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Working
for a healthier society, the relief of poverty and the advancement of
the Public education
Save
the Diabetic
Life(SDL),is
a charity working in the United Kingdom as well as in Africa (Democratic
Republic of Congo). The charity was set up in 1989, initially it was set
up for people with diabetes, but due to the large demand for service from other
categories of health problem, and also according to our survey the
service is now expended and helping all the African French speaking community in the UK
with health problems. In the Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo), our
work is still concentrated on diabetes.
Our main objects are:
1.The relief of persons in need, particularly
French speaking African and the African community in general including
their dependents who are in need by reasons of poverty, sickness and
distress, and currently living in the UK or in the Democratic Republic
of Congo. We are assisting all of them in the provision of counselling,
information, health education, advice and support.
2. The advancement of the public education in
particular the education of French speaking African and other French
speaking people and their dependents.
3. The welfare of the public, in particular for
the benefit of those members of the public who may be African French
speaking or of the African French speaking origin through providing or
assisting in the provision of facilities for recreation and other
leisure time occupation in the interests of welfare and with the object
of improving the conditions of life of the members of the public for
whom the facilities are available to use.
-We counsel and advise on general health.
-We provide specialised advise on diabetes and
related diseases. To find out about forthcoming events, please
click here
-We provide health education to raise awareness
on diabetes and related diseases. For more information on raising
awareness of diabetes, please click
here
-We offer counselling and advice on training and
employment.
-We counsel and advise on housing and homelessness.
-We provide interpreters and translators in French,
English, Swahili and Lingala.
-We advise and counsel on welfare rights.
-We provide referrals on immigration matters and
appeals.
-We provide psychological support to newly diagnosed
diabetics.
-We escort clients to tribunals and to Home Office for
interpreting.
-We escort our clients to GP's, hospitals, DSS,
Housing, social services and so on.
-We run English classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
-We run homework classes on Saturdays and home
visit week days to help children.
For the time being, the charity is 95% run by
volunteers. We have one paid part-time staff, twelve regular volunteers
and six committee members. In Africa we are working in the Democratic
Republic of Congo in partnership with General Hospital Of Kinshasa and
the Mukengeli Medical Centre. We provide to them specialist advice,
information, counselling and material support in kind of drugs,
equipments, food, clothing, hospitalisation fees and so on...
Mrs Loseke in the Diabetic Clinic
Kinshasa-DRC
Mrs Loseke (SDL-Chairperson) providing help
for people with diabetes in General Hospital of Kinshasa
A representative of diabetics giving thanks to SDL for our support (top
photo) and a group of people with diabetes waiting help (bottom photo)
at Mukengeli Medical Centre
Mrs Loseke at Mukengeli Medical Centre of Kinshasa with staff (Nurses
and administrators
Mr Edward Lokoto, one of our volunteers in Tshendo to bring support and
hope to our brothers and sisters. These people send a message to you
<< Would you please, help us to have a medical centre and a school here
in Tshendo>>
Your support helped to provide uniform to these children (the fiends of
Jesus). Thank you
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and
you gave me something to drink... I needed clothes and you clothed me...
I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these
brothers of mine, you did to me"
( Matthew 25:35-36, 40)
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