Browse by Sponsor: Center for Global Engagement, Northwestern Univ

Reducing child malnutrition in Ho, Ghana

Ghana

We partner with the Ghana Health Services to fund community health projects at the H.O.P.E. Center, a primary health clinic in Ho, Ghana.

How You Can Help:

Make a 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 buy 1 50 kg bag of soybean seeds for demonstration farm

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Affordable Sanitary Pads for 1500 Ugandan Girls

Uganda

Women and Girls

To develop sustainable production of locally produced eco-friendly sanitary pads, provide health education, latrines, washing facilities, and education to girls in Kabarole District, Uganda.

How You Can Help:

Make a donation

$10 - buys educational supplies for one girl to educate 100 peers about menstrual hygiene

$30 - buys sanitary pads for one girl for one year ensuring that she stays in school

$50 - trains one student peer health counsellor helping keep girls enrolled in school

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Empowering women and girls in Lingira

Uganda

Women and Girls

EDGE Project focuses on women's empowerment, education, agriculture, health/nutrition, & community leadership to promote sustainable development on an island of 3000 people in Lake Victoria, Uganda.

How You Can Help:

Make a donation

$10 - Pays for fuel costs to travel to other islands to educate about family planning

$20 - purchases educational and demonstration materials for one meeting of our agricultural training program

$50 - Pays the startup fee for one woman in the Craft Co-operative to generate income for single mothers

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

ActionForHealth: prevent 90% of child death, Mali

Mali

Health

Action for Health posits an alternative to the untenable user-fee health systems in Mali, as well as free care for children <5 for the 4 diseases that cause 90% of child deaths in Bamako

How You Can Help:

Make a donation

$15 - pays for an emergency visit to the clinic to save a child’s life

$50 - gives ten families mosquito nets

$100 - purchases preventative health services for 31 children

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Providing Clean Water for Villagers in Kerala

India

Health

To build rainwater harvesting systems and provide management training to conserve water, empower women, and boost community health in Kuttanad, India.

How You Can Help:

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$15 - $15 can buy 1300 kg of cement

$30 - $30 can buy the corrugated metal roofing for a system for 16 families

$50 - $50 is the projected cost to provide a villager clean water over the 50 years life span of a system

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

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.

How You Can Help:

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$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

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

New Home for Orphan Children and Widow Empowerment

Nepal

Human Rights

NHOC provides 14 orphans with a home, an education, and a promising future, and 6 widows with handicraft skills training and support, empowering them to beome self-sustaining.

How You Can Help:

Make a donation

$18 - Supports 1 Child for 1 Week (Food, Shelter, Clothing, Education)

$30 - Funds 1 Child's Estimated Medical Costs for 1 Year

$40 - Provides 3 Healthy Meals for 1 Child for 1 Month

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Solar energy for families in Santo Domingo, Panama

Panama

Environment

Northwestern University students are providing two communities with training and materials to install household solar panel systems and build educational capacity by equipping schools with computers.

How You Can Help:

Make a 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

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

CACTUS - Community Action Ukrainian Style

Ukraine

Education

This project will provide 80 already active youth in Western Ukraine with the basic knowledge, means and eagerness to implement their 1st projects and get actively involved in changing their community

How You Can Help:

Make a donation

$20 - Buy material for one of the classes of the CACTUS seminar

$40 - Provide 8 lunches for one participant of CACTUS

$100 - Pay for one small after-CACTUS alumni project

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

100 Mothers Literacy Program

Afghanistan

Education

This project provides 100 mothers with basic literacy program for a three months period of time per term in the rural villages of Afghanistan. The project will empower women with self-sufficiency.

How You Can Help:

Make a donation

$15 - Pays 1 student's tuition for 1 Month

$40 - Pays 1 teacher's salary to teach a class of 15 mothers for 1 month

$150 - Buys text books for 100 mothers

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

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