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- We send doctors to Africa to train African colleagues to teach medical student more skills.
  
  When CNIS Started 1 in 13 women in Sub Saharan Africa died a maternal death
  
  CNIS with your support we will drop this number down to Zero
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- We teach life saving skills to Africans; We teach kids conflict resolution to lower injury rates in the future; We build labs; we send books and information. BUT most of all we empower the African people by giving them the tools and training to save themselves.
  
  Injury Kills More People Than HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Combined
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- Every year, 500,000 Women Die a Maternal Death. More Than Half are from Sub-Saharan Africa.
  
  Most common injury death for children under 5 in Africa is BURNS.
  
  CNIS Train the Trainer approach allows us to give life-saving skills to remote villages where it can take maximum effect. 13 reasons to support us
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Volunteer Appreciation Night-February 3

On 7 Jan, 2011 By karethe With Comments Off

Celebrate the sprit of volunteerism! Thursday February 3, 2011 6.30 pm-8 pm #105, 1985 West Broadway, Vancouver Join us for our Volunteer Appreciation Night where we will announce the winner of the 2010 Volunteer of the Year award. Enjoy home…

The Spirit of Volunteerism

On 12 Feb, 2010 By karethe With Comments Off

Though all our volunteers make a vital contribution to our work, every year we select one volunteer who has made a particular difference. For 2009, for the first time the volunteer of the year award went to a group: the…

CNIS African market

On 5 Oct, 2009 By karethe With Comments Off

CNIS would like to thank all the participants, artisans, NGOs, performers who helped make our August 2009 CNIS African Market the most well attended and successful so far. Thank you also to the Vancouver Courier, who kindly offered us free…

Addis Skills Lab Video Link

On 21 Sep, 2009 By karethe With Comments Off

[lang_en]Justin Iwasaki, a medical student from Utah, was in Addis Ababa for 2.5 weeks to establish a high quality video link between Operating Room 7 and the Surgical Skills Lab in Addis Ababa. Now both open and laparoscopic surgery can…