WDF funds four new projects in first half of 2019
WDF signed four new projects in Africa and central Asia in the first half of 2019, and approved several others that are now in the final phases of contract negotiations.
gwen's blog
Bringing knowledge to the village
The delegation arrived by boat. The group – seven staff from the Surinamese NGOs One Stop Shop and Medical Mission, and one from the World Diabetes Foundation – had travelled for hours to reach Ladoeani, a village on the banks of the Suriname River, and they received a warm welcome.
Taking care into their own hands
Alhassane Diallo is speaking, and the teenagers surrounding him are hanging on his every word.
“Like this,” he says, removing a vial of human insulin from its packaging. As he sends a young woman to wash her hands before checking her blood sugar, a boy edges closer to listen.
New approach eases the double burden of HIV/AIDS and diabetes
The building in Lomé, Togo has an unremarkable name – Association pour la promotion de la femme (Association for the Advancement of Women). Yet for the many women who pass in and out of its doors each day, it offers something remarkable indeed: a discreet refuge for people with HIV/AIDS.
In Rwanda, partners come together to lift diabetes care
In 2016, Rwanda’s Ministry of Health launched a comprehensive plan to protect the country’s residents from premature morbidity and mortality related to NCDs. It included a strong rationale for action, the Minister of Health’s endorsement – and a call for more financing to address the significant funding gap.
India marks first national GDM awareness day
India held the world’s first national GDM Awareness Day on March 10 – raising awareness about the link between maternal health and diabetes nationwide, and inviting pregnant women to hospitals and clinics for free screening.
WDF and UNICEF join forces to prevent NCDs in children
On 5 March, the Chairman of UNICEF Denmark and the Chairman of the World Diabetes Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate collaboration between the two organisations in an area of common interest: preventing diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
2019 Fundraiser: improving foot care for refugees
WDF has worked with the UN Relief Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) since 2002 to improve diabetes prevention and care in the agency’s health centres across the region.
WDF funds 13 new projects in second half of 2018
Projects funded by WDF in the second half of 2018 stretch from Argentina to Zimbabwe, and focus on a variety of interventions and focus areas. But they share a goal of diabetes prevention and – as neatly summarised by the new Niger project - to improve the health of people with diabetes.
Below is a list of the 13 new partnership projects that received WDF funding in the second six months of 2018.
New projects signed in second half of 2018
Rwanda fundraiser supports vulnerable youth
Esperance Habinshuti is a 26-year old Kigali resident with big brown eyes and a slow, knowing smile. She also has type 1 diabetes, and spends much of her free time teaching others about the disease and how to manage it.
“When Esperence talks, people say, ‘When you speak about your disease, it almost sounds like fun,” says Crispin Gishoma, executive director of the Rwanda Diabetes Association (RDA).