Wake Up!

Photos from Wake Up! Photo competiion/birthing kit assembly nite 2008

2008-05-03T07:11:00.001-07:00

Over 100 volunteers came to the Royal Newcastle Centre to assemble 1000 birthing kits to be sent to a Vietnamese Hospital
Eager volunteers all gloved up
The Floor Manager, Elaine Kwan, Over seeing all the action.
Phuong and Sibohan, overseeing the preparation.
The Wake Up! committee members with Pippa (John Hunter Hospital Arts for Health Co-ordinator)
4th and 5th year Med students performing as a band
In the foreground: Wake Up president Geordan talking to Ethics lecturer, Dr Charles Douglas.
We are also grateful that Dr Shah, Dr Stephanie Oaks and Prof Hensley(Dean of Medicine) who were able to grace the occasion as judges for our inagural photo competition.

Thank you for all the volunteers who made this event a success!

We hope to see you again next year:)

Annual General Meeting

2008-04-28T22:23:00.001-07:00

Wake Up! AGM

We will be electing a new committee. Join us if you want to be part of this exciting group that reaches out to the world

Date: 7th May, Wednesday
Time: 6pm
Place: MSB 202, University of Newcastle

Food will be provided

welcome 1st years

2008-02-18T21:12:00.000-08:00

Welcome to all our new members. We look forward to your participation in the exciting upcoming events for 2008.

"Australia and Beyond" Photo Competition

2008-02-17T19:45:00.000-08:00

Wake Up's Photo Competition/Exhibition will be combining the opening night with a Birthing Kit Assembly Night.

Date: 26 March 2008
Time: 5.30pm-8.30pm
Place: Royal Newcastle Centre, John Hunter Hospital

For more information, visit
http://wakeup-photocom.blogspot.com/

AGM

2007-05-18T05:24:00.001-07:00

old committee(from left to right): Jade, Annie, Mel, Mary, Michael, Geordan, Pamela, Mez. (absent: Malcom, Hans, Josie, Cathy, Mincho, Phuong)
Suey.....you are heavy!
new committe for 2007/2008(from left): Alp, Elaine, Pamela, Jade, Geordan, Mez, Sheila, Swetha. Absent: Amanda

Birthing Kit Night Photos courtesy of Adrian Pokorny (3rd yr med)

2007-05-09T19:02:00.000-07:00

string and more string

production lines

our co-presidents

hardworking volunteers

having a good time

birthing kit assembly nite

2007-05-09T04:12:00.000-07:00

2nd MDA Birthing Kit Assembly Nite

Wake-Up successfully assembled about 1200 birthing kits tonight. With the help of 70 students( med and non-med), 2 med bands, MDA and FOOD, we can now have a clear conscience(for the night). The birthing kits will be sent to Madagascar where women can now have a safe and hygenic birth.

First up entertaining the night was Julian's band, followed later by O'neil's band with Aaron on the vocals. Everyone had fun and the atmosphere was great.

Photos will be up asap( thanks to Adrian for snapping!)

till next year, watch this space....

Dr Sugit Tour at Sydney

2007-03-11T21:00:00.000-07:00

(click to enlarge)

More info here. 19 March. Sydney. 6pm

contact Geordan.Shannon@studentmail.newcastle.edu.au if need transport

Coming your way (confirmed!)

2007-03-05T00:01:00.000-08:00

1.Wake Up Milk Shake Fundraiser
Date: 20 March
Venue: Newcastle University
Fundraising for our
(a)Health Equity Selective Project (sending medical supplies overseas)
(b) Medical textbook project (sending medical TB overseas)

2. Tropical Skills Night
held in conjunction with MedSoc
Date: 4th of april
Venue: John Hunter Hospital
Speaker: Dr John Ferguson, Senior Lecturer on Infectious Diseases

3. Zonta Birthing Kit Assembly Night

be part of tis night where you can help mothers in devloping countries have a safe and hygenic delivery of their child
Date: 1st week of May
Venue: Newcastle University

AGM

2007-03-02T03:18:00.000-08:00

Welcome new members, our Annual General meeting will be soon. Dates to be confirmed.

Upcoming events for 2007

2007-02-08T06:52:00.000-08:00

Stay tuned for more information on events for 2007.We are planning the following
1.

Dr Sugit's National Speaking Tour

Come March, Dr Sugit, who runs the Calucutta Village Project, will be on National speaking tour in Sydney. He will be sharing his knowledge and experience with medical students. More on the Calcutta Village project here: www.calcuttaproject.org

2. Speaker nights

3. Birthing Kit assembly evening

4. Skills night- Focus on tropical health with an Infectious Disease Specialist

Photos from Movie cum Birthing Kit Assembly Nite

2007-02-08T00:32:00.000-08:00

On 18 October 2006, Wake Up! successfully assembled over 800 birthing kits with the help of 70 volunteers. This event, which was held in conjunction with MedSoc, was a hit with volunteers packing Zonta birthing kits whilst listening to our home-grown Newcastle Med year 2(2006) band. Refreshments were served afterward. Constant Gardener was screened once the birthing kits were packed and ready to be shipped to Vietnam, while mothers giving birth will greatly benefit from this simple yet life-changing supplies.

Past Events

2007-02-07T20:58:00.000-08:00

2006
April- 2nd speaker night in conjunction with MedSoc.Dr Streatfeild, Director of Anaesthetics at the Mater Hosp, spoke about his experiences working in Ethiopia, Timor and India

Oct- Movie/ Birthing Kit Assembly Night. In conjunction with MedSoc, over 70 volunteers assembled 800 Zonta Birthing Kits, which were promtly sent to Vietnam. These birthing kits aim to decrease the risk of death from infection and bleeding for both mother and child, by providing necessities for clean birth

2005
August- Wake Up! is established after our 1st Annual General Meeting(AGM), following the inagural AMSA Developing World Health Conference(Sydney)

- All across Australia, medical schools established Developing World Health Groups linked by the International Health Network

September- 1st speaker night. Guest speaker from Medicins San Frontieres, who spoke of her experience s with Medicins San Frontieres to a packed lecture theatre at John Hunter Hospital

- Launched 1st aid project by former Vice-President, Alp Atik. We provided our HES(Health Equity Selective) students with supplies and pharmaceuticals to take to their electives. Maitland Hospital and Hospital Suppliers of Australia have been our primary benefactors thus far. Our supplies have since reached all corners of the globe, through students travelling during their elective period. Destinations include Africa, Europe and Australasia.

About Us

2007-02-07T20:39:00.000-08:00

Wake Up! is a young & exciting new initiative of the medical students of Newcastle University. We seek to inspire, educate and equip Newcastle medical students to be active in developing world health (which includes rural and remote Australia), now and throughout their careers.

Our function in 2-fold:
1. To raise awareness among students of developing world health issues through seminars, speaker nights & other awareness raising activities

2. To campaign for health & human rights issues , and also to conduct aid projects aimed at making a positive contribution to developing world health

We are linked to other such groups throughout the medical schools of Australia by the Internation Health Network(IHN), that allows students nation wide to communicate about health in the developing world