Laptops For Health

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Laptops For Health
Connecting good laptops
and good health in DR Congo.
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DR Congo is a Huge Country
as big as the US East of the Mississippi
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Congo is a Country of Huge Challenge
Here are all of the Paved Roads of Congo.
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One of those paved roads...
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And an unpaved road
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Congo is a Country of Great Diversity
with 218 Living Languages from A to Z
ALUR, AMBA, ASOA, AUSHI, AVOKAYA, BABANGO, BAKA,
BALI, BALOI, BAMWE, BANDA, MID-SOUTHERN, BANDA,
SOUTH CENTRAL, BANDA, TOGBO-VARA, BANGALA,
BANGBA, BANGI, BANGUBANGU, BARAMBU, BEEKE, BEMBA,
BEMBA, BEMBE, BENDI, BERA, BHELE, BILA, BINJI,
BOGURU, BOKO, BOLIA, BOLOKI, BOLONDO, BOMA,
BOMASSA, BOMBOLI, BOMBOMA, BORNA, BOZABA, BUDU,
BUDZA, BURAKA, BUSHOONG, BUYA, BUYU, BWA, BWELA,
BWILE, CHOKWE, DENGESE, DING, DONGO, DZANDO, EFE,
ENYA, FOMA, FRENCH, FULIIRU, FURU, GBANZIRI,
GBATI-RI, GILIMA, GOBU, HAMBA, HAVU, HEMA, HEMBA,
HOLOHOLO, HOLU, HUNDE, HUNGANA, JOBA, KABWARI,
KAIKU, KAKWA, KALIKO, KANGO, KANGO, KANGO, KANU,
KANYOK, KAONDE, KARI, KELA, KELE, KETE, KITUBA,
KOMO, KONGO, KONGO, SAN SALVADOR, KPALA, KUSU,
KWAMI, KWESE, LALA-BISA, LALIA, LAMBA, LANGBASHE,
LEGA-MWENGA, LEGA-SHABUNDA, LELE, LENDU, LENGOLA,
LESE, LIBINZA, LIGENZA, LIKA, LIKILA, LINGALA,
LOBALA, LOGO, LOMBI, LOMBO, LONZO, LUBA-KATANGA,
LUGBARA, LUNA, LUNDA, LUSENGO, LWALU, MA,
MABAALE, MAMVU, MANGBETU, MANGBUTU, MAYEKA,
MAYOGO, MBA, MBALA, MBANDJA, MBESA, MBO, MBOLE,
MFINU, MITUKU, MOINGI, MONGO-NKUNDU, MONO,
MONZOMBO, MPUONO, MÜNDÜ, MVUBA, NANDI, NDAKA,
NDO, NDOBO, NDOLO, NDUNGA, NGANDO, NGBAKA, NGBAKA
MA'BO, NGBANDI, NORTHERN, NGBANDI, SOUTHERN,
NGBINDA, NGBUNDU, NGELIMA, NGIRI, NGITI, NGOMBE,
NGONGO, NGUL, NGUNDU, NKUTU, NTOMBA, NYALI,
NYANGA, NYANGA-LI, NYINDU, NZAKARA, OMBO, OMI,
PAGIBETE, PAMBIA, PELENDE, PHENDE, POKE, RUUND,
RWANDA, SAKATA, SALAMPASU, SAMBA, SANGA, SANGO,
SEBA, SENGELE, SERE, SHI, SO, SONDE, SONGA,
SONGE, SONGO, SONGOMENO, SONGOORA, SUKU, SWAHILI,
CONGO, TAABWA, TAGBU, TALINGA-BWISI, TEKE,
CENTRAL, TEKE, EASTERN, TEMBO, TEMBO, TETELA,
TIENE, TSHILUBA, VANUMA, WONGO, YAKA, YAKOMA,
YAMONGERI, YANGO, YANSI, YELA, YOMBE, YULU,
ZANDE, ZIMBA, ZYOBA
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Congo is a Country of Beautiful People
living in extreme poverty (incomes of 8
Congos has 515 Health Zones
with 1/3 co-managed by Faith-Based Organizations
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Health Zones Struggle
to provide essential primary health care
(100,000 people/HZ)
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Health Zone Management Teams
have only paper, pens and hand calculators to
work with (and occasionally an old typewriter).
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Why Congo needs Laptops For Health

• Desktops are not appropriate for rural areas
  where electricity is scarce (or non existent).
  
• Laptops have been successfully used in some
  health zones (a few with solar recharging).
  
• Congolese doctors cannot afford new (or even
  used) laptops. A government MD makes 100 a
  month.
  
• Laptops For Health can provide used functional
  laptops to Congo Health Professionals
  for free or at a nominal cost.

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Laptops For Health...

• Is a program of Interchurch Medical Assistance
  (I.M.A.), a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit since
  1964.
  
• Accepts donations of functional P3/4 laptops or
  cash to purchase laptops. Gifts are tax
  deductible
  
• Resells some donated laptops to cover the cost of
  spare parts, laptop rehab and shipping.
  
• Prepares selected models for Congo, e.g., with
  extra batteries and legally installed software.
  
• Distributes laptops within Congo through
  I.M.A. projects managed with local partners.

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Laptops For Health The Partners
ECC - The Protestant Church of Congo
ECC.faithweb.com
I.M.A. - Interchurch Medical Assistance
Interchurch.org
Baertracks BeMoreCreative.com
Note Laptops For Health distributes laptops
without regard to the religion of the end user.
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ECC, I.M.A. Baertacks

• ECC co-manages 65 Health Zones for the
  Ministry of Health
  
• I.M.A. has run medical donation programs since
  1964.
  
• IMA/ECC are currently assisting 75 HZs.
  
  
• Dr. Franklin Baer (Baertracks) is senior
  advisor to IMA/ECC. He lived and worked in
  Congo for 20 years to create the HZ system.

75 Health Zones are assisted by IMA/ECC
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IMA ECC Have Helped
to dramatically improve health services in Congo
Prevention of malaria in pregnancy has increased
to 74
Vaccination coverage has increased from 26 to 76
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Laptops For Health The Objectives

• Provide a functional P3 (or faster) laptop to
  every Health Zone in DRC (that needs one).
  
• Begin with the 75 health zones assisted by the
  IMA/ECC partnership.
  
• Expand to other health zones in collaboration
  with the Ministry of Health (and in coordination
  with other partners to avoid duplication of
  efforts).
• Laptops will be mapped by serial number so donors
  may track their final destination.
  
• Spare parts will be maintained in DRC
  to support repair and maintenance.

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Laptops For Health - In Action
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Laptops For Health The People

• Dr. Franklin Baer with DRC IMA/ECC staff
• - M. Pascal Munkatu, Chief Admin. Officer
• - Dr. Felix Minuku, Chief Technical Officer
• - M. Jose Mayandu, Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Leon Kintaudi, Director of the ECC
Medical Offices
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For More Information

• Visit the Laptops For Health online
• LaptopsForHealth.org
• Contact Dr. Franklin Baer
• FRANK_at_bemorecreative.com
• Contact the I.M.A. donations program
• vickiejohnson_at_interchurch.org
• Learn more about health care in Congo
• SANRU.org
• minisanterdc.org
• Interchurch.org

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Laptops For Health
Connecting good laptopsand good health
in DR Congo.