The 7 forms needed to register for Campamento Diabetes Safari 2007 are presented here. plan prescribed by a physician, Diabetes. Educator, or dietitian? …
In 1984, José Gabriel, a six-month-old boy in Quito, Ecuador, went
into a coma and was diagnosed with insulin dependent juvenile
diabetes Despite the efforts of his parents, both of whom were
physicians, they could not keep him healthy His parents spent most
of the familys income on insulin, but eight years later José fell
into another coma Josés family saved enough money to send him to the
US for treatment where they soon discovered that a lack of education
is equally as dangerous as a lack of insulin
In 1994, two teenagers, Jesse Fuchs-Simon and Nick Cuttriss, inspired by
Josés story, traveled to Ecuador and began a support group for children
with diabetes in the only space they could find, the hallway of a public
hospital From these small beginnings, two years later, they founded
American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad, Inc AYUDA with the
inspiration that as youth, they could serve as agents of change for other
youth
In the ten years since AYUDA was founded, it has become the driving force
for diabetes support and advocacy in Ecuador AYUDA established a
national
annual diabetes camping program, Campo Amigo Ecuador, which just completed
its seventh year in 2006 serving more than 80 children and adolescents from
10 provinces In total, Campo Amigo Ecuador has hosted over 680 campers to
date It was also instrumental in the development of a national diabetes
organization in Ecuador, the Fundacion Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador FDJE
Over the past ten years, AYUDA has provided over two and a half million
dollars in donated diabetes supplies and professional medical services to
the diabetes community in Ecuador
To best assist local diabetes communities, AYUDA created a volunteer
program that brings individuals, who range from high school students to
world-class medical professionals to work at Campo Amigo Ecuador or other
educational and advocacy programs that AYUDA supports abroad After a
competitive selection process, volunteers participate in a formal training
program that encompasses language, culture and diabetes education
Volunteer training culminates by working at Campo Amigo Ecuador, or in the
respective program in the county where they will be volunteering To date,
AYUDA has
brought more than 200 volunteers to Ecuador through this program,
most recently completing our very successful 2006 camp in Quito, Ecuador
AYUDA is offering similar volunteer experiences in Bermuda, Belize,
Croatia, Chile, and Mexico in 2006-2007
In 1998, AYUDAs educational workbook, Manejando la Diabetes Managing
Diabetes, was published by the Pan American Health Organization and
distributed throughout Latin America As a result local diabetes
communities from all corners of Latin America began to ask AYUDA for help
AYUDA responded by organizing the first annual international diabetes youth
leadership conference, Campo Amigo Internacional CAI, held in Lima, Peru
in 2003 for nearly 50 youth leaders from 14 countries; in 2004 the program
was held in Santiago Chile, and in 2005 it was held in Millville,
Pennsylvania As part of AYUDAs youth leadership initiative, AYUDA
created the AYUDA Leadership Awards to sponsor international youth
participation in conference within the CAI Network In the coming years,
AYUDA will expand its volunteer program to aid in the organization of the
diabetes community in other
countries
True to our motto, Juntos somos más fuertes Together we are stronger,
AYUDAs accomplishments would not be possible without the help of our long-
time collaborators: ASHOKA, the International Diabetes Federation, Stanford
Hospital, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, the Pan American Health
Organization, Insulin for Life, the Diabetes Camping Association, Youth
Venture, and the Fundación Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador
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AYUDA Inc
IMPROVING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN LIVING WITH DIABETES ABROAD
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