Q3-06
	Bringing ideas to life! The first year the World Diabetes Foundation arranged a Global Diabetes Walk, we weren’t sure if the idea would catch on. Could people see the idea? The answer is; yes they can! For the third year in a row people are joining the walk and the numbers of participants have risen from year to year. Last year almost 90,000 people around the world joined the walk to put the spotlight on diabetes and the problems related to this disease. This year more than 150,000 thousand have already signed up to walk on the World Diabetes Day 14. November 2006. You can read more about this years theme and be inspired with ideas to make this event successful by signing to organise a walk or join the existing walks on this website: www.gwlk.info. Walking for the cause of diabetes will help create awareness and advocacy. The walk will also support the “Unite for Diabetes” campaign, an effort to put diabetes on the global agenda by pushing UN to agree on a UN Resolution on diabetes in 2007. You will push this initiative forward if you join the walk this year or sign the petition online. Each of the diabetes projects we support in the developing countries are the result of great ideas from committed minds that have come to life. Through our newly designed website the World Diabetes Foundation has made it easier for potential project partners, fundraisers and all interested diabetes stakeholders to get direct access to information on the ongoing projects and get information on the latest results from the projects. If you visit www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org, you can now easily find the relevant information on each project or search by focus areas and how to apply for funding by using the animated world map feature. We offer this service so that good ideas can be replicated and new sustainable projects will be initiated. The World Diabetes Foundation is proud to be able to work as a catalyst force helping our partners to help people with diabetes in their own region and assist them in finding and using the strengths of each system. Your good ideas can offer people with diabetes a better life and future. So far the Foundation has put 86 project ideas into action that will directly impact the diabetes treatment, advocacy and awareness of potentially 35,840,000 people in the developing countries.
	Walking the talk For the third time the World Diabetes Foundation would like you to join the Global Diabetes Walk on 14. November 2006. Read more
A project in the horizon In the Novo Nordisk São Paulo office in Brazil, Laurena de Almeida Magnoni and her colleague Bianca Gomes are trying to set up a local project “Diabetes Care for all”. Novo Nordisk employees will fundraise for the project during the Global Diabetes Walk on World Diabetes Day.     Read more
	In a world of ignorance 2 year old Beatriz urinated extensively, much more than the usual toddler. People dealing with diabetes may already at this early stage suspect what was wrong with Beatriz. But her mother had no clue, neither did the doctors she confronted with her crying daughter. We met Brazilian Beatriz, now 12 years old, and her mother ten years after their dreadful journey for help. Read more
	Instant diabetes care and long term benefits in Cape Town A fundraising project in Cape Town, South Africa started in May 2006 has already had an impact on people with diabetes. Read more
	Helping people with diabetes in Andhra Pradesh In the second year of a five year project period a diabetes awareness project in India, shows impressive results looking at the impact and results achieved. But it wasn’t easy to begin with. Read more
	Fellows in diabetes care In some African countries there is only one endocrinologist working with diabetes in the whole country. WDF and IDF are training more. Read more