Stacie has an Internship with Amupakin
"A House for the Health of Kichwa Midwives Women from the High Napo”

Projects she will be working on:

Educational information and presentation materials about traditional medicine/herbal remedies etc to be used to give presentations to student groups (from Ecuador and abroad), tourists, language school students, etc.

Develop a database for (potential) contacts of tourist agencies, student groups, language schools, etc.

Research and write grants for Amupakin

Coordinate with the ministry of health in Tena to arrange for a western medicine doctor to work at the clinic for 5 years (to build clientele base)

Medical/Misc. Supplies Needed:

¨ Thin needles for suturing (stitches, mostly one time use)
¨ Baby/toddler clothing
¨ Baby blankets, other baby stuff
¨ Large tarp (for birthing)
¨ Mattress (for women to lay on, instead of the ground)
¨ Paint brushes (for painting the interior of the building, they are purchasing paint here)
¨ One toilet seat
¨ 75 light bulbs (standard sizes 60 - 100 watt bulbs)
¨ Laminated labeled index cards for their medicinal plants (outside -need to be durable)
¨ Hand Drill with different settings (to make the beads for jewelry they sell for income on the side)

Specific things to work on:
*research institutes
*develop cover letter to send to possible interested institutes
*database for language schools/tourist agencies
*price shopping for similar services (what they charge)
*develop materials for a 2-3 hour presentation for groups
*grant writing -researching, writing, developing base materials about the institution
*developing teaching materials (medicinal plant presentation)
*find market, interest in presenations (content, length, participatory, etc)
*Baseline material to launch off from
*Capacity building -all encompassing (teaching how to use the internet)
*Developing their website (they have one, but it is not functioning)
*Skills/self-sustainable
*Community outreach
*Develop volunteer/internship description program for future volunteer (long/short term)
*Establish relationship with red cross in Quito

Information Gathering
-history, organization, capabilities, relationship with community and outside organizations

Structure of Organization
-duties, payment structure

Available resources
-in the community, at the clinic

Organize:
Paperwork, logistics

Current situation:

Midwives at the clinic: 10-30 depending
Apprentices: 15-ish

Ministry of Health has promised each midwife $5 for each shift. Has not been fufilled.
No payment, instead they receive 3 meals a day

Budget: Marilynne
Organizer of Health: Olga
Adela: President

Grow/harvest their own medicine
Everything else (soap, supplies, etc) buy with their own money
Mainly supported by income of husbands, and selling jewelry and ceramics
Have the infrastructure (provided by a red cross development program-whole other issue though)

Charge patients, but cant pay. So provide almost all services for free

Need to expand patient-base.

Need resources, money, grants, display materials, soap, toilet paper, laundry sticks, etc.

House of Health

Sector - Sábata Community, Canton of Archidona, Napo Province, Ecuador, South America .
Phone number: 06 2 889 590
http://www.amupakin.org.ec/maineng.htm