What greater gift could you or your loved one receive than to know that you have literally put a smile on a child's face? And, it's so simple! When AMREF surgeons perform the procedure, the child receives a new smile and the chance for a better future. Gone is the stigma, fear and misunderstanding because of the cleft. What is more, AMREF's surgeons use every...

AMREF trains nurses and midwives how to properly manage a woman in labor, how to prevent hemorrhage and infection, and how to recognize when she needs a caesarean section and must be taken to a hospital. They are also trained in proper care of newborns: how to cut and tie the umbilical cord, to warm the baby, and to encourage the mother to breastfeed immediately,...

Community Drug Distributors (CDD) are volunteers who have been trained to identify the symptoms of malaria and dispense the proper medication. They also educate the community at weddings, funerals and other gatherings about the proper use of malaria medication and insecticide treated nets. This way the community is empowered to fight malaria. Your gift will provide a bicycle for a CDD, enabling her to cover...

Your generous gift of "asthma control" will provide asthma education books for children and their parents in schools and daycare centers. AAFA’s validated health education programs, “You Can Control Asthma," Wee Wheezers" and “ACT-Asthma Control and Training" have helped thousands of families learn about asthma management, prevention and treatment so they can live a “life without limits."

Your generous gift will provide educational information for children with food allergies and their parents, teachers and others. AAFA’s quality health information help children with food allergies and their families learn about food allergy management, prevention and treatment so they can live a “life without limits."

BRAC’s Community Health Promoters (CHPs) are the first point of contact between the community members and the public and private health provider’s network. Every month, a CHP visits 200 households—reaching roughly 1,000 individuals—and provides health education, free pregnancy and infant check-ups, and keeps a record of their clients’ health so they can be referred to a doctor as needed. Your $10 gift can support a...

This gift will provide support to help one homeless person build the skills needed to find living wage work. Assistance will be given as needed by the individual, and may include tuition for community college courses, enrollment in special training, study materials, transportation, or work materials or clothing. It may also include health or mental health services needed to help a disabled individual participate in...

Youth are the very best advocates for their own tobacco-free futures. Our Youth Advocates are true leaders at every level, serving the role of spokespersons, organizers, and liaisons to state and national programs. Youth Advocates participate in our annual Youth Advocacy Symposium in the nation's capital, where they learn to organize creative activism and public education campaigns that directly influence state and federal policy priorities....

Kick Butts Day is the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' annual celebration of youth leadership and activism, when thousands of kids around the world will stand out, speak up and seize control in the fight against Big Tobacco. KBD educates kids about the dangers of tobacco, while giving youth the tools to take matters into their own hands and achieve real results in tobacco prevention, control...

Your donation can send an Action Alert to a network of more than 120,000 E-Champions. E-Champions respond to Action Alerts by reaching out to elected officials and advocating on behalf of the public health community. They take action on a variety of local, state and federal issues by writing letters to the editor of their local paper, participating in virtual protests and call-in days, petitioning...

Your gift of $12 will provide Vitamin A and de-worming medications to 10 children, promoting healthy growth and reduced malnutrition rates throughout the entire community. These two micronutrients can transform a child’s health and provide thousands of children with brighter futures.

The Feminist Majority Foundation runs the only Mifepristone Compassionate Use Program in the country. Our program serves as the only hope for many critically ill patients, mostly women, who have exhausted all standard therapies, including chemotherapy, surgery and radiation. Mifepristone is a life line for these women, and some men, some of whom have depended on this drug for over a decade. Since the program’s...

The Feminist Majority Foundation’s National Clinic Access Project is the oldest and largest clinic defense program in the country, working to keep women’s health clinics open in the face of violence and intimidation, and to bring anti-abortion terrorists to justice. We work with some 587 independent women’s health clinics. FMF clinic defense organizers regularly provide assistance to local communities and clinics that have been singled...

Your donation will allow one of the Benetech Human Rights Program humanitarian statisticians or engineers to work for an hour towards discovering the truth about the violent pasts of nations around the world in a scientifically-defensible manner. Currently we are analyzing mass human rights violations in South America, Asia and Africa. Since 1991, staff of the Benetech Human Rights Program have lead the application of...

$36 ensures that women like Helene learn the importance of breastfeeding.

Your donation will help thousands of pregnant women realize safe and healthy pregnancies by training ten OB/GYNs on how to better serve patients who are pregnant and their newborns. Through the FVPF’s advanced training programs OB/GYNs are trained on how to recognize signs of abuse and how to move pregnant victims in crisis to services for help. Your contribution will allow for greater education and...

This gift will provide supportive publications that speak specifically to the patients and their families needs to address the issue of suffering and dealing with pain and loss. These publications also provide inspiration, comfort, and solace to those who face such a difficult diagnosis.

Our Tiny Books of Healing have proven to be very effective in comforting the suffering of those who so desperately need it. This gift will provide supportive publications that speak specifically to the patients and their families needs to address the issue of suffering and dealing with pain and loss. These publications also provide inspiration, comfort, and solace to those who face such a difficult...

This gift will provide a 2 hour consultation to a hospital, hospice, or care facility. He have set up over 40 healing environments at facilities all across the country. These range from meditation rooms, to bereavement centers, to simply a common room for those faced with suffering to commune and take heart in the beauty and peace of their surroundings.

This gift will provide a Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Guidebook to one underserved family. A tool that is easy to use and focuses on simple, healthier choices. Based on the 8 Habits of Healthy Kids, it provides quick and easy recipes, shopping and cost-saving checklists, cooking together and healthy eating in and out of the home.