The Asian Health Outreach Foundation would like to invite you to the 2008 West Michigan Asian Film Festival. This film festival will feature 10 notable films from different Asian countries once a month at Celebration Cinema in Grand Rapids. This film festival will showcase the diversity and richness of Asian cultures.
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The Healthy Asian Games is an annual sports festival in West Michigan. It aims to foster friendship, camaraderie, and healthy lifestyle among Asian Americans. It is a collaboration among St. Mary Magdalen Parish, the Asian Student Union, and AHOF.
Minnie Morey, AHOF's Executive Director, is this year's Zech Healthcare Champion Awardee. This award is given by Kent Health Plan to recognize local healthcare workers who have made outstanding contributions to our community by assisting low-income, un- or underinsured persons obtain healthcare services and other resources.
The Doktor Ko Program in Solana, Cagayan, Philippines included a nutrition program. Malnutrition rate in Feb 2007 was 33%. Intensive health education brought it down to 20%. A feeding program was initiated in January 2008. 
Sanitation is tied to lack of safe water source. A grade school in in Solana, Cagayan has no source of water. Kids fetch water from a nearby creek, where some of them get bitten by snakes. AHOF constructs an artesian well.