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How To Save Millions Of Lives With A Simple MP3 Player The solar-powered device developed by URIDU is used to provide health education to illiterate rural women in developing countries Every six seconds a child under five dies. Almost all of those deaths occur in developing countries - and most of them are entirely preventable. Millions of lives could be saved just by providing illiterate rural mothers with accessible health education. Unfortunately, bringing this knowledge to remote locations has so far been an enormous challenge for both governments and NGOs. A new project is tackling that problem with a groundbreaking solution based on solar-powered MP3 players. The so-called MP3forLife Player has been developed by URIDU (www.uridu.org), a German non-profit social enterprise. Each player contains more than 400 carefully selected answers to questions about health, nutrition, family planning, child care, work safety and many more topics. All texts are translated with the help of more than 10.000 volunteers from over 100 countries who participate in a unique crowdsourcing effort. Once the information has been translated it is recorded by a native speaker of the target language. Local NGOs are taking care of distributing MP3forLife Players free of charge to women in need. We conceived the MP3forLife Player for small group listening - it fosters discussion, exchange and group building", explains Felicitas Heyne, psychologist and founder of URIDU. We want to provide basic knowledge to illiterate rural women, but we also want to create a team spirit among them. They are key to positive change in their countries. Wherever women are empowered, a favorable spiral is set in motion. Health and education improve, populations stabilize, economies grow." The MP3forLife approach has been successfully implemented in Tanzania in co-ordination with the national Ministry for Health and Social Welfare. Further East African countries are following the example. About URIDU: URIDU is a German non-profit social enterprise that empowers rural women in developing countries using solar-powered MP3 players and mobile-friendly web content. The organization's website at www.uridu.org contains additional information.

Child & Women International Development (CHWID) is an International Humanitarian and Development Organization under Canadian law registered under the Charitable Registration Number 1176816941 whose headquarter are based in Bourlamaque, Quebec in Canada and in the State of Delaware/USA under number 10090150, which campaigns to improve living conditions, alleviating the suffering of vulnerable people and promoting the development of the most disadvantaged areas in favor of women and children. www.chwid.org Vision: Provide humanitarian assistance and carry out CHWID development and charity actions with vulnerable populations who are victims of multiple causes around the world. MISSIONS. The general mission is to improve the quality of life and the future of children, women and other vulnerable people. It also has for mission, in Canada, in France, in Africa, in Europe and in the rest of the world: - to provide assistance and humanitarian aid and to carry out CHWID and charitable actions with vulnerable populations due to political, ethnic, economic or social oppression, war, disaster, ecological threat or any other emergency or underdevelopment, in order to meet their basic needs. - to collect and disseminate to the public, the media and decision-makers, by various means of expression and initiatives, information on the situations encountered. - to promote the image and development of women and children, their involvement in civil and social life, mutual aid and solidarity, assistance and consolidation of the group spirit; - to promote the urban or local social development of women, girls and children of the world through education, training, culture, sport, supervision of young people, disabled and disadvantaged children, social integration, training, cultural mediation, medical and humanitarian aid; - promote sustainable development in the world by encouraging and financing micro-projects, the activities of women in the informal sector, the participation of women and young people in development, the environment, the fight against delinquency, exclusion, violence, illiteracy, AIDS, famine, STDs and other scourges; - promote the exchange of ideas and group dynamics, - rehabilitation and construction of road infrastructure and support to governments. - Promote apprenticeship of trades for a better future; - Promote the reintegration of unmarried mothers and other young people through psychosocial skills.

1. Membentuk Insan Sahabat Yatim yang profesional, Berkarakter dan Bermanfaat. 2. Mewujudkan Kemandirian dan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat dengan memberikan pelayanan terbaik dan pemberdayaan berkelanjutan. 3. Mewujudkan sarana prasarana serta sistem pendukung yang terintegrasi, efektif dan efisien. 4. Menciptakan hubungan kerja yang harmonis, dinamis, dan produktif. 5. Menjadikan Sahabat Yatim sebagai mitra strategis utama lembaga Pemerintah, Non Pemerintah dan korporasi di dalam dan luar negeri.

SANASH WELFARE FOUNDATION is an organization; which is neutral, independent Charitable Organization ; its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its campaigning on issues without any limits to political affiliations, race, gender, religion or ethnicity; such as deprived Humanity & their sufferings from basic needs, protection of eco-system, adverse environmental effects, poverty, adverse inflation, emergency crises etc. It uses direct action, capacity building, advocacy and research to achieve its goals. (1) No Hunger, (2) Zero Poverty, (3) Quality Education, (4) Gender Equality, (5) Reduce Inequalities, (6) Life on Land, (7) Climatic Actions, (8) Decent Work & Growth, (9) Clean Water & Sanitation, (10) Emergency Response and (11) Child Protection and Safeguarding.

SIHA's mission is to ensure that women and girls in the Greater Horn of Africa live in a peaceful, just environment where they can exercise their equal rights as human beings.

Healing the Children provides critical medical care to children all around the world. We envision a world where every child has access to medical care, regardless of ability to pay, insurance status, or physical location.

The objectives of starting up the Batwa Initiative are: - (a) Transform the lives of Batwa people though training and building different skills for self-reliance. (b) To promote education among the Batwa. Currently the majority of the Batwa are illiterate, our aim is to ensure that the Batwa have access to education and are able to read, write and to develop their English skills. (c) To create and promote a peaceful community between the Batwa and the people of the Nkuringo- Bwindi Ugandan community. (d) To educate the Batwa about environmental conservation and promoting the wildlife of the Bwindi forest to the benefit of the Batwa and the forest ecology. (e) To buy more land to ensure food security and prosperity. >Project goal The project or Association goal is to help create a sustainable future for the Batwa. > Mission Our mission is to train indigenous Batwa pygmies, children, women in Agriculture, for food security, nutrition and other income generating activities for a sustainable living. > Set targets. (a) To start up poultry, piggery and a goat's project to enhance the Batwa people with food and incomes. (b) To develop income generating and training opportunities to allow the Batwa to support their own families and strengthen the resources. (c) To raise enough financial and material resources for the running costs of the project/association.

To promote solutions that increase opportunities and empower communities

Our mission is to use the power of music to bridge divides, connect communities, and heal the wounds of war. We aim to inspire people worldwide to engage as peacemakers and use music to transform lives. Today, Musicians Without Borders engages with artists, social activists and communities worldwide. We share expertise as we work to enable musicians to be advocates, activists, teachers, and performers, with the message: war divides, music connects. Musicians Without Borders (MWB) is a global network that uses music for peacebuilding and social change.

Our mission is to bring real and lasting change to children, youth and families living in poverty through holistic multidimensional programs in education and skills development.

To create a violent free society for everyone to live in

To eliminate the hardships of poverty, aiming to increase self-reliance and healthy self-sustaining families in Africa.