Strategies for the Future

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sri-lanka-tea-estateWorldwide, Cancer is on an exponential rise. The WHO says that 80% of deaths related to disease of affluence occur in developing countries, roughly 28 million a year, and that this number is expected to quadruple over the next decade.

In ten short years, it is predicted that cancer will kill more people around the world than all infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, Malnutrition, and Maternal Deaths Combined.

There are many schools of thought on the subject but for our part what we have chosen to do is start with nutrition as a preventative measure.

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Sudan_PregnantWomanWORRIEDProblem:

A 15 year old girl living in Southern Sudan has a greater chance of dying during childbirth than finishing school

One Solution:

Open a Nursing and Midwifery College and recruit students from all districts to participate and take their practice back home to save lives themselves.

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Many in the US are familiar with the effectiveness of therapeutic bodywork, movement education, acupuncture, yoga and massage in treating pain, relieving stress and addressing other psychological  and physical trauma.  However, these techniques that are so common here, have not widely reached abroad to countries like Sri Lanka,  Pakistan and Indonesia, recently devastated by natural disasters and  in need of effective affordable health care options.

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Orphanage Rating System

Seeing the poverty and sad conditions of the overwhelming majority of Sri Lanka’s orphanages, we envisioned that there might be a possibility to work on elevating the situation
of all orphanages in Sri Lanka. We decided to design an evaluation system to decide where help is needed the most.  Read on…

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