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Medical Assistance Sierra Leone
(UK, 1105330) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00
(UK, 1105330) Medical Assistance Sierra Leone was established in 2003 with the aim of supporting access to health care and urgent medical treatment for communities and individuals in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is the poorest country in the world (UNDP 2004), with high infant mortality and globally the worst maternal mortality rates. Sierra Leone's health infrastructure clearly requires support at all levels. However there are specific strategic areas where an input of resources can be expected to begin to save lives, improve health and well-being and better enable individuals to meet the vast development challenges facing their families and communities. MASL focuses on three areas of work longterm: Reducing maternal mortality. About 2% of women die in childbirth, largely due to lack of services to manage emergency obstetric care, harmful traditional practices, inadequately trained staff, a weak referral system and high hospital-patient costs. Reducing child mortality. A study by the government and UNICEF revealed that 1 out of 4 children die before their fifth birthday. Children are dying from easily treatable illnesses like malaria, which accounts for up to 65% of such deaths, diarrohea, measles and complications associated with malnutrition. Low cost, well-targeted interventions can save lives. Facilitating access to treatment for those with rare and specialist medical conditions, who face no prospect of getting treatment in Sierra Leone. Currently this includes support to spinal surgery patients, developing the first epilepsy service in Sierra Leone with UK consultants and plastic surgery support to burns patients. MASL works with others to raise awareness of the key health and development issues facing communities in Sierra Leone - and to generate interest and support in meeting the health needs of the country. We have virtually no UK overheads and employ one Coordinator in Sierra Leone, who liaises with and supports local partners and carries out a monitoring and evaluation function.
SafeHomes Domestic Violence Center
(AU, 581708717) Browse events
YTD Raised: $0.00
(AU, 581708717) SafeHomes' mission is to transform victims of domestic violence into survivors.
Friends of Ibba Girls School
(UK, 1146220) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The Friends of Ibba Girls School charity helps develop and build a residential girls school in the village of Ibba in South Sudan, the world's newest nation. Grounded in Christian values, the school will provide high quality education for girls aged 10 to 18 of all faiths and none, in a country where the vast majority of girls currently receive no schooling beyond the age of ten. We are seizing a once in a generation opportunity to make a practical difference, after decades of civil war, to the education and life chances of girls in South Sudan.
(UK, 1157245) Electrical Industries Charity (UK, Electrical Industries Charity - N/A) Browse events
YTD Raised: n/a• Financial or legal worries • Emotional or mental health problems • Ill health or disability.
Francis Holland Schools Trust
(UK, 312745) Browse events
YTD Raised: £0.00The Trust manages two central London girls' schools