Donating to a good cause ;)

This is one of the big projects my community and I are working on. Please read the description below and go the the below mentioned website and donate to the project ;) Also, please feel free to refer other friends/family to this website to see how to assist with this project.


Under 5 Shelters
This proposal is aimed at meeting the health service needs of the men, women and children within the area. The community is planning on building three under 5 shelters. These three buildings will assist in allowing for the provision of needed health services, such as the attainment of timely and essential vaccinations, medications, nutritional assessments and health education for children under 5 as well as antenatal services for pregnant and postnatal mothers. The funds granted would also be used to purchase basic medical and education supplies for mothers and children of these communities. It is the job of the Zambian health system including the neighborhood health committees and community health workers to assist mothers and children to receive necessary preventative and curative health services. Health service delivery typically happens in the clinic or not at all. Currently the child health records in this area have been observed to not meet the goals of the district health office for immunization coverage nor adequate growth measures. Missing of these child health standards is intricately related to lack of access to health services. These communities closest health facility is at least 20 km away. The proposed size of the under shelters will allow for a two room under 5 shelter where general intakes/assessments and education can be done properly in one room, leaving the other for clinical care services such as vaccinations. This structure will be simple and made of mud brick, cement and iron sheets. Children not fully immunized nor meeting weight standards for proper growth are more vulnerable to disease and death. Thus, this project will in turn decrease the preventable and/or treatable illnesses for children and mothers in the area. Once approved and the funds received, the community plans on breaking ground in August 2008 and completing by the end of April 2009

Go to this website to donate to the project: https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=611-037