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Weill Bugando's first class of medical students graduates
We are proud to announce the graduation of Weill Bugando's inaugural class of nine medical students on November 22, 2008. The Touch Foundation and Weill Bugando were honored to hear from Tanzanian President Jakaya M. Kikwete at the ceremony.
On October 2, some six hundred guests attended the Touch Foundation's mchezo! benefit at Rose Theater, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Asante Supper 2008 raises $1 million for Weill Bugando
The Touch Foundation held its annual gala, the Asante Supper, at the Waldorf Astoria on May 21, 2008. Almost three hundred guests, including many of the Touch Foundation's long-standing supporters, came out for the Asante Supper, which is Swahili for "thank you."
Working with a team of consultants from McKinsey & Company's health systems practice, Weill Bugando leadership and Tanzanian health ministry officials, the Touch Foundation completed the diagnostic phase of the Lake Zone Initiative in the spring of 2008.
At the request of the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Touch Foundation recently completed an assessment of the opportunities for expansion of the Tanzanian health worker training system. Swahili for "giraffe," the Twiga Initiative pushes toward the ultimate goal of doubling intake in Tanzania's nearly one hundred health worker training schools.