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Annual Report 2006-2007Many Gifts, One Spirit of Noble Service "If you have a longing to serve, do it now. Don't wait. You may not be able to later.” Mrs. Javidukht Khadem Welcome Letter Dear friends of Health for Humanity, It is an honor for me to write this note to our volunteers, supporters, partners, and friends at Health for Humanity because the organization is a testament to the passionate service to mankind by so many people that would make any single individual humble. This year’s annual report is dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Javidukht Khadem. Her life was all about service to humanity and her beloved Baha’i Faith. The Zikrullah Khadem Scholarship Fund, named after her illustrious late husband, has now been renamed the Zirkrullah and Javidukht Khadem Endowment Fund for Health for Humanity. It was her wish that this organization have the resources to transform the health of communities around the world. We hope those of you that knew and respected her will help us perpetuate her hopes for the mission of Health for Humanity. This year also was the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Health for Humanity and it was appropriate to undertake a systematic review of its mission, policies, procedures, and its future. It has always been the aim of the organization to bring more than medical relief to the countries we operate in. To that end, we have focused on establishing partnerships with the relevant local partners to ascertain not only a sustainable and continuing improvement in technical skills of local professionals but also adding moral and ethical dimensions to the practice of medicine. This ethical dimension to our charter makes Health for Humanity unique among relief organizations. I invite you to read in this annual report of such a training conducted in Mongolia that brought joy to our volunteers and seems to have made a lasting impact on how the medical professionals view their jobs, colleagues, and patients. The goal of combining development and sustainability with medical relief is lofty and not easy to achieve. We plan to study our successes and our failures, try to put objective measurements on both, and to assess our approach in light of such findings. We also need to assess our human and financial resources and capabilities. Our collective commitment and depth of the human resources available to Health for Humanity is indeed impressive, but it needs to be accompanied with significant financial resources to reach the goals that we have set for ourselves. We ask for your cooperation, donation of time, money, and skill, but above all, for your prayers for our collective success.
The Passing of Mrs. Khadem, a Spiritual Torch Guiding Health for Humanity We regretfully share the sorrowful news of the passing of Mrs. Javidukht Khadem on July 1st, 2007. Mrs. Khadem, whose many achievements over her illustrious lifetime of over 90 years have been eulogized by the many individuals and institutions whose lives she impacted, also had a key role in the life of Health for Humanity. Words cannot capture how treasured she is in our history, but we will recount some of her signal contributions throughout the life of the organization thus far. It was she who, observing years of best intentions to form an organization like Health for Humanity, while no real progress had been made in achieving it, insisted that the moment had arrived and was indeed slipping away, to take relentless action and cease talking and dreaming. With this strong admonition, similar to a mother bird pushing its young from the nest, the organization found its wings and was forced to take flight. It was she who identified and encouraged key resources, like Susan Peterson, Tom Gindorff, Diana Harris and many others, who emerged as stellar laborers in the growth of HH. Susan created the name and image of Health for Humanity; Tom has starred in fund-raising and as long term Board Chairman, Diana volunteered in the office for years and set the standard for nurturing relationships among our contacts.
Even in her passing, many of her beloved friends have been moved to contribute in her name to HH. The Khadem family has requested that the scholarship fund be renamed "The Zikrullah and Javidukht Khadem Endowment Fund," and devote all funds given in their memory to the endowment purpose she has hoped HH would eventually establish. Surely we are grieved at the magnitude of our loss. We feel orphaned. Yet, here in our 15th year, the age of maturity, this is perhaps only fitting. Now we supplicate her assistance and guidance from the worlds beyond and are assured of her perpetual loving parenting. In service,
Service Leadership In an increasingly interdependent world, no institution will survive without adhering to justice, integrity, accountability, compassion and service to the common good. These values are found in all cultures, nations and faiths and unite humanity into one family.
Health for Humanity has partnered with numerous institutions to offer comprehensive service-oriented leadership training to medical professionals worldwide, with the two-fold purpose of personal and social transformation. The goals of service leadership are embodied in:
Reflection on HH’s Moral Leadership Training Course in Mongolia Dear friends, In February 2007, I went on my first site visit as International Programs Officer for Health for Humanity to Mongolia. I accompanied May Khadem on this monumental visit to attend a conference in Ulaanbaatar of international and local NGO’s working in blindness prevention, as well as to offer the first module of University Nur’s Moral Leadership Training Course. The course was held over a five-day period for about five hours a day and had a steady core of 19 attendants, with as many as 30 at times. The sessions were amazing. At first I wasn’t sure how well it would be received -- “outsiders” coming in and challenging the way their thought processes, their daily operations, and how they relate to each other on both a professional and personal basis—even though the doctors themselves had requested it. I should not have been so skeptical. Although there were a few participants who were unmoved by the course material, the overwhelming majority responded extremely positively! I wish I could express how amazing the doctors that we have been honored to call our partners truly are. Their dedication, willingness, and enthusiasm to bring about sustainable and meaningful change to their personal and professional environment and relationships, is an example of humility I will hold with me for years to come. There are still obstacles in the way—resources, funding, policies beyond their immediate control to name a few. However, even given these Needless to say, each day my affection for our partners and Mongolia grew exponentially. My two weeks felt like two days, and yet, as fast as the time seemed to go by, it was as though Mongolia had become a new reality for me, a new home, both familiar and yet filled with discovery. Should the opportunity arise, I would return in a heartbeat. Best wishes,
International Projects Albania Blindness Prevention Project initiated in 1992 Cameroon Blindness Prevention Project initiated in 199601-07 Hospital Number One Clinic Staff China Pediatric Rehabilitation Project initiated in 1999 China International Exchanges initiated in 1999 Mongolia Blindness Prevention Project initiated in 2001 Other International Service
Progress and New Developments for Pediatric Rehabilitation in China Dear friends, As the HH Project Champion for the Pediatric Rehabilitation Project in Chengdu, China, I made a site visit to Chengdu in January 2007. The purpose of this visit was to follow up on the program’s development and to explore new resources and training for the children’s orthotics. Orthotics are custom-made devices like casts and braces that are worn to speed the rehabilitation of the child. The Neurodevelopmental (ND) Program is growing tremendously. I had previou The need for pediatric rehabilitation services continues to grow even as the clinic grows. Currently the clinic is treating six patients from Tibet who have no other access to these critical health services. The staff is contemplating how best to do outreach for this referral base, as the journey from Tibet is arduous even though there is a new train. The excellent reputation of the facility is increasingly attracting patients from many areas of Sichuan province as well as from Tibet despite the great distance. Our partner Dr. Luo hopes to have a training conference in about a year to train doctors and therapists from other facilities in pediatric rehabilitation. With appreciation, Domestic Service Activities Chicago Prescribe-a-Book for Children Project (Rx: ABC), initiated in 1998 Portland Tobacco Prevention Education Project, initiated in 2006 Youngstown Ohio Smoking and Alcohol Prevention Project, initiated in 1997 Youngstown Ohio Wellness Lectures New Beginnings and Goodbyes in HH Domestic Service Dear friends, This year marked a major restructuring of Health for Humanity’s domestic service activities as part of the organization’s overall assessment and review. We concluded that HH was best able to support and nurture programs that were primarily health related, rather than more generally directed to wellness through character education and literacy promotion. It has meant some difficult choices and saying goodbye to beloved projects, but hopefully will open up new avenues for HH members to offer service in their communities through health promotion events. I am pleased that the HH Ohio Network’s Wellness Lectures are continuing to offer quality health information for older adults in the Youngstown area. Over sixty people attend the monthly seminars on topics like “How to Live to 100,” and “What’s New in Dental Care.” The Portland Network’s launch of their Smoking Prevention activities in two elementary schools has also gone very well. Eight 5th and 6th grade classes at two schools participated in the hands-on workshops which feature the “Giant Mr. Gross Mouth” and other high-impact props. Finally, I would like to honor the three outstanding domestic projects which “graduated” from Health for Humanity sponsorship at the close of the 2006-07 year: the Ohio Smoking and Alcohol Prevention Project for Children, the Chicago Prescribe-a-Book Project, and the Rancho Sespe Children’s Enrichment Project in California. Each of these projects was developed by HH members in their communities to address the needs of children and families. The Ohio project has been merged into a county-sponsored program that will build on the ten years of work and 20,000 students reached by the HH Ohio Network. Anecdotally, we know that our effort not only had an effect on the students, but also on their families. At one In service,
Member Service Activities Volunteer Service: During the 2006-7 fiscal year, HH volunteers reported over 2,815 hours of donated services. Active Networks in 2006-07 were in Metro Washington, DC, Portland, Oregon and Youngstown, Ohio. New Health Promotion Activities: As part of the new focus on local health promotion activities, Health for Humanity has produced how-to manuals for five types of activities that could be offered as single event or a series of events by individual or groups of HH members. The manuals are also available through the HH website for members to download and consider using in their communities. The manuals outline how to hold events for Smoking Prevention Presentations, Breast Cancer Awareness Activities, Blood Drive, Health Fair, and Nutrition and Fitness Activities for Kids.
2006-07 Board and Staff Listing Teresa Langness, PhD, Board Chair May Khadem, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Ex Officio Board Member Financial Report May 1, 2006 - April 30, 2007 Click here to view HH's IRS Form 990 from 2006-2007
Total Health for Humanity expenses were $616,655 in resources (cash and non-cash).
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With warmest thanks and regards,
In this arena of inspiring service, Mrs. Khadem's contributions are likewise ineffably magnificent. Always accessible with incredibly perceptive and wise counsel when crises arose, her contributions are also legendary. Her intervention and diplomatic assistance with key individuals and institutions who were moved to offer their assistance to HH must be included in the list of her historic activities on our behalf. The special generosity she repeatedly demonstrated with donations to HH coffers, then instituting and endowing the Zikrullah Khadem Scholarship Fund, testify to the parenting role she played throughout HH's life. 
struggles, which seem insurmountable at times, they have worked together to achieve a greater level of unity both professionally and personally, that has provided a more focused and unified vision of how they can and will build the capacity of their community to address the immediate and long- term needs of their country. There is still a long way to go, and many challenges to face along the way, but I have no doubt, if they continue to build capacity not only in technical precision, but also cultivating their relationships and empowering each other, they will achieve a level of progress that will shatter expectations! 
sly worked with seven of the therapists, but the staff has now grown to twelve. In addition to the new staff, the treatment area has been expanded to accommodate the growing program. They are treating 70 patients per week—an all-time high. In spite of the expansion, space continues to be at a premium, and they have just moved into a newly constructed wing of the hospital adjacent to the neurology department. 
of the award dinners, a mother shared with the members and guests how her son had challenged her to quit smoking after listening to the lecture and drawing the winning poster. The Prescribe-a-Book project at the West Town Health Clinic in Chicago did a tremendous job getting books to parents of toddlers and encouraging them to read to their children. Over 25,000 kids were read to in the clinic waiting room over the nine years of the project, and almost 12,000 books were given free to families to take home. The Rancho Sespe Project also had an amazing impact on the lives of migrant children and their families. The preschool program set a precedent for children to learn a service-oriented perspective they would not have to later unlearn. In contrast to the world presented by their peers, these children see the possibilities for their own leadership and roles as healers, peacemakers and humanitarians. We are seeing the long-term benefits of this new perspective in their lives. These projects will continue to make a difference in children’s lives, although no longer under the direction of Health for Humanity.
Fundraiser Income: Total income specifically from fundraising activities and appeals during fiscal year 2006-7 was $140,787. The breakdown for each fundraising activity is as follows: