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The world's poorest children are at highest risk of the world's most expensive injuries -- burns and amputations. These sudden, life-changing trauma injuries can happen in a second without warning but require a lifetime of support. The world has ample resources in the form of medical care, rehabilitation therapy, and psychosocial support for trauma survivors, but it is not getting to the children who need it most. HandReach is working to bring together the best hands in the world to promote healing, rehabilitation, and the full development of human potential among the world's poorest and most badly-injured children. HandReach works at three levels: 1) Individuals: We facilitate the sharing of best practices across countries and institutions by educating clinicians, therapists, parents, and healers of all kinds. We also work to bring acute, reconstructive, and psychosocial care to children who are in great need of surgery or rehabilitation therapy that their families cannot possibly afford. 2) Institutions: We facilitate international clinics, sponsor training, develop technological resources, and arrange for the donation of needed equipment and supplies so that institutions can maximize their ability to treat complex injuries and promote full rehabilitation for children, regardless of income. 3) Society: We advocate for the needs of the poor to promote greater access to medical care, education, safer products, building materials, and work practices, and a place in society that includes greater access and acceptance for people with physical differences. We are working to develop a free international database of best practices in pediatric burn care and orthopedic rehabilitation that allows doctors and therapists to consult across the world on cases. This online resource database will be readily translatable into any language and provide short, detailed videos that address various aspects of excellent burn and orthopedic care -- from skin grafting to splinting to prosthetics to psychological support for children and families. If a child is burned in China, for instance, her doctor can provide details about the case, consult live expert clinicians internationally, and be directed to easily downloadable videos in Chinese to share with staff and the patient's family. HandReach's work would then be to spread the word of this database and foster face-to-face contact between clinics worldwide. HandReach's dream is for there to be nowhere in the world a child can be injured that is out of reach of excellent medical care and psychosocial support.
Kusewera’s mission is to empower and educate children in Malawi, Africa through active and creative PLAY. We encourage community-driven development in all areas which include education, health and sustainability. We organize activities such as sports, dance, music and art and also in health, agriculture, literacy and more.
South American Initiative is currently addressing the political, health and social crisis in Venezuela by stepping up its efforts to aid and feed starving children and adults across Venezuela and other countries in South America.
Fertilis Terrae works throughout the Caribbean and Latin America using compassionate, cost-effective, evidence-based and scalable interventions to create an environment where people can thrive, and sustainable business ideas can become reality.
TO RESPOND TO FIRE, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE 16 SQUARE MILE AREA OF THE TOWN OF BODEGA, CALIFORNIA, AND PROVIDE AUTOMATIC AND MUTUAL AID TO THE COMMUNITIES OF BODEGA BAY, VALLEY FORD, OCCIDENTAL, BLOOMFIELD, TWO ROCK AND FREESTONE.
Global Village Champions Foundation strives to become the undisputed world leader in private, humanitarian delivery of nutrition to needy persons everywhere, sustaining human life and helping to eradicate hunger from the face of the earth.
American Conservation Experience (ACE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing rewarding environmental service opportunities that harness the idealism and energy of a volunteer labor force to help restore America’s public lands. ACE is grounded in the philosophy that cooperative labor on meaningful conservation projects fosters cross-cultural understanding and operates on the belief that challenging volunteer service unites people of all backgrounds in common cause.
In Haiti women and children spend 1/4 of their lives carrying water, yet consume only 3 liters per day. (the US=500 lpd). We turn rainwater into life by dramatically improving health and hygiene .
Training and preparing nonprofits and faith based organizations to be disaster resilient and building partnerships with local government to include nonprofits in preparedness and planning.
The Office Depot Foundation's mission is "Listen Learn Care." The Foundation supports its mission through three primary strategic priorities: - Giving children tools to succeed in school … and in life. - Building the capacity of non-profit organizations through collaboration and innovation. - Helping communities prepare for disasters, as well as recovering and rebuilding afterwards.