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NICU Family Support provides educational materials and support to 5000+ families whose babies are struggling in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Will provide materials and support to a NICU family
	$50 - Will provide materials and support to 5 NICU families
	$100 - Will provide materials and support to 10 NICU families
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Provide piped water to 5000 people in Uganda

Uganda,

Health

This project will provide 5000 people with motorised piped water through solar energy in rural Buwama.

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How You Can Help:

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	$1,000 - Build the skills of 5 rural villagers in the operation and management of the water system.
	$2,000 - Promote hygiene and sanitation within the village.
	$5,173 - Will fully fund this project
	$ Other amount
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Stop Brain Drain of African AIDS Scientists

Uganda,

Health

Help build infrastructure and provide necessary local training so that scientists in Africa can do AIDS vaccine immunology work on site and have the opportunity for a career in their home country.

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How You Can Help:

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	$42 - keeps the power on at the site for 1 day
	$250 - pays for a ½ day of GCLP training for 1 person
	$500 - pays for an additional research workstation
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Family Planning for Guatemalans Living in Poverty

Guatemala,

Health ,

Project Challenge 2008 participant.

Provides poor, rural and indigenous Guatemalans with access to short and long-term family planning methods. Family planning allows couples to freely determine the number and spacing of their children.

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How You Can Help:

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	$15 - pays for 1 man to receive a vasectomy
	$50 - covers one year of Depo Provera injections for 4 women
	$70 - pays for 2 women to receive Jadelle implants, which protect against pregnancy for up to 5 years
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Micronutrients in Soymilk for 15,000 Kids-Orissa

India,

Health

This project provides 200ml of micro-nutrient enriched soymilk to 15,000 primary school students 6 days a week with 20 sets of non-electric equipment (VitaGoats) run by women's Self-Help Groups.

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	$10 - Micronutrients and deworming medicine for 100 children for 1 month
	$30 - Micronutrients and deworming medicine for 300 children for 1 month
	$50 - Single dose of Deworming medicine for 600 children
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Hurricane Medical Relief in Cuba

Cuba,

Health

In partnership with the World Health Organization, we will deliver medical equipment and supplies to Cuban hospitals gravely damaged by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - will provide 1 case of gloves or bandages
	$75 - can supply a nebulizer to treat asthma and respiratory conditions.
	$100 - will provide 5 refurbished blood pressure units.
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Mor-sand Filters for Oil Producing Communities

Nigeria,

Health

Our project aims to assist millions of households in oil producing communities in Nigeria to improve the quality of their drinking water through the use of our Mor-sand filter.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Pays for one input of the Moringa Oleifera (Mo) farmer.
	$50 - Buys a filter for a family.
	$1,000 - Creates job for one steel mold fabricator.
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One Trained Doctor Saves 250 AIDS Patients

Vietnam,

Health

Healthcare workers in developing countries will get coached by Western physicians to improve their clinical skills in caring for HIV/AIDS patients, thereby saving lives.

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	$1,000 - Saves the lives of 41 AIDS patients, teaches prevention to 830 people.
	$6,000 - Saves the lives of 250 AIDS patients, teaches prevention to 5,000 people.
	$12,000 - Saves the lives of 500 AIDS patients, teaches prevention to 10,000 people.
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Supplying Critical Water for Haitian Hospital

Haiti,

Health

Increase and improve the hospital's water supply by drilling a second well. This is a collaborative project between U.S. water engineers and workers from the Cap-Haitien community.

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How You Can Help:

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	$5,000 - Equipment and materials shipping.
	$7,000 - Well house to protect well and associated equipment.
	$7,500 - Pipe from well to storage tank, routed to avoid wastewater sources and biowaste piles.
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Prevent Disease: Vaccinate and Train Rural Malians

Mali,

Health

7,500 vaccinations are provided for mothers and children in rural villages. Training is provided in 24 remote villages to prevent disease, including: AIDS, malaria, hygiene, wound care and more.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Fully vaccinates 5 village children
	$112 - Provides health training for 24 health workers for an entire year.
	$820 - Vaccinates all women and children in an average-size village (811 people).
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