July 21, 2009

Real Medicine Provides Disaster Relief

By Pat Lynch, Host of Speak Up!

Speak Up! invites women, and also men, who “speak” to women in terms of their values, their goals and their strong sense of community, to address issues, opportunities and successes that need to be heard by a larger audience of women leaders.

Speak Up! invites women, and also men, who “speak” to women in terms of their values, their goals and their strong sense of community, to address issues, opportunities and successes that need to be heard by a larger audience of women leaders.

Martina Fuchs is the Founder of Real Medicine Foundation, an organization which began in response to the December, 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka and has since provided disaster relief to 13 countries around the world. Fuchs joins Speak Up! to discuss the core principles of this organization, as well as how the foundation will continue to help people in need.

More about Real Medicine Foundation

The Real Medicine Foundation provides humanitarian support to people living in disaster, post-war, and poverty stricken areas. They believe that "real" medicine is focused on the person as a whole by providing physical, emotional, economic, and social support. By using a personal approach, Real Medicine forms partnerships with individuals and existing organizations throughout the world, allowing us to create effective models and sustainable solutions that can be applied globally. What started out as a promise to a small village in a devastated area on the Indian Ocean is growing quickly into an international network of "Friends helping Friends" around the world. 

More about Martina Fuchs

Martina C. Fuchs is the Founder and CEO of the Real Medicine Foundation. She is a physician, specialized in pediatrics, who has worked and trained at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany; Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, United States; Dr. Félix Bulnes Hospital, Santiago de Chile, Chile, among others. She holds a Ph.D. in Pediatric Psychiatry and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany. She holds a fellowship in Pediatric Intensive Care and is also trained in alternative medicine. Martina Fuchs has hosted the TV series Guardian Angels, MD on TLC.

Dr. Fuchs founded the Real Medicine Foundation in May, 2005 inspired by lessons learned after working for months in the tsunami relief efforts in Sri Lanka. She established a children’s clinic in an area devastated by the tsunami and realized that even though aid for immediate needs often is provided, people’s lives remain shattered long after physical trauma is no longer an issue. Real Medicine Foundation provides humanitarian support to people living in disaster, post-war, and poverty stricken areas. Going into disaster areas, Real Medicine supports the immediate relief efforts and stays for the longer term, maintaining the needed care and helping to rebuild. This includes medical/physical, emotional, educational, social and economic support. Real Medicine forms partnerships with individuals and existing organizations throughout the world, creating effective models and sustainable solutions that can be applied globally. At the present time, Real Medicine has projects in: India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar/Burma, starting in Armenia; Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan; Peru, and the US.

Learn More by Visiting www.RealMedicineFoundation.org