The June 2013 newsletter is now available for download!  This newsletter features updates about our new voluteers  and volunteer mentors who begin their journeys this month to the Dominican Republic to support the local diabetes community.  It also includes updates on AYUDA's recent program activities in the DR and Haiti.  You can download the newsletter by clicking here.

This year AYUDA hosted the international registration portal for “Ganémosle la carrera a la diabetes"(Lets Beat Diabetes Race)  in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 

The event took place on June 9th 2013.  AYUDA and its Ganemosle Program volunteers joined thousands of Dominicans to raise awareness about diabetes and the importance of excercise!  Updates to follow. You can see photos from the event and program here. Or follow us on Facebook and Twitter for further updates!

Here's the video from the 2012 Ganémosle event.

Ganémosle a la Diabetes // Aprendiendo a Vivir from GRUPO FILMICO Reality Films on Vimeo

Our 2013 Volunteer Mentor, Melanie Goldring is featured in Sanofi's Discuss Diabetes blog post: Helping Children Living with Diabetes: Melanie Goldring’s AYUDA Volunteer Experence.  She says: “I was able to learn about a different culture, and a new part of the diabetes community...Part of AYUDA is not only to help the people in other countries, but to help the volunteers themselves become agents of social change. I learned how to talk to people who I didn’t know and get them interested in the cause. It’s one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever had. I would encourage anyone to try and do it.”

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AYUDA has been featured in two articles by Huffington Post columnist Riva Greenberg!  These articles feature some of our past Volunteer Mentors as well as beautiful photos from AYUDA volunteers Natalie Eidelman and Cody Gantz. You can follow the links below to read the articles.

Small Diabetes Organization AYUDA Teaches Self-Care and Social Change

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riva-greenberg/diabetes-organizations_b_2647279.html

How Illness Can Make Us Better (This article features great in depth interveiws from AYUDA Volunteer Mentors (past and present) Sam Wohns, Isabel and Madeline Chin and Vanessa Larco)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riva-greenberg/diabetes-leaders_b_2717455.html

This past spring AYUDA volunteer mentor Sam Wohns traveled to with Quito, along with fellow volunteer mentor Corey Greenblatt and AYUDA Director of International Operations Merith Basey, to work with the Fundación Diabetes Juvenil del Ecuador (FDJE) on diabetes outreach projects.  This trip was captured in a short video by filmmaker Dr. Jonny White of Welcome to type 1.  In this video, Sam reflects on the personal meaning of “Together we are Stronger”  and the strength of the diabetes community within Ecuador.

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