Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Health Care Program

A very gracias Brianne Moffitt and David Kuwada worked with the Ungana Foundation to put together a Health seminar for OB/GYN nurses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Their focus was on complications and infectious diseases, as well as pain management. These nurses graduated and receieved certificates for their participation. Below are some pictures of the seminar and Dave and Brianne's visit to a Rwandan hospital. Notice the XO Laptops used to help the nurses follow the PDF slides of the seminar, very cool!















Getting to know Rwanda...












Classes and the XO Team

















Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Back in the US

What a run we had in Rwanda! Government consulting, university consulting, One Laptop Per Child, and much progress towards greater development goals in Rwanda and Congo. All of the US citizens working with the Ungana Foundation are now back home, while the local help is continuing the efforts for the next month and a half. Alyssa Callister and myself will do what we can to fundraise and build awareness about the project, while refreshing our minds and gathering new strategies to move forward. So after a few community events and an OLPC conference in Boston next month, we're back off to the land of a thousand hills.

Alexander Erickson
Managing Director, Ungana Foundation