Fuel Cookie: Save Lives by Eliminating Deadly Cooking Smoke
Globally 491 people die each hour due to deadly cooking smoke. Help a Bhutanese family access the most affordable cooking energy solution ever! Key Benefits: Saving lives by eliminating…
Casa Guatemala
Casa Guatemala is a self-contained children’s village, located in the midst of the Guatemalan jungle on the banks of the river Rio Dulce. The village includes, among other things, living…
mothers2mothers: helping mothers, saving babies
Every day, 1,000 babies in Africa are born with HIV – compared to one a day in the US and Europe. There is global consensus that mother-to-child transmission of HIV…
Visionspring: Affordable eyeglasses for the working poor and their families
Uncorrected vision loss prevents people from living independent lives. Without eyeglasses, artisans cannot see their goods, shopkeepers cannot manage accounts and children cannot see the blackboard. A drop in productivity…
Riders for health: transport for sustainable healthcare delivery
Every year 8.8 million children under five years of age die from causes that are largely preventable and diseases that are easily curable. Across Africa, health workers have the expertise…
Apopo: Training detection HEROrats to save lives
There are still many millions of active landmines in more than 60 countries causing life-threatening accidents. Most of the victims are children. Apopo trains HeroRATs to save lives and limbs…
Amazon Conservation Team: Changing the landscape of conservation
The Amazon River basin encompasses more than 50% of the world’s remaining tropical forests and contains the richest biodiversity on Earth. However, 20% of these forests have been destroyed. Fortunately,…
Operation Asha: dramatic results in TB treatment
Approximately 25% of cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the world is found in India and the disease is particularly prevalent in the poorest sectors of the country. OpASHA has taken…
Partners in health: Partnering with poor communities to combat disease and poverty
Access to health care and psychosocial services should not be a privilege but a right for any person regardless of his/her ability to pay. Partners in Health (PIH) is committed…
Associacao Saude Crianca: Holistic health solutions for the poor
Childhood illness in the context of poverty is more than a simple matter of biology. It is caused and perpetuated by all of the social and environmental conditions in which…