A delegation from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) traveled to Rwanda to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Nemba Hospital, an entity the UMH collaborates with through the UMH Headquarters in Rwanda Chair. Individuals representing the UMH at this event included Mariano Pérez Arroyo, the former director of the Center of Cooperation at the UMH; [...]
On November 27 – 29, the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) participated at the ‘University Development Cooperation Congress IX: New Scenarios and Challenges’ in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain). At this event, Lis Gaibar, Co-director of the UMH Headquarters in Rwanda Chair, spoke to university development cooperation experts and academics about the training UMH [...]
The UMH Board of Trustees has posthumously recognized Dr. Francisco Colomina for his contributions to the training of health care professionals of intensive care units at the Rwandan hospitals of Nemba and Ruhengeri. These contributions were made possible by the UMH Headquarters in Rwanda Chair, and the recognition for them was given at the tenth [...]
The response by the UMH community to participate in the one-day UMH volunteering initiative to help the areas affected by the flash flooding to regain normalcy has been extremely successful. In all, 690 UMH community members have registered to participate in this volunteering effort, which is being coordinated by organizations there working on the ground. The [...]
The fifth call for the #LaUMHteAcompaña (#UMHAccompaniesYou) program has been announced, and volunteers are hereby summoned to take part. Students and graduates from the following programs are eligible to lend a hand and volunteer for this great UMH initiative: Undergraduate programs: medicine, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physiotherapy & psychology. Master’s programs: Clinical Medicine Research, Crime Analysis and Prevention, [...]
This morning, the Plaça de Baix venue hosted a chat by the Director General of Development Cooperation at the Generalitat Valenciana, Pedro Careller, along with volunteers from the UMH Volunteer Program in Rwanda, and it was the very good work completed by volunteer professionals in that East-central African country that was highlighted. During the event, Carceller [...]