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MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES
REV.
DR. WILLIAM BROWNE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
JANUARY
8, 2008 - After an extensive search and review process, the Medical
Benevolence Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of the
Rev. Dr. William ("Will") Carlton Browne to the position of Executive
Director. Will writes, "I am deeply honored by the faith you have
placed in me by extending this call to ministry with MBF."
The son of missionary parents and
grandparents, Will is a Presbyterian minister and holds a Doctor of
Ministry from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Divinity
from
Will's work has included staff supervision, budget and funds
development, financial management, and extensive work with the church's
international partners. In addition, he has worked to "enable others to
discern God's call to ministry." Will writes,
"A great part of what draws me is MBF's
commitment to the support of mission through the PC(
The MBF board believes that Will Browne has the gifts to lead the
organization, building upon its 45 year history of partnership with the
indigenous church in addressing the health needs of the poor in
developing nations.
MBF Helps Build Nurse's Future After Civil Strife in Nepal
The U.S. Department of State's website recently reported on the Lalitpur
Nursing School in Nepal: When Nepal opened its doors to the outside
world in the early 1950s, the country had no professional nurses. Then,
in 1956, the school now named Lalitpur Nursing Campus began teaching
Nepal’s first nurses. Today, Lalitpur offers a certificate and a
post-bachelor's degree nursing program.
But faced with an increasingly difficult political and economic climate
in the country, the school began to experience problems in the 1990s. By
2000, it was at great risk because of disrepair and degradation of the
facilities.
In 2003, the Medical Benevolence Foundation applied for a $300,000 grant
from the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program of the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID). Medical Benevolence
Foundation was granted $300,000 to upgrade and enhance the school's
physical facilities and equip it to continue to prepare high-quality
professional nurses. The funds were used to renovate an existing
four-story building, including structural repair; door and fire escape
replacements; room enlargements; electrical wiring and fixture
replacement; and adding a transformer, backup generator and water and
sanitary systems. [READ
MORE]
MBF Featured on The Visionaries
MBF was featured on an episode of the award-winning PBS series The
Visionaries. We invite you to watch a clip of this program, and then
order the complete DVD to share with your friends. [READ
MORE]
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