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Curing 1,000 Underserved TB Patients in Vietnam
Vietnam, Health
Funded £862 (of £32,348 requested)
Through a new model of Public-Private-Partnership, the goal of this project is to introduce a new way to receive treatment for TB patients in Vietnam. We aim to provide high-quality, TB treatment free of charge to at least 1,000 underserved patients in an urban district in Vietnam. Particularly, we strive to find those patients who are ineligible, unwilling or unable to afford treatment through the public and private systems and who would continue to infect others if left untreated. progress reportread updates from the field
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Safe Drinking Water for 80,000 Children in Bolivia
Bolivia, Health
Funded £20,651 (of £15,271 requested)
80,000 school children in Bolivia will be trained in simple, affordable techniques to sustainably improve their health. Techniques include hand washing and solar water purification (SODIS). progress reportread updates from the field
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HeroRATs: Sniffing Out Landmines and Tuberculosis
Tanzania, United Republic of, Health
Funded £164,457 (of £127,850 requested)
APOPO's trained HeroRATs are saving lives and limbs, by using their exceptional sense of smell to sniff out unexploded landmines and tuberculosis. progress reportread updates from the field
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Saving Mothers Lives at the Community Level
Mozambique, Health
Funded £1,083 (of £32,361 requested)
By ensuring mothers and frontline health providers in Mozambique have access to simple, proven, and affordable technologies, thousands of lives can be saved during pregnancy and childbirth. progress reportread updates from the field
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Saving Kenyan Mothers Lives at the Community Level
Kenya, Health
Funded £186 (of £31,124 requested)
By ensuring mothers and frontline health providers in Kenya have access to simple, proven, and affordable technologies, thousands of lives can be saved during pregnancy and childbirth. progress reportread updates from the field
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Help Malawi communities get water and sanitation
Malawi, Health
Funded £6,616 (of £8,751 requested)
Improve health for rural communities through water and sanitation provision, food security with nutrition gardens and trees. Pump Aid aims to reach 275 households in Mzimba district, northern Malawi. progress reportread updates from the field
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Prevent Nigerian Mothers from Dying in Childbirth
Nigeria, Health
Funded £17,846 (of £25,453 requested)
An affordable generic 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. progress reportread updates from the field
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HIV/AIDS education for 20,000 Malawians
Malawi, Health
Funded £925 (of £1,500 requested)
Act4Africa deliver effective HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Programmes. £1500 will fund Bernard, a highly skilled trainer of trainers, for a year. He will train 60 trainers and reach 20,000 Malawians. progress reportread updates from the field
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Health Care and Water for 7,000 Gambians
Gambia, The, Health
Funded £4,936 (of £10,181 requested)
To provide African people in isolated communities with a means to access healthcare when it is needed; to be treated at home; to aid irrigation thereby improving nutrition and increasing income. progress reportread updates from the field
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Clean water and improved health for 1000 Kenyans
Kenya, Health
Funded £1,223 (of £3,129 requested)
Mustard Seed will build a well to provide clean water for 1000 people in Mgongeni a slum area of Mombasa. We shall also build a communal laundry next to the well where women can do their washing. progress reportread updates from the field
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Mobilizing Grassroots Health Workers
Kenya, Health
Funded £2,454 (of £5,671 requested)
Riders for Health's program in Kenya, staffed entirely by nationals, provides health workers with motorcycles and the training in riding, maintenance, and trip planning necessary to reach expectant mothers with prenatal care. The goal of this project is to raise $10,000 to cover 1 year's running costs for 10 motorcycles. This will enable health workers to reach thousands of people, scattered across dozens of communities, with regular care. progress reportread updates from the field
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"Special Andy"
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Health
Funded £907 (of £3,117 requested)
Supplying Andy with physical therapy, traditional medical treatment and supplies such as a special bed so that she can do exercise on her own. SEDA is raising funds to support Andy's treatment. progress reportread updates from the field
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Health Clinic in Rural Nepal - 2008
Nepal, Health
Funded £2,404 (of £7,635 requested)
This project supports one year's operating expenses for our new health clinic located in Thulo Syabru. The village of Thulo Syabru is located in the remote region of Rasuwa district, Nepal. progress reportread updates from the field
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Give clean water to communities in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, Health
Funded £1,084 (of £6,104 requested)
To build 5 Elephant Pumps and undertake pump maintenance community training sessions. Ensuring that the poor rural communities of Masvingo have access to clean and safe water, for life. progress reportread updates from the field
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Bed Nets for Malaria Prevention in Tanzania
Tanzania, United Republic of, Health
Funded £6,359 (of £35,634 requested)
This project provides life saving insecticide treated bed nets to women and children at risk for malaria. progress reportread updates from the field
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Build 14 new homes for indigenous tribes in India
India, Health
Funded £1,377 (of £15,499 requested)
The basic living conditions of the Kattunayaka and Paniya tribes leads to poor health and disease. Working together we will build 14 new homes which will ease their poverty and suffering. progress reportread updates from the field
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Bringing clean water to 13,000 people in Vietnam
Vietnam, Health
Funded £4,371 (of £46,833 requested)
This project provides 13,326 rural residents in three Vietnamese villages with access to clean water, which will greatly improve their hygienic and sanitary conditions. progress reportread updates from the field
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Securing the future for people with disabilities
Canada, Health
Funded £1,305 (of £17,817 requested)
Our goal is to ensure safe and secure futures for people with disabilities by developing Networks of Support, planning for the future and addressing the challenge of their isolation and loneliness. progress reportread updates from the field
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Fighting Trauma in Kenya
Kenya, Health
Funded £830 (of £10,423 requested)
The Moving Forward, Trauma Recovery project will aid in the recovery and personal development of children affected by the skirmishes in Kenya's 2007 presidential elections. progress reportread updates from the field
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Providing Access to Water for Families in Niger
Niger, Health
Funded £1,411 (of £25,453 requested)
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. progress reportread updates from the field
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Help Prevent Disease & Feed the Hungry in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, Health
Funded £538 (of £10,899 requested)
Zimbabwe is facing hyperinflation, rising food prices, the failure of the summer harvest, repeated droughts, an HIV pandemic and political turbulence. This crisis has affected an estimated 5 million. progress reportread updates from the field
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Support 130 TB Patients in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, Health
Funded £294 (of £9,464 requested)
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation helps 130 multi drug resistant tuberculosis patients in East Kazakhstan to complete their 18 month long treatment through psychological and social support. progress reportread updates from the field
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Access to traditional healthcare for the poor
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Health
Funded £117 (of £7,508 requested)
For the poor in rural Laos, healthcare is impossible to afford. This project seeks to improve rural health using traditional medicine as an avenue to educate and emphasize preventative treatments. progress reportread updates from the field
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Improve older people's lives in China
China, Health
Funded £402 (of £33,443 requested)
This project will improve the lives of thousands of older people in China, supporting them to stay active, earn a living and reach out to others in their communities. progress reportread updates from the field
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Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Mobile Clinic
South Africa, Health
Funded £273 (of £25,004 requested)
The "Tutu Tester" is a mobile clinic that takes sophisticated testing equipment and trained staff into areas which do not have adequate health facilities. progress reportread updates from the field
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Health care for 30,000 slum residents in Mali
Mali, Health
Funded £7,890 (of £7,367 requested)
This project will be provide 35% of the funding and technical consulting to catalyze a sustainable slum clinic for maternal and child health for 30,000 people. progress reportread updates from the field
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Fight HIV/AIDS by Empowering Women in South Africa
South Africa, Health
Funded £11,453 (of £9,433 requested)
Support, counseling, education and income-generating opportunities to help poor women with HIV/AIDS overcome such issues as stigma and lack of access to resources and treatment. progress reportread updates from the field
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Cleft Surgery for Poor Children in Bangladesh
Bangladesh, Health
Funded £8,737 (of £8,882 requested)
50 cleft surgeries will be performed in November 2011, following our successful mission last year. Help us give a new life to children born with cleft palates. progress reportread updates from the field
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Basic medical lab for rural health clinic in Thulo
Nepal, Health
Funded £21 (of £4,056 requested)
The Mountain Fund has opened a new medical clinic in Thulo Syabru, Nepal. This project will establish a basic medical laboratory within the clinic. progress reportread updates from the field
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Provide piped water to 5000 people in Uganda
Uganda, Health
Funded £9,885 (of £9,163 requested)
This project will provide 5000 people with motorised piped water through solar energy in rural Buwama. progress reportread updates from the field
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Improvement of Housing reduces Migration-Nigeria
Nigeria, Health
Funded £3,490 (of £2,773 requested)
In Igbeagu-Izzi poor housing is often the reason why specially young people are pushed to migrate. The "Housing Project IZZI" has developed massive lowcost familyhouses to improve the housing quality. progress reportread updates from the field
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Give 6 Malawian Marathoners a Chance to Run
Malawi, Health
Funded £3,004 (of £9,163 requested)
This project will provide 6 Malawian runners from rural villages a chance to compete in the Austin Marathon in February, and shoes & clothes for 100 additional runners from disadvantage communities.
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Eliminating Deadly Open Fires in Latin America
Guatemala, Health
Funded £12 (of £7,635 requested)
The ONIL Stove eliminates toxic smoke and vastly reduces burns/respiratory problems, and minimizes wood consumption up to 70%. The time saved in gathering wood allows for economic development.
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Mgongeni to Wage War on Malaria
Kenya, Health
Funded £0 (of £10,986 requested)
Malaria causes more deaths than any other disease. People are too poor to afford drugs MSP will provide mosquito nets, tackle the flood water where mosquitoes breed and train health workers.
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