BURUNDI
On May 5th , 2012
An official delegation of the Ecumenical Order went to Burundi for meetings with the Goverment in order to agree upon certain Humanitarian Projects that the Order would like to start .
The construction of a Hospital University in joint venture with the Goverment is being studied in order to bring also the latest information regarding Tele Medecine in a country that will be able to assit neighbour country's in need. The Hospital is foreseen for 300 patients whilst the University will be for 1700 students. It is planned to also have Professors that will be from different parts of the world .
ility to bring the number up to 5000.
The Ecumenical Order has further agreed to sponsor the main Orphanage at Bujumbura and have already agreed to purchase a van , washing machines, cows for fresh milk, clothing and schoolraships for the tiution of the elderly children and a generator.
A visit was also done to the main Hospital and the Order will prepare a project for the supply of medical teams that will come on a rotation period , purchase of electronic medical equipment.
The comitment is very big and very interesting how it takes so little for the joint venture between the Goverment and Private Interprise can do so much for the people.
VISIT TO THE STATE OF BURUNDI (4-14 May 2012)
There is no comment that may be done, everything fails. The assistance that is provided is the result of good will and very little else.The medical equipment available to the operators are almost non-existent and those few that existed had serious need of maintenance which are not available.
A first intervention of the 'Ecumenical Order, having learned that patient care in Burundi is delivered only if the patient has health card , what in fact excludes the poorest, thus the Ecumenical Order has donated 1500 cards of which 1000 for the poor and 500 to the orphans . It is foreseen that a supplement 3500 cards will be purchased at a later date.
At the same time the Ecumenical Order has commited itself for the additional health cards,but also to find some of the medical equipment needed and other necessacities needed at the Hospital such as more operating tools to fight diseases, in particular taking into consideration the rise of AIDS.
We then visited the Government Orphanage which houses orphans aged between two weeks of life and 10/11 years.
Together with all that has been done, we proposed to provide further and continuously to the needs of the orphanage and decided to take it under our patronage.There is need od so much, therefore, in future, for any need the orphanage may have we will in accordance with the Goverment . One must make a special effort to thank GOD of the blessings we have and find a simple way to help these people. A Health card for one year costs about US$ 33.00 , think.