Maji Mazuri, which means “good water” in Swahili, strives to allievate poverty by empowering people to transform their own lives. Through building cross-continental awareness we hope to bring a voice to the world’s poor; people who suffer because they lack the simple resources they need to escape the bondage of poverty and become self-sustaining. Our goal is provide basic tools and critical assistance to help people improve their lives in a meaningful way and end the cycle of poverty.
Want to get involved? Contact info [at] majimazuri.org. We are always looking for people who crave a challenge but also have a passion for helping others. Through your participation, we can successfully accomplish our goal of enlisting a new generation of committed global citizens who want to make a difference. Let’s bring more transformational opportunities to those in the impoverished slums of Mathare Valley and beyond. To learn more visit www.majimazuri.org
ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL ACCESS
The mission of the Alliance for Pharmaceutical Access, Inc. is to provide access to prescription medications through online patient assistance programs. The goal is to bridge the barriers (technology, language, literacy levels) experienced by the uninsured, low, and very-low income community to secure costly medications in coordination and partnership with their health care providers. To learn more visit Alliancepa.info
HEROES AGAINST DIABETES IN AFRICA
Heroes Against Diabetes in Africa was founded by the parents of a child with diabetes. Diabetes is a devastating disease that inflicts enormous healthcare costs on a nation and untold pain and suffering on millions of people. For people living with diabetes in Africa and other developing regions of the world, the consequence of poor access to health care is an extremely high risk of complications and early death. For a child with type 1 diabetes, the mortality rate is as high as a few weeks. Children with diabetes suffer because insulin and other diabetes supplies are not affordable. Scarce family resources are diverted to purchasing medication and medical care for the child, often depriving the other siblings their basic necessities.
It takes $2 a day to support a child with diabetes in Kenya. This covers the cost of insulin, strips, syringes, lancets, home visits, HBA1C and bi-annual check-ups. The annual cost per child is approximately $440. Additionally, we see the potential in salvaging useable products and equipment that would otherwise end up wasted in a US land fill. To learn more about how you can get involved visit Hadia.info
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