HIGHLIGHTS
Supporting primary students in India in learning at the right level
The student spoke two languages at home, but local schooling was offered in a third language. With support from the nonprofit Pratham, the student’s mother engaged her and other kids from the community in playful activities that soon had the student reading and ready to engage in school.
Mali’s Care Club Foundation expands its offerings to help kids and communities thrive
Care Club Foundation (CCF) is using soccer as a framework to help young people in Bamako, Mali, access the resources they need to grow and thrive—mentorship, academic support, solid meals, clean water, and more.
New additions to LE&RN Centers of Excellence in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphatic Diseases include SNF partners
“I was misdiagnosed and not properly educated on how serious or life-altering having lymphedema would be,” said Kimberly Glover of Washington, D.C.
Helping kids in Cambodia learn by bringing clean water to schools
Using a self-sustaining local entrepreneurial model, 1001fontaines delivers safe drinking water to schools in Cambodia, helping remove a significant barrier to learning for students across the country.
Amref builds infrastructure, and connections, for maternal health in Kenya, Zambia, and Malawi
Amref Health Africa, an NGO based in Kenya and active in more than 35 countries across the continent, worries that the pandemic only exacerbated structural issues that keep mothers and children from getting the care they need to stay healthy.
Helping students in Sierra Leone stick with school
The pandemic disrupted learning for all students in ways large and small, but for some children, it threatened to permanently derail their education. A recent UN report estimated that when public schools in Liberia reopened in December 2020, for instance, 43% of students did not return.
A one-stop center for survivors of gender-based violence in South Africa
Gender-based violence is a pervasive problem around the globe, but South Africa faces special challenges.
For seriously unwell kids, a palliative care nurse can be key—if the position can be filled
Nurses like Lucy, who provide skilled and compassionate care, can make a huge difference in the lives of people in need of medical support and their families. But the pandemic has exacerbated a preexisting nursing shortage, leaving too many patients without the attention they deserve.
Performing arts help people in Missouri reenter society after incarceration
"Doing this is fun because it's different. I love working with this group of women. We work hard together to make something amazing happen," said one participant in Prison Performing Arts (PPA) programming at the Women’s Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, Missouri.