Education Support for Secondary Students, Haiti North Site
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Haiti North, Haiti
Project Code: HDP-HHT0724
In Haiti, education support is more crucial than ever this year. Political violence, gang warfare, and economic instability have all contributed to a crisis where Haitian families are food insecure and on the verge of starvation. The price of essential items like rice and oil has nearly tripled in a few months.
Zero Cavities 2024-27, Tondo, Philippines
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Tondo, Philippines
Project Code: HDP-PTT1123
In the urban and highly disadvantaged communities of Tondo, Manila, dental care “takes a back seat” sponsored families’ list of priorities, our site staff say. Both children and adults have untreated cavities. One of the most often cited reasons for children to miss school is toothache.
15 Houses with toilets in Kerala, India
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Kerala, India
Project Code: CP-IKM1023
The region where our Kerala sponsored families live is an increasingly attractive tourist destination. The local economy depends on tourism, and most families earn their income from the sector. But most jobs are low-level, low-wage work like hotel housekeeping, and employment opportunities are becoming scarce.
Nandom Latrines (Phase Two), Nandom, Ghana
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Nandom, Ghana
Project Code: CP- GNA0124
Families living in the Nandom community of northern Ghana live with the daily challenges of improper toilet facilities. With no plumbed latrines, families must resort to open defecation. This increases the risk of diseases for water contamination, such as cholera. Some families have previously tried to build their own latrines, but only had access to mud and other impermanent materials, which can't withstand time and weather.
Support for Five Child and Elder Care Homes, Mombasa, Kenya
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Mombasa, Kenya
Project Code: HDPKMM0424
Our Mombasa sponsor site is run by the Sisters of St. Joseph, whose scope of ministry is vast. They serve their coastal city’s most vulnerable members, providing shelter, food, education, and loving care to hundreds of children, teens, and elders whose families cannot provide for them.
Bangalore Houses with Toilets (15), India
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Bangalore, India
Project Code: CPIBG1023
The communities of Bangalore, Bellary, Manvi, Chamarajanagar, and Wayanad struggle with a widespread issue: inadequate housing and sanitation facilities.
