1. Our 'Night of Jazz' program managed to have new people learn about our activities and raise awareness. We are also putting together a team to organize our October masquerade gala

 

2. Katrina affected areas: We continue our work with Children's Health Fund. We have managed to donate physician services, train staff on AEDs and will be organizing an ACLS/PALS course for all staff involved in August of this year.

 

3. Pediatric HIV: We are continuing our efforts to work with the Clinton Foundation, UNICEF, Indian Academy of Pediatrics. They are beginning massive training programs for Pediatric ART therapy and prevention of maternal child prevention. We should then be in position to work closely with particular institutions exposed to large vulnerable populations. We have also hopefully set up an Observership at the University of Miami for Dr. Philip Verghese from CMC-Vellore.

 

4. Telemedicine: We will be meeting with the MRC in South Africa and looking at doing a pilot program for triage purposes

 

5. Andaman and Nicobar Multirehabilitation Center: We have received the generous support of Baptist Health Systems and the use of their telemedicine platform. The islands have the ability for videoconferencing. We are taking an IT specialist to obtain an IP address to enable the use of webcasts for teaching purposes.

 

Dr. Rafols and FIU have been using webcasts to teach in Germany and elsewhere and have partnered with us for the OT and PT training programs. We will be able to provide the participants with certificates/diplomas. University of Miami and Dr. Sherri Hayes have also agreed to partner with us and will collaborate with FIU. We also hope to use their telemedicine resources. We are having constructive conversations with Columbia University and their OT program and I think we will be proceeding with a partnership with them as well.

 

1. Raji Doraiswamy, PT, Private Practice,

 

2. Dr. Jose Rafols, Ph.D., OT, Director Distance Learning Florida International University,

 

3. Dr. Nancy Slater, Ph.D. Psychology, M.A. Art Therapy, Emporia University, in partnership with LELA, worked in Thailand after the tsunami

 

4. Dr. Paula Madrid, Ph.D. Psychology, Director Resiliency Program, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

 

5. Valarie Moser, M.Ed, TVI, COMS, Manager of Children's Services, Lighthouse of Broward,

 

6. Hassan Akmal, MPH, Invitation for the Truth, actively involved with many projects involving disabled children and pediatric HIV

 

7. Alexandra, Film Producer

 

8. Audiologist, Name pending

 

9. Pradeep Doraiswamy, IT

 

10. Hina Sharma M.D.Board Member, Sangha