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Grant to Village Health Works

 

    

Village Health Works (VHW) operates a health clinic in the village of Kiguta, Burundi. Since its opening in December of 2007, the clinic has seen over 28,000 patients. The Nutrition and Food Security Project is a new initiative of VHW to link the treatment of malnutrition with long-term food security. The $10,000 grant from the AllPeopleBeHappy foundation is being used to procure supplies and to pay 8 Agricultural Assistant Workers to teach villagers on how to grow more nutritious food, and how to establish and maintain home gardens.  In addition, an impressive amount of infrastructure has been built: a raised-bed demonstration garden, a nursery for food-bearing plants, a large agro forest, shelters for chickens, goats, and cows, and a large-scale composting system.  (www.villagehealthworks.org

  
Announcements
New Grant - Sunday, August 01, 2010

 

A $10,000 grant has just been made to Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECC) for training of Emergency Nurse Practitioners in Uganda.  Click for more info.

 
5 Winners of Volunteer Service Award - Tuesday, June 01, 2010

 

Congratulations to the winners of the AllPeopleBeHappy Volunteer Service Award for 2010.  They are Caitlin Newman, Ellie Kates, Jessica Bilecki, Huan Dong and Laura Reyes.  Click for more info.