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Posted on December 17, 2009. Filed under: 2009 Summer-Fall Newsletter, All Writing - Susan, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, Identity and Mission, Polish |
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Kim jesteśmy: SOS DRS (SOS Doktorów–www.sosdrs.org) jest międzynarodową siecią Camillian Task Force (www.ctfmercy.org) zorganizowaną przez katolicki Zakon Posługających Chorych www.camilliani.org Polskie Kamilianie: www.kamilianie.eu
Sieć ta jest oparta na dzielnicach, skoncentrowana na Eucharistii i Natchiona przez Marianów. Składa się z Kamilianów i ich współpracowników: świeckich mężczyzn i kobiet, księży, diakonów, sióstr i braci który są poświęceni służbie innym.
Nasza Misja: świadoczyć o miłosiernej dobroci Chrystusa dla biednych i chorych okazanej w mowie, uczynkach i sakramentach służących medycznym, duszpasterskim i humanitarnym potrzebam ludzi dotkniętych przez katastrofy spowodowane przez innych ludzi lub siły naturalne bez względu na rasę, religię i narodowość.
Czonkowie sieci CTF ofiaróją swoją duszpasterską obecność, zawodową znajomość służby zdrowia i miłosierną pomoc ludzką. Na polu cują, modlą się i wyznają wspólnie.
Śą oni pracownikami służby zdrowia (lekarzami, pielęgniarkami, dentystami, akuszerkami, pracownikami pomocniczymi, farmacentrammi, i agentami proboszczów (doradcy od chorób psychicznych i HIV; ci którzy odwiedzają chorych; kapelani); pracownicy zaorganiżowani w ofiarowaniu pomocy humanitarnej (żywność, odzież, organizacjai i inne (studentci, tłumacze, pomocnicy w modlitwie, ochotnicy i urzędnicy biurowi.
CTF jest zaangażowani do bliskiej wspólpracy z organizacjami o podobnej akji duchowej, kościołami lokalnymi i słowarzyszeniami religijnymi.
My służymy najbarzej potrzebójącym — ludziom dotkniętym przez nieszczęścia spowodowane siłami naturalnymi i tymi wywołanymi przez innych ludzi. Łącz się znami! I módl się za nas i za tych którym pomagamy.
W Chrystusie — przez Marię
Ks. Scott Binet MD MI
Presydent SOS DRS
Międzynarodowy Koordinator CTF
Lekarz Rodzinny
Translacja: Andrzej Stefanski
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Posted on December 9, 2009. Filed under: 2009 Summer-Fall Newsletter, All Posts, CTF-Province Conference, English |
Fr. Scott Binet, MD, MI
The CTF-Provinces 1 Conference will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from December 16-20, 2009. This is in accord with the strategic plan outlined at the CTF Leaders Conference in Rome in February 2009 and and sent to the Order in April 2009 (see “Letter of Conference participants to the Order Letter Italian ; English Letter “
The CTF-Provinces 1 Conference will be hosted by Fr. Rocco Pairat and the Camillian Vice-Province of Thailand. Ten CTF members have been invited including Camillians and lay people from Thailand, Italy, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, the Philippines and the US.
The goal of the conference is to look at ways that the CTF and the Vice(Provinces) can collaborate at the level of responding to disasters, formation for the mission and developing the structural and organizational capacities to respond effectively.
Please keep us in your prayers as we gather in Asia and continue to respond to 3 disasters in that region. May the Lord come to the aid of those who are suffering and us as we along with others help them.
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Posted on December 8, 2009. Filed under: 2009 Summer-Fall Newsletter, All Posts, Coordinator's Corner, English |
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Celebrating the Present – Also a Time to Look Both Back and Forward
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Heath and peace to you. The summer months have come to an end and the fall is now upon us – if you are in the northern hemisphere that is! The liturgical calendar is a little less ambiguous: Advent is upon us, which can apply to everyone irrespective of his or her location. Yes, the Lord is near! And He is asking us to prepare and to be vigilant for His coming. And in return He promises to fill us with His peace and joy. What more could we ask for? So let us get busy. Are you preparing? CTF-SOS DRS is.
We have been quite busy – during the summer and now into the fall – with both disaster-related activities and living our Faith during important liturgical feasts. CTF-SOS DRS is now responding to disasters in Italy, Kenya, Myanmar, and the Philippines. Along with these responses we have also been living our faith through celebrating liturgucal feasts that have significance for the Church, the Order and CTF-SOS DRS alike. They include the Feast of St. Camillus (July 14 on the Roman Calendar and July 18 in the US); the Assumption of Mary (August 15); the Exaltation of the Cross (September 14); the Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux (October 1) and the Feast of Our Lady Health of the Sick (November 16). Why are these feasts important?
St. Camillus de Lellis was born to heaven on July 14, 1550. And it was on August 15 that he understood that the Lord was calling him to form a new group that would be dedicated to serving the sick “as a mother takes care of her only sick child.” And they would do so wearing a red cross - the symbol of the Camillians and CTF-SOS DRS as well.
The cross that we exalt on September 14 is the preeminent symbol of Christianity and the sign of our Faith. When we make the sign of the cross or gaze upon the crucifix we are reminded both that Jesus suffered and died for our sins and that we were baptized into his death - in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Let us be thankful for that; let us exalt the Cross!
By this Cross we have been healed. Thus it is only appropriate that the cross is the symbol of both the Camillians whose charism is to serve the sick and CTF-SOS DRS, whose mission it is to promote integral health in disasters – spiritual, mental, physical and material.
We of CTF-SOS DRS desire to witness to the merciful love of Christ for the poor and the sick in word, deed and sacrament by serving the medical, pastoral and humanitarian needs of people affected by man-made and natural disasters. We are missionaries – like the Lord – missionaries of mercy.
We strive to be like our Lord was on the cross: wholeheartedly present in the midst of human suffering in order to bring about the healing of those who are in serious need. In this we are inspired by St. Camillus, St. Therese of Lisieux and Mary – Our Lady Health of the Sick - who suffered with her son at the foot of the cross and then helped to build His Kingdom. She was a member of the first Christian community – one nourished by the Eucharist and her motherly presence.
The members of CTF-SOS DRS want to build the Lord’s Kingdom. We are preparing for His return! We pray for the coming of that kingdom when we pray the World Mission Rosary. The general intention is “That the Lord in His Divine Mercy – through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary – may build up His Kingdom, make these mysteries a reality in our lives, strengthen us in our common mission, and come to the aid of those for whom we pray.” To effectively build the Kingdom in cooperation with the Order and the Church we are creating a community-based, Eucharist-centered and Marian-inspired disaster relief organization that responds to the signs of the times and is faithful to its origins.
The summer and now the fall has been an exciting and busy time of building. This progress gives us reason to hope and to celebrate the present - a time that is full of promise and product of our ongoing, active collaboration with Divine Providence.
The articles in the newsletter show that our building has included disaster-related activities in Italy (Earthquake – Abruzzo – Project St. Camillus); Myanmar (Cyclone Nargis); Kenya (Kibera – slum); Philippines and Vietnam (Typhoon Ketsana); the US A (fundraising, building CTF-SOS DRS).
In Italy Project St. Camillus has been an opportunity for CTF Central to coordinate a disaster response and to work together with several entities: Caritas, the Dioceses of Pescara and Aquila, Bambin Gesu Hospital and Italian Medical Research to name a few.
SOS DRS in the USA has done Mission Cooperation Plan fundraising appeals in parishes to support this and other disaster relief efforts. For the 2009 fundraising season we were especially blessed by the presence of Fr. Aristelo Miranda, MI and 2 members of CTF Central, Marco Iazzolino and Fr. Paolo Guarise, MI. SOS DRS has also sent people to help in the disaster relief efforts, most notably Theresia Sinaga (Kenya and Myanmar) and Alice Sarry (Kenya).
The relief effort in the man-made disaster of the slum of Kibera is only the most recent in a series of examples of collaboration between CTF-SOS DRS and the Order. This newsletter also offers a look back at other examples of cooperation in Haiti, Myanmar and the Philippines. The relief effort in Nairobi is unique, though, in that it is the first example of collaboration specifically through a pastoral center – i.e. the CTF and Camillians working together at the following levels: organizational structure, formation and disaster relief.
Collaboration at these three levels is consistent with the vision of the CTF Leaders Conference that took place in February 2009 in Rome. The strategic plan that resulted from this meeting has become the road map for the building of the CTF. This is evidenced in the fruit of that conference as indicated in this newsletter: the final statement of the conference; the letter of the conference participants to the Order; the statement of the CTF-Pastoral Centers 1 Conference in Madrid, Spain (July); and the proceedings from the CTF Formation Meeting in Verona (October). Attività/Activities – Recent and Upcoming Action Items - gives a concise summary of what we are doing.
I hope you enjoy this newsletter, the first that we are publishing in a blog format. Let me know. May your reading be an opportunity for you to get to know the identity and the mission of CTF-SOS DRS better and to see how we are building the Kingdom. Join us through supporting our mission financially, praying, and serving with us as we prepare for the Lord’s return. After all, it is Advent – and Jesus is near!
Fr. Scott
December 8, 2009
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
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Posted on November 28, 2009. Filed under: 2008 Winter, All Posts, Coordinator's Corner, CTF - A Community, CTF - History, Liturgical Calender, Liturgy & Devotions, Newsletters |
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Fr Scott and Putri in Nias, Indonesia before her heart surgery (April 2004)
I published this piece on December 8, 2008 at the time of our first e-newsletter. Its theme was the Immaculate Conception and my personal history, that of the Camillians and CTF SOS DRS with regard to the devotion. I thought this piece was worth republishing now that we have begun a novena to the Immaculate Conception. Enjoy.
Health and peace to you.
I pray that you are having a blessed Advent, and I hope that your wait for the Lord’s coming at Christmas is Spirit-filled. It was for Mary, Our Mother, as she waited to hold her little babe, Jesus, in her arms.
December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, is a day of great significance in the Church and for the Camillian Task Force – SOS DRS. In the Church we celebrate the salvific event that took place in St. Anne’s womb according to the Father’s will. Mary was conceived without sin in anticipation of her own birth and that of Jesus, her Divine Son. Likewise, in the CTF-SOS DRS we celebrate Mary’s protection of our organization – under the title of the Immaculate Conception. Thus we have chosen to publish the first CTF-SOS DRS e-mail newsletter today, December 8. We plan to publish others on dates that are significant for both CTF-SOS DRS and the Ministers of the Infirm: April 19 (Divine Mercy Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter); July 14 (the feast of Saint Camillus); October 1 (the feast of Saint Therese of the Infant Jesus). We hope that you enjoy our newsletters and that they encourage you to become more involved in our disaster relief ministry.
In this issue…
The present issue builds on the CTF-SOS DRS devotion to Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception. This devotion was inherited from the tradition of the Ministers of the Infirm and my own. In the newsletter we look at current, past and planned disaster responses and introduce you to people who have played an important role in the organization – St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Camillus de Lellis – our patron saints. We offer a profile of Theresia Sinaga, our CTF-SOS DRS Indonesian country coordinator. There is a 2008 activities update; news from the CTF Secretariat in Rome; photos and information from the SOS DRS headquarters in Milwaukee; a look back at the disaster relief history of the Camillians (Ministers of the Infirm); and link to our World Mission Rosary intentions. Enjoy!
Why December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception? In summary, Our Lady’s role in the development of the Ministers of the Infirm, the CTF-SOS DRS and my own faith journey has been very significant – providential I believe.
On Easter Day of 2004 in Lourdes, France I consecrated the CTF to Mary under the titles of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Lourdes – Health of the Sick. I consecrated the CTF to Mary on that day in that location under those titles for many reasons. Praise Our Risen Lord that I was able to do so!
It was in Lourdes, France in 1858 that Our Lady said to Bernadette, “I am the Immaculate Conception”. And the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on February 11, which is also the World Day of the Sick. Finally, serving the poor and the sick is the charism of the Ministers of the Infirm (the Camillians), who venerate Mary under the title of Our Lady Health of the Sick. This devotion to Mary started with St. Camillus de Lellis himself, the Founder of the group that was finally recognized by the Church as a religious order in 1591.
There is more though. Mary has interceded for the sick on many occasions in Lourdes and elsewhere. She has also undoubtedly helped the Camillians in their mission and the CTF-SOS DRS in its own: witnessing the merciful love of Christ for the poor and the sick in word, deed and sacrament by serving the medical, humanitarian and pastoral needs of people affected by man-made and natural disasters.
Devotion to Mary Immaculate has been a significant part of the Order since its inception. December 8, 1591 – the Feast of the Immaculate Conception – was a very important day in the history of the Order. It was on that day that St. Camillus and his first confreres made their solemn religious profession as members of the new Order.
Saint Camillus – his first biographer Cicatelli tells us – set his sights on December 8 because “the Most holy Queen of Heaven – through whose intercession Camillus … was converted to God … was already thinking of forming a Society … and had taken steps to do this … she also wished him… to make arrangements for it [professions] only on the day of the Immaculate Conception. This was extremely comforting to all his companions because of their fervent desire to always remain under the perpetual tutelage and most faithful patronage of the ever-Immaculate Virgin.” (Mario Vanti, St. Camillus de Lellis and his Ministers of the Sick, pg. 129).
Members of the Order – of which I am one – renew their solemn vows each year on December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. As a Camillian it was wonderful to become a part of this tradition started by St. Camillus, particularly because it resonated very well with my own.
I first consecrated myself to Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, 1994. And days after my ordination to the priesthood at our family parish, St. Mary’s on the Hill in Augusta, Georgia on November 29, 2003 – I headed north to the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC to consecrate my priesthood to her there. I did so on December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. For that opportunity I remain thankful.
Yes, there are many reasons why I consecrated the CTF to Mary on Easter Day of 2004 in Lourdes, France under the titles of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Lourdes – Health of the Sick. Praise be to Our Risen Lord!
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – December 8 – is upon us. Today, we bring the CTF-SOS DRS novena in the honor of the Immaculate Conception to an end. Many of you joined us in prayer during these 9 days. I pray that Mary intercedes before her Son to grant your request – if it be the Divine Will. Today, we also publish our first CTF-SOS DRS e-mail newsletter – in Mary’s honor. May She who is the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Lourdes, Health of the Sick – intercede for all us before her Risen Lord and Son.
Fr. Scott Binet MD, MI
International Coordinator – CTF
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Posted on November 18, 2009. Filed under: (CEI) Italian Bishops COnference, 2009 Summer-Fall Newsletter, 2009-09 Typhoon Ketsana (Luzon, Philippines), All Posts, CTF Central, CTF Network, CTF Philippines, Disaster Response, English, Ministry, Philippines |
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By Fr. Scott Binet
People are still suffering from the effects of Typhoon Ketsana and the other disasters that have struck the Philippines since that fateful day in late September 2009. New Government data and detailed assessments by United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) show that the overall number of people in need stands at 4.2 million out of the 10 million people affected in all areas. Those in need include more than 520,000 children under the age of five. Of particular concern for humanitarian agencies are the estimated 1.7 million people still displaced or living in areas that remain flooded. These areas are likely to remain flooded for another three or four months, putting those affected at serious risk of disease outbreaks. The effects have been devastating.
The CTF in the Philippines together with SOS DRS, members of the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm (Camillians), and donors in the US , Canada and elsewhere have been providing relief for victims – particularly those in the areas of Buso-Buso, Cainta and Marikina. The relief effort in Marikina headed up by Fr. Sam Cuarto is one example of the good work of CTF Philippines.
CTF Philippines – under the guidance Fr. Charley Ricafort and with the support of his fellow Camillians, all of the Province that is led by Fr. Ivo Anselmi – is now poised to expand its relief efforts. And CTF Philippines will do so with the collaboration of CTF Central, Salute e Sviluppo and the Italian Episcopal Conferecnce. This collaboration came about in large part due to the providential presence in Manila of Fratel Luca Perletti. He was there around the time when Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines.
Brother Luca together with CTF Philippines and CTF Central soon submitted a relief project to the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) in Rome, Italy. The project title is ” Emergency and Post Emergency Relief Program for Typhoon Ketsana Victims (Local Name: Ondoy)” and is directed at responding to the rapid response and continuous support phase of the emergency (phases I and II). The project is of relatively short duration (anything less than six months is still considered an emergency project by the CEI). The following sector(s) will be covered by the project:
- Food Security, Nutrition and Food items
- Non-food items
- Health services (medicines) and provision of medical check-ups
- Restoration of spoiled medical equipment [at a Camillian facility]
Geographical areas covered include:
The beneficiaries include 2,592 families (approx.12,645 individuals) coming from the following prioritized areas.
- Sitio Old Busu-Buso
- Dulong Parola, Cainta, Rizal
- Balubad in Barangay Nangka
Interim and final reports will be produced for the project whose total budget is in excess of 100,000 euros.
Here is a slightly modified version of the project summary as submitted to the CEI in mid-October.
Background
Typhoon Ketsana severely affected many parts of the Philippines leaving behind death and destruction. The initial mortality figures continue to rise as search and rescue operations are still continuing. The effects of the typhoon will cost the country a huge amount of money because of damages to infrastructure and agriculture. Data on the immense destruction are: 228 people killed by Ondoy; P5.2 billion is the estimated financial damage; 10,214 is the number of houses destroyed or damaged; 3.2 million are the affected people.
The Camillians immediately responded to the Typhoon by taking an active role in addressing the plight of the affected people, especially those living in the neighborhoods of our communities in Metro Manila, namely: Nuestra Señora de la Anunciata Parish (Buso-Buso); St. Camillus Polyclinic (Pasig City) and Camillus Medhaven (Marikina City). In taking this active stand, Camillians have gained everybody’s appreciation and many individuals have voluntarily donated goods and food to the Camillians, knowing that they would distribute them to those in need. The relief work carried out by the Camillians falls under the coordination of the local Camillian Task Force, a group established to coordinate the Camillian response to natural and man–made calamities. The Camillian Task Force has its headquarters in Rome, which also provides some financial help for disasters. Camillian Task Force Central has already donated €15,000.00 to an initial disaster relief fund.
Camillians already have a strategy
CTF Philippines has as its priority providing help to the victims through giving food items, non-food items and basic medicines. They will continue helping until the victims are able to procure sufficient goods for their own maintenance needs (one month or more). Special care will be provided to children whose basic needs may be neglected. Our facilities – Camillus Medhaven in particular – run projects for disabled children, both on its premises and at home (home – based care). The Typhoon worsened their problems, and thus they will be given more attention.
Phase 1 of the relief effort
As the first stage unfolds, the Camillians will mobilize medical teams from their polyclinics (St. Camillus Polyclinic [Pasig] and St. Camillus Polyclinic [Antipolo City]) that were also affected by the flooding. The medical teams will reach out to the stranded population and will provide medical checkups and treatment with a special attention to avoiding the onset of epidemics. This will be an ongoing project until the displaced persons can return to a relatively normal life. As the days pass, in fact, there is greater risk of epidemics. Many areas have not yet been cleared of debris and dead animals, and a disgusting stench pollutes the place. Camillians, known for their commitment to health, consider their responsibility to be to provide appropriate medical care through reaching out to people before they are in need of hospital admission. Even accessing hospitals is not an easy task to many dwellers of poor urban settlements though. In fact, many of the people have lost their jobs which exacerbates income difficulties and lessens the amount on which they can count. Expenses for medications are low on their agenda, even more so when they are for preventing diseases. The Camillian medical teams will travel from settlement to settlement in order to care for the sick and to educate others on how to prevent infectious diseases (especially those water-borne). Local Camillian polyclinics will also be open to cater to the needs of those who may require greater care.
Phase II
As part of the aims of this phase, the medical equipment of the St. Camillus Polyclinic in Pasig will require maintenance and replacement. In fact, the massive wave of mud and water that flooded the facility resulted in permanent damage to the x-ray machine, the ultrasound equipment and other instruments. This caused the facility to stop its services, which are much-needed now – in view of the location of the polyclinic: in fact it serves the population in Pasig, one of the worst hit areas.
The last part of the project will include the rehabilitation of a number of families through providing them with housing and proper resources. This third phase of the project is not included in this proposal (Phase III).
The Camillian Task Force has sent an appeal to the Camillian communities worldwide. They are starting to respond by sending some financial assistance and as such empowering the local Camillians to respond to the many needs of the victims.
The local Camillian Task Force is now requesting the Italian Episcopal Conference for a special grant in order to provide assistance to the victims in phases I and II of its strategy.
The budget for this emergency relief effort is PHP10,050,000.00. Camillians are expecting financial support from their counterparts in other Countries and have already received €15,000.00 from the main office in Rome.
Section II. Project Rationale and Camillian Task Force Capacities
The proposed program aims to provide for the basic emergency needs (Phase I) and the continuous medical support (Phase II) of the 2,592 vulnerable families and typhoon victims. This intervention falls under the category of “humanitarian assistance”.
Camillian Task Force Philippines has provided disaster relief on several occasions, though in a simple and spontaneous way and with limited resources. The establishment of a central office in Rome is contributing to the strengthening of the local Camillian Task Force that, in turn, can now provide better and varied services.
The Camillian Task Force in the Philippines has responded to various calamities:
December 2004: relief goods were distributed for the victims of typhoon Winnie and Yoyong in Quezon Province; Adult formands participated in St. Camillus Polyclinic (Pasig) Medical Mission in Quezon Province.
March 17, 2006: relief goods were given to Fr. Aris Miranda for the Leyte tragedy.
December 2006: victims of Super Typhoon Reming in Brgy. Salvacion, Sto. Domingo, Albay [Philippines] received monies for their fishing livelihood.
June 2008: in the wake of Cyclone Frank, CTF Philippines and its collaborators served the medical and dental needs of 400 people on Isla de Gigantes, Carles, Iloilo Province.
The positive results of these Camillian responses to emergencies have motivated many individuals who consider Camillians as reliable and efficient players in relief work: many donate voluntarily and support the work of the Camillians. Some of our communities have become centers for storing goods to be then distributed to affected people.
Camillians can also count on the staff of their medical facilities that are often mobilized to affected areas. Camillians, hence, are good at providing health-related services.
Section III. Beneficiaries
The beneficiaries – victims of Typhoon Ketsana – are generally families that live in informal settlements and in urban and poor areas that surround our communities or are in our parishes (Buso-Buso). The help is offered regardless of their religious affiliation.
In terms of criteria, it is already the prerogative of each respective Social Action Center as to how they will select their own beneficiaries because NASSA recognizes the autonomy of each partner. Criteria for help:
- The beneficiary belongs to a settlement, which was actually hit by a disaster or declared to be in a state of calamity by the government
- There is mass dislocation of people and the damages are extensive
- Survivors that are least assisted or not even reached out to by government and other welfare agencies
- Preference is given to poor families with no regular income and with highly vulnerable members, e.g., infants, children, sick and aged, and lactating mothers.
- Beneficiaries are registered and aid is given to recognized families
Section IV. Timing and activities
Camillian Task Force Philippines will focus on conducting relief assistance through the provision of emergency relief goods (rice, medicines, sleep/shelter materials, kitchen utensils) until the victims are stabilized. In two weeks time (i.e. mid-November) medical teams will be sent to evacuation camps to care for the health of the victims and detect/prevent epidemics.
We plan to wind up these two phases (I and II) by the end of November/December 2009.
Section V. Relief Items
Food
- Rice
- Canned goods
- Noodles
- Milk powder
- Mineral water
Non-Food Items
(pails, rice pots, frying pans, ladles, forks and spoons, drinking glasses, kettles, plates)
Educational Supplies
Sleeping & personal hygiene materials
Each family will receive a blanket, mosquito net, sleeping mat, underwear (6 pcs. for girls and 6 for boys), laundry and bath soaps, toothpaste and a toothbrush, shampoo, and candles.
Medical supplies
- MEDICINES (over the counter medicines for common illnesses such as fever, cold, pain, diarrhea, skin rash cream, vitamin C, antibiotics, etc.)
- Maintenance and replacement of radiological equipment [Pasig]
Section VI. Personnel and Logistics
Most of the work will be carried out by Camillians and their collaborators.
The staff of our facilities will also be involved and made to take part in specific relief work.
Personnel
The relief operation staff will coordinate the procurement and distribution of goods from the Camillian communities and staff. They will also take charge of the monitoring and reporting.
The operations will be coordinated within Camillian communities and our means of transport will be made use of.
Let us continue to pray for the victims of Typhoon Ketsana and those helping them.
If you would like to support CTF Philippines in its relief efforts, click here.
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Posted on November 17, 2009. Filed under: 2009 Summer-Fall Newsletter, 2009-05 Slum, Kibera (Nairobi, Kenya), All Posts, CTF - A Community, CTF Network, CTF-SOS DRS Kenya, Disaster Response, English, Ministry, Personal Reflections |
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It has been seven months now since I came to Nairobi, Kenya. I arrived on April 16, 2009 with Fr. Scott Binet, the Coordinator of the CTF and President of SOS DRS. I have started to learn a little about the people here, the culture, the political situation, the language, etc. One thing that struck me is that in the middle of the big city of Nairobi there is a giant slum. Yes, Kibera is the biggest slum in Nairobi with a population of around 1 million.
I started my work in Kibera on August 20, 2009. We collaborate with Christ of the King (CTK) Parish as a part of a Camillian network working in the slum of Kibera. I am collaborating under the supervision of Sr. Benta who is a Camillian sister from Kenya. Sr. Benta is a nurse by profession. She is working in a small dispensary that CTK has provided. As a member of CTF-SOS DRS I am very happy to have this opportunity. I have had many good experiences. And these came to my mind recently and made me reflect. I would like to share with you “what we can do as CTF-SOS DRS to take work in this slum and as such to do the Lord’s work”.
I remember my first day of work in the slum of Kibera. I attended a women’s group composed of those who are infected by HIV or have AIDS. There were around 15 people. This group meets every Wednesday from 9 AM – 10 AM. They come to the parish to share what they have done in the previous week. They come also to pay back their loans. The parish gave them each a small loan.
The history of this group started last year. Some women came to the Parish who were HIV/AIDS positive. They felt very vulnerable. They shared their problems with a priest of the Guadalupe Fathers. His name was Fr. Pieter. They said they wanted to continue with their lives, but they had been rejected by their families and society because they were HIV/AIDS positive. Many were mothers with children who needed support for schooling. After this sharing Fr. Pieter decided to help them. He gave them some money through the Parish office. Now these people have started small business. And now they are growing. They are able to continue their lives. They are able to pay the school fees for their children.
After I listened to the history of this group I was surprised. I learned how to bring the Lord’s Work to these women. They have been rejected by their families and society because they are HIV/AIDS positive. But they are accepted here at CTK. I remember what Jesus said to St. Camillus “ THIS IS MY WORK NOT YOURS”. I hope we can also do like what Fr. Pieter has done through accepting these women even though they are HIV/AIDS positive. We are all same: we are all human beings. And Lord has created us together.
I had another experience in Kibera when I went to visit some families. We visit families who are sick and vulnerable. They are not able to go to the hospital because they don’t have money. Even to buy food they don’t have money. I remember when I visited a young woman who suffered burns last February. She was very sick and had to be in the hospital for 4 months. But she left because she could not pay the hospital bills. Now she is getting treatment at home from CTK parish. When I visited her the young woman was happy. She said “no one likes to visit me. But you have come to visit me. Many thanks for coming”. I was very touched by her words. I pray a lot for her.
I also visited another woman around 65 years old. She just lay in her bed. No one was taking care of her. I went there with a social worker from CTK Parish. The woman said she felt pain throughout her whole body. I took off some of of her clothes and massaged her. The lady could not speak English but instead spoke her native language. After we finished our work the woman was very grateful for our coming and for the massage. She said she had no pain anymore. She was very happy. The woman was laughing. She was very happy, and she asked me to visit her again. The next day I sent this lady some food through the social worker.
I also visited a man who is HIV/AIDS positive. He is blind because of HIV. I went with a lady who is a volunteer. She is a member of the Good Samaritan organization at CTK. We went with some food that I prepared after I heard his story when he was at CTK Parish. The man told us that he knew he was HIV positive in 2004. After he knew he was HIV the man wanted to commit suicide. He was rejected by his family. He said he felt alone. I listened to his story. It was painful for me. I was asking myself why the family and society had rejected him. I asked myself “Where are you Lord? Why did they reject him? This man is a human being”. Many questions came to me. I began to reflect on these. And in my prayers and when I went for mass I started to reflect on these situations.
To be honest, I don’t have the answers. But what I know is that the Lord has granted me many graces. Jesus wants me to be here. He wants me to be with these people who are suffering, who are rejected, who are poor, who are sick. He wants me to be with them to witness to His merciful love. The Lord wants me to show His love by being with them, visiting them, listening to them. Sometimes it is very difficult – very hard – to do it. It is not easy to do the Lord’s Work. But I believe with His support I can do it. I remember what Jesus said – “When I was hungry you fed me, when I was a stranger you received me in your home, when I was naked you gave me clothes, and when I was sick you took care of me, and when I was in prison you visited me” (Matthew 25).
The mission of CTF- SOS DRS is “to witness to the merciful love of Christ for the poor and the sick in word, deed, and sacrament through serving the medical, pastoral, and humanitarian needs of people affected by man-made and natural disasters regardless of race, religion and ethnicity”. Through this personal reflection I would like to encourage all of us to be effective witnesses to the merciful love of Christ through our prayers and actions to those people who are in need, rejected, sick and poor.
Please keep the people I mentioned and those in the slum of Kibera in your prayers.
Thank you,
Theresia Sinaga
CTF-SOS DRS Kenya
Nairobi - 10/31/2009
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P. Scott Binet - Coordinatore Generale – Progetto San Camillo
La CTF e i suoi collaboratori ancora rispondono al terremoto che ha colpito l’Abruzzo il 6 Aprile 2009. Il Progetto San Camillio va avanti con l’aiuto di tante persone ed istituzioni. Non posso ringraziare tutti ma vorrei menzionare i miei collaboratori del CTF Central; Dr. Raffaele Arigliani e i suoi colleghi dell’IMR (Italian Medical Research); coloro che ci aiutono in segreteria – Marisa ed Emilia; i membri dello board dello Studio Rainbow tra i cui ci sono parecchi dall’Ospedale Bambin Gesu a Roma. Sono grato del loro contributo essenziale. Ringrazio anche gli insenganti, pediatri e medici sull territorio che faranno parte dello Studio/Progetto e anche la coordinatrice operativa Valeria. Ringrazio i miei confratelli camilliani – p. Arnaldo Pangrazzi e p. Germano Policante che hanno contributo nella formazione dei numerosi volontari di Caritas e del Centro di Pastorale a Verona. Ringraziamo in fine le varie organizzazioni Caritas (Pescara, Aquila, Italia) che ci hanno dato una vera opportunità di aiutari i terremotati attraverso il loro coinvolgimento nel Progetto. Qui sotto leggerete di più su queste persone ed istituzioni e cìo che fanno per il Progetto. Lettura piacevole!
Dr. Raffaele Arigliani - Pediatra e ideatori dello Studio Rainbow e responsabili della parte organizzativa
Dr. Raffaele scrive:
Al 04-10-2009 lo stato dei lavori relativi allo Studio Rainbow appare il seguente:
1. Il Board dello studio ha realizzato numerosi riunioni e scambi di corrispondenza via mail, arrivando a licenziare 11 versioni della sinossi prima di giungere a quella al momento definitiva sulla base della quale si sta procedendo alla scrittura del protocollo definitivo, previsto entro circa 10 giorni
2. Il Board dello studio ha lavorato alacremente, con ottima suddivisone dei compiti , con la Direzione scientifica di Stefano Vicari e del suo staff, il coordinamento dei rapporti con i diversi Partners da parte di Alberto Ugazio e del suo staff, il coordinamento operativo di Raffaele Arigliani con il supporto della IMR, il lavoro operativo del CTF e dei suoi collaboratori, il lavoro specifico di tutti gli altri componenti del Board.
3. Significative novità e aggiornamenti sono sintetizziamo nei successivi punti:
CARITAS ITALIANA
a. La Caritas Italiana, grazie al lavoro di presentazione realizzato particolarmente dai vertici del CTF, si è offerta di co-finanziare lo Studio per il tramite dei Camilliani (che dovranno gestire il contributo) con una significativa somma.
b. La Caritas offre inoltre la propria disponibilità a partecipare attivamente allo stesso Studio con l’obiettivo di contribuire a costruire un modello di lettura/diagnosi/intervento per la PTSD, da eventuale adottare anche in altre aree d’ Italia e del mondo.
c. Chiede che il Board Scientifico dello Studio assuma in carico di organizzare la strutturazione/gestione di una casa nei pressi dell’ Aquila, in cui si possano realizzare interventi di sostegno, diagnosi terapia di bambini e genitori con disagio psicologico indotto da trauma e PTSD
d. La Caritas si dichiara genericamente disponibile a studiare la possibilità di realizzare all’ Aquila una Scuola Internazionale di Formazione e Studio del PTSD.
e. Appare utile un incontro con i vertici Caritas, CTF, IMR per la definizione di un protocollo operativo sugli aspetti ai punti a, b, c.
CAMILLIAN TASK FORCE (CTF)
a. Padre Scott, coordinatore CTF, ha realizzato insieme al dott. Iazzolino un Tour degli USA al fine di sensibilizzare all’iniziativa e raccogliere fondi da destinare al Progetto San Camillo, di cui lo studio è parte, e allo Studio Rainbow.
b. Dal loro lavoro è nato l’interesse di diverse autorità sanitarie USA (tra cui il dott. Barbaresi del Boston Children’s Hospital e il Dott. Gustavo Rey della Miami University) che hanno mostrato grande interesse e si sta valutando un eventuale loro possibile coinvolgimento.
c. Sempre grazie al lavoro del CTF il Rotary International insieme ad alcuni Rotary Club Italiani stanno valutando molto seriamente la possibilità di sostenere alcuni aspetti dello Studio.
d. Rispetto alla possibile costruzione di una Scuola Internazionale di formazione sulla PTSD , si segnala che questa idea è facilitata anche dal fatto che i Camilliani hanno già attivato dei percorsi in tal senso promuovendo una serie di iniziative avendo come riferimento le loro realtà accademiche in Spagna, in Kenya e nelle Filippine.
e. Sono inoltre stati attivati dal CTF contatti significativi con la Protezione Civile per attivare corsi per insegnanti.
f. Il CTF ha inoltre attivato una serie di contatti preliminari con dal CTF i con Istituzioni Ministeriali e Governative sui temi portati avanti nel Progetto San Camillo- Studio Rainbow.
Al momento si coglie un notevole interesse sia al significato complessivo dello Studio Rainbow, sia all’ipotesi che l’attività di sensibilizzazione di Insegnanti, Sanitari, Volontari (mediante un’opportuna attività formativa,così come ipotizzata nel Progetto San Camillo ) sia estesa al più ampio numero possibile di tali operatori.
ITALIAN MEDICAL RESEARCH (IMR)
a. Il dott. Arigliani e il suo gruppo IMR, quali ideatori dello Studio Rainbow e responsabili della parte organizzativa, hanno completato la fase di preparazione del materiale didattico per i corsi di formazione e stanno alacremente procedendo in tutte le parti organizzative, con personale dedicato al progetto e vivace stimolo al rispetto del timing operativo.
Ringraziamo Dr. Raffaele Arigliane per tutto il lavoro che fa per promuovere Progetto San Camillo. E chiediamo le vostre preghiere affinché quello che il Signore ha cominciato dopo il terremoto attraverso la CTF e i suoi collaboratori lo portiamo a un buon fine.
p. Scott Binet – Coordinatore Generale – Progetto San Camillo
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da Dr. Raffaele Arigliani – pediatra e ideatori dello Studio Rainbow e incaricato della parte organizzativa
STUDIO RAINBOW
SINOSSI PROGETTO GENERALE
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STUDIO RAINBOW: Studio di intervento sui disturbi da Stress Postraumatico (PTSD) nei bambini abruzzesi esposti al terremoto dell’aprile 2009 |
| Enti partecipanti |
- Camillian Task Force (CTF): Promotore progetto
- SOS DRS (USA)
- Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù (OBG) di Roma: Coordinamento progetto scientifico
- Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri (FIMP): raccolta dati sul campo
- Italian Medical Research (IMR): attività di formazione e segreteria
- Gruppo Italiano di Counselling in Pediatria (GICOP): consulenza scientifica
- Rotary Italia e Rotary International: co-finanziamento
- Caritas Italia: co-finanziamento
- Regione Abruzzo, Ministeri
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- Direttore: Stefano Vicari, MD, Primario Neuropsichiatra Osp. Ped. Bambino Gesù, Roma
- Alberto G. Ugazio, MD, Direttore Pediatria Osp. Ped. Bambino Gesù, Roma
- Aberto E. Tozzi, MD, Osp. Ped. Bambino Gesù, Roma
- Adima Lamborghini, MD, Pdf, Pdf Abruzzo e Vice presidente SIMEUP Abruzzo
- Danilo Feliciangioli, Caritas Italia
- Donato Salfi, Psicologo-Psicoterapeuta, Docente IMR, Docente Università di Bari
- Fiorella Monteduro, Psicologa-Psicoterapeuta, Avezzano (TE)
- Giovanni Valeri, MD,Neuropsichiatra Osp. Ped. Bambino Gesù, Roma
- Mariorosaria Filograna, MD, Pdf, Rotary
- Marta Ciofi, MD, Dir. Scient. Osp. Ped. Bambino Gesù, Roma
- Piero Di Saverio, MD, Segretario FIMP Abruzzo e vicesegretario Nazionale FIMP, Teramo
- Raffaele Arigliani, MD, Direttore IMR e Segretario Gruppo Italiano di Counselling in Pediatria
- Scott Binet, MD, MI – Coordinatore Internazionale Camillian Task Force e Progetto San Camillo (Roma), President SOS DRS (Milwaukee, USA)
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Molte Regioni italiane sono a rischio di terremoti e disastri ambientali. Il 6 Aprile 2009 un terribile terremoto ha interessato la città dell’ Aquila e in maniera diversificata gran parte del territorio abruzzese, mietendo centinaia di vittime tra morti e feriti e costringendo all’abbandono delle proprie casa circa 30.000 persone. Poche informazioni vi sono in Italia di quale sia l’impatto psicologico e i fattori facilitanti o ostacolanti il Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a distanza di più di 6 mesi dall’evento, nei bambini e adolescenti che hanno subito questo tipo di eventi. Inoltre sia i Pediatri di famiglia (pdf) che gli insegnanti ricevono scarsa formazione nel tradizionale iter di studi sulle abilità di counselling e su come riconoscere, affrontare e inviare eventualmente allo specialista Neuropsichiatra Infantile e Psicologo i bambini o ragazzi con PTSD . Si segnala che Italia tutti i bambini fino a 14 anni sono assistiti gratuitamente dai pdf. |
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- Realizzare una revisione sistematica della letteratura sulla PTSD in età pediatrica
- Stimare la prevalenza della psicopatologia indotta dal trauma e nello specifico dello PTSD in una coorte di bambini e adolescenti esposti al terremoto del 6 aprile 2009 in Abruzzo, a distanza di 12-24 mesi dall’evento
- Descrivere i fattori di rischio ed i fattori protettivi della PTSD nella popolazione in studio a 12-24 mesi dall’evento
- Formare i Pdf sulle abilità di base del counselling in Pediatria e sul riconoscimento dei segni e sintomi suggestivi di psicopatologia indotta da trauma e nello specifico dello PTSD
- Formare gli Insegnati sulle abilità di base nel counselling educazionale verso bambini e adolescenti, sugli elementi per accrescere le abilità pro sociali, sulle caratteristiche generali di psicopatologia indotta da trauma e il PTSD
- Valutare l’impatto che un programma educazionale (approccio pro sociale svolto da insegnanti formati) ha sulle abilità pro sociali degli allievi e rispetto le caratteristiche generali di psicopatologia indotta da trauma e il PTSD
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Lo studio viene promosso dal CTF, coordinato a)per la parte scientifica dall’ Ospedale Bambino Gesù di Roma b) per gli aspetti di formazione e organizzativi dalla IMR. Partecipano allo studio FIMP, GICOP, Rotary, Istituzioni. Sarà organizzato in due sezioni
- Studio della prevalenza e dei fattori di rischio della PTSD, svolto dai Pdf. In questa sezione è previsto l’arruolamento di circa 90 dei 187 Pdf abruzzesi ciascuno dei quali arruolerà 80 bambini campionati casualmente tra i propri assistiti di età compresa tra 3 e 14 anni. Si prevede una popolazione totale in studio di 7200 bambini che verranno esaminati a 12 e 24 mesi di distanza dall’evento. Le attività principali di questa sezione dello studio comprenderanno:
- Identificazione dei Pdf disponibili a partecipare allo studio nella Regione Abruzzo in modo da garantire una omogenea distribuzione regionale
- Formazione dei Pdf al counselling di base all’uso dei test per l’orientamento diagnostico della PTSD I corsi sono previsti a gennaio (15-17 e 29-31 gennaio). La FIMP curerà la parte di finanziamento, La IMR la parte formativa
- Estrazione di un campione casuale della popolazione assistita dai Pdf partecipanti allo studio febbraio
- Raccolta del consenso informato seconda metà di febbraio.
- Somministrazione di test da parte dei Pdf utilizzando scale di valutazione Child Behavior checklist (CBCL 1,5-5 e CBCL 6/18 ) e BIG-five (versione compilata dai genitori e bambini) che saranno compilate dai genitori o dai ragazzi (fascia 11-14). Ogni settimana il pediatra invia i questionari raccolti che verranno inseriti in database e entro 15 giorni verrà dato un feedback al pdf sul risultato del test. Se il test è positivo il pdf invia il bambino a conferma diagnostica specialistica neuropsichiatrica (si stima un 40% dei bambini nell’epicentro del terremoto e 10% nel resto dell’Abruzzo). Ai bambini che parteciperanno allo studio sarà dato un piccolo gadget di ringraziamento.
- Nuova valutazione dei bambini partecipanti allo studio attraverso i questionari CBCL a distanza di 12-24 mesi dall’evento sui bambini positivi al CBCL e 10% dei negativi, selezionati in maniera random.
- Studio di efficacia dell’intervento eseguito dal personale insegnante sulla gestione della PTSD. Si prevede di implementare un programma di formazione aperto e capillare per un numero elevato di insegnanti ed operatori volontari con l’obiettivo di sviluppare abilità di supporto attraverso interventi educazionali di pro-socialità. Le attività principale di questa sezione dello studio comprenderanno:
- Formazione Formatori ( Corso realizzato a Loppiano-FI_23-26 luglio 2009)
- Formazione su larga scala di insegnanti ed operatori volontari per la gestione della PTSD attraverso interventi educazionali di pro-socialità (corsi di 20ore) e cognitivo –comportamentale
- Selezione di un campione di insegnanti formati e non formati rappresentativo della distribuzione geografica. Verranno selezionati secondo criteri random dalle scuole che daranno la disponibilità alla formazione 60 insegnanti sottoposti a formazione specifica e 60 insegnanti che non sono stati sottoposti a formazione (presi in maniera random da elenchi di scuole che non aderiscono al progetto formativo).
- Arruolamento di una coorte di bambini esposti agli insegnanti formati e a quelli non formati. Con questo assetto ci si attende di poter studiare su circa 1500 bambini dalla scuola materna alla scuola elementare la ricaduta che ha avuto la formazione dei loro insegnanti
- Raccolta del consenso informato
- Somministrazione su campione rappresentativo dei bambini aquilani, big five ai genitori e insegnanti, CBCL big five e scale di valutazioni per insegnanti e bambini prima e dopo l’intervento
- Valutazione comportamento dei ragazzi da parte di osservatori esterni
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- Studio prevalenza PTSD: verranno valutate le differenze dalla linea di base della prevalenza di PTSD a distanza di 6-12mesi dall’inizio rilevazione (aprile 2009). I risultati ottenuti saranno utilizzati per descrivere la prevalenza di PTSD e la sua evoluzione insieme ai fattori di rischio ed ai fattori protettivi per la PTSD stessa nella fascia di età 3-14 anni. L’analisi verrà effettuata con tecniche multivariate.
- Studio di intervento: Nella coorte che verrà esposta all’intervento ed in quella che invece non sarà esposta, verranno valutate le differenze dalla linea di base della prevalenza di PTSD e dei fattori della pro socialità a distanza di 6-12 mesi. L’analisi verrà effettuata con tecniche multivariate.
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Tylko trzy miesiące mineły od trzęsienia ziemi we włoskiej miejscowośċi Aquila, a juz ucichło o tym w swiecie. Poszkodawani przez trzęsienie ziemi czują się zdesperowani i opuszczeni. Ciągle jeszcze małe trzęsienia ziemi mają miejsce, więc setki, a moze tysiące osób żyją w obozach. Kamilianie nie opuszczają ich tak jak to zrobily TV, prasa i radio.
Mają oni dużo pracy na różnych polach. Do ciągle jeszcze aktualnego problemu opieka nad poszkodowanymi znalezienia dachu nad glową w Instytut Kamil (Camillus Institute) w Sora, i Nicholas D’Onofre Duchowne Centrum (Nicholas D’Onofre Central of Spirituality) w Bucchianico; doszłed nowy Projekt Swięty Kamil -duchowne and naukowe szkolenie.
W projekcie tym bierze udzial szereg oganizacji: Kamilianie, (Camillian Task Force (CTF) Central-[Służba Specjalna Zakonu Kamilianóv, Centralna], Caritas (Pescara i Aquila), IMR (Włoski Medyczny Osrodek Badań) który jest popierany przez Ministarstwo Zdrowia popierajacego medyczne szkolenia i consultacje z zakresu zdrowia; Szpital Bambin Gesu w Rzymie, slynny w całym swiecie ośrodeku szpitalnym dający im dobrą opiekę mającym duże osiągnięcia naukowe.
Wszystkie te organizacje dązą do tego samego celu-opieka nad rannymi i nauczanie innych jak to robić a także pomoc najsłabszym-w tym wypadku dzieciom. Rożnorodnosć działalnosci tych organizacji zapewnia odpowiednią pomoc dla poszkodowanych w trzęsieniu ziemi. Projekt Swięty Kamil jest zwiastunem oferujacym humanitaryzm i szkolenie.
Ten projekt przewidziany jest na 24 miesiące i przebiegał będzie w 4 fazach.
1. Utworzenie grupy pracowników Caritas z diecezji Pescana i Aquilan, nadzór and pomocą w wykonywaniu nieprofesjonalnej pomocy poszkodowanym. Ta faza zaczyna sie 29 czerwca 2009.
2. Zorganizowanie podstawowego przygotowania jak należy postępować z rannymi po trzęsieniu ziemi dla pracowników zdrowia, w szczegolnosci lekarzy, pediatrów i innych profesjonalistów;. Szkolenie to ma być przeprowadzone przez wykfalifikowane osoby (CTF i IMR) i będzie prowadzone przez ‘Rainbow Course’ (Kurs Tęcza) dniach 23-26 lipca we Włoszech w miejscowości Lopiano.
3. Actywna współpraca lokalnych pracownikow Caritas przez wysyłanie odpowiednich wolentariuszy; psychologów, pracowników socjalnych, pielęgniarek i ekspertów w niesieniu pomocy po trzęsieniu ziemi. Już jest grupa osób zaangażowana w tym projekcie i pracująca od lipca 2009 do stycznia 2010 roku.
4. Naukowe badania w połączeniu ze Szpitalem Bambin Gesu w Rzymie nad okolo 7500 osób w wieku 3-14 lat mające na celu wykazanie psychologicznego stanu po trzesieniu ziemi, i nie tylko Syndrom Stresu Pourazowego.
Przekład: Zofia Zapalac i Andrej Stefański
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Der Kamillianer
Erdbeben in den Abruzzen
Sechs Monate sind vergangen seit ein Erdbeben Aquila erschüttert hat, das Zerstörung und Tod brachte. Das Medieninteresse scheint bis auf wenige Ausnahmen verebbt zu sein. Die Opfer des Erdbebens zeigen Zeichen von Verzweiflung und ein Gefühl von Verlassenheit. Das Drama geht weiter, da in der betroffenen Zone regelmäßig Nachbeben vorkommen und Hunderte, wenn nicht Tausende , die am 6. April betroffen waren, noch immer in den Zeltstädten wohnen. Genauso – weit weg von Fernsehkameras und Flutlicht sind die Aktivitäten der Kamillianer noch nicht beendet.
Es sind viele Initiativen in Gange: Neben denen der ersten Stunde, von denen einige weiterhin laufen wie z.B. die Unterkunft und die Fürsorge für diejeinigen, denen das Erdbeben das Haus nahm,, die einerseits im St. Kamillus Institut in Sora und im Nicholas D`Onofrio Center of Spiritualità in Bucchianico untergekommen sind, gibt es eine neue pastorale und wissenschaftliche Initiative, das St. Kamillus Projekt.
There are many initiatives underway. Next to those of the first hour, some of which still continue – such as the housing of and care for displaced persons at both the Saint Camillus Institute in Sora and the Nicholas D’Onofrio Center of Spirituality in Bucchianico, there is a new one: a pastoral and scientific initiative called the Saint Camillus Project.
Folgende Organisationen sind in dieses Projekt involviert: Der Kamillianerorden mit seiner Inititative zur Unterstützung von Opfern von Naturkatastrophen oder Opfern kriegerischer Auseiandersetzungen (Camillian Task Force, CTF), Caritas Pescara und Aquila und IMA (Italian Medical Research), das durch das Gesundheitsministerium als Anbieter für fortlaufende medizinische Schulung akkreditiert ist und eine führende italienische Institution für Beratung im Gesundheitswesen, Bambin Gesu Hospital in Rome, das weltweit führend ist in Beratung und Forschung in den gegenständlichen Bereichen.
Diese Partner haben ein gemeinsames Ziel – “sich um die Verletzten (im doppelten Sinne) zu kümmern und die anderen darin zu unterrichten, dies zu tun und damit den Schwächsten zu helfen, in diesem Fall Kindern. Die Unterschiedlichkeit der kooperierenden Institutionen begünstigt passendere und flexiblere Antworten auf das Trauma des Erdbebens. In einem ähnlichen Kontext wurde St. Kamillus Vorreiter darin, Hilfe anzubieten, die einerseits qualifiziert und andererseits außerdem menschlich war.
Das gesamte Projekt wird sich in Phasen über 24 Monate erstrecken und wird sich vor allem in vier Bereichen abspielen:
1. Ausbildung, Supervision und Begleitung für die Caritas Mitarbeiter der Diözesen Pescara und Aquila die in der freiwillig Beratung tätig sind (relazione d´aiuto). Diese Aktivität hat am 29.6.2009 begonnen.
2. Ausbildung in Erstberatung und nachfolgender Beratung für MitarbeiterInnen im Gesundheitswesen, besonders MedizininerInnen, PädiaterInnen und andere, die an den Kursen teilnehmen. Diese Module werden von hochqualifizierten TrainerInnen angeboten. Die CTF und IMR werden den „Regenbogen-Kurs“ (Rainbow Course), eine Train-the Trainer Aktivität in Loppiano von 23.-26.7.2009 veranstalten und tragen.
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3. Es wird aktive Zusammenarbeit mit MitarbeiterInnen lokaler Caritas Organisationen geben, indem diese qualifizierte Freiwillige (BeraterInnen, PsychologInnen, SozialarbeiterInnen, Krankenschwestern) senden, auch Experten, die therapeutische Netzwerke knüpfen. Diese werden sich in den Dienst an jenen stellen, die von dem Erdbeben betroffen sind. Es ist in diesem Kontext bereits eine Rotation dieser Freiwilligen geplant von Juli 2009 bis Januar 2010. Hoffentlich werden andere zu involvieren sein, um die Aktivität weiterführen zu können.
4. Wissenschaftliche Begleitforschung in Kooperation mit der Forschungsabteilung des Bambin Gesu Hospital in Rom wird durchgeführt: Das Ziel ist, Informationen bezüglich der psychologischen Auswirkungen eines potentiell traumatisierenden Ereignisses wie des Erdbebens und speziell auch der Risikofaktoren, die bis hin zur Ausprägung von Post Traumatischer Belastungsstörung (PTBS) führen können, zu erheben Hier ist eine Studie an 7.500 Personen zwischen drei und vierzehn Jahren geplant.
Es werden weitere Informationen folgen, um Sie auf dem Laufenden zu halten.
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CTF – Primo Raduno della CTF e dei Centri di Pastorale
9 – 15 luglio 2009
Tres Cantos – Spagna
Il primo raduno dei Centri di Pastorale e della CTF si è svolto a Tres Cantos in Spagna dal 9 al 15 luglio 2009. Il programma, della durata di una settimana, è stato ospitato dal centro di Umanizzazione del mondo della salute, dalla provincia spagnola, ed organizzato dal CTF Central e dalla ONG SOS Drs. Si è trattato di un evento intenso e gustoso, con aspetti sociali, liturgici di lavoro e formativi. Vi hanno partecipato rappresentanti di quattro Centri di Pastorale: Malaika Ribolati (Verona); P. John Mosoti (Kenya); Francisco Prat (Madrid); P. Aristelo Miranda (Filippine); due membri della CTF Central, Marco Iazzolino e P. Scott Binet; quattro formatori: p. Arnaldo Pangrazzi (Camillianum), Mag. Eva Muenker (Centro di Psicotrauma Applicato, Vienna), Dottoressa Benedetta Bonato (Pediatra, Italian Medical Research) e Consuelo Santamaria (Centro di Umanizzazione, Madrid).
Questo raduno fa parte della programmazione della CTF convenuta durante il raduno dei leader della stessa CTF a Roma nel febbraio 2009. Lo scopo della manifestazione era di promuovere ulteriormente la collaborazione tra la CTF ed i 16 Centri di Pastorale sparsi nel mondo con particolare attenzione alla formazione, alla strutturazione organizzativa ed alla concreta risposta alle calamità. In alcune situazione già esiste collaborazione tra CTF e Centri di Pastorale di Verona (Progetto San Camillo in Abruzzo), a Nairobi (progetto nello slum di Kibera) e a Madrid (organizzazione del primo raduno dei Centri di Pastorale).
Il lavoro realizzato nel corso della Conferenza includeva quanto segue: storia, attività e missione della CTF di “testimoniare l’amore misericordioso di Cristo per i poveri ed i malati in parole, opere e sacramenti con un servizio medico, pastorale e umanitario ai bisogni delle vittime di calamità naturali e provocate dall’uomo”; insegnamento e mutuo apprendimento nelle due componenti della risposta pastorale della CTF nei disastri (assistenza psicosociale e spirituale); revisione del Progetto San Camillo in Abruzzo e del Progetto a Nairobi in collaborazione tra CTF e Centro di Pastorale locale.
Tra gli eventi sociali dell’evento va inclusa la visita di un giorno a Toledo e la celebrazione della Festa di San Camillo assieme ai membri della Provincia spagnola a Tres Cantos. Ogni giornata comprendeva anche – oltre le celebrazioni della Eucarestia, l’Adorazione e della Liturgia delle Ore – la preghiera della Divina Misericordia e del Rosario Missionario Mondiale.
Particolare attenzione è stata data ad analizzare la natura dell’intervento pastorale della CTF nelle dimensioni psicosociali e spirituali.
L’intervento pastorale della CTF si realizza nell’essere, nel comunicare, nell’apprendere e nel fare – con un servizio concreto ai bisogni psicosociali e spirituali delle vittime da calamità – includendo le vittime e le loro famiglie, i collaboratori e altri membri dello staff. Per offrire assistenza psicosociale è necessario fare una mappa dei bisogni, accompagnando e sostenendo le persone e la comunità che hanno fatto esperienza di una normale e straordinaria reazione da stress ad un evento traumatico. Riconoscere, prevenire e offrire terapia alle risposte abnormi provocate dallo stress, questa è una parte importante dell’intervento. L’offerta di sostegno spirituale è la seconda dimensione dell’intervento pastorale della CTF. Questo include l’offerta di assistenza in 4 aree:
1) Preparare i membri della CTF attraverso una formazione continua, coltivando un certo “modo di essere e di operare proprio della CTF”, imbevuto della fede cattolica, del carisma camilliano e di quelle forme di espressione della fede proprie della CTF. Tra di esse, le esperienze liturgiche, la preghiera, lo sviluppo della dimensione spirituale individuale, le esperienze formative e le letture.
2) Sostegno alle vittime ed ai loro famigliari attraverso la preghiera, i sacramenti, il counselling mirato a sostenere nello stress, nel lutto e nelle domande di significato; creare e facilitare degli incontri, con inclusione dei gruppi di mutuo aiuto per le vittime.
3) Sostegno ai membri della CTF nei loro bisogni spirituali nelle missioni con la preghiera e la liturgia e l’accompagnamento di personale qualificato.
4) Facilitare il rientro dei membri della CTF nella vita ordinaria al termine di ogni missione.
I partecipanti, hanno poi speso una parte consistente del loro tempo nella programmazione delle attività di collaborazione tra CTF e Centri di Pastorale per il triennio 2009 – 2011. Qui si indicano solo le linee generali, informando che ogni singolo Centro di Pastorale presente si è poi impegnato a realizzarle nel proprio contesto con iniziative adatte.
Obbiettivi concordati:
- progressivamente realizzare nei Centri di Pastorale una piattaforma di conoscenza comune sui temi propri della CTF
- promuovere nei Centri di Pastorale una cultura di attiva risposta ai disastri
- andare avanti nel progetto di collaborazione tra CTF e Centro di Pastorale del Kenya, a favore della popolazione dello slum di Kibera a Nairobi
- collaborare con il Centro di Umanizzazione di Madrid nello sviluppo di un programma di formazione biennale per promuovere la cultura della CTF in America latina
- esplorare di più il ruolo che i Centri di Pastorale possono avere nella diffusione della missione della CTF nelle varie (vice) Province e Delegazioni
Al fine di realizzare quanto sopra, è stato anche stabilito
1. di sviluppare un Comitato formativo della CTF il quale si radunerà presso il Centro di Pastorale di Verona nel mese di ottobre 2009
2. che un membro del CTF Central presenti l’esito della crescente collaborazione tra la CTC e i Centri di Pastorale al raduno che si terrà in Tailandia verso la fine del 2009 e che vedrà convocate le (vice) province e delegazioni impegnate in attività di sostegno alle vittime da calamità
3. di convocare un raduno dei Centri di Pastorale di lingua spagnola dell’America latina ad inizio 2010
4. di promuovere la collaborazione tra i membri della rete CTF
5. di convocare la seconda riunione della CTF e dei Centri di Pastorale nell’estate del 2010 in Kenya
6. di realizzare un campo di scuola di carità nell’estate del 2010, più o meno in occasione del secondo raduno della CTF e dei Centri di Pastorale
A nome della CTF Central
P. Scott Binet MD, MI
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At the End of the Course for the Leaders
of the Camillian Task Force (CTF)
A course for the training of Camillian leaders in responding to emergencies caused by natural and man – made disasters was held at the Generalate House on 12-17 February of this year. The variegated make-up of the group showed that the involvement of the Order in coming to the aid of the victims of disasters can take place through coordinated and multidisciplinary action. Fr. Charly Ricafort, Fr. Zefferino Montin and Fr. Rocco Pairat represented the respective (Vice-) Provinces of the Philippines, Peru and Thailand, which are already actively involved in responding to emergencies; Fr. Miranda Aristelo, Francisco Pratt, Fr. Edgar Yameogo and Malaika Ribolati testified to the role of the Pastoral Centres in formation; Theresia Sinaga, Sherman Runions, Mike Firmin and D’Ann Fisher were present on behalf of the NGO SOSDrs, which is responsible for logistical and financial support; Fr. Paolo Guarise and Br. Luca Perletti, members of the General Council respectively for ministry and missions, made their contributions; Fr. Scott Binet, the international coordinator of the CTF, and Marco Iazzolino, an expert in formation, animated the programme; and Dr. Eva Müenker-Kramer and Fr. Hugues Delétraz SJ (the Jesuit Refugee Service) contributed their experience and their expertise. Because of prior engagements, Fr. P. John Mosoti of the Pastoral Centre in Nairobi, was not able to join us, but his interest and the commitment of his Delegation are guaranteed.
Thanks to their experience, the participants generated the practical contents of the programme and offered suggestions and stimuli for the restructuring of the Camillian response to emergencies. In particular, Dr. Eva Müenker-Kramer accompanied us in discovering an aspect of emergencies that has been previously underestimated but which is recognised as the post-trauma syndrome. This syndrome is characterised by a complex set of symptoms where – side by side with psychological symptoms and disturbances – there are also disturbances of a spiritual nature connected with an inability to respond to the fundamental questions about meaning which accompany extreme situations.
In doing all of this we affirm out deepest identity. Indeed, the first responses to disasters were already evident during the epoch of our Founder. He himself was actively involved in providing relief to the population of Rome, which was afflicted by plagues or fell victim to periodic flooding by the River Tiber, and he did not fail to send his followers where a new emergency had broken out. In these ‘festivals of charity’ the Camillians were able to give the best of themselves, thereby actualising and making fully meaningful the fourth vow by which they pledged themselves on entering the Order.
Down the centuries other organisations have been created dedicated to responding to disasters: they have made an important aspect of the Camillian ministry their own. The fire has always glowed beneath the embers and the Order has never failed to live up to the inspiration and the example of the Founder himself. In a silent and often anonymous way, Camillians have provided service to the victims of wars and earthquakes, to refugees and displaced persons, and we may include here the recent initiatives following the tsunami, the earthquake in Ica in Peru, the recurrent cyclones in the Philippines and the freak wave in Burma. It may be remembered here that between 2004 and 2009 the network of the CTF has responded – and this is something that it continues to do – to fifteen disasters. Still today, where man is severely put to the test by a sudden disaster, the heart of the Camillians is there – beating!
The goal of the course was the promotion of the CTF through structured participation, initiatives at a local level, and specific initiatives. Taking work through a network as a model, sub-dividing tasks and responsibilities, and identifying a sector for specific action (interdisciplinary work), we Camillians will manage to place ourselves – fully qualified to do so and with expertise – in the vast world of associations which are defined by their action in the sphere of disasters. The following steps should be taken:
- The Provinces should activate themselves and create their own modus operandi, beginning with formation;
- the Pastoral Centres should help to train qualified people, above all members of the laity, in the specific sector of Pastoral Care in Emergency, through spiritual and psychological (post trauma counselling) support;
- NGOs should create funds to support activities related to emergencies;
- an authentic coordination of activity should be launched from the centre of the Order.
- there should be membership of the wider world of organisations with a specific task.
At the end of this week we can affirm that we have achieved the following goals:
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- The presence of the Camillians in the world of emergencies is the result of a joint effort. The CTF will find its full expression when the various activities of the Camillians enter into synergy, have access to shared resources, are coordinated, and – albeit with understandable logistical differences – offer a ‘Camillian’ response (as regards contents) to emergencies.
- Various agents work to determine what the CTF is and does. During the course, the internal personnel structure of the CTF was established with each member given a task so as to achieve the common objective. The various skills and capacities of the participants are a source of riches for the CTF taken as a whole. After establishing the internal personnel structure, it is hoped that everyone will be given access to the same material and human resources so that everyone – wherever they may be – can offer an effective response to emergencies.
- All of this will be a useless exercise and only something that exists ‘on paper’ if it is supported by a spirit of cooperation. Because of the fact that it is supra-Provincial but at the same time not centralised; because of the various skills involved; and because various elements and factors are present, the success of the Camillian Task Force cannot depart from cooperation between the centre and the Provinces, between the Provinces themselves, and between the Pastoral Centres and the NGOS. For us this is a challenge and a commitment!
- We leave this course in the full awareness that presence in the world of emergencies is an integral part of the Camillian ministry. The CTF is an expression, on the same level as others, of our charism of mercy towards the suffering. It is most deservedly in line with the many activities by which the Order down the centuries has known how to provide a response to the needs of people for health and wellbeing. The recognition of the fact that the presence of Camillians in emergencies is a part of our own ministry means that this presence should be structured and not episodic, qualified, and something that begins with the strategy of each Province, as, indeed, occurs with other ministries.
- The multiplication of emergencies has produced a proliferation of agencies and organisations. At the present time our action runs the risk of becoming linked to good will and not having a specific direction. It is necessary to define the specific character of the Camillian presence in emergencies. From this course the proposal emerged that both religious and lay Camillians should become specialists in the Pastoral Care in Emergency, with special attention to the psychological dimension (post-traumatic counselling) and to spiritual one (questions of meaning).
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- In order to make the course bear fruit, an action plan (planning) was established that is directed towards strengthening cooperation, to deepening specific skills in that area of intervention identified as being specifically Camillian, and to structuring the response to emergencies through appropriate choices in the (Vice-)Provinces. The contents of planning include a necessary theoretical basis for the Camillian response to emergencies and the operational models which at a local level will allow Camillians to make themselves present in disasters. All of this will be achieved over the next two years (2009-10).
Faced with the challenge of making the Camillian Task Force a part of the activities of the Order, one well perceives its value and its potentiality. It implements and expresses our charism of bearing witness to the merciful love of Christ for the sick. It places us at the heart of the suffering of man, above all of the victims of dramatic events which not only threaten life but also the certainty that God the Father exists, who is good and loves life. In the attempt to alleviate pain linked to sudden losses, we implement the mandate of our Constitution when it reminds us of our presence near to people at moments of darkness and vulnerability (cf. C 47).
The contribution of the Order to the CTF is the Pastoral Care of Emergency through an humanitarian, medical and pastoral action. Moved by this certainty we walk forward to make the Order capable of being present near to those who suffer in body and spirit because of losses connected with natural disasters and/or disasters caused by man.
The Executive Group of the CTF
Fr. Scott Binet Bro Luca Perletti Fr. Paolo Guarise Marco Iazzolino
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A Conclusione del Corso dei Leader dellaCamillian Task Force
Dal 12 al 17 febbraio 2009 si è svolto presso la Casa generalizia il Corso di Formazione dei Leader Camilliani nella risposta alle emergenze causate da calamità naturali e prodotte dall’uomo. La variegata composizione del gruppo ha mostrato che il coinvolgimento dell’Ordine nel soccorso delle vittime delle calamità può avvenire attraverso un intervento coordinato e multidisciplinare. P. Charly Ricafort, P. Zefferino Montin e P. Rocco Pairat hanno rappresentato le rispettive (Vice) Province delle Filippine, del Perù e della Tailandia già attivamente coinvolte nella risposta alle emergenze; P. Miranda Aristelo, Francisco Pratt, P. Edgar Yameogo e Malaika Ribolati hanno testimoniato l’impegno dei Centri di Pastorale nella formazione; Theresia Sinaga, Sherman Runions, Mike Firmin e D’Ann Fisher sono stati presenti in nome della ONG SOS DRS responsabile del sostegno logistico e finanziario. P. Paolo Guarise e Fr. Luca Perletti, rispettivamente Consultori per il Ministero e le Missioni; P. Scott Binet, Coordinatore internazionale della CTF e Marco Iazzolino, formatore, hanno animato il programma. Da parte loro, la Dr.sa Eva Müenker – Kramer e P. Hugues Delétraz, sj (Jesuit Refugee Service) hanno contribuito con la loro esperienza e competenza. A motivo di inderogabili impegni, P. John Mosoti del centro di Pastorale in Nairobi non ha potuto essere con noi, ma il suo interesse e l’impegno della Delegazione sono assicurati.
Grazie alla loro esperienza, i partecipanti hanno fornito il contenuto pratico del programma offrendo indicazioni e stimoli per strutturare la risposta camilliana alle emergenze. In particolare, la Dr.sa Eva Müenker – Kramer ci ha accompagnato a scoprire un volto dell’emergenza, prima sottostimata ed ora riconosciuta come sindrome da post trauma, caratterizzata da una complessa sintomatologia in cui – accanto a manifestazioni e disturbi psicologici – si riconoscono disagi di natura spirituale, legati alla impossibilità di rispondere alle fondamentali domande di senso che accompagnano situazioni estreme.
Nel realizzare tutto questo affermiamo la nostra più profonda identità. Infatti, le prime risposte alle calamità sono testimoniate già all’epoca del Fondatore. Egli stesso attivamente coinvolto nel prestare sollievo alla popolazione di Roma afflitta dalla peste o vittima di periodiche esondazioni del Tevere, non mancò di inviare i suoi seguaci laddove scoppiava una nuova emergenza. In queste “sagre della carità” i Camilliani seppero dare il meglio di sé, rendendo attuale e pieno di senso il quarto voto con cui essi si impegnavano al momento dell’entrata nell’Ordine.
Nel corso dei secoli sono nate altre Organizzazioni con l’impegno di rispondere alle calamità: esse hanno fatto proprio un aspetto importante del ministero camilliano. Il fuoco, tuttavia, è sempre covato sotto la brace e mai l’Ordine è venuto meno alla ispirazione ed all’esempio dello stesso Fondatore. In maniera silenziosa, spesso anonima, i Camilliani hanno reso servizio alle vittime delle guerre, dei terremoti, ai profughi, agli sfollati, fino ai recenti interventi nello tsunami, nel terremoto di Ica in Perù, nei ricorrenti cicloni delle Filippine e nell’onda anomala in Birmania. Serva come dato riconoscere che dal 2004 al 2009 la rete della CTF ha risposto – e continua a farlo – a 15 calamità. Ancora oggi, laddove l’uomo è duramente provato da una improvvisa calamità, batte il cuore dei Camilliani!
Il Corso ha avuto come finalità la promozione della CTF attraverso la partecipazione articolata, iniziative a base locale e interventi specifici. Assumendo il modello del lavoro in rete (network), suddividendo i compiti e le responsabilità ed identificando un settore di azione proprio, noi Camilliani riusciremo ad inserirci – a pieno titolo e con competenza – nel vasto mondo delle Associazioni che si qualificano per i loro interventi nelle calamità. È necessario che:
- le Province si attivino, disegnando un proprio modus operandi, a partire dalla formazione;
i Centri di Pastorale contribuiscano a formare personale qualificato, soprattutto laici/che, nel settore specifico del Pastorale dell’Emergenza: sostegno psicologico (counselling post traumatico) e spirituale.
- le ONG prevedano fondi per sovvenzionare le attività di emergenza;
- dal Centro (sede centrale) parta un vero e proprio coordinamento delle attività;
- ci si inserisca nell’ampio mondo delle Organizzazioni con una competenza specifica.
Al termine di questa settimana possiamo dire di aver raggiunto i seguenti obiettivi:
- La presenza camilliana nel mondo delle emergenze è il risultato di uno sforzo congiunto. La CTF troverà la sua più ampia realizzazione quando le varie attività camilliane entreranno in sinergia, avranno accesso a risorse in comune, saranno coordinate e – pur con comprensibili differenze logistiche – offriranno una risposta “camilliana” (in merito al contenuto) alle emergenze.
- Diversi agenti contribuiscono a determinare la CTF. Nel Corso se ne è stabilito l’organigramma, attribuendo ad ognuno un compito in vista del raggiungimento del comune obiettivo. Le diverse competenze e capacità dei partecipanti sono una ricchezza per la CTF nel suo insieme. Avendo strutturato l’organigramma, si spera di dare a tutti l’accesso alle medesime risorse, materiali ed umane, così che ognuno possa – laddove si trova – offrire una risposta efficace alle emergenze.
- Tutto questo sarebbe un esercizi inutile e solo “sulla carta” se non fosse sostenuto dallo spirito di collaborazione. Per il fatto di essere sovra provinciale ma allo stesso non centralizzata; a motivo delle diverse competenze coinvolte; poiché entrano in gioco diversi elementi e fattori, la realizzazione della CTF non può prescindere dalla collaborazione tra il Centro e le Province, tra le Province stesse e tra i Centri di Pastorale e le ONG. A noi resta come sfida e impegno!
- Usciamo dal Corso con la piena consapevolezza che la presenza nel mondo delle emergenze è parte integrante del ministero camilliano. La CTF è una espressione, al pari delle altre, del carisma di misericordia verso i sofferenti. Esso si pone a buon diritto in linea con le molte attività con cui l’Ordine – nel corso dei secoli – ha saputo dare risposta ai bisogni di salute e di benessere. Il riconoscimento del fatto che la presenza camilliana nelle emergenze è parte del ministero proprio determina che essa sia strutturata e non episodica, qualificata e parte della strategia di ogni Provincia così come avviene per altri ministeri.
- Il moltiplicarsi delle emergenze ha prodotto una proliferazione di Agenzie ed Organizzazioni. Attualmente, il nostro intervento rischia di essere legato alla buona volontà, mancando di un indirizzo specifico. È necessario definire il proprio della presenza camilliana nelle emergenze. Dal Corso emerge la proposta che i Camilliani, religiosi e laici, diventino specialisti nella pastorale dell’emergenza, con particolare attenzione alle dimensioni psicologica (counselling post traumatico) e spirituale (domande di senso).
- Al fine di dare frutto al Corso si è stabilito un piano d’azione (planning) finalizzato a consolidare la collaborazione, ad approfondire le competenze specifiche nell’area di intervento identificata come propria camilliana e a strutturare la risposta all’emergenza attraverso scelte appropriate nelle (Vice)Province. Il contenuto del planning comprende la necessaria base teorica per la risposta camilliana alle emergenze ed i modelli operativi che a livello locale permettono che i Camilliani possano farsi presenti nelle calamità. Tutto questo si realizzerà nei prossimi due anni (2009 – 10).
Confrontati dalla sfida di rendere la CTF parte delle attività dell’Ordine, ne intuiamo il valore e le potenzialità. Essa realizza il nostro carisma di testimoniare l’amore misericordioso di Cristo verso i malati. Ci inserisce nel cuore della sofferenza dell’uomo, soprattutto di quello vittima di eventi drammatici che oltre alla vita mettono in gioco la sua certezza di un Dio Padre buono e amante della vita. Nel tentativo di alleviare il dolore legato a perdite improvvise realizziamo il mandato della Costituzione laddove essa ci ricorda la nostra presenza alle persone nei momenti di buio e di vulnerabilità (C 47).
La formazione e il lavorare nel campo del pastorale dell’emergenza sono il contributo principale dell’Ordine alla missione della CTF, la quale consiste di un’azione umanitaria, medica e pastorale portata avanti dai camilliani insieme ai loro collaboratori.
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Mossi da questa certezza ci poniamo in cammino affinché l’Ordine sia capace di esser presente a coloro che soffrono nel corpo e nello spirito per le perdite legate a calamità naturali e/o provocate dall’uomo.
Il Gruppo Direttivo della CTF
P. Scott Binet Fr. Luca Perletti P. Paolo Guarise Marco Iazzolino
Table of Contents – Summer-Fall 2009 – CTF-SOS DRS Newsletter
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Table of Contents – Summer-Fall 2009 – CTF-SOS DRS Newsletter
July 9-15, 2009 in Tres Cantos – Spain.
CTF-Camillian Pastoral Centers Conference 1 took place from July 9-15, 2009 in Tres Cantos, Spain. The week-long event was hosted by the Center for the Humanization of Healthcare, the Spanish Province of the Order, CTF Central and SOS DRS. The Conference was an intense yet enjoyable social, liturgical and work/formation experience. Present were representatives from 4 pastoral centers: Malaika Ribolati (Verona); Fr. John Mosoti MI (Nairobi); Francisco Prat (Madrid); Fr. Aristelo Miranda MI (Manila); 2 members of CTF Central (Dr. Marco Iazzolino and Fr. Scott Binet MD, MI); 4 guest formators: Fr. Arnaldo Pangrazzi MI (Camillianum); Mag. Eva Meunker (Center for Applied Psychotrauma – Vienna); Benedetta Bonato (Italian Medical Research); Consuelo Santamaria (Center for the Humanization of Healthcare – Spain)
CTF-Camillian Pastoral Centers Conference 1 is part of the strategic plan for the Camillian Task Force agreed to at the CTF Leaders Conference in Rome in February 2009. The purpose of the meeting in Tres Cantos was to further promote collaboration between the CTF and the 16 Camillian pastoral centers in the world in the areas of: formation; organizational structure; and responding to disasters. There is already collaboration between the CTF and the pastoral centers in Verona (St. Camillus Project); Nairobi, Kenya (CTF-SOS DRS Project in the slum of Kibera); and Madrid (CTF Pastoral Center 1 meeting).
The work and formation aspect of the conference included the following: examining the history, activities and mission of the CTF – to witness to the merciful love of Christ for the poor and the sick in word, deed and sacrament by serving the medical, pastoral and humanitarian needs of people affected by man-made and natural disasters; teaching and interactive learning in the two areas that comprise CTF pastoral care for disasters – psychosocial and spiritual assistance; reviewing both the Saint Camillus Project (disaster relief in Abruzzo after earthquake) and the CTF-pastoral center pilot project in Nairobi. Social highlights of the conference included a day-trip to Toledo, Spain and the celebration of the Feast of St. Camillus on July 14 with the members of the Spanish Province in Tres Cantos. Daily liturgical highlights included celebrating Holy Mass, Eucharistic adoration and the praying of the Divine Mercy Chaplet and the World Mission Rosary.
Particular attention was directed at examining the nature of the pastoral care intervention of the CTF in its psychosocial and spiritual dimensions. In this the participants were particularly informed by the example of St. Camillus and his sons and daughters who through the years have served the poor and the sick in disasters and elsewhere. St Camillus, himself a recipient of mercy, was the founder of a new school of charity (Constitution – Ministers of the Infirm 8, 9). This school finds an excellent expression in the mission of the CTF: to witness to merciful love of Christ for the poor and the sick in disasters. As with the Order, CTF members are called to see the Lord himself in the poor and the sick and to be Christ’s presence to those they serve in His name (Constitution 13).
The CTF pastoral care intervention is one of being, communicating, learning and doing – serving the psychosocial and spiritual needs of those affected by man-made and natural disasters – including victims, families, team members and other relief workers. Providing psychosocial assistance entails detecting needs and accompanying and counseling individuals and the affected community who have experienced normal and abnormal stress reactions to a traumatic event. Recognition, prevention of and providing therapy for abnormal stress reactions, particularly post traumatic stress disorder, is an important part of the intervention. Providing spiritual support is the second dimension of the CTF pastoral care intervention for disasters. This includes assistance in primarily 4 areas:
1) Preparing CTF members for their disaster relief mission in an ongoing manner through cultivating a certain “CTF way of being and doing” that is informed by the Catholic Faith, the Camillian charism and those faith expressions that are particular to the CTF. This cultivation includes liturgical experiences, prayer, the promotion of individual spiritual development, retreats, formation experiences and reading.
2) Supporting disaster victims and family members after a disaster through prayer; sacraments; counseling them in the face of stress, grief, and questions of meaning; establishing and facilitating encounters, including self-help groups for the traumatized.
3) Supporting the CTF team in its spiritual needs during a disaster relief mission through liturgy, prayer and the accompaniment of members by qualified personnel.
4) Facilitating the reintegration of CTF team members into daily life after a disaster relief mission.
The conference participants spent a significant amount of time doing strategic planning as regards collaboration between the CTF and the pastoral centers in the areas of formation, organizational structure and responding to disasters.
Goals and Objectives for 2009-2011
Goal 1 – To progressively implement the developing CTF knowledge platform in pastoral centers with the help of trained formators and formation packages.
Objective 1 (Spain)
- To sensitize the pastoral center staff and students regarding the CTF and its mission
- To give a short course on “grief in disasters” at the 2-day national congress on grief to be held in November 2009 at the Center for the Humanization of Healthcare
- To partner with the Center for Humanization to provide 2-day training sessions on disaster relief as part of the Masters in Counseling.
- To implement the relevant decisions regarding formation that result from the CTF Formation Committee meeting in Verona in October 2009.
Objective 2 (Kenya)
- To sensitize the pastoral center staff and students regarding the CTF and its mission
- To implement the relevant decisions regarding formation that result from the CTF Formation Committee meeting in Verona in October 2009.
- To collaborate with the pastoral center and its clinical pastoral education program so as to prepare people for relief work in man-made and natural disasters.
Objective 3 (Italy)
- To sensitize the pastoral center staff and students regarding the CTF and its mission
- To implement the relevant decisions regarding formation that result from the CTF Formation Committee meeting in Verona in October 2009.
- To continue to develop the collaboration between the CTF and the pastoral of Verona in the Saint Camillus Project in Abruzzo.
Objective 4 (The Philippines)
- To sensitize the pastoral center staff and students regarding the CTF and its mission
- To implement the relevant decisions regarding formation that result from the CTF Formation Committee meeting in Verona in October 2009.
Objective 5 (Burkina Faso)
- To encourage a representative from the pastoral center of the vice-province of Burkina Faso to be present at the CTF-(vice)provinces meeting in Thailand in late 2009.
Objective 6 (India)
- To encourage a representative from the pastoral center of the vice-province of India to be present at the CTF-(vice)provinces meeting in Thailand in late 2009.
Objective 7 (IMR)
- To dialogue with Italian Medical Research, a group of trained formators and a CTF partner in the St. Camillus Project, about working together to develop formation modules and to implement the CTF knowledge platform, particularly as it concerns pro-social information and interventions in disasters.
Goal 2 - To promote a CTF culture of responding to disasters in pastoral centers and elsewhere - primarily as concerns the theological/spiritual and psychosocial aspects of disaster relief, through:
Objective 1 (Short Formation Experiences)
- Organize short courses and 1-3 day conferences
Objective 2 (Pastoral Center Pilot Project – Language Based)
- Organize a meeting of Spanish-speaking pastoral center representatives (e.g. at the pastoral center in Guadalajara, Mexico) with the goal of sensitizing them to the CTF; assessing their formation, organizational and disaster response needs; looking for ways to collaborate in building up a CTF culture of responding to disasters - particularly through distance learning experiences.
Objective 3 (School of Charity)
- To develop and implement the idea of a “school of charity” – a 3-4 week intense experience during which CTF volunteers and members can learn and serve in a disaster setting while experiencing social, liturgical and formation activities in a community environment.
Goal 3 - To further develop the CTF-Pastoral Center Pilot Project in Nairobi, Kenya
Objective 1 (Strategic Planning)
- To engage the members of CTF-SOS DRS Kenya in a strategic planning dialogue
Objective 2 (Strengthening of Existing Collaboration)
- To strengthen the already existing collaboration in the areas of formation (CPE); organizational structure (CTF Office and staff at the pastoral center) and disaster response (ministry in slum of Kibera)
Objective 3 (Promote Collaboration)
- To encourage the members of CTF-SOS DRS Kenya to continue ministry in the area of pastoral care including direct psychosocial and spiritual support of people in the slum of Kibera and examine the development and implementation of prosocial programs directed at the prevention of psychospiritual trauma, particularly in the most vulnerable – women and children.
Objective 4 (School of Charity)
- Together with the Kenyan Delegation, SOS DRS, CTF Central and CTF-SOS DRS Kenya to develop a “school of charity”. As a pilot project, the school will be an opportunity for CTF members and volunteers to have an intense 3-4 week experience of formation and ministry in a community setting. This school of charity would involve the following areas: liturgy, prayer, learning, common-living, and disaster-ministry experiences in the slum of Kibera. All activities would be directed at helping participants to experience the CTF “way of being and doing”.
Goal 4 -To collaborate with the Center for the Humanization of Healthcare in Spain to develop a biennial formation program to promote the CTF culture of responding to disasters in Latin America.
Objective 1 (Strategic Planning)
- Together with CTF Central to develop and implement a distance-learning project in Latin America that involves promoting a CTF culture of responding to disasters. The project would be implemented through 2011 in Latin America together with at least 3 pastoral centers to be chosen in conjunction with the meeting of Spanish-speaking pastoral center representatives in 2010.
Goal 5 - To further explore the role of a pastoral center in promoting the mission of the CTF in its (vice) province or delegation.
Objective 1 (CTF-Provinces Meeting 1 – 2009)
Exploring the role of the pastoral center will receive significant attention at the CTF-Provinces Conference 1 in Thailand towards the end of 2009.
Objective 2 (CTF formation meeting – October 2009 in Verona)
To explore the ways of implementing the various formation initiatives contained in this document and agreed to in principle at the CTF – Pastoral Centers 1 meeting in Tres Cantos, Spain (July 2009).
Collaboration Between CTF and Pastoral Centers
Achieving the Stated Goals and Objectives for 2009-2011
To achieve the above-mentioned strategic planning goals and objectives and to promote further collaboration the conference participants agreed:
1. To develop a CTF formation committee and to convene a meeting in October 2009 at the pastoral center in Verona, Italy.
2. To have a representative of CTF Central make a presentation of the developing collaboration between the CTF and the pastoral centers at the CTF-Provinces meeting to be held in Thailand in late 2009.
3. To convene a meeting of Spanish-speaking pastoral center representatives in Latin America towards the beginning of 2010.
4. To assess and promote collaboration between the various members of the CTF disaster relief network at the CTF Leaders Conference 2 to be held in early 2010. These members include CTF Central; Camillian provinces, vice-provinces, delegations; Camillian pastoral centers, Camillian NGOs [SOS DRS]; lay and religious collaborators.
5. To hold the CTF-Pastoral Centers Conference 2 in Nairobi, Kenya in the summer of 2010.
6. To plan and implement a school of charity experience in the summer of 2010 around the time of the CTF-Pastoral Centers Conference 2 and in association with the CTF-Pastoral Center Pilot Project in the slum of Kibera (Nairobi).
On Behalf of CTF Central – Fr. Scott Binet MD, MI
September 14, 2009
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I remember my first day of work in the slum of Kibera. I attended a women’s group composed of those who are infected by HIV or have AIDS. There were around 15 people. This group meets every Wednesday from 9 AM – 10 AM. They come to the parish to share what they have done in the previous week. They come also to pay back their loans. The parish gave them each a small loan.
After I listened to the history of this group I was surprised. I learned how to bring the Lord’s Work to these women. They have been rejected by their families and society because they are HIV/AIDS positive. But they are accepted here at CTK. I remember what Jesus said to St. Camillus “ THIS IS MY WORK NOT YOURS”. I hope we can also do like what Fr. Pieter has done through accepting these women even though they are HIV/AIDS positive. We are all same: we are all human beings. And Lord has created us together.
I also visited another woman around 65 years old. She just lay in her bed. No one was taking care of her. I went there with a social worker from CTK Parish. The woman said she felt pain throughout her whole body. I took off some of of her clothes and massaged her. The lady could not speak English but instead spoke her native language. After we finished our work the woman was very grateful for our coming and for the massage. She said she had no pain anymore. She was very happy. The woman was laughing. She was very happy, and she asked me to visit her again. The next day I sent this lady some food through the social worker.
