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November 2012

SIWFIs Anita Haba-Nakamaejo and her husband, owners of Comforting Hand Senior Care, will be our featured speakers at the November program meeting. They will be discussing senior care and fall prevention. They will focus on falls including these situations: One in three older adults, living at home, falls each year. Falling is a cause in 70% of accidental deaths among people 75 years of age and older. Falling causes $70 billion in medical costs each year. The human costs are even greater, as individuals, caregivers and families are all impacted by falls. Falling is a catalyst for 40% of all nursing home admissions. Fear of falling leads to lost condence and increased inactivity. Comforting Hands Senior Care strives to ensure a better quality of life for the elderly. The mission of Comforting Hands Senior Care is to give seniors purpose and dignity by remaining independent in their homes as long as possible.

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November 27 Program Meeting Comforting Hands Senior Care

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Presidents Message
Aloha!
One of the programs of Soroptimist International that our local SI Waikiki club supports is the December 10 Presidents appeal. At the SIA convention, President Alice Wells reminded the attendees that this project will continue for another year. The December 10th Appeal always takes place on Human Rights Day and requests that Soroptimists worldwide give up something of importance on this day and donate what would have been spent to the December 10th Appeal project. Birthing i th P Bi thi in the Pacic is a project located in Papua, New Guinea where the maternal/infant mortality hi h rate is the highest in Asia. The original intent was to up skill midwives, but it was realized that since 70% of all births in Papua New Guinea occur at home, there was a great need for village women to be trained as birth attendants. Soroptimist International of Ramu is working with villages to provide this training. The village chiefs selected women to be trained; they worked with the local health department for approvals. Fifteen women have so far been trained, and the NGO World Vision has asked that Soroptimist send more women. Our Waikiki club annually budgets to help fund this project. What do donations support?

A donation of $1 USD can provide an obstetric wheel. This is a calendar that uses events such as Christmas and Easter to help birth attendants and pregnant women work out a due date so that they know when to go to a facility and deliver. A donation of $100 USD can provide A clinical birth attendant with a Karum work bilum which is a pouch of essential work tools for safe deliveries.or Provide buckets and goggles to a class of village birth attendant graduates to ensure clean deliveries for those unable to make it to a birthing center A donation of $300 USD can Send a registered midwife to a Midwives Society professional development course.or Cover costs for village (traditional) birth attendants to attend a local training course covering basic reproductive health care and hygiene.or Support community health workers to attend a ve month Department of Health maternal competency course.

Jean Ehrhorn SIWFI President

Happy November Birthday!

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November Anniversary
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SIWFI Christmas Luncheon

December 11 Pacific Club 12:00 p.m.
Bring gifts for our adopted family program, coordinated by the Salvation Army and Judy Kurokawa (leave gifts unwrapped)

Switch was flicked!

Thanks to SIWFI, the Waikiki Community Centers early education program has a new, industrial strength dishwasher! President Jean Ehrhorn ofcially Flicked the Switch on the machine on October 16. Following the ceremony, guests had the opportunity to meet some of the Centers staff and participated in a short tour of the facility.

Dating & Friendships? How You Act

Preparing girls for healthier friendships and dating relations Saturday, February 9, 2013 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Sacred Hearts Academy Student Center
(breakfast will be provided)

Volunteers should contact: Vivian Tsuji at 285-3175 or email viv96744@gmail.com

Sponsored by SIWFI in collaboration with Sacred Hearts Academy & the Domestic Violence Action Center

Pam Seelig (WCC Early Education Director), Lorene Hopkins and Jean Ehrhorn flick the switch

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SIWFIs Calendar of Events

November 13 November 27 December 1 December 11 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Business Meeting Pacific Club Program Meeting Pacific Club Board Meeting

5:30 - 9:30 p.m. Christmas Social Roys Restaurant, Hawaii Kai 12:00 p.m. Christmas Luncheon & Adopt a Family Gifting Pacific Club

February 2013 - GirlFest April 2013 - Saturday of Service 2014 - SIA Convention in Vancouver, BC, Canada 2015 - SI Convention in Turkey

Soroptimist International of Waikiki Foundation, Inc. Soroptimist International of the Americas P.O. Box 1615 Honolulu, HI 96806

Laura Chun and Dr. Kalani Brady Helping women to be their best