poverty
Last updated by saroit on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 18:17.
GMB chapters travel to developing countries to perform health care in communities without access to medicine otherwise. The current emphasis is in Central America, where sustainable health care is provided to more than 40 villages. The NYU chapter will be serving the community near Nuevo Paraiso, Honduras.
Honduras is a small country in Central America, approximately the size of Tennessee, with a population upwards of 6.7 million people. It’s the second poorest country in Latin America, an estimated 80% of the population lives in poverty.
Last updated by slmosqueda on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 13:32.
We are helping save children from malnutrition worldwide as well as victims of natural disasters.
What we are really trying to do is get people excited about giving and helping make the world a little more pleasant.
Last updated by Jessicajorr on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 10:14.
•Current FACTS•
An updated Oxfam report also notes the following facts
(some numbers may be out of date and have gotten worse, but the sheer
scale of these numbers alone are shocking):
! More than two million people are internally displaced; of these, over 50
per cent are in eastern DRC. More than one million of the displaced have
received absolutely no outside assistance.
! It is estimated that up to 2.5 million people in DRC have died since the
outbreak of the war, many from preventable diseases.
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Last updated by Galen4est on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 18:43.
Swaziland has the highest concentration of HIV/AIDS in the world, with two-fifths of the adult population infected. The life expectancy there is 40 years, and in 2003, 17,000 deaths occurred due to AIDS. This constant devastation of the population has resulted in many households run entirely by children, and the number of orphans grows every day.
The goal of our project is to improve the educational facilities and programs within rural Swaziland. With the money that we acquire we will build a preschool for the children of the village, KaPhunga.
Last updated by kristenmg17 on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 12:18.
I plan to help the over one-million Darfurian refugees who have been forced to flee because of the genocide there. I also hope to bring a sharp awareness of this horrific, still-occuring event to the minds of political figures. I recgnize that aid to refugees is not a full solution to the genocide problem, but it will ease the suffering and transtion of many people.
Last updated by diana_loves on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 19:35.
In this world today, when we get thirsty, we reach for a glass of iced water. Unfortunately, in third world countries, conquering thirst is not as easy as for us Americans. Myself, I believe that this is unjust, and that the stratifyed social structure of this world has left the less fortunate countries without water that is fresh, crisp, and clean. People living near the Po River in Italy, the Ganges River in India, the Kwale in Kenya, and Lake Maricabo in Venezuela, are just a few of the countries that have water sources being contaminated by pollutants.
Last updated by brynaers on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 00:53.
I have just returned from an educational stay in South Africa where I taught in a colored township. During my stay in South Africa I realized how small the world is becoming. As the world gets smaller and more connected, we need to encourage our students to embrace diversity and understand different cultures. Many of my students in South Africa were severely impoverished with hopes and dreams. Everyday my students in South Africa experience poverty, hardship, abuse and so much more. Therefore I had the idea to do something different and special for students.
Last updated by cmueller on Sat, 04/19/2008 - 21:51.
OASIS (Outdoor Action for Social and Intrapersonal Stregth) is a project I am running at the Durham Nativity School in Durham, North Carolina. The Durham Nativity School is a nonprofit organization that provides free private school tuition to at-risk middle school students in the Durham area. OASIS is a supplemental retreat program for the students at this school. We take their students (approximately 15-35 students are expected to attend each retreat) on weekend long retreats to various areas that are relatively near (but outside of) the Durham area.
Last updated by CostaRicaEdFund on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 14:03.
As a 13 year old American, I take much for granted. I realized this even more so last year, as I went on vacation with my family to Costa Rica. It is a beatiful county, with friendly people. However, I was shocked to see the condition that some children live in. As we traveled trough I saw schools (which resemble what we use here as tool sheds)and children going to school with no shoes and no supplies. Since then I have wante dto do something about it and I am ready to act! This organization is now dedicated and commited to help those kids and teens.
Last updated by Erica Sampayo on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 22:19.
Mama Tina’s Resource Center seeks to meet the needs of impoverished children who have been orphaned or abandoned because of a variety of uncontrollable circumstances in Kisumu, Kenya. Mama Tina provides basic needs (food, shelter, education and health care) to these children.
