ACT 4 Water Closing Ceremony
ACT 4 Water Closing Ceremony
Join us at the ACT 4 Water Closing Ceremony on World Water Day, March 22nd at 5:30PM to learn more about the global water crisis. We will have an interactive discussion with global health experts about the value of water and the experience of not having access to clean, safe water. The panel discussion will include:
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Dr. Syndie St Hilaire was born in Haiti, is married and the mother of two children. Dr. St. Hilaire received her medical degree and certificate in pediatrics from the State University of Haiti and worked as a physician there for three years. She specialized in children living with HIV while ensuring that their care encompassed all recommended immunizations, check-ups, and other procedures recommended for all children. Wanting to have a broader impact on those in her care, Dr. St. Hilaire studied public health in France. Dr. St. Hilaire has worked at CMMB since that time and has been involved with all CMMB programs, including the prosthetics and orthotics training program for amputees, an ongoing project with lepers, GFGF/PMI-funded malaria program. Syndie has been deeply involved in the start-up of CMMB’s holistic, self-funded CHAMPS program, of which clean water programs are a lynchpin, addressing the social determinants of health via a health education and economic empowerment program (supported by ASCPs and an agronomist) as well as deficiencies in local facilities. CMMB has built a new hospital in the CHAMPS area (Côtes-de-Fer). Dr. St. Hilaire has coordinated the upgrading of the local dispensary to MSPP standards.
Yombo Tankoano, originally from Burkina Faso, started his career as an educator and a training program coordinator. Over the past 25 years, Yombo has worked with health ministries, international and local NGOs in both Africa and the United States, providing technical guidance on primary healthcare systems strengthening with particular focus and interest in building community health systems capacity. He worked at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, where he directed health operations and provided technical guidance on health systems design, implementation, management, and policy review in Sub-Saharan Africa. He later joined the International Rescue Committee to lead the Child Health unit, and develop the organization’s community health systems technical capacity both at HQ and in the field. Since 2017, Yombo has served as the Technical Director of Programs at CMMB, leading the technical teams at HQ and in country offices in the conceptualization, design, development, implementation, and data-driven quality improvement programs globally.
Evan Wesley is the Vice President for Student Activation for Thirst Project. Evan spends his time traveling around the world, speaking to middle school, high school, and college students about the global water crisis. In 7 years, Evan has spoken to over 100,000 students as a Keynote speaker, working with and speaking to groups including United Nations, UNICEF, Student Council, Key Club International, ASB, NASC, HOSA, WordLink Peace and Justice, North American Hair Association, Paul Mitchell Schools, and Millennium Campus Network. With a mission to END the global water crisis, Evan and the Thirst Project team currently work closely with the government and Kingdom of Swaziland to build freshwater wells for communities in need.