Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff
Published: Friday, October 21, 2011
New York (TADIAS) – Gemini Health Care Group (GHCG), the U.S.-based non-profit organization that provides pediatrics services and training in Ethiopia, said its next medical mission to Addis Ababa is scheduled from October 25th to November 5th, 2011. The upcoming trip is organized in collaboration with the Philadelphia chapter of Healing the Children, a volunteer association that works to provide access to medical treatment for children worldwide.
“We have assembled a 12-member medical team that will be going to work at Black Lion Hospital, Cure International Hospital and Mekanissa School for the Deaf,” says Dr. Ebba K. Ebba, GHCG Founder and President. “We wish the volunteer medical team safe travels and tremendous success.”
GHCG also held a succesful fundraiser last month at its annual gala held on September 24th in Arlington, Virginia. The full-house event included music, food, and auction of donated paintings, airline tickets, and other merchandise with an added excitement of a humorous, fast-talking L.A. auctioneer.
The Keynote Speaker, Dr. Aziza Shad of Georgetown University, discussed the collaboration between Georgetown University Department of Pediatrics and INCTR (International Cancer Treatment and Research), a non-profit organization which provides cancer treatment and research for developing countries, to establish the pediatric cancer treatment, and training program by January 2012 at Black Lion hospital in Addis Ababa. The event also honored several individuals, including Dr. Aklilu Lemma (posthumously), who was the former Dean of the Faculty of Science and Director of the Institute of Pathobiology at Addis Ababa University. Dr. Lemma’s pioneering research produced cheap and locally available interventions that helped combat a parasitic disease called Schistosomiasis or Bilharzia. Other awardees included Dr. Ahmed Moen, Dr. Tsehaye Teferra and Ms. Mary Cohen.
“Just remember,” Dr. Ebba said speaking about the upcoming medical mission “we may not change the world, but we can save a child.”
Gemini Health Care Group held its 4th annual gala at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Virginia, on Saturday, September 24, 2011. (Courtesy photo)
Dr. Aklilu Lemma’s sons accepted the award on their late father’s behalf from Dr. Ebba K. Ebba – left – at GHCG’s 4th annual gala on Saturday, September 24, 2011. (Courtesy photo).
Guests at GHCG’s 4th annual dinner held on Saturday, September 24, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. (Courtesy photo)
Volunteers at GHCG’s 4th annual gala on Saturday, September 24, 2011. (Courtesy photo)
Guests at the Gemini Health Care Group’s 4th annual gala at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Virginia, on Saturday, September 24, 2011. (Courtesy photo)
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You can learn more about Gemini Health Care Group at www.ghcg.org.