CPAR works in partnership with vulnerable communities and diverse organizations to overcome poverty and build healthy communities in Africa
Canadian Physicians for Aid & Relief (CPAR) is a non-profit development organization that supports community efforts to address the determinants of health by ensuring sustainable access to clean water and adequate food, improving clean water and sanitation, building secure livelihoods and improving access to essential health services.
CPAR builds relationships with communities from a foundation of equality and respect. CPAR understands that community members themselves are the experts and that the success of our work stems from our ability to support the processes whereby community members empower themselves to take control of their own and their family’s futures. A healthy community does not simply mean that this community will survive the hardships of tomorrow or the next day – it means that their children’s children will survive and thrive over many years. CPAR’s work is a long term commitment to change in rural Africa which is reflected in the way we build healthy communities. We work with communities to build long-term sustainable solutions as well as the community capacity and ownership that will allow them to endure.
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💧1 in 3 people in Malawi don’t have access to clean water.
More than 3100 children die every year from dirty water and poor sanitation.
Help us expand our Green Schools Network in Malawi to provide clean, safe water, sanitation, and nutritious food to thousands of school children in rural communities.
🎁Give the Gift of Clean Safe Water today at mygiftofchange.com.
Moms-to-be need care before, during and after childbirth. CPAR uses telehealth technology to bring lifesaving ultrasounds to women in rural Ethiopia.
In a region where the maternal mortality rate is 40x greater than in Canada, help us ensure that healthy moms deliver healthy babies!
🎁 Give the Gift of Healthy Mothers & Babies at www.mygiftofchange.com and your gift will be matched!
🎁 Here are 5 reasons to Give a Gift of Health this year:
1. A Gift of Health is a gift that lasts!
2. Your gift will be matched, so your impact is doubled!
3. A Gift of Health means healthy mothers and babies, women’s healthcare, clean water, nutritious food, a greener future and empowered women and girls.
4. It is perfect for everyone on your list: family, friends, co-workers, neighbours, teachers, your crossing guard, your dog-walker, your hairdresser…you get the idea.
5. It’s easy and there’s no wrapping involved!
Make your Gift of Health today! All gifts will be matched up to $10,000.
Today is World Soil Day! Healthy soil and sustainable farming practices not only protect our environment but also improve food security. That’s why we are eager expand our Green Schools Network in Malawi.
Students at our Green Schools are:
🌱 Planting trees to improve soil conditions
🌱 Practicing permaculture in schoolyard gardens
🌱 Sharing knowledge with local agricultural organizations
🌱 Becoming tomorrow’s climate leaders!
There's 31 schools waiting to join us. Give the Gift of a Greener Future today and your gift will be matched!
Today is World AIDS Day – an opportunity to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV and to remember those who have died from an AIDS-related illness.
CPAR is working to improve the health of Africans, including preventing the spread of HIV by:
• Arming youth peer educators with information about protection and prevention so they can share with fellow students
• Providing prenatal care through our rural ultrasound clinics and referring high-risk pregnancies to hospitals, reducing the risk of expectant mothers passing HIV to their babies or healthcare workers
• Hosting community conversations with leaders, educators and media about a wide range of sexual and reproductive health topics including preventing the transmission of HIV
You can join the fight against AIDS by making your Gift of Health today!
What’s better than watching a child or a garden grow? 🌱
Not much…but watching the impact of your giving grow comes pretty close, especially when it means more nutritious food for more children in Malawi.
Good news – our matching deadline has just been extended! Give a Gift of Health today at MyGiftOfChange.com and watch your impact grow!
It’s Giving Tuesday and we are excited to officially launch the 2022 Gifts of Change Campaign featuring 10 unique gifts that support our work in Africa.
Join the philanthropic movement that turns One Day of Giving into A Lifetime of Change for all those we serve in Malawi, Ethiopia, and Tanzania at www.mygiftofchange.com.
This year is EXTRA special because an anonymous donor is matching every dollar given, up to $10,000 - making your support of our life-changing work in Africa go even further!
Make your Gift of Change today!
It's one more sleep until Giving Tuesday - will you join us?
Thanks to a generous anonymous donor, all gifts will be matched up to $10,000 this year!
If you want to get ahead of the Giving Tuesday crowd, you can go to www.mygiftofchange.com to make your Gift of Health today!
Too many adolescent girls in Africa are being forced into marriage and childbirth while still children themselves. Removed from school, living in poverty and vulnerable to abuse, their futures have been set in motion by decisions they rarely have a hand in making.
On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, CPAR is proud to support girls like Obsinet – a 16-year-old girl in our youth outreach program in Ethiopia - who advocated and educated a family to save her classmate from a forced early marriage.
Thanks to our generous donors and in partnership with Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada, CPAR is working with hundreds of adolescent boys and girls, to become leaders like Obsinet, because investing in girls and women to reach their full potential benefits entire communities.
Find out more here: http://ow.ly/eI3750LNWC
The Countdown has begun - there’s just one week until Giving Tuesday and the official launch of CPAR’s annual Gifts of Change campaign!
This year is EXTRA special because an anonymous donor has stepped up to match every dollar given, up to $10,000 - making your support of our life-changing work in Africa go even further!
Don’t want to wait? Go to mygiftofchange.com for a special preview of our online gift catalogue and give the Gift of Health today!
Thank you Canadian Association for Global Health for inviting us to present at the 2022 Canadian Conference on Global Health. We loved the opportunity to share stories and strategies from our Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies rural ultrasound program in Ethiopia and to contribute to the important conversation about inclusive global health.
Your Fall 2022 Newsletter is OUT NOW -> https://www.cpar.ca/News-Media/Publications
In this issue you’ll read about our new program in Malawi to help adolescent girls stay in school, the expansion of our work to deliver much-needed health services to women and girls in new regions in rural Ethiopia, the revival of Agriculture Clubs at our Green Schools, recognition of our rural ultrasound program and an update from our Board of Directors. Read it today! Link above ☝️
It’s National Philanthropy Day and we’re celebrating the people who make our work possible – our incredible and generous donors!
Without your support, soon-to-be mothers would not get the prenatal care they need to deliver healthy babies. School communities would not be fed with nutritious fruits and vegetables harvested from the gardens they planted. Girls would not have the tools they need to stay in school. And women and girls would not have the health care and support they need to combat issues like violence, harmful traditional practices, and child marriage.
The theme of NPD is ‘Changing the World with a Giving Heart’. THANK YOU for sharing your giving heart with the people of Malawi, Ethiopia, and Tanzania!
Event Notice: Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the 2022 Royal Gala has been cancelled. Stay tuned for a new date in 2023!
Many thanks to the Royal Gala organizers, the Ethiopian Order of the Lion and St. Teklehiamanot Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Ottawa and to all those who purchased tickets. Ticket holders have been notified by email.
🎉Don’t miss out on an evening celebrating Ethiopian culture while raising funds for women’s health in Ethiopia! Get your tickets here ➡️ https://revenue-can.keela.co/ethiopian-royal-gala-2022
Obsinet is a brave 16-year-old girl who saved a classmate from child marriage. Eleni is a grade 10 student in Gondar city, the leader of her school’s sexual and reproductive health club and the go-to for her fellow students who need information, supplies and support. These remarkable young women are just two of the 147 peer educators, like those pictured here, who have received training in the issues that impact the lives of their fellow students and endanger their ability to stay in school.
CPAR is committed to investing in girls. Thanks to our generous donors and in partnership with Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada, women and girls are learning how to protect themselves from gender-based violence, forced child marriage and harmful traditional practices, and they’re learning about menstrual hygiene so they can stay in school. We're working with schools and women's groups in rural Ethiopia to empower young women to fulfill their own potential. Learn more: http://ow.ly/iHKx50L7soK
These girls, at Chifeni School in rural Malawi, are making reusable sanitary pads and learning about puberty and menstrual hygiene so they can stay in school.
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is one of the major health issues affecting adolescent girls in Malawi. For too many girls in Africa, the start of menstruation means the end of their education. With no discreet way to manage me**es at school -- no hygiene products, no latrine for privacy, no support from teachers or the school community -- girls are forced to miss school or risk humiliation.
CPAR is working to change that. Thanks to CPAR donors and in partnership with Fund for Innovation & Transformation, we are investing in the health and empowerment of girls, because we know that access to safe and dignified menstruation is a fundamental need and a matter of equality.
Ahead of the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11th, learn more about our work here: http://ow.ly/FCqz50L4vHo Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada Inter-Council Network / Réseau de coordination des conseils
📣 Exciting News: After a two-year hiatus, the Ethiopian Royal Gala is returning to Ottawa!
The Canadian Ethiopian community is hosting a gala event to celebrate Ethiopian culture while raising funds for CPAR's work to support women’s health in Ethiopia. Special guest, HIH Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie will be in attendance.
Tickets are on sale now at: https://revenue-can.keela.co/ethiopian-royal-gala-2022
Date: Saturday, November 5th
Time: 6:00 pm to Midnight
Location: St. Anthony's Banquet Hall, 523 St. Anthony St., Ottawa
Entertainment: Dancing, Fashion Show and Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
Learn more at: www.cpar.ca/News-Media/Latest-News/
Thank you to the Ontario Council for International Cooperation for inviting us to present at the Symposium 2022: ‘Global Stories of Change that Change Our Global Story this week! We loved the opportunity to share success stories from our rural ultrasound program in Ethiopia (now featured in Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare) and to talk to and learn from fellow international development organizations.
🎉We don’t often brag, but we’re proud as can be that CPAR’s work to bring ultrasounds to women in rural Ethiopia is featured in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.
Co-authored by a team of Canadian and Ethiopian doctors, including Dr. Ivar Mendez from the University of Saskatchewan, and CPAR’s own clinical lead in Ethiopia, Dr. Felagot Tadesse, of St Paul’s Hospital Millennium College, along with our Project Manager, Sandra Abeje, the article looks at our use of technology to pair CPAR-trained midwives and health workers in the field with obstetricians in distant hospitals to reduce birth complications and reduce mother and infant mortality. Read more here ➡https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1357633X221115746
Introduction Ultrasound imaging is an important aspect of antenatal care, though access to antenatal ultrasound imaging is limited in many developing countries....
📣Shout out to our amazing team in Malawi!
Our Board Chair and Director of Finance & Admin recently visited our Malawi office to connect with staff and catch-up on operations. It’s this dedicated team who transforms the generosity of our donors into meaningful action for all those we serve in Malawi. We rely on their knowledge, experience, and strong community relationships to navigate challenges and implement dynamic programs. Thank you for all you do! ❤
Read more about our work in Malawi ➡️ https://www.cpar.ca/Our-Programs/Where-We-Work/Malawi
Your Summer 2022 Newsletter is OUT NOW -> https://www.cpar.ca/News-Media/Publications
In this issue you’ll read about expectant mothers receiving ultrasounds in rural Ethiopia, providing up-to-date training for healthcare workers, teaching school children sustainable agriculture, plus a new campaign to recruit more physicians to our CPAR family. You'll also meet a generous donor and hear why she was inspired to support CPAR. Read it today! Link above ☝️
Happy Friday! These students at Kubuthu Primary School, part of our Green Schools Network in Malawi, are growing nutritious food and learning about sustainable farming! 🌱🌺
Our Green Schools are growing strong in Malawi! Read more about Dr. Steve's visit to Kabuthu Primary School at: www.extendahealinghand.ca/post/green-schools-growing-strong
We visited one of our Green Schools near Lilongwe - I am blown away by what CPAR Malawi staff have done! There are clean, solid and attractive new latrines. Mathew, the school Head, and a large entourage of school kids took us on a tour. Mathew told us that the children are much more likely to use t...
CPAR Board Chair, Dr. Steve Ferracuti, who recently toured a rural hospital in Malawi, writes, "The facility is rough. The ER is makeshift...it seems overwhelming, but Dr. Grayson thinks that if we start with emergency care improvements, that can make a huge difference." Read more at: www.extendahealinghand.ca/blog
"There is a shortage of everything here, except patients."
Dr. Steve Ferracuti visits a rural hospital in Malawi, read more at: https://www.extendahealinghand.ca/blog
Our Saturday ultrasound program makes prenatal care accessible to women in rural Ethiopia. Dr. Steve Ferracuti recently spoke with women attending the clinic "they really appreciated the comfort they receive when all is well with their growing babies." Read more of Dr. Steve's blog at: http://ow.ly/XTfu50JiUcA
Saturdays are Market Day in Hambiso, which is when our ultrasound clinic is open. Dr. Steve recently visited and writes, "We talked with several of the women and husbands. Some had walked for as long as two hours to get a prenatal ultrasound." Read more at: http://ow.ly/XTfu50JiUcA
Relationships are at the heart of who we are at CPAR. Here, Dr. Steve Ferracuti reconnects with veteran nurse and friend in Fitche.
Read more of Dr. Steve’s blog at: http://ow.ly/XTfu50JiUcA
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When women attend an ultrasound appointment with CPAR-trained healthcare workers, they get the very best care – not only from the healthcare worker in the room with them, but from the Fitche Hospital doctor dozens of miles away. This is made possible by new ultrasound technology, which allows the doctor to see the ultrasound in real time and be able to assess a pregnancy without physically being there. CPAR is beyond thankful to our doctor partners, trainers, healthcare workers and the Fitche Hospital doctors who are helping us provide prenatal care to women in rural areas. If you’d like to find out more about this project, visit our website: https://bit.ly/3ebt2cS #thankyou #ultrasound #prenatal #prenatalcare #healthcare #healthcareheroes #ethiopianwomen #pregnant #pregnancy #Ethiopia #womenshealth #women #technology #Charity #charitywork
Founded by Canadian doctors in 1984 in response to the famine in Ethiopia, CPAR is a non-profit organization working to build stronger health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, connecting Canadian doctors and other healthcare professionals, academics and assembled experts with health professionals, vulnerable communities, governments and diverse organizations in Ethiopia, Malawi and Tanzania.
As local health systems deal with poverty, disease, accidents, epidemics, challenged infrastructure and climate change, CPAR’s ‘made in Canada’ approach is helping to improve health system capacity and improve lives for thousands of families and their communities. Through our programming, CPAR supports the achievement of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development (link) through programming that:
•Improves health systems capacity
• Addresses the determinants of health that may also impact the health of the communities in which we community-centered development approachon, clean water, sanitation and hygiene, sustainable livelihoods).
CPAR has field offices and programs in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania.
Mission and Vision
Mission CPAR works in partnership with health professionals, vulnerable communities and governments to build health systems capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Vision Stronger health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Commitment to Change
As local health systems deal with poverty, disease, accidents, epidemics, challenged infrastructure, and climate change, CPAR’s ‘made in Canada’ approach is helping to improve health system capacity and improve lives for thousands of families and their communities. Through our programming, CPAR supports the achievement of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development (link) through programming that:
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