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BRAC’s Community Health Promoters (CHPs) are the first point of contact between the community members and the public and private health provider’s network. more Your gift focuses on the simple hygiene needs of people who’ve lost everything. Hand and body soap, sanitary napkins, laundry soap, a toothbrush, cotton gauze, and a small towel are people’s first line of defense against disease. more The sturdy solar powered, wind-up Lifeline radio you will give will provide children with sustained access to programs which will explain the HIV virus, especially how it affects the body and how it can be contracted; It will tell them about AIDS prevention and treatment and warn them of dangerous for vulnerable chi... more This gift will pay for a community organizer to work with a remote West African village for 3 months — building relationships with community leaders and providing information about women’s right to lifesaving maternity care. more Your donation will help support Plaza Sésamo, the Mexican version of Sesame Street, and its “Healthy Habits for Life" initiative. The acclaimed Spanish-language television series for preschool children depicts a colorful neighborhood, the Plaza, which is home to a mix of families, children, and Muppets. more This gift will pay for 130 children to receive health and sanitation education classes. We are constructing five community spring water catchment systems and pit latrines for individual households and the local elementary school, and providing health education, community development and technical training. more Your gift of $250 will enable two Vision Entrepreneurs to conduct a vision screening camp by supplying marketing materials, reading glasses for the village, and transportation to the village. more The gift will help pay for the medicines and nutritional supplements used in our Therapeutic Feeding Centers to nurse a malnourished child back to health. It will allow us to save the life of another one of our young beneficiaries. more The Global Health Council, for many years, creates a bridge between Congress and global health programs to make sure that our legislators know what is needed to improve the lives of the world’s poor. The Global Health Council, working with its members, serves as a strong voice for civil society in Washington. more For $240, you can gift the gift of surgery and give a child the chance to lead life free of deformity. more With your help, students and staff at each of two School for Field Studies environmental research centers will join with community members four times a year to clean up local beaches. more AMREF trains thousands of doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, and community health workers (CORPs) every year. more |