| Hi jay, Here's the latest from ARC around the world. You can always feel free to get in touch if you ever have any questions about these items or anything else. -Daniel Daniel Wordsworth, President *********************************************** *Asili Launch* Asili – ARC’s social enterprise platform for child survival and maternal health in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – celebrated its grand opening last week in Buhanga. More than 700 community members attended, including the Governor of South Kivu Province and the tribal King of the Kabare district. The Honorable James Swan (US Ambassador to DRC), USAID Assistant Administrator for Africa Earl Gast and other dignitaries were also in attendance for launch events. A disruptive start-up business - Asili provides basic health care, clean water, and agricultural support to a community of more than 10,000 people. Early input from the community has been exceptionally positive. Both health and agriculture are ahead of projections, and clean water services came online two weeks ago. *Myanmar Training Completed* A few weeks ago, ARC completed training of dozens of volunteer community health workers in Myanmar to screen rural communities for drug-resistant malaria and help treat patients who've been infected. These volunteers are students, farmers and other members of the community without medical backgrounds. They allow us to cast a wide net, covering a much larger geographic area than we otherwise could. The volunteers will monitor patients' courses of treatment using boats, bicycles and going by foot to extremely remote areas of the country. ARC is working closely with indigenous health partners, including the Karen Department of Health and Welfare and the Mon National Health Committee, to implement this program. We're also partnering with the Myanmar Ministry of Health to put laboratory workers from indigenous health clinics through a one-month training to strengthen their malaria microscopy skills. We'll supply the facilities with 10 new microscopes to aid in screening for new cases of drug-resistant malaria. *Darfur Relief Efforts Double* ARC's relief efforts in Darfur have recently doubled. We are now the largest international relief organization in this region of Sudan. Since 2003, ARC has served people in South Darfur living either in displaced person camps or in rural villages. In recognition of ten years of exemplary service in South Darfur, ARC was asked to take over relief efforts in East Darfur operated by a departing agency. In East Darfur, ARC runs a hospital and provides other relief services similar to those in the south. Congratulations to our team in Darfur on the recognition of their dedication and good work!
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