DEVELOPING TIMES: Medicine in Port

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Mission Statement
Rural Empowerment Initiatives (REI) mission is to collaborate in the reduction of poverty through investment in rural areas and training of local people.

Vision Statement
REI's vision is to treat every created being with dignity, respect and love. We strive to work with those most in need by empowering people to recognize their God given talents, enabling them to make the world a better place and providing them hope for the future.

Our Principles
REI believes that all people are created equal.
REI will develop small to medium businesses (SMEs) as one approach to reach those most in need by creating jobs that build the economy in rural areas.
REI's partner businesses will be led, managed and majority owned by local people.
REI will always seek a triple bottom line of economic, spiritual and social transformation.
REI seeks to build sustainable community-oriented business models.
REI's focus of support is to the economically disadvantaged.
REI will seek attractive market and growth opportunities.
REI will incubate pilot projects with capable management.
REI believes in collaboration. We seek partners whose strengths complement our own in an effort to build well-rounded projects of lasting economic value for the communities in which we work.
REI is inspired by the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, and is therefore rooted in the Christian faith.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Medicine in Port

This March as I traveled to Senegal, I had the great pleasure to travel with Dr. Bruenning ,the founder of International Children's Fund. Dr. Bruenning was investigating the country and looking if they could get involved in Senegal.
We traveled together for two days. I had the opportunity to expose him to the Barthimee Hospital in Theis. Here this former medical clinic turned hospital operates. We also had the pleasure to travel with Dr. Bruenning in the bush. Dr. Bruenning had the opportunity to speak at a rural village church.
After returning home, Dr. Bruenning had agreed to send a container of medicine to Barthimee Hospital. A container worth five million dollars!
I want to thank International Children's Fund and Dr. Bruenning for this commitment to seeing that everyone in Senegal has the right to affordable medicines and treatment.
We received word this week that the medicine is in port and on it's way to Barthimee. Just in time for the malaria season.

What a blessing.