Search Results For Issue: Children and Youth
Access to Healthcare
In rural Western Kenya, access to health care is almost non-existent for a large share of the population. There are hospitals in some of the larger towns and in the cities, but the rural poor cannot get there, because their only means of transportati ... Read More
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AIDS Awareness
Project Harambee presents programs in the United States and in Africa to educate and raise awareness about the AIDS pandemic. Read More
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Alliance of Hope Adoption Programs
Adoption-Link is now working with Children’s Hope International (CHI), of St. Louis Missouri, to provide additional adoption opportunities to our prospective adoptive families. Children's Hope Internatioanl currently has adoption programs in Ethiop ... Read More
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Artisan Support
You are invited to be a part of this, to join these wonderful women as they continue to succeed and grow. MarketPlace would like to open opportunities to more women to achieve societal and economic dignity. Currently MarketPlace cooperatives facilita ... Read More
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Arzu Education
Arzu's social contract requires that all children under the age of 15, and at least one woman from each household attend education classes that cover literacy, basic numeracy and units on health, hygiene, nutrition and human rights. In 2006 we began ... Read More
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Arzu Healthcare
ARZU strategically focuses on addressing Afghanistan’s highest public health priority – lowering the maternal death rate. Our healthcare services include weekly visits by our health monitors to weavers’ homes, 4-wheel drive transportation to cl ... Read More
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Awassa Children's Center
Provides housing, education, career education training, healthcare and support to approximately 60 children, most of whom have been orphaned by AIDS. Read More
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Awassa Youth Campus
Provides a safe environment for youth in Awassa, and is home to One Love Theatre (AIDS Education, Landmine Awareness Training, environmental and female-rights issues), an Aikido Peace Dojo, and Children's Workshops based on sports, art, music and dan ... Read More
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Backpack Project
"Share hope. Send it in a backpack. " is our ongoing and growing international children's project, American schools, organizations, students and individuals donate gently used or new backpacks, new school supplies, and raise funds for shipping. Over ... Read More
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Bolivia: Project Ninos
The Center for Global Initiatives collaborated with the Flying Doctors of America in a pioneering and critical project. We were the first non-Bolivian group to be granted access to three Bolivian prisons. Hundreds of children live with their parent(s ... Read More
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Case Management Program
Due to a myriad of health, emotional and physical protection issues experienced by unaccompanied refugee children and youth, comprehensive case management support is necessary to ensure success in our other programs. Heshima Kenya provides the follow ... Read More
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Causes for Change Programs
Through outreach and education, Causes for Change International seeks to build strong communities by providing the tools for self-sufficiency. We supply medical assistance and training in health and economics to areas in need. We focus on children, w ... Read More
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Chances by Choice
Chances by Choice specializes in providing domestic and internationally born HIV exposed children, and the families who support them, the resources to thrive. Chances by Choice takes a multi-dimensional approach to providing life enhancing services f ... Read More
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Changing Communities
Play for Peace is all about change—changing the way people relate to each other.
Our objectives:
- To promote positive relationships among the people of societies in conflict.
- To foster leaders for peace around the world.< ... Read More
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Chicago Council on Global Affairs General Programming
With more than 150 programs and events every year, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs delivers a diverse and balanced spectrum of programming related to international relations, global issues, and U.S. foreign policy. Programs range from renown ... Read More
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Chicago Youth for the Millennium Development Goals (CYMDG)
End poverty by 2015-this is the hope of the Millennium Development Goals. Chicago Youth for the Millennium Development Goals (CYMDG) is CASID's global education initiative. CYMDG educates students about critical problems facing populations in the wor ... Read More
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Children and Education
Coprodeli offers first level outreach prevention to children and teenagers who live in abusive or otherwise detrimental environments. The cornerstone of this effort is the NAR/Children at High Risk preventive health program. NAR consists of 2 residen ... Read More
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Children's Education Programs
Although Sierra Leone now has a policy in place to give every child free primary education; overcrowding, lack of trained teachers, lack of paying teacher salaries and many other problems still plague the public school system. LemonAid Fund works wit ... Read More
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Comprehensive HIV health care and women's empowerment
We care about HIV-positive women, and we act. WE-ACTx is an international community-based initiative launched by frontline AIDS physicians, activists and researchers with extensive experience in caring and advocating for HIV-positive women. With you ... Read More
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Days of Interfaith Youth Service
The Days of Interfaith Youth Service (DIYS) grew out of a vision from the first National Conference on Interfaith Youth Work in 2003. By 2006, DIYS was an international event, pairing community service and interfaith dialogue. Boasting thirty-four ... Read More
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Developing Country Honorary Membership Program
ISPCAN invites applications and nominations for Honorary Memberships Awards given to child abuse and neglect prevention professionals working in developing countries. Awardees will receive all ISPCAN benefits for two years, including subscriptions to ... Read More
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Development / Sadaqa Jariyah
Beyond immediate emergency relief, we must enable men and women to change their social conditions once and for all. In order to achieve this, now is the time to turn our efforts towards long-term development projects that ensure individual and commun ... Read More
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Economic Self-Sufficiency
Micro-loans are at the heart of the Ember Project. Grandparents decide for themselves what is feasible in beginning a small business for themselves. Ember helps them to choose what they might do to earn money for themselves so they can afford to rais ... Read More
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Education
We believe that education is a human right. Children are born into this world as eager learners and it is our duty to provide them with every opportunity for education. UNICEF estimates that over 120 million children worldwide are not receiving an ed ... Read More
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Education in Albania
A model elementary school has been created in Pogradec to not only provide children a quality education unparalled in Albania, but also to train Albanian educators in modern education methodology. Teachers from across Albania have been trained in th ... Read More
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Education Mission
The Education Mission is a partnership in Cochabamba, Bolivia with teachers and student teachers who teach English to the poor. Our missioners provide seminars, team teach and sharpen their Spanish skills while delving into Latin American culture. Th ... Read More
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Educational Support
RISE provides educational support through training workshops conducted by teams who travel with RISE to Angola on a Pilgrimage of Service. AIDS education and prevention is also taught through the It Takes Courage! curriculum. Leaders and teachers are ... Read More
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Emergency Relief
Disaster strikes at any time and without warning an entire family, town or nation can be devastated by natural or man-made disasters. It is a great mission that we undertake to help those who have been displaced either physically, financially or both ... Read More
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Foundation for Children in Need
The Foundation helps provide shelter, education, clean water, medical care, and clothing for thousands of individuals, from children and students to elderly. A reforestation project is planting trees as well. Read More
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Global Partnerships
Woodstock Institute provides technical assistance internationally to organizations seeking to bring mainstream financial resources to underserved communities effectively and affordably. Likewise, Woodstock Institute’s international research seeks to ... Read More
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Grandparents Working Together
From living in rural isolation believing that they were alone in their struggles to provide for grandchildren, the Ember grandparents are now organized into groups where they find support from each other. Read More
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Haiti Adoption Program
We work with a wonderful organization in Haiti called Foundation de L'Enfant Jesus. There are two beautiful facilities located near Kenskoff and Lamardelle, Haiti that are home to healthy children and HIV+ children. Since the earthquake, all of the c ... Read More
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Heshima Safe House
Heshima Kenya’s Safe House provides temporary shelter to unaccompanied refugee children and youth, and on an exceptional basis, vulnerable refugee women who are experiencing homelessness or significant protection issues related to sexual gender bas ... Read More
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HIV/AIDS Education in China
PTE was founded in April of 2005 with the mission to bring HIV/AIDS education to China's youth. We do this by developing school based HIV/AIDS education curriculum and running a teacher training program. Read More
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HIV/AIDS Prevention
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HIV/AIDS Testing, Education, and Treatment
Though Mwangaza's focus is on the treatment of children with disabilities, we could no longer ignore the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Working together with Selian Hospital and the Arusha Community Church we have two children on antiretroviral treatmen ... Read More
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Holistic Resources to Mongu in the Western Province of Zambia
Agriculture
-Training, technical assistance and resource development in production and post harvest management for over 1000 rural farm families
-Development of agricultural business services to create markets for farmer crops
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Human Rights Law - Americas
The Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Program for Human Rights in the Americas began in 1992 with the first of a series of generous grants provided by the Jeanne M. and Joseph P. Sullivan Foundation. The Sullivan Program coordinates an array of human rights ... Read More
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IDP Rising Schools
IDP Rising Schools' mission is to transform the lives of impoverished children by providing them with a quality education in both urban and rural areas of Ghana through the combination of microfinance loans and capacity building services that are spe ... Read More
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Insurance
As the world leader in providing micro insurance, Opportunity International is poised to bring significant change to the world of microfinance and sustainable development. Opportunity began providing micro insurance to clients in Africa beginning in ... Read More
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Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries Youth Program
Of the 15 million refugees in the world, nearly half are children. Many have witnessed unspeakable horrors, lost loved ones, and have had to live in abject poverty. Unfamiliar with US culture and carrying the trauma they have experienced in their cou ... Read More
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International Network of Child Abuse Prevention Organizations - National Partner Program
In 1999 ISPCAN launched the National Partner Program, establishing affiliations with national child abuse and neglect prevention organizations around the world. The collaboration aims to further the common mission, goals and programs of ISPCAN and it ... Read More
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International Scholarship Program for Developing Country Professionals
ISPCAN sponsors numerous scholarships for leading professionals from developing nations to learn about child abuse and neglect and how to become leaders in their countries. Attendance at ISPCAN conferences and training events is valuable for learnin ... Read More
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Kumba HIV/AIDS Treatment Center
The Cameroon America AIDS Alliance (CAAA) HIV/AIDS Treatment Center in Cameroon has provided free HIV testing and treatment to hundreds of men, women and children since opening on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006. The clinic, based in Kumba, is direc ... Read More
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Matanya's Hope
Matanya's Hope is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty in Kenyan communities by offering educational opportunities to children who would otherwise have none and by assisting with projects critical to their survival. Read More
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Maternal and Child Health
The future health of our global family depends largely on the health of infants and children and their mothers, who act as primary care givers and educators. Women also play an important role in the health of communities and families by serving as mi ... Read More
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Medical Mission
The Medical Mission is a partnership between U.S. and Bolivian medical personnel, primarily surgical, who serve the poor in their critical health needs. On each mission trip, we provide roughly $60,000 worth of medical supplies, medicines and equipme ... Read More
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Nicaragua-Direct
We need almost anything that can be shipped or taken along to Nicaragua. More specifically: Basic, over the counter, Medicine - Bandages - Tooth Brushes and Paste - Wheel Chairs - Walkers and Canes. School Supplies: Pencils - Erasers - Rulers - ... Read More
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Orphan and Youth Initiatives
Our programs address the needs of OVC of all ages, including shelter, education, food security, access to health care, psycho-social support, and legal services. However, a significant number of our programs focus on providing services for orphaned ... Read More
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Outreach Education and Trainings Program
IFYC provides a variety of in-depth trainings around the world to equip young leaders, faith leaders, civic organizers and others to organize their own interfaith youth service projects. The program also seeks to educate the wider public on the impo ... Read More
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Partnering with Families
Education - Tuition support for deaf children and their siblings; school transportation costs.
Vocational Training - Capital investment in shoe repair business; tuition for one year of beauty school. Read More
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Post-Secondary Scholarship Support
Believing in the restorative power of education, Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization (CROSO) is dedicated to helping street children in Uganda by providing scholarships to fund their post-secondary education. Read More
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Preventative Healthcare
Coprodeli provides preventative healthcare and humanitarian aid to the most impoverished families in Peru. Doctors, dentists, lab technicians, and pharmacists from the United States, Europe, and Peru volunteer their time to improve and, in many cases ... Read More
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Primary and Secondary Education
Distribution of school kits, desks and chairs to primary schools. Read More
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Primary School Health Education
Mwangaza learned that many disabilities can be prevented through early treatment, education and improving health and hygiene. We have designed health education seminars for primary school students and teach these classes on a regular basis. Topics ... Read More
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Project CHAI
World Bicycle Relief in support of CHAI – the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative – provided 300 bicycles to people across six different countries to help specific HIV/AIDS initiatives in Africa. The bicycles were provided to healthcare workers ad ... Read More
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Project Intandane
Project Intandane provided a baseline study of the living conditions and circumstances of a sample of child-headed housholds in the high density suburbs of Bulawayo. It defined a child-headed family as one whose breadwinner is the eldest of the sibl ... Read More
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Project Safe Water
Linking Mine Action to Development Planning: Providing Mine Affected Communities Access to Clean Safe Water
Objectives:
-Provide families in mine-affected communities access to clean water
-Improve the overall health of the comm ... Read More
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Project Zambia
World Bicycle Relief has partnered with a USAID-funded, World Vision-led coalition of relief organizations to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Zambia. We will provide 23,000 bicycles to community home-based care volunteers, disease prevention educators ... Read More
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Radio Arte Webcast
Radio Arte, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art, is an educational radio station that has served the Pilsen/ Little Village neighborhood of Chicago for over 10 years. Radio Arte trains, motivates and encourages youth to develop s ... Read More
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Scattered Seeds
In Southern Sudan, the area near Nyinbuli which is currently home for some 30,000 people was encased near the frontline of war. While a 2005 peace treaty dulled the extremity of violence, walking to the nearest clinic in this war-torn land was still ... Read More
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School Group Connections
Project Harambee builds communication bridges between school groups in Africa and in the United States. Read More
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Schools for Angola
A spirit of collaboration and common purpose among churches, local leaders, the Ministry of Education and RISE makes the building of schools in rural Angola possible.
RISE International...
-Provides design and plans for building pri ... Read More
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Share Your Soles
Shoe collection, cleaning, processing, shipping and distriubtion - donate shoes, funds, or help organize the shipment. Read More
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Sisters to School
Through its Sisters to School program, the Women's Global Education Project provides access to education and training for women and girls in Senegal, West Africa. Your contribution can help ensure girls go to school and stay in school. The program r ... Read More
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Social Services to the Roma People of Kosovo
As little as $100 can help GBA bring educational training to Kosovo’s Roma/Gypsy community — one of Kosovo's most marginalized people groups. Your generous gift can help provide basic training in reading and writing, math, personal hygiene, and o ... Read More
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Support and Travel to Cambodia
We Support Worthwhile Organizations - We provide on-going financial support to those organizations that we have visited, scrutinized, and found worthy of our continued assistance.
We Help Others Contribute - Build Cambodia does not solicit ... Read More
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Surgical Treatment for Disabled Children
Mwangaza travels to remote villages to identify disabled children and assist them in getting plastic and orthopedic surgical procedures to correct clubfoot, cleftlip and bone deformities caused by excess flouride in drinking water, as well as burn co ... Read More
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Sustainable Development in Southern Sudan
- Provide clean drinking water by digging water wells for the community.
- To establish effective health programs geared towards combating common diseases through health education, and training of health personnel.
- To provide educationa ... Read More
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Tanzania: THRIVE
The kindergarten we helped to found in 2005 is expanding its scope via THRIVE. We are using education as a basis for developing resilience of the orphans as well as those providing healthcare in the neighboring clinic/hospital. We will be developing ... Read More
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The Chagas Project
Chagas is a disease of poverty and most often afflicts populations like the one served by Centro Medico. Chagas is a chronic disease that commonly causes heart and gastrointestinal problems which are often further complicated by other health conditio ... Read More
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The Exploration Institute
The Exploration Institute is intended to celebrate human potential,create participation and inclusion. This one-of-a-kind facility will be specifically designed to serve children and youth with varying and differing abilities; and when complete, it s ... Read More
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The Girl's Empowerment Project
The Girl's Empowerment Project is a multi-phase program offering a safe community for girls and young women to learn about their human rights and how to access them while addressing avenues for self-sufficiency and leadership building. Participants e ... Read More
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The Immigrant Child Advocacy Project
The Immigrant Child Advocacy Project is a human service and policy advocacy program dedicated to advocating for the best interest - safety and well-being - of immigrant and refugee children who are alone in the United States. We're working to develop ... Read More
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The International Network of Child Policy Research Centers
Make an investment in the future of children. The well being of children is a concern that crosses national boundaries. The International Network of Child Policy Research Centers facilitates the sharing of ideas and information among child policy re ... Read More
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The Pediatric Anti-Parasite Program
Gretchen Myers, our US volunteer nurse, with some help from a local hospital and health education center, is in the process of implementing a prevention program aiming to curb the number of kids with parasites. Gretchen is going to local schools to e ... Read More
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The Voices and Faces Project Middle East Initiative
This initiative seeks to empower women in select MENA countries to explore The Voices and Faces Project model, to be adopted and modified to their country's unique cultural aspects. The countries of Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco and Tunisia would ... Read More
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Thianwe School in Bor, Sudan
After creating a temporary school in Bor, HELPSudan leadership has also provided mosquito nets, blankets, notebooks, and pencils to students. They toured the school and interviewed the volunteers to listen to their views on the school's progress, ge ... Read More
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Training and Capacity Building Program for Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Effective Child Protection requires a multidisciplinary approach among professionals working in every community world-wide. ISPCAN’s unique network of local and diverse professionals creates a global force to protect children in need. The need to pro ... Read More
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Tuition Assistance in Kenya
We provide tuition assistance to secondary school bound students from rural communities in western Kenya who have excelled in the national primary school examinations but cannot afford to pay for their secondary school tuition. We give special consid ... Read More
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United Nations Study on Violence Against Children
ISPCAN develops quality research questionnaires and appropriate methodology used to provide greater understanding of the scope of violence against children internationally and to inform policy development. Read More