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May/June 2011 Baobab Newsletter
An exciting new commitment from Barclays leads the latest installment of news from Baobab Maternity Hospital. Click here to learn about other progress being made toward reducing needless maternal and newborn deaths.
2010 CCBRT Annual Report Now Available
Click here to get the statistics and stories that made 2010 such a remarkable one for CCBRT. As always, you can visit the newsletters page to access any year's annual report or newsletter at any time.
Kupona/CCBRT on CNN!
In December, CNN's "Marketplace Africa" team visited our headquarters to film coverage for a segment on our innovative mobile payment transfer system.
Deputy Secretary General visits CCBRT, Praising Fistula Work
On Monday, August 2, CCBRT welcomed UN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha Rose Migiro to its disability hospital in Dar es Salaam. Dr. Migiro chose CCBRT as an exemplary UN project: UNFPA has been supporting CCBRT's fistula project since December 2009. Following a meeting with CCBRT's Chief Executive Officer, Erwin Telemans, Dr. Migiro toured the hospital and even used the opportunity to have her own eye pressure tested.
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| Dr. Asha Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary General of the UN, (front, center) poses with CCBRT Board Members and staff during her visit to the disability hospital. |
Click here to read the full press release.
Click here for UNFPA coverage of the event.
CCBRT's mobile payment program in global news!
Both Vodacom and UNFPA's Campaign to End Fistula have recently featured CCBRT's M-PESA mobile payment program for women who have fistula.
Click here to read how Vodacom Tanzania has helped to make this important program a reality for the women who need it.
Click here for UNFPA's thorough look at the barriers to treatment for women with fistula and how CCBRT is knocking these barriers down.
Baobab Maternity Hospital Covered in Tanzanian Press
Click here to read about the fantastic effort that CCBRT is making to address the staggering maternal mortality rate in Tanzania.
New Baobab and CCBRT Newsletters Released
The third issue of the newsletter on activities related to Baobab Maternity Hospital and its many programs highlights the efforts of CCBRT to expand the network of stakeholders in this important program.
Click here to read the full newsletter.
Also, click here to download the latest CCBRT Newsletter, which covers many distinguished guests and advocacy efforts.
President Kikwete of Tanzania Calls for Investment in Baobab Maternity Hospital
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| H.E. President of the United Republic of Tanzania Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete speaking at the CCBRT event on June 11, 2010. |
On Friday, June 11, 2010, H.E. President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania was the guest of honor at a major fundraising event hosted by CCBRT in Dar es Salaam. Speaking at the event, which was also attended by Mrs. Blandina S.J. Nyoni, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and Hon. Dr. Willibrod Slaa MP, President of the Board of CCBRT, Tanzania’s President said: “I would like to thank all of you who are here today for assisting CCBRT to build the new maternity hospital, Also I would like to give my heartfelt thank you to all the organizations that are helping CCBRT in one way or the other to enable them to provide services to Tanzanians. I plead with the organizations that have started to help CCBRT to build a hospital that will provide maternal and neonatal health services, to continue to do so that the hospital becomes a reality within the planned set time.”
For a full release on the event, and additional information about the new maternity hospital, please click here.
CCBRT 2009 Annual Report
Click here to download the 2009 Annual Report. This year's report highlights the progress CCBRT has made in every area to achieve its five-year strategic plan and includes several inspiring patient stories.
Also, check back for a condensed summary of the Annual Report coming soon!
Sitta launches Strategic Plan
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| Dr W Slaa, Chairman of CCBRT, Mr S Sitta, Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania and Patron of CCBRT and Mr Erwin Telemans, CEO of CCBRT arriving at the launch of the Strategic Plan to build Dar es Salaam's new maternity hospital in a public-private partnership between the Government and CCBRT. |
On June 2nd, Tanzania's Speaker of Parliament (and CCBRT's Patron), The Honorable Mr. Samuel Sitta, launched the Strategic Plan for the creation of Baobab Maternity Hospital on the site where the new hospital will be built adjacent to CCBRT's existing disability hospital. During his speech, he praised CCBRT for its impeccable credentials and said the project was in safe hands. He also described this as a turning point for Tanzania's health sector. Read the Mr. Sitta's full remarks here.
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| Hon. Mr Samuel Sitta, Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania with Mr Erwin Telemans, Chief Executive Officer of CCBRT at the launch of Five-Year Strategic Plan. |
Read the whole press release here.
Kupona Kicks Off
The first week of March 2009 was quite a big one for Kupona and CCBRT! On March 3, Kupona became a recognized legal not-for-profit corporation. One day later, the Foundation convened its first Board meeting, with special visitors Dr. Willbrod Slaa (Member of Parliament in Tanzania and Chairman of the CCBRT Board of Directors), Mr. Erwin Telemans (current CEO of CCBRT) and Mr. Geert Vanneste (Private Consultant and Former CEO of CCBRT).
Good spirits and great hope abounded, but the excitement did not end there. The afternoon concluded with a special visit to the United Nations for a meeting between the Kupona/CCBRT team and Deputy Secretary-General of the U.N., Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro of Tanzania.
CCBRT in the New York Times!
In February 2009, Ms. Denise Grady wrote an incredibly poignant article about the problem of fistulas in Tanzania, looking especially at a hospital in Dodoma (read the full article here). While CCBRT and Dar es Salaam were not the focus of this article, Ms. Grady was kind enough to include CCBRT on the article's How to Help Link.
