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Fighting AIDS through income generating projects in Kenya

Kenya is home to over 42 million people, and has the 6th highest HIV prevalence rate in sub-Saharan Africa. It has an HIV prevalence rate of 6.3%, and more than 1.4 million Kenyans are living with HIV/AIDS. The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Kenya has been disproportionately impacting women. Roughly 3 out of...
Providing unemployed teens and rural youth with skills and training in Ghana

The aim of the project is to identify and support poor unemployed girls and women, particularly those under 18 years old, who are living below the poverty line and have engaged in social vices such as prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation, robbery, streetism and alms begging. The...
Support for Casa Cittadini Orphanage in the Philippines

CASA CITTADINI is a home for orphaned, abandoned and neglected girls. Following the examples of Blessed Caterina Cittadini – a woman who lived for God and who devoted all her life towards giving Christian education and development to young children – the Ursuline Sisters opened the doors of Casa...
Support Orphanage Development Centre in Congo

We are helping orphans and children from poor families to attend school in order to have a brighter future. After many years of war many children were orphaned and no one there to help them. In 2006, we decided to start a Centre for orphans at Rumangabo (45 miles from Goma) Fifty percent of the...
Operational funding and supplies for slum school in Nairobi, Kenya
We at Bright Vision Learning Centre are trying to help the less fortunate children who cannot afford education and would otherwise stay at home to help their parents make ends meet. We are looking for funds to help run the school since we cannot rely on fees from parents who are poor and...
Computers for new Community Information Center in rural Ghana

The Foundation is trying to help the needy and vulnerable children in rural Ghana. A primary school of about one hundred and eighty children have access to only seven computers not connected to the internet. In view of this, the Foundation is trying to bridge the digital divide in this rural Ghana....
Community-based family homes for orphans and vulnerable children in Bangalore, India
Reaching Hand have been working in the areas of rehabilitation of children from vulnerable communities by providing them a safe, protective environment where their basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter and education are met. The basic needs are critical at this point of time for the children...
Looking for Shipping Partner to Transport Supplies from US to Equatorial Guinea or Madagascar

The Ladybug Project is a 501c3 nonprofit which undertakes innovative social entrepreneurship in the African countries of Equatorial Guinea and Madagascar. Specifically, we focus on education and healthcare. Most of our projects involve capacity building and training, however, one of our first and...
Education center for orphanage in Andhra Pradesh, India

Faith Banjara Orphan Home is a Christian Indian NGO established in 2006 that works among rural and tribal areas on community development and awareness raising by sponsoring health programs, and safe water and sanitation projects. The organization helps orphans by providing food; shelter; education...
Funding & volunteers for Girls At Risk Support Unit (GARSU) in Uganda

Girl Child Network (GCN) UGANDA envisions a society where girls are empowered and enjoy their rights with support from whole communities so as to walk in the fullness of their potential. GCN: * Mobilizes whole communities to eradicate patriarchal structures that dominate homes, schools, and...
Eight new classrooms for disadvantaged children in Zambia
The issue we are resolving is providing education for the vulnerable children for their better future. We are a registered community-based organization in Zambia providing 1) education to disadvantaged children and 2) training in tailoring to widows and disadvantaged women. Our organization...
Bus & vocational training equipment needed in Eastern Cape South Africa

Cookhouse is located in in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and has a population of 10,000 people. Cookhouse is a town with the highest number of HIV / AIDS infections, vulnerable children, orphanages, etc. Currently, there is only one clinic serving the entire community and surrounding farms...
Eco camp and environmental education in Tanzania
The conditions in most rural areas in Tanzania prevent development to happen. Economic hardship, lack of knowledge and other structural difficulties lead families to act inefficiently and unaware which in turn reinforces their poverty and environmental depletion. Therefore, Ngeriv's main goals...
Safe drinking water for orphanage in Uthukottai, North Tamil Nadu

The main objective is to solve water crisis that hinders the daily activities of the children in our three homes for HIV-positive children and differently-abled children. ATSWA runs these homes in Uthukottai. A total of 243 children are accommodated in three homes. 122 girls, 74 boys and 47...
Vocational skills & jobs for vulnerable women and girls in Mukono district, Uganda
Literacy Aid Uganda is a non-governmental and community based organization which was founded in 2000, in the central district of Uganda (Mukono district), after several outcries from women who needed help in knowing how to read and write. It provides basic adult education, advocates for the...
Life skills, food, & uniforms for orphaned children in Nairobi, Kenya

Orphanshop (Orphans and Needy Students Hope Programme) is a community-based group registered in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya which aims to support orphans and needy students by providing services, including provision of food, access to education, and vocational training and advice on HIV/AIDS...
Microfinance, water, and skill development in rural East Africa

Technological Empowerment for Africa (TEFA), started in 2009, is a non-profit organization in East Africa started as a Christian compassion social enterprise. TEFA is working to make a sustainable difference in the lives of the poorest people to overcome the barrier of marginalization by providing...
Centre for abused women and children in Meru, Kenya

Hakuna Matata, which means ‘’no worries, for the rest of your days’’, is a Kenyan NGO that is dedicated to supporting and providing care for orphans and abused women and children in the Meru/Isiolo area. Originally, Hakuna Matata was a shared vision between members of a Kenyan community who were...
Computer skills training project for children in West Bengal
As part of our mission "Unlock Child's Potential", Suri Natun Juger Pratyasha establishes and manages programmes in care, protection, and development of children in difficult circumstances (orphans and destitute children, children from broken homes; trafficked and abused children; street children...
Help needed to equip a primary school in Uganda

Quintos Primary School is a community school established by concerned parents in the Wakiso district who want children from poor backgrounds to have a quality education. These children, including orphans, cannot afford the cost of school fees, and there are many girls who drop out of school because...