Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 20 February 2003 — Page 31

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The first vesper service of the fall season will be held Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock at the Phyllis Wheatley Branch, Y.W.C.A. Mrs. Robert Clayton, of Grand Rapids, member of the national board who attended the World Council in China, will be the guest speaker. The program will be in charge of Mrs. O.J. Findley. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Stephenson and Mr. and Mrs. C.C. iStephenson of Chicago were guests Sunday of ■their aunt, Mrs. Eva Wilson of North Macedonia avenue. The V.F.W. Auxiliary will meet this evening at 8 o’clock at the past home. The Silver Leaf

Club will observe Family Night Thursday evening at the Bethel A.M.E Church. The public is invited and each family is to bring a covered dish. The Central Missionary Circle of Calvary Baptist Church will meet this afternoon in the church parlors. The Priscilla Circle will meet this afternoon at the home of Mrs. McClenen Frierson on South Hackley street. The Sunshine Circle will meet this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Howard Keith on East First street. The Whitely-Hines Circle will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lemuel Lucas on East Kirk street. The W.A.U. of the Union Baptist Church will meet Thursday evening at

the home of Mrs. Eugene Hines, 1803 East Highland avenue. The Wandering Gospel Singers will present a program Sunday afternoon, November 21, at 3 o’clock at the Bethel A.M.E. Church. The .Spiritual Gospel Singers and the Garden Echoes of Fort Wayne will present a program Sunday afternoon and evening at the Union Baptist Church, sponsored by the Sunday school. The Silver Leaf Club will hold a bake and rummage sale Saturday morning at the home of Mrs. Frazier Bethea on South Hackley street. Midweek prayer services will be held this evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Bethel A.M.E. Church. The morning choir will

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meet at the Church Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock for rehearsal. Mrs. Ethel Grimes entertained member of the Phyllis Wheatley Club Tuesday afternoon at her home on East First street. Plans were made for the Autumn tea and book review to be given at the Phyllis Wheatley Branch, Y.W.C.A., on Thursday afternoon, November 18. Members attending were

Mrs. Arnold Burden, Mrs. N.J. Cooley, Mrs. Irvin Dunn, Mrs. Ralph Pettiford, Mrs. O.J. Findley, Mrs. William Glenn, Sr., Mrs. Eugene Lewis, Mrs. Howard Keith, Mrs. Anna Chin, Mrs. Louis Day, Mrs. Schuyler Goings, Mrs. Htfsea Shoecraft and Mrs. Grimes. This was published Nov. 10,1948 in the Muncie Star.

Africare kicks off $10 million Liberian initiative

Washington,D.C. Africare has formed a consortium along with Johns Hopkins University Cente for Communications Programs (JHU/CCP) and the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) to launch an Improved Community Health Program in Liberia. The consortium has received initial funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement this program. The program will help improve the availability, quality and reach of primary health care and family planning services. Principal focus will be at the community level, with timely referral for strengthened services at 1 ■ Wr.

secondary and tertiary facilities. The consortium will also work with civil society partners and the public health sector to develop and demonstrate approaches of potential value to health policy planners and help to increase the availability of resources for health sector development in Liberia. The new program builds upon the work of Africare’s current Community Health Initiative project being implemented through five nongovernmental organization (NGO) partners in association with 34 clinics, reaching over 300 communities in Liberia. Under the new program, clinics will be added to the network, clinic staff will be

provided refresher training in primary health care, essential equipment and drugs will be supplied and community health outreach will be strengthened. This includes the training of community-based health workers, who will deliver basic services including assistance with home-based births and distribution of basic medicines such as anti-malarial drugs. Additionally, these community-based health workers will provide education to community residents with the goal of increased disease prevention and improved knowledge of health care practices. The number of beneficiaries of the program is expected to reach approximately 500,000 men, women, and

children. Complementary programming will be provided by consortium partners. The JHU/CCP will work with local NGOs to design mass media and community-based behavior change communication promoting modern health care and family planning. The MSM will provide technical assistance to the programfs technical staff and network of health care providers in areas including maternal health, infection control, and adolescent reproductive health. The total 5-year cost of the program is about $10 million, out of which $7.37 million will be financed by USAID, while the consortium will raise at least $2.5 million as a matching

grant. The U.S. Agency for International Development administers the U.S. foreign assistance program providing economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 80 countries worldwide Africare is a leader in aid to Africa as well as the oldest and largest African American organization specializing in African aid. Over its 33-year history, Africare has delivered more than $400 million in assistancerepresenting over 2,000 projects and millions of beneficiaries-to 35 countries Africa-wide. Today Africare’s 150 plus programs reach families and communities in 26 nations in every region of the African continent.