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Health

The Winter Warmth Appeal gives blankets and warm clothing directly to families and children who live on the streets and in desperately poor communities in Bihar India

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Buys a warm woolen double size blanket
	$20 - Buys 10 warm scarves and mufflers
	$30 - Buys 10 warm woolen children's hats
	$40 - Buys 10 warm children's gloves
	$50 - Provides a Hot meal for 50 Street Children
	$60 - Buys 10 warm woolen children's sweaters
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	$ Other amount
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Tibetan Natural Birth and Health Training Center

China,

Health

The center will provide safe, affordable, linguistically & culturally appropriate health services & health education and will serve as a training facility for community midwives & health educators.

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	$65 - Provides delivery kits for safe home births.
	$120 - Trains community midwives and health educators.
	$500 - Builds the first Mother and Child Birth and Health Center in Tibet.
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Support HIV Prevention Tools for Women in Africa

Uganda,

Health

Women bear the brunt of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, where their increased biological & social vulnerability fuels the epidemic. A vaccine would be among the most powerful health & equity tools ever.

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How You Can Help:

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	$20 - Pays for a 1 piece of small equipment (ex: stethoscope/blood pressure machine) for a field clinic
	$138 - Pays for 1 box of 100 HIV Rapid Test Kits
	$500 - Contributes to the salary for an AIDS vaccine researcher
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Saving Mothers' Lives in Rural Tanzania

Tanzania,

Health

A low-cost, off-patent drug stops postpartum hemorrhage. Thousands of women's lives can be saved by making it available to traditional midwives through local businesses in developing countries.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Provides medicine to stop hemorrhages after childbirth for 5 women.
	$10 - Educates a traditional midwife to use misoprostol.
	$150 - Provides medicine to stop hemorrhages after childbirth for 100 women.
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Health Care and Water for 7,000 Gambians

Gambia, The,

Health

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.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Provides 5 spark plugs to cover 30,000 kilometers.
	$10 - Provides a brake cable to cover 36,000 kilometers.
	$35 - Provides a tire to cover 15,000 kilometers.
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Health care for 30,000 slum residents in Mali

Mali,

Health

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.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Buys 5 mosquito nets to prevent malaria
	$50 - Buys childhood vaccinations and prenatal care for 20 people
	$100 - Buys all the consultation, vaccination, and birth registry books for a year
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Help Afghan Women Deliver Healthy Babies Safely

Afghanistan,

Health

Reduce maternal and infant mortality rates with reproductive health care and education. Help 12,000 women access pre- and post-natal care, protecting their health during pregnancy and delivery.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - 20 women will have improved quality of life through reproductive healthcare and education
	$50 - 40 women will have healthier babies because of reproductive healthcare and education
	$85 - One woman will be trained as a community health worker and will assist 9,000 women annually
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Mobile HIV Testing and Counseling Outreach Teams

Uganda,

Health

This project would increase the number of HIV testing and counseling outreach teams for the communities around the AIDS vaccine study sites in Entebbe, Uganda.

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How You Can Help:

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	$12 - Provides HIV testing and counseling for 3 people.
	$185 - Pays for 1 outing of a mobile unit serving 50 people.
	$750 - Pays for 1 month of VCT services for more than 200 people.
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Support CFWshops in Kenya and Save Lives

Kenya,

Health

CFWshops is a pioneering franchise network of basic medical clinics & drug shops in Kenya, each owned & operated by a Kenyan nurse or community health worker, preventing & treating prevalent diseases.

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How You Can Help:

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	$20 - Distribute 20 insecticide-treated bednets to prevent malaria
	$100 - Provide 50+ people with access to high-quality antibiotics
	$5,500 - Adopt a CFWshops outlet for 1 year to serve 5000+ patients; adoption pays for ongoing franchisor support.
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	$ Other amount
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