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AMREF is an international African NGO headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Their mission is to improve the health of disadvantaged people in Africa. AMREF also incorporates the Flying Doctor Service which airlifts medical services to isolated communities and provides emergency evacuations.
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Providing health and spreading hope is the mission of Health Partners International of Canada (HPIC), a Canadian humanitarian organization that sent its first shipment of medical aid in 1990. HPIC has shipped more than $195 million (wholesale value) in donated medicines, vaccines, medical supplies and devices since 1990. It partners with Canadian companies and individuals from across the country to provide medical aid. HPIC improves the health and lives of children and adults in the developing world. Historically, every donated dollar has helped Canadians deliver at least $10 in medical aid to the most vulnerable. |
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Over the past four years, ICROSS Canada has sent over five tons of medical supplies to people in developing countries. Much of these supplies would have been thrown away yet have found new life in developing countries. Many supplies were donated by concerned individuals. ICROSS’s goal is to reach the poorest of the poor worldwide, regardless of their race, gender, religion, education level, or disease process. |
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Compassionate Resource Warehouse, based in Victoria, BC, Canada, collects vital and much-needed supplies and ships them to Third World nations around the globe. Dedicated volunteers provide the personnel to acquire and ship these goods to the world’s neediest. |
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Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force |
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This task force has been trying to save Zimbabwe’s magnificent wildlife from poachers. As a consequence of the actions by President Robert Mugabe and his government, the infrastructure of the country has fallen apart. Organized poaching operations are killing rare big game including black rhinos. The task force is working hard to save the country’s wild life and uses donations for essentials like fuel. |
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Tanzania Missionaries of Charity Orphanage |
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This orphanage is managed by the Missionaries of Charity (Congregation of Mother Theresa) based in Mburahati in Kinondoni District - Dar es Salaam. They work under the Catholic Church's Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC). This orphanage started in 1978 and has been taking care of orphans from one day old up to the time they are ready to be self reliant. The congregation also takes care of children with cerebral palsy and elderly male and female who do not have relatives to look after them.
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Kurasini National Children’s Home |
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The Kurasini National Children’s Home was established in Tanzania in 1966 by an NGO and became under Government management in 1968. It takes care of abandoned children, children whose parents are in prison, disabled abandoned children picked from roadsides and orphans. The home is expected to provide all basic needs of these children but the center receives very small budgets from the government. Currently there are 93 children (38 female and 55 male) aged between 2 and 22 years. The home has family reunification programmes; resettlement programmes for the youth; foster care and adoption programmes.
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The Yatima Group Trust Fund |
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The Yatima Group Trust Fund is a children’s home in Tanzania managed by an NGO since 2001. The home has 116 children (60 female and 56 male) aged between one year and 17 years. Most of the children at the center are orphans who lost their parents from AIDS. They receive basic needs and most of their running costs come from individuals and charities.
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Tumanini was started 2 years ago by the Presbyterian Community. Tumanini is a church sponsored home and receives very little support from the Kenyan government (approx. 250, 000 Ksh in 2005). Tumanini is home to 142 children; 56 boys and 86 girls. There are 28 boys & 51 girls in secondary; 27 boys and 30 girls in primary school. The home assists with school fees
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Dr. Scott Kellermann, a family physician and specialist in tropical medicine answered the call for assistance for the Batwa that he saw on the Episcopal Medical Missions Foundation website. Scott and his wife, Carol, are members of Trinity Episcopal Church in Nevada City, California. They are seasoned medical missionaries with experience in Asia, Africa, and Central America. The Kellermanns traveled to Uganda in the fall of 2001 to survey the medical needs and returned to minister full time to the Batwa pygmies in southern Uganda. For more information, visit The Kellermann Foundation. |
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Ve'ahavta, The Canadian Jewish Humanitarian & Relief Committee is a registered non-profit organization based in Toronto. Over their ten-year history, they have developed the infrastructure and expertise to implement international and local projects that are seen as models to be replicated in other parts of the world. As an organization that is firmly rooted in Jewish faith, history and tradition, they have developed relationships and partnerships between Jewish and non-Jewish communities, including the Cuban and Argentinean Jewish communities, the Somali and First Nations communities in Toronto, with the Lions Club of Guyana, the Salvation Army in Zimbabwe, and others. |
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Reservations Africa’s School Project started as a project to build a school in a small rural area near Kruger National Park in South Africa. The project was a success and the school opened in May of 2002. The support for this school continued and the movement continues to grow. Please visit their website and read the story of their School Project. Donations can be made to support this project or for building their second school. |
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HELP PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE |
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Since an initial visit to Uganda in 1998, two families learned the importance of education in countries like Uganda and decided to do something about it. Without the opportunity to attend even a basic level of education, the chance of breaking the cycle of subsistence is minimal. Many children in Uganda dream of the opportunity to attend school. The New Hope Schools Society intends to help the children of Busabaga Village accomplish their dreams and bring a new sense of hope through the building of a new primary school. |
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Local residents Gerald Hartwig and his daughter Nicole are building an orphanage in Ghana. After a life changing trip to Africa, Nicole embarked on this ambitious project with the support of her family. She commented on her trip, “I knew I would see poverty and suffering, but they were the most amazing people in the world and all they needed was a little help to get in the right direction.” |
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New Life Orphanage |
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Atsikana Pa Ulendo (APU) is a Malawi/Canada organization dedicated to helping young Malawian women achieve self-sufficiency through education. While donations are welcome, interested individuals may also choose to visit their virtual store to buy school supplies for the school or volunteer their time to organize a fundraiser or event. |
