Africa Bound 2011

Heading off again to Africa on 26 november for 2 weeks. Lots to do. University of Western Sydney Medical Students Association has four Med Students going to Emmaus Hospital for a five week elective and I will be there on teheir arrival to ensure things go smoothly for them
 Visiting Intumbane School plus the two new schools which have partnered up with Wollondilly Anglican college and Broughton Anglican College and get those partnerships moving.

Meet with Philakahle Board to discuss current and future projects and visit current projects to see how support in Australia is assisting African kids. As well as that will meet with a Zulu chicken and egg farmer to look at possibilities for small business enterprises in the villages raising chickens.

Hope to get to Spion Kop Game Reserve and a game of golf as well as visiting people I met last time.

On 8 December off to Kenya for a whirlwind four days. Attending a meeting to discuss a microfinance project which we may have a donor interested in supporting. Will also discuss current projects we have in Kenya and spend time with Bernard our partner who does amazing work in Kenya.

Back home and work on 13/12/11

African AIDS Foundation's 2011 Fundraising Dinner

Mamuka Zimbabwean singers and dancers

 MC for the evening Luckson from Zambia

 The hall looked fabulous

 Two doctors from Africa and Australia in serious discussion

2011 dinner - Eddie Ozols - Picasa Web Albums

2011 dinner - Eddie Ozols - Picasa Web Albums:

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African AIDS Foundation fundraising dinner was held on 8 October 2011 attended by 160 people. This year we had a strong African theme with a Zambian MC and Zimbabwean Youth singers and dancers.

Mad about Africa!

Staff and students at St Peters Anglican Primary School Campbelltown Australia have a partnership with Intumbane Primary School South Africa and are currently raising funds to build a library for their 800 Zulu friends in South Africa. At a recent fete and a secret item was announced at the end of the auction which was bidding to have the right to throw the ball at the dunking apparatus to have the Headmaster dunked.
Headmaster Stephen Bomford has promoted the partnership with his school and been very enthusiastic about his students understanding that their world extends beyond the comfortable lives they live. This partnership has brought a global understanding of poverty to children as young as kindergarten who are learning of their privileged status in the world. The video shows just how mad everyone at St Peters is about Africa!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muhoCcfrWfs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stpeters.nsw.edu.au%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D78%26Itemid%3D1&feature=player_embedded

Red Week 2011 (1)

Red Week 2011 (1)

Red Week in the University of Newcastle!

Medical Students from the University of Newcastle gathered together in April to support the global movement to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. Speaking to over 500 medical students plus the wider university community, they sold hundreds of ribbons, condom roses and over 1000 cupcakes. There was a Trivia night, a Global Health shortcourse, personal insights from Dr John Schwarz, founder of the African AIDS Foundation and a Red Party to finish the week off, which is part of a national initiative co-ordinated by the Australian Medical Students Association Global Health Committee. The whole week raised just over $4000 for the African Aids Foundation. Thanks to everyone who got on board!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150161697003602.299102.363679948601

HIV a disease of the Poor

Poverty is the cause of HIV and other health related concerns in developing nations

Eddie Ozols' last week at ADHC

I left the NSW Public Sector on 15 April 2011 after 39 years. I had three occasions when I was farewelled - Wednesday 13/4 was an afternoo tea attended by a huge number of people (?60), a dinner on Thursday night and final exit activities to qualify for a Certificate of Exit. I indicated I did not wish to have a ift but for those who wished a donation to the Intumabne School Library fund to build a library for this school in KZN South Africa would be appreciated. A monetary gift was presented to me on Wednesday. At dinner on Thursday I was asked how much i would take for my beard to come off and having stated $500 this amount was collected withing 5 minutes prior to dinner. On Friday I was "paraded" around the building having to undertkae various activities with an "official" photographer. As part of ths people were asked to alos donate to the the Intumabne fund. All in all $1000.60 was collected as part of my farewell from colleagues. The collage is an amalgam of my last three days being farewelled including the shave on Friday.