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Beneath the bitter snow lies the seed that with the sun's love will blossom in the spring...
In a society where poverty, malnutrition, illnesses and the complete lack of things we take for granted are well hidden underneath the snow of indifference, we rarely imagine that in lands far from us there people still struggling for survival.
SAE's President, Mr. Andrew A. Athens in his first trip in the countries of the Black Sea saw with his eyes what he had heard but didn't want to believe. Children dying from common to us diseases, the elderly dying simply because there was no way of reaching any hospital, hunger and poverty everywhere. The idea was born from the ashes of these countries and its implementation became a life goal for Mr. Athens.
Today SAE establishes and operates Medical Centers, Primary Care Rural Nurses Programs, Mobile Medical Units and Humanitarian Aid projects in the countries of the Black Sea, in Georgia (Tbilisi, Tsalka, Tsikishvari), Ukraine, Armenia (Alaverdi), Kazakhstan as well as in Albania (Georgoutsates) for Hellenes and their neighbors that reside under wretched conditions. The new state of the art Diagnostic-Medical Center in Mariupol, Ukraine that was inaugurated in September 2003 offers diagnostic and other medical services rarely found in the surrounding areas.
The services offered include:
Care provided by doctors, nurses and medical technicians employed by SAE;
Pharmaceuticals and medical supplies
35,000 to 40,000 services a month, worth more than $60 million in the past 7 years.
With the support and financing of the Hellenic and the US State as well as of the private sector we are trying with all our might to develop the program in other countries. We may not be in a position to eliminate the pain, but we can certainly sooth it. Thus we need all of you.
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Sometimes we think that love is only for the fortunate and the strong ...
A sister-program to the Medical Care Initiative, also promising to be implemented on a grand scale, is a humanitarian assistance project that SAE and the Non-Governmental Organization "Solidarity" of the Church of Greece jointly kicked off in late 2003 for individuals in devastated communities of the Black Sea area.
" We are now ready to establish a regular program providing food items to poor families in Hellenic communities where food and funds are in short supply," said Andrew A. Athens, president of SAE.
The NGO Solidarity, of the Church of Greece, provides the food items and SAE the funds for packaging, shipping and distribution.
The first shipment of 21 tons of food staples was distributed in the Republic of Georgia in October with a second shipment to be delivered in December. Shipments are also scheduled before the end of the year for communities in Southern Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In Ukraine, food items will be delivered to old peoples homes and orphanages. Under consideration are plans for help to communities in South America. Each shipment contains about four food items worth about $100,000 in wholesale prices.
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