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8th Semi-Annual Meeting Highlights Efforts in Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Haiti, and more |
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IMHO held its 8th Semi-Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on Sunday, October 2nd. Building on the success and momentum of the past 8 years, our team was happy to present our most recent efforts and our plans for moving forward. Speaking on behalf of IMHO were IMHO USA President Dr. Kanaga Sena, IMHO International President Dr. S. Raguraj, and IMHO Lanka Director Jegan Thambiaiyah. Other speakers at the event included Tania Desgrottes, Administrative Director of the Dr. Henri Gerard Desgranges Foundation (HAITI); Dr. Gitanjali Sathiadas, Consultant Pediatrician at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital (SRI LANKA); Dr. Elizabeth Finigan, VA Family Physician & IMHO Ethiopia Project Lead; and James Slack, VP of Sanford Health World Clinics Program. The event also included a great Q&A session and excellent audience participation, video documentary on the need for establishing a NICU Unit at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital in Sri Lanka, a saree auction that raised $5,000 (!), and lunch. All presentations are available under the Presentations section of this website (CLICK HERE), and a complete photo gallery is available on our Picture Gallery section under the "Baltimore Meeting 2011" tab (CLICK HERE). Make sure to join us next time!
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OC Food Festival Raises More Than $25K for Rebuilding Livelihoods |
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Tuesday, 02 August 2011 04:05 |
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Displaying a continued sense of commitment and compassion for those most deeply affected by war and other hardship in Sri Lanka, our friends from “Anpuneri” (Path of Love) in Orange County, CA held a food festival fundraiser for the second year in a row with great success. The dedication and hard work of this generous group of individuals is clear to all. More than 280 adults and children attended the July 30th event, which featured a dinner of traditional Sri Lankan dishes, a kids talent show, and a presentation by IMHO President Dr. Kanaga Sena on IMHO’s efforts to improve health and medical services for those in need in Sri Lanka. More than $25,000 was raised thanks to the generosity of all the attendees and donors, all of which will help to restore livelihoods for families left displaced and struggling to put the pieces of their lives back together. The love and care of those who supported this event will help to get families who lost their primary breadwinners back on their feet again. IMHO wishes to thank all the organizers, volunteers, and donors for their efforts in helping to restore hope and to ensure a better tomorrow for so many war-affected families in Northern Sri Lanka. |
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Kalmunai Mental Health Unit Honored with 2 Awards by Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations |
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Saturday, 17 September 2011 01:38 |
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Congratulations to the dedicated and pioneering staff of the Kalmunai Mental Health Unit for receiving the 2011 Award of Excellence in Leadership by the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations 3rd World Congress in Melbourne, Australia! In addition to this great honor, Dr. Judy Jeyakumar, director of the unit, received the 2011 Young Asian Psychiatrist award for his incredible commitment, ambition, and seemingly endless energy in improving mental health care services for his patients and for persons in need throughout the country.
The Kalmunai Psychiatric Unit, despite bearing the brunt of war and many natural disasters (including the 2004 tsunami and repeated flooding) has achieved numerous firsts toward improving the mental health of the people of the Kalmunai region. Dr.Judy Jeyakumar has spearheaded change and invented numerous methods in coping with the reality of neglect in mental health, mobilizing both government and nongovernmental organizations recourses to help the mentally ill in around the Kalmunai Base Hospital’s psychiatric unit. The unit itself consists of an acute in-patient unit, rehabilitation unit, gender-based unit, specialized unit for mothers and babies, female geriatric and female adolescent unit--altogether thirty beds under one umbrella. In honor of the selfless work of Dr. Judy and his team, the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations 3rd World Congress presented Dr. Judy with these awards on August 2, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Kroger Rewards Program: Get Your State Involved Today! |
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Monday, 25 July 2011 22:41 |
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IMHO, as a registered partner of the Kroger Company grocery stores community giving program designed to support nonprofit organizations, receives 5% of all reloads on cards for which IMHO is listed as the specified beneficiary organization. Ohio Volunteers of IMHO started the Kroger Neighborhood Rewards Fund Raising Program in June 2009 to benefit IMHO. Texas recently joined Ohio in participating in this program, and their first rebate check of $255 for the period of May through July was given. This was done with just a few families signed up...think of what we can do if everyone living in a state with Kroger grocery stores gets involved!
The program is simple…first an IMHO volunteer signs up for the program with Kroger, receives the Kroger cards at no cost, then distributes to other consumers. Consumers first deposit money to the card at Kroger cashier counter using whichever means they prefer without paying any extra. Then, simply pay for the purchase of groceries or gas by swiping the card in lieu of cash or credit. You can reload the card as necessary so that you have enough funds on the card to pay for your purchases. Use of credit cards to deposit money to the Kroger card also allows the consumers to receive all benefits that come with the use of credit cards. For more information or to get involved, please email
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. This is an opportunity that IMHO volunteers and supporters living in states where there are Kroger stores should take advantage of. |
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