In addition to arranging care for hundreds of orphans in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,Enabled Bright Hope Organization of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, to provide care for 200 orphans in Yeka and Cherkos kebeles, 2006-08, and construction of two facilities to provide intensive rehabilitation of male and female street children. See "Bright Hope Annual Report of the Year 2006," pp. 1, 2, 11-16. Note also Blessing the Children International, Kawkawlin, MI, to drill a well for an orphanage and school in Kamashi. See Kamashi Post—Orphanage & School Update, Vol. 6, Issue 5 (May 2007): p. 2. he enabled the Fistula Hospital to construct a midwife training college at Desta Minder.Fistula Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA. See Transformations. News from the Fistula Foundation. “Hamlin College of Midwives Moves Quickly Forward,” Fall 2007, pp. 1, 5. “Hamlin Midwifery College Opens in Ethiopia,” Spring 2008, pp. 1, 3 In Kenya, he worked with agencies to drill several deep wells to provide pure water,Enabled Living Water International, Houston, TX to drill deep wells for rural girl’s high schools at Kangubiri, Machakos, and Mwaani as well as remote Kyawango Health Centre. See http://www.water.cc/machakos Osburn also arranged laboratory equipment for Kyawango clinic from CURE and quality medications through Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS), Nairobi, Kenya. Also enabled Buckner Foundation, Dallas, TX to begin an orphanage at Kitale, Kenya, in 2007, including deep water well (2008). See Letter from David Slover, BF, to Caris Foundation, 10 July 2008. provide care for thousands of orphans, enable women with AIDS to learn skills with which to earn a living, distribute thousands of anti-malarial mosquito nets, provide quality-controlled medications, and assist indigenous humanitarian efforts. He arranged construction of a major facility at Kijabe for an accredited residency program in pediatric orthopedic surgery for African doctors,Arranged funding for CURE International, Lemoyne, PA, to construct Caris Surgical Centre at AIC-CURE Int’l Children’s Hospital at Kijabe in 2007-08. See CURE Int’l, “Caris Surgical Centre, Dedication, April 21, 2008,” pp. 1-5. and funding for hundreds of clubfoot treatments in Kenya and Ethiopia.Enabled CURE International to treat hundreds of children with clubfoot. See Letter from Rick Klein, CURE, to Caris Foundation, 14 June 2007. In Uganda, he arranged funding for hundreds of pediatric orthopedic and neurological surgeries,CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda, “Progress Report, December 2006,” pp. 1-2. in northern Democratic Republic of Congo rehabilitation of several medical clinics looted and destroyed during the civil war 1997–2002,Paul Carlson Partnership, Chicago, IL. See “Report to the Caris Foundation by PCP,” 30 November 2007, and “Congo Project, 2008 Project Catalog,” p. 4. Clinics were rehabilitated at Zongo, IPOK, Bokonzo, Bugose Nubea, Gbado, Bogene, and Gbadolite. and in Rwanda assistance for hundreds of child-headed households.Enabled Firelight Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA to assist care and development of 100 child-headed households by Solidarité Femmes 3x3 in Rwanda, 2007-08. See Letter from Anne Holmes, FF, to Caris Foundation, 26 November 2008. In Zambia, he arranged construction of a major AIDS hospital,Arranged funding for Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, MD through AIDSRelief Zambia to construct major anti-retroviral therapy hospital at Chikuni, Kenya. See AIDSRelief Zambia, “Chikuni Mission Hospital, The Construction of the Chikuni Bunyina Centre,” 2008, esp. pp. 8, 11, 15. TB/AIDS clinics,E.g., CIDRZ Foundation, Washington, D.C., to construct TB/AIDS clinics at Muoyo and Mitete in Zambia’s remote Western Province. See Letter of Completion from Dr. Albert Sitali, Provincial Health Director, Mongu, Zambia, to Caris Foundation, 6 February 2008. laboratories,E.g., CIDRZ Foundation to construct a laboratory at Chongwe. See CIDRZ “Chongwe Laboratory Construction Report,” 19 September 2008, pp. 1-2. funded hundreds of burn surgeries,Funded Interplast, Mountain View, CA, to provide 200 burn surgeries in Zambia, 2007-2008. See “Report to the Caris Foundation,” 8 November 2007, and Letter from Susan Hayes, President, Interplast, to Caris Foundation, 14 February 2008. See also, “Burns—a ‘forgotten’ crisis,” The Washington Times, 17 October 2007. and provided an x-ray machine for a rural hospital.Enabled purchase of x-ray machine for Namwianga Christian Hospital in remote area of southern district of Zambia. See Letter from Phil Watson, Chairman, Board of Directors, Zambia Mission Fund, Edmond, OK, to Caris Foundation, 10 February 2006. In 2008, Osburn was visiting professor in the School of Management, University of St. Andrews, writing on humanitarian issues arising from his work.
