Care Giver Program – Coginternational

Care For Caregiver Program

Program Intro

This 8-lesson group training program focused on equipping Christian and non-Christian healthcare professionals to more effectively deal with the difficulties they face in their daily lives at work, at home, and within their communities.

Program Focus:

Provide the concepts and tools for enhancing your ability to care for others, receive care from others and care for yourselves.
Demonstrate effective application of these tools
Build relationships with other participants and at least one that extends beyond the completion of this series.
Establish a path to grow in your ability to deal with on-going stress and challenges that each of you and your colleagues face.

Program Modules:

Program Introduction
Understanding Feelings – Yours, Mine and Ours
The Art of Listening
Christ Centered Caregiver
Caring with a process approach
Speaking the Truth in Love
Caring for the Grieving
Now what?

Structure of the program

Program Structure

Facilitated series
8 Module Program
Interactive and learner based
Holistic caring program

Program Highlights

Large group and small group interaction
Facilitated lessons and skill sharing
Role plays and case studies
Key Take-aways for each lesson
On-going Prayer partner relationship
Follow up sessions and interactions using social media platforms

You should be:

Anyone in Healthcare

A heart for caring

Open to new skills and understanding

Dr. Mathew George

Mathew is a Dentist by profession, worked at a Rural Mission hospital, The Duncan Hospital,a unit Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA) from 1993 – 2013. Along with his wife Latha, a dentist too, he pioneered the dental work in EHA. Together they also developed the ComDentprogram that trains nurses and healthcare workers in primary dentistry

From 2013 to 2019 he was with the Evangelical Medical Fellowship of India (EMFI) heading its Missions Department. He oversaw its various Mission training programs and spearheaded a new initiative called the “Perspective of the Kingdom In Healthcare”. He has a passion for teaching, training and mentoring students and young graduates and has strengths of envisioning and strategic planning

Latha and Him have a 23 year-old daughter Rachel

Mr. Paul East

Paul has been in healthcare mission for 45 yrs (27yrs in India). Paul trained & qualified in Healthcare Administration In the UK before going to India. He along with his wife Su (Nurse/Midwife/ Counsellor) worked with Emmanuel Hospital Association ()EHA for 13 yrs. Later they have been involved in teaching, Mentoring, leadership training amongst other things.They continued to have an interest in Global Christian Healthcare with a special focus on India. They have a son, daughter & 6 grandchildren living in the UK & Canada.

Dr. Manoj Jacob

Dr. Manoj C Jacob serves on the COGI Board and is an Internist further trained in both Geriatric and Palliative Medicine. In 1991, he co-founded and is a past Director of AshaKiran Society and Hospital, an NGO serving the population of South Odisha, India. He is also a past General Secretary of the Evangelical Medical Fellowship of India (EMFI). Currently based in Kochi, Kerala, India, he and his wife, Manju, an Ophthalmologist, have 2 children… daughter Monica, a Clinical Psychologist and son Manonit pursuing medical studies in Coimbatore.

Mr. Charles Faust

Chuck is a retired business executive having served in chief operating and chief financial roles for multi-national companies headquartered in the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong. In addition to his role as COGI Board Secretary/Treasurer, he has assisted in developing and editing many of our training modules. He and his wife of 40 years live near Boise, Idaho, USA and are broadly involved in their local church and spending time with their 3 children and 6 grandchildren.

Dr. Abraham Thomas MD

Abe is a practicing pediatrician in Northern NJ. After completing medical education in India, Abe and his wife Ruby migrated to USA and has been practicing pediatrics for over 30 years. Other than having the privilege of being the Chairman of the Board of COGI, Abe is the President of US Chapter of Helping Hands for Hospitals an organization to support the needs of mission hospitals. Abe also have served many roles at the The Life Christian Church, West Orange, New Jersey over the past 27 years where he currently serve as a member of elder board (Pastor’s Advisory Council). Abe and Ruby live in East Brunswick, NJ and have two children Ashish and Vivek.

Dr. Arun Kumar Gautam

Dr Arun Kumar Gautham is currently working in a Chinchpada Hospital a mission Hospital in Maharastra. He has done his specialization in Anaesthesia. He is married to Alice who is a and they have 2 kids. He has been working in a village called chinchpada in tribal Maharashtra that mainly caters to health needs of Bhil tribal groups. He is a follower of Christ and believes in serving the poor is his calling .

Dr. Molly Thomas

Molly is a member of the COGI India Partner Team and currently works as Consultant and Head of Dermatology, at Herbertpur Christian Hospital a unit of the EHA (Emmanuel Hospital Association) network. She is passionate for the Great Commission and has a heart to establish the Kingdom Of God in the uttermost parts of India and the World. Her Husband Dr. Viju is a Pediatric Surgeon and Medical Director where she works. Their elder daughter is in university and a their son and younger daughter are both in high school.