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Organization: Rural Healthcare Initiative
Country: Sierra Leone Year Established: 2015 Mission: To partner with rural communities in Sierra Leone to redevelop health care systems, and to overcome one of the world's highest rates of maternal and child mortality. Vision: Improving health and nutrition for mothers and children in Sierra Leone Focus Areas: Maternal and child health; Treatment of infectious diseases and child malnutrition Program Summary: We work to improve maternal and child health in rural Sierra Leone, a country with one of the highest rates of maternal and child mortality. We do this through operating Birth Waiting Homes, Mobile outreach clinics, child malnutrition program, trainings for CHW's and a food security program. Website: www.rhcimnsl.org |
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Organization: The Good Shepherd Foundation
Country: Haiti Year Established: 2010 Vision: A faith-based medical mission serving the people of Haiti. Dedicated to saving lives. Mission: Through the virtues of faith, compassion and hope, we strive to promote change – to better lives through medical intervention, care and education. Focus Areas: TGSF is focused on healthcare needs of the population and specifically women and children; we want to expand into healthcare education, nutrition, vaccinations and better hygiene through clean water access and latrines. Program Summary: TGSF provides healthcare services and medicine addressing the healthcare needs of 15 communities in the Grand Saline area of Haiti. We see over 600 patients monthly and are working to transform access to clean water and sanitation which will reduce many of the diseases caused by consuming, bathing and cooking with polluted water. Website: www.thegoodshepherdfoundation.org |
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Organization: A Grande Design
Country: Sierra Leone Year Established: 2017 Mission: To empower, educate, and integrate people on the margins of society and to teach them ideas on how to live more self-sufficient healthy lifestyles Focus Areas: Pre and Post Natal Care Program Summary: We are working to build a medical clinic in Fagoyah Village GBO Chiefdom BO District Website:www.agrandedesign.org |
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Organization: Wentz Medical Center
Country: Uganda Year Established: 2006 Mission: We care, Jesus Heals Focus Areas: Quality medical access for all through general outpatient care, maternity, lab services and medical outreaches Program Summary: We conduct medical camps around the country and we serve over 70,000 people annually Website: www.wentzmedicalcenter.org |
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Organization: Junior's Place of Hope
Country: Sierra Leone Year Established: 2019 Mission: To provide a safe place where children and young adults with special needs can learn and grow. We also support parents of African descent in the USA who have special needs kids on how to navigate the system. Vision: Supporting Children with autism and special needs Focus Areas: Disability Support Program Summary: We conduct medical camps around the country and we serve over 70,000 people annually Website: juniorsplaceofhope.com |
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Organization: Healey International Relief Foundation
Country: Sierra Leone Year Established: 2002 Mission: To improve the quality of life of vulnerable individuals and families in Sierra Leone Vision: Turning Scars into Stars in Sierra Leone Focus Areas: Health Systems Strengthening: Healey International Relief Foundation currently supports four hospitals and 10 clinics throughout Sierra Leone. Known as the Charity Health Network, these healthcare facilities are providing critical services to at-risk populations. Orphan & Vulnerable Children: HealeyIRF is currently supporting St. Mary’s-Fatima House Interim Care Center at River #2. Under the watchful eyes of Sisters Agatha and Felicia, 15 girls and 8 boys are now calling St. Mary’s-Fatima ICC home. We are providing the children shelter, food and education. A safe and nurturing environment for the children is our number one priority. Disaster Relief & Recovery: Providing immediate relief through food, blankets, clothing, and cash funds, our goal is to uplift affected communities and help them get back on their feet for the long-term. To increase our impact, along with Caritas Freetown, Tzu Chi Foundation, and Lanyi Foundation a consortium was formed, Partnering to Serve Humanity, which allows us to better coordinate our resources and provide a more effective response. Program Summary: Our projects are focused on helping those most in need by supporting crucial SDG, such as good-health and well-being, quality education, no poverty and zero hunger. Website: www.hirf.net |
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Organization: Global Birthing Home Foundation (Maison de Naissance)
Country: Haiti Year Established: 2004 Mission: To significantly reduce maternal and infant mortality rates in under-served communities. Vision: We believe every mother and every infant, regardless of skin color, country of origin, religion, economic or social status has access to high quality and culturally relevant healthcare – the foundation of healthy, empowered communities. Focus Areas: Comprehensive maternal and infant health care, nutrition, STD testing & treatment, disaster relief services Program Summary: We operate a maternal and infant health center providing comprehensive, professional care in an under-served region with a population of over 76,000 Website: globalbirthinghomefoundation.org |
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Organization: Maya Midwifery International
Country: Guatemala Year Established: 1999 Mission: To improve maternal child health outcomes by helping to prepare and sustain local midwives in their communities and helping them to have a voice in local and national policies which affect them. Focus Areas: Reproductive, Maternal, and Newborn Health Program Summary: Maya Midwifery International is a 501c3 charity dedicated to assisting indigenous Guatemalan midwives and other local health providers in addressing the many obstacles to effective and sustainable health care in their communities. Our model is based on listening to local concerns and addressing issues beyond training sessions and provision of services. It is one of material, economic, and cultural support, educational development, and community empowerment. Website: mayamidwifery.org |
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Organization: Miracle of Help
Country: Sierra Leone Year Established: 2018 Mission: Acting in accordance with the wishes of local communities, to bring health care to rural areas in need, in conjunction with establishing businesses, skills training, and interface with government officials. Vision: To have our project be a template for future projects to help create healthier and more prosperous communities across rural Sierra Leone. Focus Areas: Our immediate goal is to build an MCHP in Ngolahun, providing pre- and post-natal care to women and children under five, but we feel that the necessary infrastructure must be in place for it to succeed in the long term. We would like to expand into health care for the men and boys of the community as well. Program Summary: We refurbished a clinic in Ngolahun, in eastern Sierra Leone, and we run monthly clinics where we treat 200 - 300 people in three days with two doctors and two lab techs. We have also built a guest house for their visits. We have provided scholarships for a doctor, a nurse, and a midwife, who will give service back to the clinic. We built a workshop in Kenema to house the businesses that will support the hospital, including a restaurant that is starting to turn a profit. We have also installed wells, with storage tanks and solar pumps, in seven villages. We run re-feeding programs for severely and moderately malnourished children; we have treated 25 and are now treating another 27. Website: miracleofhelp.org |
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Organization: GoodBirth Network
Country: US, Peru, Mexico, Haiti, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Tanzania, India, Uganda, South Africa, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Guatemala, Indonesia, Nepal Year Established: 2015 Mission: Midwifery centers integrated into health systems, enabling the well being of all women and their families, especially in low resource communities. Vision: Midwifery Center Excellence Focus Areas: MCH, midwifery, midwifery centers, data collection, standards implementation Program Summary: Goodbirth network works toward midwifery centers, scattered throughout women’s communities globally, focusing on low resource areas, strengthening midwifery, health care systems and access to care for women by providing safe, quality and compassionate care. In the next 5 years we hope to enable this by the completion of a global data base of birth centers, implementation of standards of care at midwifery centers globally and data collection. We do this by supporting, mentoring , educating and promoting good birth practices utilizing the midwifery center model in low resource communities to promote accessibility of quality, respectful and compassionate women’s health. Website: goodbirth.net |
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Organization: CureAmericas
Country: Haiti, Guatemala, Kenya, Liberia, Bolivia Year Established: 1983 Mission: Partner with underserved communities to make measurable and sustainable improvements in their health and wellbeing. Vision: Bring Hope through Health: a world free of suffering from treatable and preventable causes Program Summary: We deploy postgraduate public health professionals to partner with communities in developing and implementing community-based life-saving public health programs and interventions, particularly those focused upon helping mothers and children survive. Website: curamericas.org |
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Organization: Mission of Hope Rotifunk
Country: Sierra Leone Year Established: 2015 Mission: Saving and Changing the Lives of Mothers and Children Vision: To share God’s love with the people of Sierra Leone by facilitating a self-sustainable, high quality and fully functioning health care facility and community health care program that serves Rotifunk Township and the surrounding area. Program Summary: We support 50-bed maternity and child hospital in rural community serving 145,000 people Website: www.rotifunk.org |
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Organization: Hope Foundation
Country: Bangladesh Year Established: 1999 Mission: to provide quality health services to the most marginalized population in rural Bangladesh using education, community outreach, and the provision of compassionate health care. Focus Areas: Maternal and Child Health Program Summary: We provide high quality maternal health care in southern Bangladesh, including the Rohingya Refugee Camps. Website: hopefoundationbd.org |
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