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1. MCC stands for Medical Checks for Children and this is the very activity which MCC undertakes, viz. medical checking of children in deprived areas in Nepal, North India and Bangladesh.
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2. Since 2000 dr. Inès von Rosenstiel has gained extensive experience in organizing and providing medical assistance for deprived children. From 2001 to 2005 six medical missions have been organized to Nepal in cooperation with drs. Susanna Lucker of Balbalika Nepal Foundation.
   In order to create possibilities outside Nepal for this type of medical checks, it was decided to found Medical Checks for Children in November 2005.
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3. During one week 700 children in deprived areas are medically checked and if necessary treated by a team of 10 physicians, trained nurses and other experts.
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4. Amidst the many organisations, which care for children MCC takes up a very special position. MCC is unique. The organisation, which exists fully of volunteers, is not a disease specific oriented organisation. The medical focus is directed at the prevention of disease, the protection from disease, the treatment of disease and the promotion of good health.
   Research has shown that there is not a single organisation in the Netherlands that focuses on ‘small-scale’ and individual help to children and their care-givers (cure and prevention), who cannot rely on receiving local and consistent health care.
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5. On September 1st. 2008 MCC received the CBF hallmark belonging to the Declaration of No Objection.
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6. No, there does not exist any relationship with the central or locals government. MCC does not receive any subsidy from the government nor any contribution from the development funds.
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7. No, MCC is not part of a bigger organisation. MCC is a fully independent foundation.
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8. In the Netherlands MCC cooperates with the universities of Groningen and Wageningen. Furthermore MCC works closely together with the charity organisation C.H.A.N.C.E. for Nepal from Barbara Datson in England and with the foundation Kinder Nepals from Susanne Lücker in Germany. In the countries abroad, where MCC carries out its activities, MCC cooperates with local organisations.
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9. At the end of 2008 more than 200 volunteers are related to MCC of which over 100 are regularly active.
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10. The volunteers carry out all those activities which have to be carried out by any organisation, such as: selection of new volunteers, information sessions, pr/marketing, website, editing a newsletter, purchase and distribution of medicines and other articles for the missions, training and education of the teammembers and last but not least preparing and staffing the missions.
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11. Mainly from donations of private persons but also from contributions of some companies and of other charity organisations. Sometimes MCC receives also donations ‘in natura” (for example 5 laptops in 2007).
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12. Since November 2005 (the foundation of MCC) till the end of 2007 about 7.000 children have been checked. In 2008 we hope to have checked over 4.000 children.
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13. In the next three years (2009 2011) MCC wants to increase the number of children to 8.000 per year.
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14. At present MCC is active in three countries: Nepal, North India and Bangladesh.
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15. It is important to note that the travel and accommodation costs are fully paid for by the volunteers themselves. MCC wants to increase the number of missions to 12 per year. This requires an annual budget of € 120.000.
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16. From each euro, which MCC receives, € 0,90 will be spent for the missions (i.e. 90%).
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17. You can support MCC in various ways. The best way to find out how is to go to www.medicalchecksforchildren.org and to surf to “support MCC”, heading ‘donations’ and/or ‘volunteers’.
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18. The privacy of everyone is a very important issue for MCC. Therefore we act fully in line with the Law Protection Personal Data and handle the imported data of private persons and companies carefully.        
    Through this website www.medicalchecksforchildren.org we will receive personal data, which are only used for the communications between MCC and the visitor involved.
    MCC will never provide these data to third parties, unless being forced to do so by law.
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