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Kick-off event for the Jhpiego Asia Tsunami Fund: Gathering for a week of giving in Fells Point

Despite frigid temperatures and a mid-afternoon shower of flurries, the Fells Point neighborhood (home to Jhpiego) joined together at The Red Star restaurant on the evening of January 24 in support of the Jhpiego Asia Tsunami Fund. The Red Star and twenty other Fells Point businesses are donating a percentage of their profits for the week of January 24-29 to benefit South Asia tsunami survivors. Attendance was high and the room was filled with energy. Among the guests were the leaders of the World Trade Center Institute and Regional Manufacturing Institute.

Guests sign in and receive name badges		Group conversations, including (at right) Suzanne Rexing and Peter Gourlay of Jhpiego with Linda Brown Rivelis of Campaign Consultation, Inc.
More group conversations		Leslie Mancuso of Jhpiego chats with Lesley Amano and James C. Doub of Miles & Stockbridge
Leslie Mancuso chats with Brooke McDonald of Houpla, Inc.		Fran Kleeman and Maria Busquets of Jhpiego chat with Elizabeth Ferrugia

Speakers included: Maria Busquets, Jhpiego’s Vice President of Global Program Operations; Larry Silverstein, Proprietor of The Red Star; Ken Jones, Jhpiego’s Chief Financial Officer; and Dr. Leslie Mancuso, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jhpiego. Larry spoke for all Fells Point businesses, expressing how strongly they believe in giving to a “local, but global” fundraising effort. Maryland's Governor Robert Ehrlich and U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski recognized Jhpiego’s tsunami-related work with hand-delivered proclamations.

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Maria Busquets welcomes guests and introduces the speakers

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Larry Silverstein explains why The Red Star partnered with Jhpiego

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Ken Jones reads the proclamations from Ehrlich and Mikulski

Leslie Mancuso, who returned from three weeks in Indonesia just hours before, shared an emotional story of the devastating loss she witnessed in hard-hit Aceh province.

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Leslie Mancuso describes her visit to Aceh Province in Indonesia

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Guests listen as Mancuso explains the relief work that Jhpiego is embarking on in Indonesia

Thanks to the generosity of the Fells Point community, women and children in Aceh and elsewhere in the tsunami region will gain access to desperately needed health care services.

About Jhpiego
For nearly 40 years, Jhpiego, (pronounced "ja-pie-go"), has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing simple, low-cost, hands-on solutions that strengthen the delivery of health care services, following the household-to-hospital continuum of care. We partner with community- to national-level organizations to build sustainable, local capacity through advocacy, policy and guidelines development, and quality and performance improvement approaches.