#LivingstoneDebate 6pm 13 November 2013 Glasgow Cathedral
If Livingstone was alive today, what would he be doing?
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Programme • Welcome James Wells, Chief Executive, EMMS International • Setting the scene: The challenges faced by Livingstone versus the modern context James Wells • Chair person’s welcome Rt Rev Lorna Hood • The Debate: ‘If Livingstone was alive today, what would he be doing?’ Dr Mhoira Leng, CB Samuel, Mphatso Nguluwe & Sir Kenneth Calman • Question time • The vote • Close
About the Speakers Rt Rev Lorna Hood Chairperson Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2013 - 2014 Reverend Lorna Hood, a Queen’s Chaplain originally from Kilmarnock, is Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2013-14. Mrs Hood began her church career at St Ninian’s Corstorphine Church in Edinburgh. In 1979, Mrs Hood was called to Renfrew North Parish Church, where she has served for the last 33 years. For 22 years she served as chaplain in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley where she was responsible for the Women’s & Children’s Directorate. Her message for the Church as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is one of hope. “David Livingstone would be involved in movements to halt human trafficking, the modern day slave trade...and would use his medical skills in the fight against HIV and AIDS.”
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Sir Kenneth Calman Chairman, National Trust for Scotland Sir Kenneth Calman lives in Glasgow, where he has been Chancellor of the University of Glasgow since 2006. He has been Chairman of the National Trust for Scotland since 2010, and, amongst other public appointments, he is Deputy Chair of the British Library. His distinguished career in medicine included being Chairman of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation, Chief Medical Officer in Scotland and in England. “His purpose would be to remove modern slavery, and to bring effective medical care to central Africa.”
Ms Mphatso Nguluwe Director of the Livingstonia Synod AIDS Programme (LISAP) Ms Nguluwe has been the Director of the Livingstonia Synod AIDS Programme since 2008. LISAP’s work includes helping people with HIV to obtain antiretroviral drugs, supporting children who have been affected by HIV and working to prevent the spread of the disease through educating communities. In the course of her career Ms Nguluwe has worked as a Nurse Midwife at Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi, a Nurse Educator at Nkhoma and Ekwendeni Nursing Colleges and, from 2001-2008, was the Dean of Faculty and Deputy Principal at Ekwendeni Nursing College. She has been a guest speaker at numerous events on HIV over her career. “People living with HIV in Malawi wish Dr David Livingstone was alive today because of his selfess and sacrificial heart.”
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Dr Mhoira Leng Palliative Care Physician Currently the Medical Director of Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust and Head of Makerere University Palliative Care Unit, Kampala, Dr Leng has 22 years’ experience in palliative care. She has worked in Africa for the past 6 years and is currently based in Uganda. Her focus is on international palliative care and strengthening health systems through working with partners to build capacity, offer mentorship, support curriculum development and develop new models of care. “In an era where millions lack access to basic pain relief and palliative care... I believe Livingstone would bring his deep faith, sense of justice, concern for the poor and marginalised and his celebrity status to mobilise hearts and minds.”
Rev CB Samuel Bible teacher, pastor, theologian, mentor, former CEO of a major Indian relief and development organisation, missiologist, evangelical leader and passionate advocate for the poor, CB brings great grace, wisdom, gentle humour and an extraordinary freshness to his teaching. CB, who was born in Delhi, is always profoundly challenging and encouraging as he teaches us more about our God of justice and compassion. “Livingstone, known for his strong sense of justice, would be an advocate for health for all - especially for the vulnerable women, children, aged and the disabled.”
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These immortal words made Henry Stanley into a household name back in the 19th Century. But what if Dr Livingstone was to reappear amongst us in 2013? What would he think of our world today? He would be fascinated by scientific development - space exploration, internet access, genetically modified crops, and organ transplants - and pleased to see improvements in everyday lives. But he who fought so resolutely against the East African slave trade would be appalled to find sexual and domestic slavery in every continent nearly 150 years on. The boy who worked a 14 hour day in the Blantyre Mill at age 10 would surely be horrified to find garment workers in Bangladesh working in dangerous buildings unfit for use. And, believing in the power of education and two way trade to deliver opportunity, he would despair that, in 2013, millions don’t go to school and 1 billion still live on less than £1 a day.
But he would also see hope. Hope in the halving of world poverty since 1990, hope in the doubling of girls in school. Hope in the new generation of African leaders propelling the continent forward, hope in the young people who know their lives can be better. So, what would he do? He would lead by example: internationalist in outlook, open in character and working for a better humanity. He would be engaged in science and research, and promoting that endeavour. He would be campaigning, most likely in the countries most affected, against 21st Century slavery and for fair trade. And most of all, I suspect, he would be urging Scots and all who might influence young minds anywhere to be global in their outlook, never turning inwards or backwards, celebrating diversity and humanity. Rt Hon Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
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Dr Livingstone EMMS International
It is our great privilege to count Dr David Livingstone among our earliest members. On 4 March 1858, the General Committee of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society unanimously resolved to add Dr David Livingstone’s name to the list of Corresponding Members of the Society. Even then, David Livingstone was an inspiration to the organisation. At a breakfast meeting arranged in his honour the Scottish explorer and medical missionary shared of his travels and medical endeavours among the African population. The minutes record the event as “a notable occasion
in our history - bringing before us a real medical missionary - a true man raised by Providence for a great purpose.” This relationship with Livingstone continued until his death, in Africa, in 1873. Dr Livingstone continues to be an inspiration to EMMS International. We continue in the footsteps of Livingstone, and those like him, who sought to bring improvements in healthcare along with Christian compassion to some of the world’s poorest communities.
From the minute book “He alluded to one case in which, having cured a native lady of some complaint, he or his medicine got all the credit of a child which she bore fifteen months afterwards... the celebrity thus acquired was the source of no little inconvenience...”
A Continuing Mission
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The need for quality healthcare and Christian compassion is no less great today than in the world that faced Dr Livingstone. Livingstone surpassed the Victorian tradition by practising not just medical skill, but biblical compassion to those in need. We once again need to surpass the status quo of arms-length philanthropy; to come alongside those in abject poverty in a way that not only brings health but also restores hope. While we may have overcome many obstacles through advancements in transport, technology and medicine, we have not overcome the burdens of poverty. The lack of adequate healthcare married with the
children worldwide are living with HIV. women die every day due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth, the second highest cause of death in developing countries.
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prevalence of disease causes unneccessary suffering for millions of people. The world has changed significantly, but our motivation remains the same and we believe that we are called to serve God’s purposes in our own generation. EMMS International is committed to serving the communities with which we work and, with your help, we will continue to do so until everyone has access to quality, compassionate healthcare.
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Our Work Today The Mziche Project
Shalom was 10 months old when her mother brought her to hospital struggling to breathe and severely dehydrated. Both of them were HIV+. Her mother hadn’t brought her sooner because she wanted to protect her from the stigma of her HIV status. Sadly, they came too late and Shalom died.
treatment, their children could be born without HIV and live free from the burdens of managing and treating their disease.
Shalom’s story is tragic, all the more so because it was preventable.
What is more concerning is that in this remote community the spread of HIV continues to grow.
Thousands of HIV+ mothers could be spared the anguish of an uncertain future for their unborn children. Through testing and
Lack of access to hospitals, support for pregnant women, and HIV testing threaten the future of this community of 35,000 people.
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11.2% of people in Mzenga, Northern Malawi are HIV positive. This is above the national average for Malawi, which has one of the world’s highest prevalence rates.
“If there is no intervention, disease will grow. We are looking at wiping out a community if no one intervenes.” Mphatso Nguluwe, Director Livingstonia Synod AIDS Programme
The Mziche project aims to bring a HIV-free generation to Mzenga through preventing parent to child transmission and mobilising the local church to educate the community and care for people living with HIV. Mziche is a Tonga word meaning brother or sister. We are encouraging churces in the UK to make real those bonds of fellowship, and support their brothers and sisters in Mzenga. EMMS International is working in partnership with Livingstonia Synod AIDS Programme to equip the local community to stop the spread of HIV. A Mother’s Story Fanny has four children, and is living with HIV. The amazing news is that all of her children are HIV negative. She describes the relief of knowing her children are healthy: “It makes me very happy. Life with HIV can be made hectic by the medicines. I’m glad my children don’t have to go through that.” This is not the same for every
mother. Children are being born with HIV when simple interventions could prevent it. Fanny knows the uncertainty during pregnancy when you are living with HIV. She is working hard to ensure mothers are saved from the pain of bearing a child with HIV, but she needs your help. With your help, the Mziche project will train and equip Fanny and others like her to become Mother Buddies, so that they can help pregnant women who are HIV+ deliver their babies without transmitting the disease. Ask today about our resources to help get others involved. You can give a child life without HIV. You can restore a parent’s hope for their child.
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