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social-bag.com e.V.

Our mission is to support girls and women in need. We focus on Kenya by counselling girls together with their schools, provide accessable medical preventive care and support where necessary together with our local partners. We work sustainable by enabling local partners to deliver the prevention, support, care and treatment according to their regulations and what they feel is neccessary. We have no political or religous mission. We work according to the sustainable development goals 1,3,4,5,10 and 17 by the UN. The UN introduced 2015 the sustainable development goals in order to achieve worldwide improvements for people in respect of health, safe environement, democratic rights and education. The former Millenium Development goals, set 2000, could not meet their target in 2015. Millenium Development Goal 5 was a reduction of maternal mortality by 3/4 until 2015. Only a reduction of 44% was achieved. The SDG now aims at a maternal mortality rate of 70/100.00 maternities or less. At present, the maternal mortality rate in Kenya is 400/100.000,(1) meaning 6.400 women dying each year during pregnancy and childbirth. Nearly half of these deaths are attributed to unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortion. 45% of women requesting abortion were younger than 19 years and did not use family planning methods prior to pregnancy (2). Females suffer from poor education and poor information of physiologic processes like menstruation and fertility. Taboos regarding these phenomena are still in place in underpriviledged parts of society in Kenya. These periodpoverty must end. These horrible figures cry for action by simply providing medical assistance able to deal with family planning, ante natal care and experienced gynae services if necessary. Kenya has a well organized health system, free medical care is guaranteed for everyone. Medical care is provided by governemental institutions, private institutions, and faith based organizations. Poor patients are waived if possible in the private sector and treated for free in the faith based organisations.Kenya is establishing a health insurance at present. Contributions are low. Reality unfortunately shows, that even the low contributions are too high, people can not afford the low charges in public hospitals , especially if young and female. There is an considerably equity gap between the social classes and the rural compared to the urban areas (3).The offer of antenatal care and preventive measures like cancer screening are not taken up by marginalized people in dire straits. Young girls need education regarding menstruation, physiologic female cycle, prevention of sexual transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy. Access to menstral hygiene products is necessary to achieve that girls can go to school, do not suffer lack of education just because they menstruate and can achieve the same level of ecucation as their male classmates. (1) www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs348/en (2) fact sheet No 1, African population and Health Research Center, Ministry of Health, Kenya (3) Kenian Demographic health Survey 2008-09

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Shauri Yako Community Youth Support Centre (SYSC)

Vision: To empower disadvantaged and marginalized slum youth, women and at-risk families in a sustainable way. Mission: To improve the quality of life for people living in extreme poverty in Nyeri district, Kenya's biggest slum, through social and economic development programs and community services, with a special focus on children, youth and poor women.

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Transforming Community for Social Change

Promoting peace and reconciliation in western Kenya and beyond.

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Learning Lions gUG

Fighting Poverty with Digital Opportunity. We offer free training in digital vocational skills in order to enable young women and men to make a living and support their families and communities by selling valuable digital services to international customers - right from their homes in poor rural areas of Africa.

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Woman's Hope

our mission is to enable women and girls in their unique capacity to change their communities. we do so by providing a platform for economic empowerment , self autonomy, girl power, movement building and advocacy.

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Sophia Akash Foundation

The Sophia Akash Foundation's (SAF) mission is to facilitate sustainable paths out of poverty for the world's poor. We recognise that for those living in poverty, the essential services that enable them to build sustainable livelihoods are unaffordable. Our mission is to change that. We help build strong, sustainable Social Enterprises, using innovative solutions to meet the basic needs of poor and unserved communities. With access to affordable basic services such as financial inclusion, primary healthcare, education and others, households can break the cycle of poverty.

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Business for Better Society

As a global foundation, BBS promotes and facilitates excellence in giving and mentoring. We match corporations and individuals, their funds and/or skills, with purposeful, sustainable and high impact non-profit initiatives. Through our work we create responsible partnerships and support a culture of accountability, innovation and greater effectiveness in the non-profit sector. We have no religious or political affiliations.

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Agewatch Africa Foundation Limited

To create, improve and maintain access to high quality and affordable elderly care services for graceful aging.

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Tiruzer Ethiopia for Africa (TEA)

TEA wants to be help poor people succeed to their efforts through innovation, empowerment, and in promoting new ways of thinking and doing.

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Charity Association Margarity

Bringing emergency aid where needed nationally and internationally (orphans, refugees etc.). Helping people meet their basic needs for food, shelter and water. Strengthening the public engagement and the action for social inclusion by emphasizing the collective and individual responsibilities in the battle with poverty and social exclusion. (Full mission is stated in the paperwork provided).

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Action for Child Development Trust

Mission Statement The mission of ACDT is to assist communities to enhance the quality of life of children and families by increasing their capacities to protect, educate, and advocate for promotion of children's rights through quality education, better health, and sustainable livelihood. Vision Statement ACDT intends to become a self-sustained trust that facilitates the development of communities in Western Kenya, which have food security and stable incomes for improved quality of life.

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Faraja Cancer Support Trust

Faraja Cancer Support Trust (Faraja) was founded in 2010. It's mission is to provide emotional, practical and physical support to anyone affected by cancer in Kenya. We also have a remit to raise cancer awareness throughout the country, where cancer is still seen as a death sentence. Since it's inception Faraja has provided a safe haven and given hope to thousands of adults and children who are living with cancer. We are growing rapidly, but are just scratching the surface in terms of the need. With only 8 oncologists in the entire country and 3 treatment hospitals (in a country of 42 million) there are huge barriers at every level to people surviving the disease. We achieve our mission in many different ways; including counselling, complementary therapies, support groups, and a host of activities including yoga, dancing and mediation. We also run art therapy classes in the children's oncology ward, provide financial assistance to people who simply can't afford life-saving treatment and organise awareness raising events. The mission and work of Faraja Cancer Support Trust is unique and ground breaking in Kenya.