Cranes Club Newsletter #3 - November 2016

2017 Cranes Club Conference Survey

Health Conference Report

Cranes in Flight

Dear Cranes,

We are coming to the end of the first year of Cranes Club in Europe. This is our third newsletter, and I am very grateful for each of you that have contributed ideas, articles, interviews, and other investments of your time and/or funds into the various projects we’ve tried to start this year.

It’s been a interesting challenge building a membership organization from scratch, but I’m quite inspired and optimistic by people’s willingness to invest into this Cranes Club experiment. My wife and I recently attended the Cranes Club Health Conference near Vienna, which was well attended and a detailed report has been included in this edition.

I’m also happy to announce that we’ll be holding the 2nd Cranes Club Conference in London, sometime towards the end of March or the beginning of April 2017. We’ve included a short survey in this newsletter to see which dates would be best for people, as well as an opportunity to help shape the agenda. All ideas are welcome!

Look forward to seeing many of you in London, and hopefully meeting many new Cranes as well.

Youngil Ely Loew Managing Director Cranes Club Europe cranesclubeurope@gmail.com

2017 Cranes Club Conference Survey

The second annual Cranes Club Conference and Annual General Meeting is scheduled to take place in Spring 2017 in London.

We have a short survey that we kindly ask you to fill out in order to try and finalise the dates and content. Please take a minute and fill it out by clicking below.

To get more information or volunteer to help please contact Bogdan Pammer (Program Manager, 2017 Cranes Club Conference)

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Health Conference Report

First Cranes Club Health Conference Seebenstein, Austria, 11-13 November 2016

The first European Cranes Club Seminar for health care professionals attracted over 40 participants from over 11 European countries and from Sudan. Participants included older and younger Unificationists (1st and 2nd generation) who either work in the health care profession, or are interested in health related issues. True Father often said that it is important to unify Eastern and Western. Hence, the main objective was to find a way how various health professionals can merge their profession for this common goal.

The conference featured a series of presentations on topics ranging from dental care, Chinese medicine, ‘energy medicine’, nutrition, differences between Eastern and Western, scientific and alternative medicine, and the history of Isshin Hospital in Japan. The participants could also choose between different practical sessions on emotional healing, music therapy, hand acupuncture, emergency life support and more.

Effort was made to provide healthy food, and there were morning sports and stretching breaks between sessions. In the evening there was time for networking and a professional musical performance by two young violinists from Vienna.

During the closing session on Sunday, a core issue was raised to be further clarified and developed; what do we, as health care professionals aspiring to create CIG, have to offer that is unique and different? The participants were encouraged to give this point consideration, and to use this as a guiding thought for their everyday life and for future health conferences.

Although True Mother had young people in mind when she created the Cranes Club, there was a great synergy between the 1st and 2nd generation. There was a mix of professionals with years of experience and younger practitioners who could share recent research findings, and all could learn from each other. The enthusiasm which this first meeting generated leaves no room for doubt that the Cranes Club is a

winning concept and we look forward to exciting developments!

Main points which emerged:

Another health conference next year.

A ‘strategic working group to define goals/a vision of health in Cheon Il Guk

A facebook group for Cranes Club/UM health professionals (no age limit)

(Find us under “Cranes Club- Health Professional Network”)

Thanks to Catriona Valenta and Sonja Read for the report and many thanks to the conference organisers and all others who helped!

Cranes in Flight

Our Cranes in Flight section hopes to bring you interviews and highlights of an industry from a member of the Cranes Club. For this newsletter we got in touch with Sarah Ahmed, a 2nd Gen doctor from Sudan.

If you feel inspired to contribute an article about your own industry or share your personal story, please contact us.

Who are you and what do you do?

My name is Sarah Ahmed, I’m 25 years old, I’m living in Sudan (North Africa) and I’m half Sudanese and half Japanese. I graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Khartoum University in 2013 and then did a one-year internship and another year of mandatory National Service as a medical doctor. I have been working as a general physician in the ER department at a military hospital in Sudan for 6 months now.

What is your connection to the Cranes Club?

I’m not actually a Cranes Club member, since I live in Africa, but I had seen news about the Club in the church newsletter and was always interested in it. So when I saw there was a Health Conference organized in Vienna in November, I decided to attend and it was a great experience.

How did you choose the profession you are in now? What is it about it that you are passionate about?

It wasn’t always my dream to become a doctor. When I was younger, I was more interested in physics. But in my country, in order for you to succeed and have a good job, you either become a doctor or an engineer, especially if you had good results in high school. So my family and friends advised and pushed me to study medicine. The first few years were very hard, since I had to study a lot and didn’t enjoy it. Then in our 4th year, we started learning about diseases and how to treat them and at the same time we had clinical rounds at hospitals. All this made me see the humanistic side of medicine and step by step, I began to enjoy my studies.

Currently, I can say that I enjoy my profession. What I enjoy the most is the look on the faces of my patients when they are discharged from the hospital. I also really like it when they come for follow up, as I can see the amount of improvement they go through and how truly happy they become.

What qualities are needed to be a good doctor?

In my opinion, besides good knowledge and experience, the thing that qualifies a good doctor is his ability to listen to his patients. There are lots of people who come to the hospital complaining about different kinds of things – and all they really need is someone to tell them everything will be alright and that it’s not their fault such things happened to them. Another thing that’s important is to be genuinely concerned about the well-being of the patients. People need to feel that the person treating them really cares about their condition and that he is doing his best to help them. Lastly, in the medical field it’s crucial to always have up-to-date information.

What are your future goals? How do you think you can help people through your Unification background?

My dream has always been to help the people of my country, there is so much that needs to be done. That’s why I want to work in a foreign country (like the UK for an example) to gain experience and then return to Sudan and find a way to develop its health system. I’ve already done the first two exams for the MRCP-UK post-graduate diploma and plan to do the third exam in the UK. By doing this exam I can get my specialisation in internal medicine.

Up until now I had no clear idea about how exactly I can help other people as a Unificationist doctor. But amazingly I found my answer at the Health conference. I realized that what makes me and other 1st/2nd Gen doctors different from other doctors is that we know about the spirit world. I realized that in order for me to help people spiritually I need to integrate Eastern medicine in my approach. After all, it was always True Father’s vision to unite Eastern and Western medicine. That’s why in the next few years, I’m thinking of finding a way to study and learn more about oriental medicine. I believe the road might be long ahead of me, but I know that if I believe in my dreams, God will help me achieve them!

A message you want to convey to any future doctors out there?

You should know that studying and practicing medicine is hard; it needs a lot of time and patience. But if you always look at the bright side and enjoy it, you can see the different and endless possibilities in being a doctor. In this job you’ll experience every aspect of human relationships, at its best and at its worst. There will always be sad moments, but there will be joyful moments as well. And it’s those joyful and happy moments that will drive you and motivate you to succeed in this job.

Thank you very much Sarah, and good luck for your future!

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Openings and Opportunities

Have any interesting openings or opportunities you would like to share? Let us know and we’ll add them into the next edition of the newsletter. It could be a job opening or a collaborative project you would want help with, we’re happy to get the word out.

2017 Conference The 2017 Cranes Club Conference and Annual General Meeting is scheduled to take place in March/April 2017 in London. About 60 young professionals from all over Europe attended the first annual Cranes Club Conference in Camberg, Germany from 8th-10th January 2016. We expect that an even bigger number will meet this year. The programme will consist of networking opportunities, inspirational talks, workshops on career-relevant topics and the annual general meeting of the European Chapter of the Cranes Club.

By answering the questions below you will help us create the 2017 Conference. Thank you!

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March 31-April 2, 2017

April 7-9, 2017

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