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International Peace Day 2017
International Peace Day is on September 21st. We have been preparing the most amazing activities ever. We aim at raising awareness on Peace, Peacebuilding and Health by providing you with some key information about the concept of Peace, how it is achieved and its impact on Health.
We kindly ask you to share the Website (which will be out soon!) with your SCORP national and local teams, to maximize the reach and impact. We hope that you will join our activities and help SCORP to create a worldwide WRD campaign.
Besides the social media campaign, we will have the following activities:
Video Activity | Article & Poem Submission | Peace Picture | Regional Activities
We are looking forward to receiving your contributions on these activities by 16th September, 23:59 GMT! Make sure to share your activities as well in our IFMSA SCORP Facebook Group.
Let’s make the International Peace Day 2017 a hallmark for SCORP and join other SCORPions from all over the world. Join us #IFMSAforPeace!
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August Meeting 2017
SCORP Sessions
I was a part of the sessions team for AM17 in Tanzania. I wanted to learn more about the international structure and get the opportunity to facilitate sessions for SCORPions. The sessions team was therefore perfect, and met all expectations - and a little more. We met on skype regularly during the summer and planned everything from the Survival kit to the SCORP-hangout. Even though there was a lot of work to be done, there was also plenty of time for laughs and interesting discussions. After all that planning we all met up in Tanzania and got to the best part – the participants.
I can really recommend being a part of the sessions team, I learned so much, had fun and gained new friend.
Sessions Team Member, Rebecka Assarsson, NORP IFMSA-Sweden
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Decisions made
During this August Meeting, we voted on the following documents:
SCORP Standing Committee Regulations
GoSCORP Regulations
SCORP Camp Regulations
TNHRT Regulations (amendments)
SCORP Strategic Plan 2016-2019
In total, 40 NMOs participated in the voting, 22 online and 18 at the meeting. All proposals and amendments were accepted, which means that we now have updated documents and brand new GoSCORP Regulations! Thank you everyone who contributed with your thoughts and ideas and who participated in the voting - you are ensuring that our work remains relevant and keeps a high quality.
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HRMP | PreGA August Meeting 2017
I chose to run for RA before attending any workshops, and I felt that Human Rights for Medical Practitioners in Arusha was even more enlightening because of that. With three days of carefully planned interactive sessions, four highly motivated trainers, and a very diverse group of co-participants, I can say that my SCORP experience is now complete. I learned a lot about how multidisciplinary human rights can be in medicine, and how the ethics course I was given during my medical education can be modified to something more structured and applicable. I also learned about the systems in other countries, and though we turned out to be quite different in many aspects, everyone shared one common goal: the desire to change whatever we see or live or experience, into something better for us and for others.
Participant Sera Chamseddine, SCORP RA for EMR, LeMSIC Lebanon
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SCORP Activity of the Region
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EMR | Syrian Tales and Tunes
On the 10th of July at Dar Bistro & Books in the heart of the Lebanese capital Beirut, we were able to meet the humans not the refugees, the faces not the numbers. SCORPions got the chance to learn more about Syria before 2011 thanks to the amazing storytellers from Sharq, and discover the talents of the beautiful Elham and amazing Qutaiba thanks to Mishwar Amal and Tony Collins, and everyone got the chance to meet and singalong with طيّارة ورق Teyyarit Waraq, a humanitarian band whose whole purpose is to spread joy through music.
The next time you meet a refugee, try to learn their story away from the prejudice, you might get surprised of how much you both are alike.
*You might have been in his place; your only advantage is that you were born elsewhere*.
#HumansOfSyria | LeMSIC Lebanon
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Europe | Student Clinic
IFMSA Poland's Student Clinic, winner of NORP Weekend's Activity Fair, is all about community intervention and the right to health. They run free clinics in more than 7 cities in Poland and in cooperation with Doctors of Hope. The aim is to help homeless and vulnerable people by providing them with free medical care, medications and diagnostic tests. Participants also learn basic practical skills needed in the daily work as a doctor, so that they can help people who cannot afford medical care.
Student Clinic has been working for several years, having achieved 327 actions and 814,5 hours, with a global coverage of more than 3000 patients. This project is of high importance in the country, receiving media coverage through radio interviews, newspaper publications and external cooperation.
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Asia Pacific | ACTION 2017
ACTION 2017, the abbreviation of Asian Collaborative Training on Infectious Disease, Outbreaks, Natural Disasters, and Refugee Management 2017, held in Surabaya, Indonesia on 21st until 27th August 2017 and participated by 49 participants from various countries. ACTION 2017 held various lectures, such as disaster risk reduction, disaster management, infectious disease on disaster, antimicrobial resistance, disaster outbreak, and surveillance. There were also workshop on water rescue, bacteria identification, and disaster management in a disaster simulation. The participants also got to share each country’s case about disaster. Creative session, city tour, and games session were also held among other activities.
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Africa | Kenyan Youth for Peace Conference
This time the SCORP Africa Activity of the region goes to SCORP-MSAKE!
SCORP-MSAKE (Kenya) collaborated with GO-MAD: Go Make a Difference and UWC: Universal World Colleges to host a National Kenyan Youth for Peace conference! They had guest speakers namely Boniface Mwangi, who is an Award winning Kenyan Photojournalist and activist as well as Njonjo Mue, a Kenyan Human Rights Lawyer and Transitional Justice expert. The conference took place on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and all registered were awarded with certificates for their participation.
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During the 5th edition of SCORP Camp, held for the first time in the Americas Region between 10th-15th July, participants were able to choose between the workshops Training New Human Rights Trainers, Training New Trainers, International Training on Disaster Medicine, and Peace and Conflict. In addition to this, we had a rich social program and several externals speaking about the conflict and the peace process in Colombia.
It is not a secret that many countries are suffering a lot of violence today, also in the Americas region. Having the very first SCORP Camp in our region came just at the perfect time. We are passionate and determined to spread the word and make a real change. Having the opportunity to learn, not only about human rights but also to connect through learning about other countries' reality, made us understand what is really happening, not just what we see in the news. This was such an enriching and empowering experience which made us all grow together and integrate our values. We will keep spreading the world and hopefully we’ll get people out of land of forgetfulness.
Veronica Anayansi Moreno Mares, IFMSA Mexico
TNHRT Participant
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New NMOs in SCORP:
Since the last issue, our SCORP family has grown in terms of countries. We want to give a warm welcome to AEM Guinea and AMSA Singapore! We wish them the best of luck with your projects, and may SCORP thrive in your NMO!
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ITDM in Oman
We're more than delighted to announce that MedSCO Oman hosted it's first ITDM successfully, on the 14-16th of August 2017, as part of the Pre-NGA, where up to 30 participants had their training on disaster management. The training took place in the Sultan Qaboos University, 30 enthusiastic students and residents from different medical fields got their training on how to deal with disasters. We're happy to have created a solid foundation of excited yet equipped generation of students and residents with disaster management skills. Knowing that Oman have faced some hazards in the past and is continuously prone to different types of disasters, we acknowledge the importance of such trainings for Omani/non-Omani students living in Oman. This training is definitely a beginning of something much bigger, our amazing group of participants are all set to share their knowledge and act upon what they've learned during this 3 days training.
Participant Reem Al Afani - NORP of MedSCO Oman
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TNHRT at SRT Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan | 10th to 14th August 2017
Participating in the TNHRT 2017 offered me a wide range of experiences I did not expect coming.
The trainers brought up many sensitive topics, which are still a major struggle and challenge that our generation ought not to turn a blind eye to. During sessions, delegates delivered substantial value, producing compelling reasoning that comprehensively addresses the challenges voiced throughout the sessions.
The Boot camp, equipped us to develop rational planning of a THNRT session, which is audience based, content-relevant, and timing-appropriate. And debate we learned to converge diverging opinions and interests to achieve a compromise that is indispensable in negotiations.
Participant Ting Yi Lin, FMS Taiwan
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KISS | MedSIN Sudan
As a medical student, it’s necessary to be prepared for the unexpected, which is why I participated in the Disaster Medicine Training during Khartoum International Summer School. However, as a freshman, it is inevitable that I come to discover reality as it is. My experience with the IFMSA began in SCORE, where my interests revolved around new technologies, theories and experiments; and also during this event, there was the Khartoum’s 1st Global Youth, Peace and Social Security Summit, which enlightened me on many humanitarian matters and global issues, that made me remember when I once read that becoming accustomed to terrible things means that something within us has died, so how dead are we that the world we live in is in this much chaos? But thanks to SCORP, I am now convinced that if we embrace the saying “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”, we can accomplish the impossible.
Participant Alshaima, Disaster Medicine Workshop
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TNT + TNHRT at Trainer Madness, Bulgaria
Last but not least, we also want to mention that TNHRT was conducted during Trainer Madness in Varna, Bulgaria, 15th-22nd July. Trainer Madness was a unique event as it contained six days of workshop, and the participants received TNT training intertwined with the TNHRT allowing them to become soft skills and human rights trainers at once. The week was intense but also fruitful, and we look forward to future editions of this event!
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External Representation
IFMSA adopted several new policy documents during its GA August meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, and among them are four new SCORP-related policies:
Children’s Health and Rights (August 2017)
Disaster and Emergency Management (August 2017)
Migrants’ Health (August 2017)
Peace, Peacebuilding, and Health (August 2017)
These documents will help us to boost and improve our advocacy activities. However, their role is not limited to the international level! Policy has a little meaning if not transferred to regional, national and local settings and implemented by our national member organisations. You can use documents above as an inspiration for your own national policy documents, or you can create them from scratch.
To help you with such creation, the LRP has created the AM17 SCORP policy resources centre where you'll find all the resources used to create these 4 new policies and some of the general policy making tools. Creation of a policy system on a national level can sometimes be a bit difficult, therefore do not hesitate to contact the LRP anytime in case you need any support, help or guidance.
Apart from our policies, IFMSA was accepted to become a part of the Safeguarding Health in Conflict coalition's steering committee, joining organisations like IntraHealth, International Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Human Rights Watch, Physicians for Human Rights, Syrian American Medical Society and more.
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The Sub-Regional Training "See the person, not your attitude", Lithuania
Between August 20-25th, a Sub-Regional Training was organized in Kaunas by LiMSA. The theme of the SRT was Immigration and Health.
Participants from many different countries gathered in 4 workshops: TNT, TMET, IPET and Advocacy, had discussions about Immigration and Health on open-air questions sessions. These training workshops gave knowledge and different soft skills.
It was a great pleasure to be a part of this event which was a huge success.
I would like to thank LiMSA, all the trainers and participants. I am looking forward for the following events!
Participant: Mihran KIZIL
NORP-Assistant TurkMSIC,TURKEY
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GoSCORP Tunisia
SCORPions from the Netherlands, Sudan, Iraq, Greece, Palestine and Lithuania gathered in Tunisia from 16th to 30th July, for the first edition of GoSCORP. The theme event was Mental Health and Autistic Child Rights. We, the participants, enjoyed two amazing weeks in two different cities: Tunis, where we had internship and worked with people affected by mental disorders; and Monastir, where we volunteered in autistic children center „Eveil“. Moreover, we had debates on mental health, as well as training sessions about psychiatry, stigmatization, rights of the patients, advocacy and etc.
GoSCORP Tunisia was the unforgettable experience that deepened my understanding about the problems that people with mental health face. Besides being an unforgettable experience, we also visited a lot of incredible places and had so much fun together.
Participant Eglè Vaičiulytė, LiMSA Lithuania
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Human Rights and Peace Achievements
Right to Privacy in India
On 24th August 2017 the Supreme Court of India ruled that “Right to privacy is an intrinsic part of Right to Life and Personal Liberty under Article 21 and entire Part III of the Constitution".The Supreme Court’s landmark verdict making individual privacy a fundamental right impacts daily lives in ways that range from eating habits to online behavior, and from sexual preferences to welfare scheme benefits.
Biometric data collection, sexual identity, euthanasia, data mining, health records, consent, reproductive rights, juvenile justice are all part of the right and it's a big step for 1.3 billion people forming a culturally diverse economy and its government. On LGBT rights, the court said, “inhere in the right to life. They dwell in privacy and dignity. They constitute the essence of liberty and freedom. Sexual orientation is an essential component of identity. Equal protection demands protection of
the identity of every individual without discrimination” but it's a long way
before the LGBTIQ rights can be protected completely.
Monisha Mohanan, NORP MSAI India
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SCORP Activities Database
In the last issue of the Newsletter, we presented to you the SCORP Activities Database. It includes SCORP-related activities from Programs, as well as activities collected by our Regional Assistants. Find out what SCORPions from other NMOs are doing!
We are updating it regularly, so if you have any new activities that are not in the Database, just send an email to your RA or to ga.scorp@ifmsa.org.
You can access it here: http://scorpdatabase.med.up.pt, in the tab “Activities Database”.
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