Give to International Health and Development
AIDS Crisis Overseas
Gifts support church and community-based programs that address poverty, behavior and other root causes of AIDS transmission. Programs include skills training, education, income-generating activities and Biblically based behavior formation and change. A particular focus is women and families.
E862706. Read moreHealth Work, Presbyterian Church In Sudan
Ravaged by years of war, communities in Southern Sudan lack many of the basic necessities for survival. Church partners are struggling to rebuild the infrastructure of the region and restore health services. Meanwhile people suffer in a vicious cycle of poverty and disease. Flare-ups of violence cause further harm and injury. Gifts to this account will rebuild health facilities, provide supplies and medicines, and train health care workers.
E862759. Read moreHealth Work Bethel Synods, Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Jesus, Ethiopia
The EECMY supports health services throughout the five Presbyterian-related Bethel Synods. Training, medicine and supplies are needed for remote, rural clinics, particularly in the impoverished Gambella region of southwest Ethiopia. People often travel long distances to clinics that are understaffed and under-supplied. Gifts to this account will improve the ability of these clinics to meet the critical need for health services.
E862141. Read moreWater For All
Without clean water, good health is impossible. In many parts of the world people suffer chronic and life-threatening illness and children die needlessly for lack of accessible clean water. Funds for this program provide technical assistance, equipment and training to develop sources of clean water in needy communities.
E862703. Read moreIMCK Good Shepherd Hospital, General, Democratic Republic of Congo
Institut Medical Chretien du Kasai (IMCK) is the primary health care facility and a center for medical education in the central region of Democratic Republic of Congo. Its services are centered at Good Shepherd Hospital, a 160-bed facility in the village of Tshikaji, where surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics, general medicine, ophthalmology, radiology and laboratory services are offered regardless of the patient's ability to pay. IMCK also has a large outpatient clinic in the nearby city of Kananga. To continue to provide services to the poorest of the poor, contributions are needed to purchase medicines and health care supplies.
E320202. Read moreIMCK Community Health, Democratic Republic of Congo
IMCK partners with area communities to help people identify their critical health issues and develop solutions that address the underlying causes of illness and suffering. Community health programs respond to a variety of complex problems including sanitation, hygiene and nutrition.
E320402. Read moreIMCK Nursing & Laboratory Technician Schools, Democratic Republic of Congo
The central function of IMCK is education. The nursing and lab schools currently provide Democratic Republic of Congo with hundreds of trained health care professionals. Only through education is development possible. Your contrbutions will help provide scholarship subsidies and training materials.
E320902. Read moreKitchen Gardens, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
This program provides seeds to impoverished families in the city of Kinshasa, helping them to grow small urban gardens of highly nutritious crops to supplement their diet.
E864826. Read moreThe Healing Ministry of the Church Of Bangladesh
The Church of Bangladesh, a partner church of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is nurturing the healing ministry of its congregations, development projects and hospitals. The healing ministry of the church extends to Muslims and Hindus as well as to Christians, and it is a critical part of the church's overall outreach.
E862412. Read moreSt. Vincent School For Handicapped, Haiti
St. Vincent, in the Haitian capital of Port au Prince, was virtually destroyed by the January, 2010 earthquake. St. Vincent's had been a day and boarding school for over 400 blind, deaf and/or physically handicapped children. Physical and occupational therapy, a medical clinic and surgical services had been available on-site. Now St. Vincent's faces the daunting task of rebuilding. Gifts to this account will help restore this vital ministry for handicapped youngsters.
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