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Prevent Nigerian Mothers from Dying in Childbirth

Health ,

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A low cost, off-patent drug stops postpartum hemorrhage. Thousands of women's lives can be saved by making it available to traditional midwives through market distribution in developing countries.

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	$10 - Provides medicine to stop hemorrhages after childbirth for 5 women.
	$50 - Trains 5 traditional midwives to use misoprostol to save rural women’s lives.
	$200 - Provides medicine to stop hemorrhages after childbirth for 100 women.
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Bring Safe Drinking Water to Bangladeshi Children

Bangladesh,

Health

Imagine discovering the water your child drinks contains arsenic. This is what the community of Billi discovered. Help Billi build and maintain a water system and save their children’s lives.

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School for Former Child Slaves

India,

Human Rights

Funded $19,559 (of $30,000 requested)

Rescue bonded child laborers working in India's carpet industry. Offer rehabilitation and comprehensive care, including education, healthcare and social services, to create new life paths.

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Food Security From Sustainable Agriculture, India

India,

Health

Funded $325 (of $5,060 requested)

Create tangible changes in natural environment using community-based approach involving conservation and sustainable agriculture. Ensure food needs are met with livestock, horticulture, and seed-banks

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Affordable Eye Surgery Prevents Blindness in India

India,

Health ,

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Provides free sight-restoring treatment to poor patients in southern India. $25 pays for a session of chemotherapy for a patient with eye cancer.

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	$25 - 1 session of chemotherapy for a patient with eye cancer.
	$50 - Laser surgery for 1 patient, or ultrasound/angiogram tests for 5 patients.
	$100 - Corneal graft surgery for 1 patient.
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Help Afghan Women Deliver Healthy Babies Safely

Afghanistan,

Health ,

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Reduce maternal and infant mortality rates with reproductive health care and education. Help 12,000 women access pre- and post-natal care, protecting their health during pregnancy and delivery.

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	$25 - 20 women will have improved quality of life through reproductive healthcare and education
	$50 - 40 women will have healthier babies because of reproductive healthcare and education
	$85 - One woman will be trained as a community health worker and will assist 9,000 women annually
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Rescuing Young Girls From Bonded Labor in Nepal

Nepal,

Women and Girls

Funded $15,000 (of $15,000 requested)

Educating and enabling families to keep their young daughters at home, having the girls attend school, while affording the families' sustainable ways for the successful eradication of this practice.

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Tree nursery to benefit 10,000 Rural Moroccans

Morocco,

Economic Development

Funded $20,985 (of $27,500 requested)

This tree nursery provides 60 remote rural Moroccan villages with 100,000 fruit tree saplings and the technical training necessary to advance economic development and nature conservation.

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New Technology for Farmers in Africa

Kenya,

Economic Development

Funded $120,683 (of $200,000 requested)

KickStart creates and markets tools that enable African families to climb out of poverty forever. In FY 08, we plan to assist more than 90,000 more people to escape from poverty.

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Bring Renewable Energy to 20 Peruvian Communities

Peru,

Technology

Funded $10,000 (of $10,000 requested)

The project will implement off-grid solar power and micro-hydro systems to provide electricity to 20 communities in the Andean highlands of Peru.

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Fish to Feed HIV affected families in Malawi

Malawi,

Economic Development ,

Donations to this project are being matched

1000 poor farmers, including women and HIV affected householders in Chingale, Malawi will be taught fish farming methods to help improve their income and nutritional status for the long term.

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	$10 - Buys enough fish fry ‘baby fish’ to stock one family’s fish pond for one farming season i.e. 3 month
	$50 - Buys enough fish fry to stock five families’ fish ponds for one farming season i.e. 3 months
	$200 - To construct a 20m by 10m fish pond with aeration pipes and a nursery
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Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico

Mexico,

Climate Change (GG Green) ,

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Help train subsistence farmers on eco-friendly farming methods. This improves the income and health of families, protects the rainforest and conserves resources for future generations.

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	$25 - 1 coffee farmer can convert to organic methods, creating bird habitats
	$50 - 2 farmers can learn how to raise cattle without cutting down the rainforest
	$140 - 5 trees can be saved each year as 1 family can install wood-saving stoves
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PlayPumps: Bringing Water to Children in Africa

Mozambique,

Health ,

Donations to this project are being matched

We will bring clean drinking water to children in Africa via the PlayPump water system (a merry-go-round connected to a water pump), other safe water solutions and associated programmatic activities.

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Rebuild Kaligathuk School for Indonesian Students

Indonesia,

Education

Funded $13,805 (of $13,805 requested)

Help rebuild the Kaligathuk Elementary school in Indonesia which was destroyed by an earthquake in May 2006. $40 per year supports one student to attend school!

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Noon Meal Improves Girls' Learning in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso,

Children ,

Donations to this project are being matched

The project pays for a noon meal for girls who attend a girls’ middle school and whose parents cannot afford school. Girls walk 6 km to and from school and have no other source of food during the day.

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	$15 - Provides a noon meal for 50 students for one day.
	$50 - Provides a noon meal for one student for the school year.
	$75 - Provides a noon meal for 50 students for one week.
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Addressing Feminine Hygiene in Dhaka

Bangladesh,

Health

Improve the health of underprivileged women and adolescent girls by giving them access to low-cost sanitary napkins.

Safe Water & Latrines for Bangladeshi Villages

Bangladesh,

Health

Funded $25 (of $24,165 requested)

Slum communities in Bangladesh face a water supply crisis. This project will provide families with, year-round access to clean water and sanitation, which will greatly increase their quality of life.

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Providing Access to Water for Families in Niger

Niger,

Health ,

Donations to this project are being matched

The lack of permanent water sources in drought-afflicted Niger is significantly affecting health and livelihoods. Relief International will help build local wells and maintain water supplies.

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How You Can Help:

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	$100 - Helps build wells in Niger.
	$250 - Helps build wells in Niger.
	$500 - Helps build wells in Niger.
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Educate Ecuadorian Children to Face Global Warming

Ecuador,

Children ,

Donations to this project are being matched

We provide resources, training and hands-on opportunities to create awareness and teach children about conservation in the Galapagos Islands and poor areas of Quito, the most polluted city in Ecuador.

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How You Can Help:

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	$20 - Provides educational work books for 40 children
	$60 - Provides environmental educational schools’ kits for 2 schools
	$90 - Provides training for 6 teachers
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Reach the unreached! Delivering care in Africa

Zimbabwe,

Health

Funded $21,000 (of $21,000 requested)

Training one public health nurse (phn) to ride and maintain her motorcycle to provide delivery of immunization and disease prevention.

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Himalayan Cataract Project: Remote Eye Camps

Nepal,

Health ,

Donations to this project are being matched

A remote eye camp will screen 1,500 patients and restore sight to 300 people in Nepal, Tibet, China, Bhutan or Northern India. Local medical providers also will receive training.

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	$10 - Protects 5 children from vitamin A-deficiency blindness.
	$20 - Restores sight to 1 individual enabling her to once again become a productive member of the family.
	$100 - Screens 50 people for eye disease preventing debilitating complications in the future.
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Capacity Building: Urban Farming and Gardening

South Africa,

Climate Change (GG Green) ,

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Individuals and teachers in poor communities are trained and supported to tackle hunger and environmental degradation by growing and replicating organic vegetable and indigenous teaching gardens.

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	$20 - Plants one tree in a disadvantaged township, and includes training and follow-up.
	$42 - Establishes one new township vegetable garden, and includes training, resources and follow-up.
	$82 - Trains one teacher in a disadvantaged school to use the outdoor classroom.
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