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Strengthening Grassroots Women's Organizations
Kenya, Human Rights
Thirty grassroots women's organizations in Kenya will be made stronger at promoting human rights by participating in training through innovative distance-learning methods.
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Rope pump technology for sustainable rural dev.
Nicaragua, Economic Development
Income, health and agriculture production are obtained through the local production of rope pumps. Small enterprises around the world are supported through training, following the Nicaraguan example.
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Appropriate Medical Technology for Poor Countries
Nigeria, Health
The EATSET project offers a low-cost and affordable simple blood transfusion device for victims of internal bleeding in road traffic accidents and ectopic pregnancy.
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Low-Cost Rural Primary Schools, Northern Nigeria
Nigeria, Education
Create 100 low-cost rural primary schools for northern Nigeria. Can educate 400 children in first year with a donation of only $300 per child.
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Reducing Harbor Porpoise By-Catch in the Black Sea
Ukraine, Environment
Thousands of dolphins and porpoises die each year in the Black Sea fisheries. The nets they use now would be replaced with dolphin-safe nets.
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Developing a Shark-Safe Beach Protection Net
Australia, Environment
The beach protection nets used now are designed to kill sharks. They are effective and also kill many dolphins, rays, turtles, and whales. A new type of net will be developed to eliminate these losses
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Quality of Life Technology Enabling Aging in Place
United States, Technology
This Project seeks contributions that will be used to create the HomeLife Technology Suite through tech transfer of cognitive technologies to support aging in place.
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Fix Electricity in Hurricane Devastated Nicaragua
Nicaragua, Economic Development
Help us establish a sustainable base of operations in Puerto Cabezas, where people are desperate for electricity after Hurricane Felix destroyed 90% of its civil infrastructure in Sept ’07
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Information for Social Justice in Africa
South Africa, Technology
Strengthening the capacity of organizations in Africa to promote social justice by providing information, stimulating debate and supporting advocacy.
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Newcastle Disease Control in Chickens, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Women and Girls
To protect chicken flocks of the rural poor, the project will train laboratory staff to produce and trial I-2 Newcastle disease vaccine, to assist Ethiopia in the sustainable production of vaccine.
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