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Center for Global Engagement, Northwestern Univ
Project FOCUS: Art for Development in Uganda
Uganda
,
Education
This project supports community initiatives for youth affected by HIV/AIDS in Lyantonde, Uganda through the creation and exhibition of artwork.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Provides local material for an art project in Uganda
$250
- Covers the cost of printing photographs taken by youth in Uganda
$2,500
- Sponsors the production of an exhibition in the United States
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$14,997
- Will fully fund this project
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Improve Quality of Teaching in Rural China
China
,
Education
Support schools and network rural teachers across China to develop new curriculum and teaching approaches that prepare students to make improvements in their own lives and communities.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$15
- Sponsors a month's internet connection so teachers can access online teaching resources
$25
- Buys 4 books to give 25 rural teachers more ideas to improve their teaching
$140
- Sponsors a class project or field trip that takes learning beyond the textbook
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$150
- Retains a good rural teacher in a village school by sponsoring one month's salary
$26,355
- Will fully fund this project
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Improving Community Health in Ho, Ghana
Ghana
,
Health
We aim to build the capacity of the HOPE Center by creating a diagnosic pathology lab to more accurately diagnose and treat disease, and a community nutrition project to reduce child malnutrition.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$10
- Will buy microscope slides necessary for the diagnosis of disease
$25
- Will supply the HOPE Center with 2 months of electricity
$50
- Will supply the pathology lab with necessary chemicals
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$120
- Will pay for 6 months of the community farmer's allowance
$690
- Will set up the demonstration farm, providing seedlings, fertilizer, and farming tools.
$1,000
- Will purchase one light microscope to be used for disease diagnosis
$2,500
- Will purchase a small table-top centrifuge to be used for disease diagnosis
$3,000
- Will fund the entire nutrition program, reducing malnutrition of the children of Ho
$6,667
- Will fully fund this project
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Creating a Sustainable Water Initiative in Jazmin
Costa Rica
,
Health
We will build a water treatment system with the community of Jazmín and work with its members to create and implement a water education campaign to ensure project sustainability and replicability.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$10
- Education Materials for 1 member of the Water Safety Committee
$50
- Labor for maintenance of system 1 month
$50
- Materials for system maintenance for 1 month
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$150
- Water Testing Supplies for 1 month
$300
- Shipping Costs for outside materials
$700
- Airfare for 1 team member (round-trip)
$5,000
- All construction materials for water system
$5,000
- All labor for water system construction
$21,324
- Will fully fund this project
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Health care for 30,000 slum residents in Mali
Mali
,
Health
This project will be provide 35% of the funding and technical consulting to catalyze a sustainable slum clinic for maternal and child health for 30,000 people.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Buys 5 mosquito nets to prevent malaria
$50
- Buys childhood vaccinations and prenatal care for 20 people
$100
- Buys all the consultation, vaccination, and birth registry books for a year
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$250
- Provides 2 birthing tables
$1,000
- Builds our bathrooms
$4,000
- Builds our maternity ward!
$10,739
- Will fully fund this project
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Solar energy for families in rural Panama
Panama
,
Environment
Northwestern University students are providing the Santo Domingo community with training and materials to install solar panel systems in their homes.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$15
- Buys wiring and accessories for systems to provide 3 families with reliable electricity
$30
- Buys efficient, long-lasting light bulbs that a family of six can enjoy for up to 7 years
$60
- Buys a charge regulator to minimize replacement costs for this low-income community
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$225
- Buys a battery to store electrical energy for a family, providing power at night and on cloudy days
$450
- Purchases a solar panel to provide one or more households with a convenient source of power
$675
- Brings an independent, solar-generated electricity system to a family in Panama
$14,798
- Will fully fund this project
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Educate, Mobilize and Empower Tanzania's Disabled
Tanzania
,
Economic Development
This project will facilitate the provision of appropriate wheelchairs and provide training programs and a facility to enable Tanzanian's disabled to become productive, valuable members of society.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$10
- education materials for disabled person to learn health and wellness strategies
$20
- buys a pressure-relieving wheelchair seat cushion to prevent pressure sores
$30
- provides a disabled person with the skills to start their own small business
$50
- creates microfinance training opportunity
$75
- provides a disabled person with the capital and materials to start their own small business
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$250
- provides a disabled person with a rugged wheelchair, manufactured by local disabled craftsmen
$1,000
- sponsors week-long workshop for 15 new wheelchair users to get mentoring and business training
$2,000
- covers 1/10 of the cost for KASI to build a bigger facility to serve more people with disablities
$40,789
- Will fully fund this project
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Summer Programs Connecting 85 CA Youth to College
United States
,
Education
We provide three 5-week summer academic programs for disadvantaged high school students, enabling them to succeed on college admissions test and broaden their opportunities to attend college.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$15
- Trains a new instructor
$16
- Provides an end of the year celebration for 2 program participants
$30
- Provides program materials (over 1,000 pages!) for one student.
$100
- Provides a teacher for a classroom of 15 students for 1 week.
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$25,024
- Will fully fund this project
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HPV Vaccine Awareness & Cancer Prevention in India
India
,
Women and Girls
This project will provide 25 education programs on cancer prevention in rural Mysore villages, reaching about 1250 women, and will make cancer screening facilities available at no cost in the clinic.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Screening for sexually transmitted infection and reproductive tract infection for one woman
$50
- Cervical cancer screening for 10 women
$100
- One rural education program reaching 50 women in Rural Mysore including IEC material.
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$125
- Colposcopy examination for one woman found to have positive finding on VIA screening.
$500
- Training 50 young women as peer educators to talk about cervical cancer in the community
$950
- Provide 50 peer educators with educational material on cancer and early detection
$23,485
- Will fully fund this project
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