Padang Indonesia through linkage with AMDA Canada and AMDA International (which works closely with AMDA Indonesia
• Assistance to the Philippines through AMDA Canada and/or local contacts
  

Donations for any or all of these efforts are welcomed. Please see www.RoseCharities.org , wwwRoseCharitiesUSA.com, www.RoseCharities.org.uk, www.RoseCharities.ca etc

Further reports will appear on this site

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Samoa update 1 Oct 09 from Rose Charities New Zealand

Health Minister Tony Ryall has asked for health professionals who want to volunteer to help in Samoa. Ryall has received a request from the Samoan government for orthopaedic and general surgeons, theatre nurses, anaesthetists and post-operative staff.

Ryall says the Ministry of Health's National Health Co-ordination Centre is working with District Health Boards to compile a register of health professionals wanting to help.

Samoa's National Hospital is focusing its efforts on helping the injured. Clinical services director Lemalu Fiu says medical staff from across the country are being brought in to assist in the affected area and staff are seeking out those injured in remote areas.

Nineteen New Zealanders are among the injured and Labour's Foreign Affairs spokesman has visited 11 of them in a hospital in Apia. Chris Carter says they have a range of injuries, including some with serious internal injuries. He says the New Zealanders have had great treatment in hospital in Samoa and every one has a harrowing survival story, but they all want to come home as soon as possible.

And tradespeople are also being asked to volunteer their services. Habitat for Humanity is asking for help with the clean up as residents look to rebuild

Health Expo at Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia

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Rose Charities Malaysia is one of the participating organizations in the upcoming Bukit Mertajam Health Expo. Rose Malaysia has cooperated in the organization of previous Health Expo's in the Penang area including a Womens Health Expo earlier this year. Other health initiatives by Rose Charities Malayia include screening camps for the Orang Asli (indigenous peoples of Malaysia) and health project planning in both Malaysia and Indonesia

New Zealand Newsletter August / September 2009

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Building Rose education foundation programs into kids lives

A solid education foundation is probably the greatest single aspect of assistance that one can give a child on their path though life. Not only does it help them, but it helps their family, community, county, and the whole world.

Rose Charities helps in education in developing countries at all levels, from pre-school through to college and university. Specialized training is also included such as for health workers or vocational training.

While all aspects of education and training are important, it is the building of a strong foundations at an early age which have the greatest impact in setting a child on her/his path for the future. ECCD (early childhood care and development) and ECCE (early childhood care and education) are considered two of the most vital areas in Rose programs.

Pre-school leads onto primary and then secondary schooling. Rose programs assist here also to ensure support for children who otherwise would not be able to attend, through poverty or disability.

At college / university level. Rose Charities partners Education Generation in assisting young people to fulfill their potential. In Africa (currently Kenya and Uganda) as well as Pakistan Rose Charities 'Hillman Medical Education Fund' provides specialized health care training. Other Rose education programs function similarly in South and S.E. Asia. (Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam) extending into vocational training and training for the disabled.

For more information on any of these programs, contact Rose Charities

Rose Charities Malaysia Health Screening

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ROSE CHARITIES PENANG (MALAYSIA) health screening initiative

The pictures show the latest health screening initiative of Rose Charities Malayisa. This time the screening was for the people of Bukit Mertajam and heald in the Kampung Berapit Multipurpose Hall in the mainland part of the Province of Penang. Some 500 persons were screened and assisted.

Chaired by Mr Vince Yeoh. Mr Lawrence Chea one of the main organizers of Rose Charities Malaysia is current Honourary Rose Charities International Chair.

Rose Charities Malaysia's previous screening initiative was in Cameron Highlands for the Orang Asli (the indegenous people of Malaysia)