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Rwanda Nurses Saving Lives - A Rotary Vocational Training Team Global Grant
Dec 06, 2024
Rwanda Nurses Saving Lives is a Rotary vocational training team global grant being conducted in Rwanda in 2024-2025. The purpose of the project is to train front-line, health center nurses who operate in remote areas without physician support in the early detection of strep throat to prevent the development of rheumatic heart disease. The project has been piloted in Rwanda and a three-person team is now engaged in implementation through five district. hospitals that whose catchment area covers about 10% of the country. The instructional team includes two doctoral level nurse practitioners who are advanced practice cardiology nurses and Venters who serves as the grant direction and co-evaluator for the project. This team will move this project to Zambi in 2026.
Dr. Cassy Venter's professional career was with the University of Missouri Extension Service Small Busienss Development Centers where she served in business and leadership develpment roles. During that time, she served for thirteen years and director of a leadership exchange program with the Ministry of the Interior of the Royal Thai government. In Rotary, she has served as a District Governor, District Rotary Foundation Chair, Youth Exchange Outbound Coordinator, Rotary Youth Leadership Coordinator, Group Study Exchange Leader, Kansas City Plaza Rotary Club president and she currently serves as District 6040 Peace and Conflice Resolution Chair and the communications chair of the Kansas City Plaza Rotary Club and grants chair of the Lander Wyoming Rotary Club. |
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Zhou Brothers Art Gallery
Dec 13, 2024
Allan Gray is a former Lee’s Summit city councilman and a longtime arts advocate in Kansas City. He is a graduate of Paseo High School and then went away to Morehouse College, returning to Kansas City in 1976 with a political science degree. He is active in the community, involved in community service organizations including the Black Economic Union, the Missouri Arts Council and Cultural Trust, and the Missouri Council on Economic Education. He is the founder of the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey. Now, he serves as a partner at Zhou Brothers Art Center in Kansas City, the new $20-plus million art center in the historic 18th and Vine district. |
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Dec 14, 2024 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
GIFT Hosts Holiday Business Market: Join Kansas City G.I.F.T for its Holiday Business Market on December 14th at 11:00 a.m. at GIFT offices, 5008 Prospect Ave., Kansas City, MO 64130 Enjoy a day of shopping and support Black-owned businesses. Admission is free. (GIFT is Generating Income for Tomorrow, a RISE Microloan partner.)
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Dec 16, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Justice Committee December 2024 meeting will be held via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88600300160?pwd=2isOa9rSkZhK9b1u4DqWOMolk0fEMf.1 Meeting ID: 886 0030 0160 Discussion topics:
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