Health Program

Fighting poverty by Improving Health

Children in impoverished communities live without access to basic health necessities such as clean water, hygiene and sanitation, ushering in preventable diseases or worse.
Health issues often cause children to fall behind in their development, and a lack of education leads the way for drug use and early pregnancy.
Your gift, sponsorship, helps children in our communities by providing health programs that focus on two important things:
  • Developing health habits
  • Connecting children with health services they need, when they need them.
    • Health equity is achieved when all individuals can reach full potential for health and well-being, regardless of where they are born or their economic situation.

    We help children and youth establish and reinforce healthy behaviors through the following area of focus

    ORAL HEALTH

    Reducing sugar intake and increasing tooth brushing to twice daily.

    These behaviors can protect children from dental disease.

    HAND WASHING AND SAFE WATER

    Increasing hand washing and implementing household water treatment and safe storage.

    Hand washing helps prevent the transmission of diarrhea, one of the leading causes of death in children. Safe water treatment and storage reduce the risk of malnutrition, diarrhea, malaria, and other waterborne infectious diseases.

    EMOTIONAL WELLBEING

    Practicing self-replenishment, emotion identification, and self-calming skills.

    These skills help children manage stress and maintain mental health.

    ADOLESCENT HEALTH

    Reproductive health support and education, reducing alcohol, tobacco, and drug use.

    Reproductive health helps reduce early pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Reducing adolescent substance abuse lowers risky behaviors and long-term health problems while increasing life expectancies.

    FOOD AND NUTRITION REHABILITATION

    Help recover from poor nutrition and malnutrition, from food insecurity and during emergency situations, providing therapeutic food and nutritional counseling.

    MEDICAL SERVICES

    We provide access to medical care through primary care, referrals and payment for outside services, healthcare education, and emergency financial support.

    These services help level the playing field for underserved people who lack healthcare support.

    Did You Know?

    Many children die from preventable diseases because families cannot afford treatment.