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Aid to Children's Town in Zambia

Education

This project is supporting and providing supplies to an AIDS Orphanage in Zambia.

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	$500 - Solar powered electric lights for children's living area.
	$2,500 - Electric wire/cable to make the orphanage/farm self-sustainable.
	$10,000 - Ships a 40ft container/classroom to a Zambian AIDS Orphanage.
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Provide food & water to 260 San People in Botswana

Economic Development ,

Project Challenge 2008 participant.

First Peoples is providing food aid to the San in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. We will transport goods into the Reserve to four communities. This will ensure the San's survival.

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	$10 - food and water for one person for two weeks
	$30 - purchase of ten water containers
	$65 - purchase of 8 roosters and 16 chickens
	$100 - food and water for two families for two weeks
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Communities in East Africa respond to HIV/AIDS

Health

Local groups in Kenya and Tanzania working with World Neighbors address prevention, screening, nutrition and antiretroviral therapy, in addition to the social stigma, livelihood strategies and orphans

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	$10 - Transportation and food to go to a voluntary testing facility
	$20 - Seeds and irrigation tubing for a kitchen garden
	$100 - School fees for one orphaned child
	$100 - Health education materials for one community group
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Build A Model Town In Apam, Ghana

Health ,

Project Challenge 2008 participant.

Install a Sewage Disposal and Sanitation System at the Apam Hospital

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	$50 - Will go towards the cost of the first sewage system in a hospital that serves over 250,000 people
	$100 - Help in building a model that can be replicated in the town of Apam
	$150 - Help break the cycle of diseases caused by lack of good sanitation
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Protecting Umoja: A Village of Women

Economic Development

The inspirational women of Umoja have asked MADRE to build a small fence around their village to stop hyenas and other wild animals from praying on their children and livestock.

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	$35 - Will allow a woman to protect her goat and safeguard her source of income
	$100 - Will prevent hyenas from attacking children at play
	$350 - Will complete 20% of the fence, making a significant contribution to the security of the village
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Provide Solar Power to 8 Sierra Leone Villages

Education ,

Project Challenge 2008 participant.

8 communities next to Tiwai Island in Sierra Leone will receive solar electricity. Schools will be targeted to expand access to education, increase community activities and act as charging facilities.

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	$10 - Two CFL bulbs for the school
	$25 - Buys a rechargeable lantern and battery
	$50 - Bulk charger for the rechargeable lanterns
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Support Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Tanzania

Economic Development

Support TechnoServe's work to make Tanzanian coffee competitive on global markets, benefiting small-scale farmers, their families and rural coffee-growing communities

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	$50 - Provides entrepreneurship and coffee quality improvement training for one farmer
	$125 - Generates enough revenue to provide 25 children health care for one year
	$500 - Generates enough revenue to provide 80 children health care for one year
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YWCA Clean Water Projects

Environment

Women in a Kenyan village have brought clean drinking water to their community, eradicating disease and improving economic activity. This project's success has prompted its replication in other areas.

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	$5,000 - 1 village (250-300 families) will have access to clean water.
	$10,000 - 2 villages have access to clean water.
	$25,000 - 5 villages have access to clean water.
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Help Adolescent Girls (15-24) Develop Businesses

Women and Girls ,

Everybody Can Win Challenge Participant

TechnoServe, with support from the Nike Foundation, is empowering young women to transform their lives by equipping them with skills and support they need to transform ideas into successful businesses

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	$25 - Helps fund the start-up of a local entrepreneur club.
	$50 - Helps purchase equipment such as computers for use by the club.
	$120 - Provides entrepreneurship and life skills training for one young woman.
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Books for Health Education: Ghana & West Africa

Health

This project sends free copies of Where There Is No Doctor and other Hesperian popular education materials to health workers and community leaders working to improve health in poor communities.

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	$25 - provides a copy of Where There Is No Doctor to a community health worker who can use it
	$25 - sends a copy of HIV, Health, and Your Community to build local capacity for addressing HIV/AIDS
	$50 - Gives a traditional birth attendants copies of A Book for Midwives and Where Women Have No Doctor
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