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Using soccer to help vulnerable children in Africa
New - Using soccer to help vulnerable children in Africa
South Africa, Sport
Hope Academy invests heavily into the lives of 36 children in Soweto township, South Africa through intensive intervention over a number of years. The project believes in long term support and development of children who come from broken homes and live in a poverty stricken part of South Africa. We solve the problems many of these children face through our holistic program which mentors each young child, visits their homes, monitors their education and develops their football talent.
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Environmental Education for over 300 Children
New - Environmental Education for over 300 Children
South Africa, Education
Our mission is to inspire and educate underprivileged children to care for their environment, through the medium of a wildlife orphanage, while increasing their environmental job opportunities.
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Solar energy for Madina Community Health Post
New - Solar energy for Madina Community Health Post
Sierra Leone, Health
The Madina clinic serves an estimated catchment population of 5,714 people and provides primary health care for 13 villages. Without any form of energy, it is limited in the quality and variety of services it can offer the community members who rely on the facility for their medical needs. Solar power can provide the ideal solution, providing cost effective, low maintenance energy for lighting, equipment and other critical needs.
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Poverty relief & welfare in South-East Asia.
New - Poverty relief & welfare in South-East Asia.
Thailand, Children
You, as a donor, can really make a difference to local communities basic needs and rights! Sometimes everyone needs a helping hand and the communities we work with in South-East Asia are no different, many of whom are lacking in even the most basic of necessities. We work with communities that get little support from main funding organisations, and it is up to us collectively to make sure their basic needs are met and empower local communities so that they are on the path to self reliance.
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Teach Kenyan Women to Make Feminine Hygiene
New - Teach Kenyan Women to Make Feminine Hygiene
Kenya, Women and Girls
Many girls in Kenya go without safe feminine hygiene, leaving them using unhealthy methods. Lack of supplies raises school dropout rates, increases infection and can lead to exploitation. This project trains Kenyan women from diverse rural provinces to be leaders and teachers of community trainers throughout their nation to make quality washable feminine hygiene supplies, while also providing girls with hygiene, safety and health training.
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Treat 60,000 children in rural Zimbabwe
New - Treat 60,000 children in rural Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, Children , February 2012 Invitational Challenge
Upenyu intends to treat 5,000 school-children in rural Zimbabwe for parasitic worm diseases, such as schistosomiasis. These diseases cause severe morbidity in children, including bleeding, stunted growth, impaired cognitive development, and poor school performance. It is our hope that, by providing treatment, children become happy and productive members of society.
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ORBIS to Ensure Ethiopians Can Access Clean Water
ORBIS to Ensure Ethiopians Can Access Clean Water
Ethiopia, Health
ORBIS plans to eliminate trachoma in remote regions of Ethiopia in the hope to cure thousands of people suffering from the painful, blinding and life destroying eye disease - trachoma. It will do this by ensuring communities have regular access to clean water and sanitation. ORBIS has started building and repairing the water pumps in the project areas.
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Educate Girls and Boys in Rural Afghanistan
Educate Girls and Boys in Rural Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Education , Safer World Matching Funds
Help other private donors add four classrooms, a library and furnishings to this rural grade school outside of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, and pay to transport teachers to the school. Ayni founder Julie Bolz led the initial building of this school in 2003. The community embraced the school, Ayni funded 2 more rooms in 2010, 2011 enrollment grew to 1,440 school students attending in two daily shifts--and still more space is needed. Others have pledged $62,000 to support the $69,345 expansion.
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Keep 250 Orphans in School, Uganda
New - Keep 250 Orphans in School, Uganda
Uganda, Children , February 2012 Invitational Challenge
In response to an estimated 1 million orphans in Uganda, we are working to empower and improve the welfare of vulnerable children in Uganda through education, capacity building, and advocacy. Although the government of Uganda instituted free Universal Primary Education, a lot of orphans are dropping out of school because they lack scholastic materials or lunch food. This project seeks to provide books/pens and lunch meals to help keep 250 orphans in school for the rest of this year
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Empower 200 Women to Become Entrepreneurs In India
New - Empower 200 Women to Become Entrepreneurs In India
India, Microfinance , February 2012 Invitational Challenge
SAMRUDHI provides a livelihood based financial services to 200 women to take up income generating activities enabling them to become economically self-reliant.
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