- Donations and grants: 78%
- Rotary Doctor Bank Foundation own capital: 16%
- Sales, Rotograms, banners, etc: 6%
- Field costs for doctor activities: 88%
- Planning, doctor contacts, coordination: 9%
- Information: 2%
- Other: 1%
Issue no 4, 1999 -- English edition -- home
Page: -- Contents -- 1, 2, 3, (4), 5, 6, 7, 8
(The exchange rate for Swedish Crowns is at time of writing approx. SEK 8.30 = USD 1)
1998/1999 was an exciting year for the Rotary Doctor Bank, as reported here. The government grant (Sida) decreased from 2,016,000 Swedish Crowns last year to 927,000 this year. Despite this, the plans for the year could be accomplished. 139 doctors were sent out, among them 38 from the Scandinavian Doctor Bank and Eric's help. The number of jeep-doctor relays was for example increased to six, dentist activities could be stabilized and expanded, and doctors with specialist competence were sent to a number of hospitals.
Donations mean everything-now more than ever.
Among donations and grants can be mentioned SEK 1,549,000 from Rotary clubs and districts, SEK 240,000 from individual Rotarians, SEK 527,000 from the Rotary Foundation, and SEK 143,000 from the Inner Wheel.
For wells, mosquito nets and water bottles, the Doctor Bank received SEK 124,000, and subscriptions to News from the Rotary Doctor Bank gave SEK 106,000.
As seen here, most of this money was of course used for what is called field costs for doctors, i.e. for the work in the developing countries. The specified total is SEK 4,750,000.
For the current activity year, at least as intensive an effort is planned, especially with regards to jeep-doctors, the outreach doctors who reach the poorest. The Doctor Bank in other words hopes for even better financing, e.g. by the Doctor Bank becoming a multi-district project.
The Doctor Bank Allowance is another initiative, which if all Rotarians gave but ten Crowns a week would mean a significant strengthening of the Doctor Bank resources. This would make it possible to send many more doctors and save thousands of lives in areas and at hospitals where the Doctor Bank is not yet represented.
| Total for 1 July 1998 - 30 June 1999: SEK 5,678,000. | |
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The full annual report is available from the Doctor Bank office.
"With short notice I was offered the assignment and privilege of working as jeep-doctor for the Rotary Doctor Bank," writes Dr Björn Tuversson, from Helsingborg, Sweden, in his report from the Ugunja Line in Kenya. "Luckily, the situation in the maternity clinic was good in terms of staffing, the family positive if slightly envious, so it was easy to accept the offer. It has been a revolutionary and powerful experience to work in this way. I experienced that it is possible to help many people using small means, but at the same time it is frustrating to know that the needs vastly exceed our capabilities."
Like his colleagues, Dr Tuvesson gives Kenyan colleagues a high assessment.
"Nurses Agneta and Floyce work in an exemplary way, and the volunteer, Daniel, gets my highest praise. I hope he is given the opportunity to study in some medical field. Dental assistant Steven does extremely well, and lab assistant Daniel is a handy and good diagnostician who improves the quality of work."
"The drives on this line are very long, and at times very difficult," continues Dr Tuvesson, "and the jeeps take a beating. During six weeks, I drove about 4000 km."In all I had 1226 patients. Malaria dominated greatly, and is with AIDS the country's largest threat to public health.
"It feels like a great favour to work as a jeep-doctor in Africa," ends the report.
Like almost every Doctor Bank doctor, Björn Tuvesson is ready to return for new assignments.
The Doctor Bank administration intends to as soon as possible replace old jeeps with new ones.
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New Life Mission's Eila Sundh from Vetlanda, Sweden, speaks fluent Swahili and instructs the local people in the use of mosquito nets and bottles to "sun-purify" water. |