Health Projects

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Health

This project’s goal is to provide access to credit to rural & urban communities for water and sanitation projects. Access to safe water and sanitation facilities will reduce water-borne diseases.

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	$25 - Safe Drinking Water to Someone for Life
	$100 - Provide a Water Access Point For a Household
	$150 - Meet the Water Needs of a Whole Family
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	$ Other amount

AIDS education for 20,000 7th graders in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe,

Health

The project brings Grassroot Soccer’s AIDS education curriculum to 400 classrooms in Zimbabwe, encouraging 20,000 kids to adopt healthy behaviors and act as role models within their local communities.

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	$50 - Enables 5 7th graders to complete the GRS curriculum, in addition to providing them with the Extra Time AIDS program and a graduation certificate
	$200 - Produces 40 copies of Extra Time AIDS program, enough for an entire 7th grade class. Students cherish the magazine and bring it home after participation in program
	$1,000 - Sponsors a graduation ceremony at a central community landmark (town center, halftime at a soccer match), including team buses for the families of the children
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	$ Other amount

Help 150 South African Nurses Treat AIDS

South Africa,

Health

Provide 150 nurses in Port Elizabeth, South Africa with mobile, digitized libraries of essential medical information for treating HIV-infected and AIDS patients at the point of care.

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How You Can Help:

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	$70 - Pays for one nurse’s training to use digital HIV/AIDS information to diagnose and treat her patients
	$140 - Pays for two nurses training to use digital HIV/AIDS information to diagnose and treat her patients
	$178 - Buys one nurse a handheld computer -- possibly the first computer she’s ever used.
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	$ Other amount

Provide Health Care to Sick Women in Kenya

Kenya,

Health

Help give 250 sick women access to health care at a low cost. We provide treatment for cholera, malaria, cancer, AIDS, malnutrition, infectious diseases, infertility, and pregnancy complications.

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	$100 - Will purchase medicine and a mosquito net for one women
	$176 - Will drill a water well to provide one woman with clean water
	$833 - Will fund a community health camp for 250 women
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	$ Other amount

Providing Haemodialysis to Renal Failure Patients

Pakistan,

Health

Provision of free maintenance haemodialysis thrice a week to ensure survival of 100 poor chronic renal failure patients for whom this procedure is a virtual lifeline and is absolutely out of reach.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - One dialysis on a patient with re-use of dialyzer
	$50 - One dialysis on a patient with single use dialyzer
	$640 - Treatment of one dialysis patient for one month (13 dialysis)
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	$ Other amount

Providing 500 infected kids with smile in Armenia

Armenia,

Health

Our project provides 500 infected children with smile and hope for leading a healthy life by means of "therapeutic" clowns in one of the infectious hospitals in Yerevan.

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How You Can Help:

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	$35 - Will provide one ill child with the visit of clowns and psychologists per year.
	$35 - Will provide one ill child with the innovative methods of treatment.
	$39 - Will provide one ill child with the equipment of the game room for one year.
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	$ Other amount

Feeding & Educating 50,000 Orphans in Rwanda

Rwanda,

Health

We are providing care and material support (school fees, materials, insurance, clothing nutritional support) for 50,000 children orphaned or otherwise vulnerable as a result of HIV/AIDs or genocide.

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How You Can Help:

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	$20 - Food for a child under 6
	$45 - School materials, uniforms and playtime for primary school children
	$80 - Nutritional support, playtime and counseling for a child under age 6
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Fighting Trauma in Kenya

Kenya,

Health

The Moving Forward, Trauma Recovery project will aid in the recovery and personal development of children affected by the skirmishes in Kenya's 2007 presidential elections.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Sponsor school necessity for one traumatized child
	$50 - Assist CASL in the production and distribution of newsletters and materials to increase awareness in schools
	$100 - Sponsor a 2-hour mentor training for 10 mentors.
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	$ Other amount

Elder Women in CA Lead Change for Healthy Aging

United States,

Health

Help build the capacity of diverse elder women and their allies to advocate for change that affects their health and well-being, and the broader community, by supporting the Elder Women's Initiative.

How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Pays for travel costs for one local elder woman to participate in a town hall meeting to voice her concerns about issues that impact her long-term health and vitality
	$50 - Pays for outreach to elder marginalized communities to encourage parcipation in town hall meetings
	$100 - Underwrites travel for one elder woman to the state capitol to meet with legislators and advocate for issues that affect the health and well-being of all elder women.
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	$ Other amount

Provide sanitary napkins for 200,000 Indian women

India,

Health

Poor women use the dirtiest rag in the house during menses. Most don’t even have enough cloth to cover themselves. We provide clean sanitary napkins made of repurposed waste cloth (from the cities).

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Taking care of napkin needs of 5 women for 1 year
	$50 - Taking care of napkin needs of 5 families for 1 year
	$200 - Increasing capacities of production
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	$ Other amount

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