The difference we've made so far

For the people helped by these projects, the small gains in economic well-being have made a huge difference to their experience of life. See how the collective power of many individuals making tiny contributions across the globe has left a positive footprint in these communities.

Blindness prevention program

VIET NAM | The Fred Hollows Foundation
Setting up an eye care unit to train local doctors, providing examination and surgical equipment and subsidising 100 cataract surgeries in Tien Phuoc mountainous district.
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Blindness prevention program, Cambodia

CAMBODIA | The Fred Hollows Foundation
Restore sight to 100 people who are needlessly blind in Cambodia, most of whom suffer from cataracts which can be easily cured.
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Build a community primary school

BHUTAN | Save The Children Australia
Rehabilitate a primary school in the Wangdiphodrang District, Bhutan.
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Capture Fog Nets for drinking water, Tiactac village

GUATEMALA | Round Square
Building capture fog nets to generate a new clean drinking water supply for 300 people, Tiactac village, Western Highlands, Guatemala.
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Educational supplies for Infant School, The Gambia

GAMBIA | Global Hands Charity
Provide box of educational books & stationery for 2-8 year olds in remote Primary School, Brikama Region, The Gambia
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Educational Supplies for Kumaon village schools, Himalaya

INDIA | People's Environmental Awareness - Khati
To provide stationary and educational resources to approx.105 Class 1-5 children and teachers in the Kumaon Himalayan villages of Khati and Jatoli.
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Indigenous Education program, Katherine

AUSTRALIA | The Fred Hollows Foundation
Improve health outcomes by facilitating learning and literacy opportunities through music. The project will provide musical instruments/equipment for an after-hours music program for remote Indigenous youth.
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Key Teacher Training Program, Himalaya

NEPAL | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training 30 Nepali “Key Teachers” to be teacher-trainers and mentors themselves to 300 teachers, to improve teaching and learning levels, improve retention rates and lengthen the education of more than 4,100 kids .
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Key Teacher Training Program, Himalaya

NEPAL | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training of 20 key teachers a year to become teacher trainers/mentors to greatly improve teaching, learning levels and retention rates in primary schools, Solukhumbu Region, Nepal.
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Medicine for Child Stone-breakers, India

INDIA | The Silk Route Project
Supplying basic, essential medicines to 3 communities of child stone-breakers in Siliguri, India.
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Medicines for child stonebreakers, Siliguri

INDIA | The Silk Route Project
Revisiting the two communities of stone-breakers from 2006 in Siliguri, the project will deliver basic first aid for one week and then purchase the communities a 12 month supply of basic medicines.
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Medicines for Orphanages, Kyrgyzstan

KYRGYZSTAN | The Silk Route Project
Delivering basic medicines to three Orphanages in Kyrgyzstan.
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Medicines for Orphanages, Ukraine

UKRAINE | The Silk Route Project
Delivering basic medicines to two Orphanages in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
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Orphan Care, KwaZulu-Natal province

SOUTH AFRICA | Oxfam Australia
Feeding orphans and other vulnerable people, and providing them with everyday care and sustainable food security.
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Orphan Care, Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE | Oxfam Australia
Provide educational support and care to 30 Orphans affected by HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
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Orphan health checks, Pokhara

NEPAL | Global Hands Charity
Eye and dental check-ups for 30 orphans at The Destitute Children’s Home (Pokhara, Nepal) plus purchase of a first-aid kit.
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Provide potable water & hygiene education, Khati School

INDIA | People's Environmental Awareness - Khati
Improve the health status of school children in Khati, through the provision and use of safe drinking and hand washing water, and hygiene education.
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Provide two sign language interpreters for deaf students

FIJI | Fiji Association of the Deaf
Provide two sign language interpreters to work full time at the Gospel School High School in Suva, to allow students to complete schooling.
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Provide water & sanitation for a school, PNG

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | WaterAid Australia
Improve the health status of children in a community school in the Daulu District PNG, through the provision and use of safe drinking and hand washing water, sanitation facilities and hygiene education.
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Provide Water to Qelqanqa Village, Peru

PERU | World Expeditions
Provide clean drinking water to the remote Qelqanqa Village in Peru
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Repair the Jambha Village School, Rajasthan

INDIA | World Expeditions
Repairs, painting and minor construction work to improve the learning environment for 175 students
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Repair the Kiwanje Ndege Primary School, Kenya

KENYA | World Expeditions
Build desks, refurbish classrooms and install water tanks and guttering at Kiwanje Ndege Primary School in Kenya.
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School Aid to Wat Thmei Orphange, Cambodia

CAMBODIA | World Nomads
Provide desks, chairs and educational materials to approximately 50 HIV affected orphans in the Wat Thmei Orphange, Siem Reap.
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School equipment, Xom Van Village Primary

VIET NAM | World Expeditions
To purchase chairs, desks and books as well as technology equipment for the recently renovated village primary school in the Mai Chau district.
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School Sanitation Project, Biratnagar

NEPAL | WaterAid Australia
Provide appropriate sanitation facilities for 1,339 students at Janapatha Secondary School and support hygiene education activities.
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Solar lighting for Khati village, Kumaon Himalaya

INDIA | People's Environmental Awareness - Khati
Provide affordable, safe, healthy, efficient and environmentally responsible solar/LED home lighting systems to the 58 homes in Khati who are without access to electricity.
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Teacher Training Program (Phase 3), Himalaya

NEPAL | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training, refresher course, and supervising (throughout the year) of a group of approximately 300 teachers: to greatly improve teaching and learning levels and skills, improve retention rates, and lengthen the education of nearly 4,000 kids in about 70 schools.
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Teacher Training Program, Himalaya

NEPAL | Australian Himalayan Foundation
Training of a group of 160-180 teachers to greatly improve teaching and learning skills, boost retention rates, and expand the education of nearly 4,000 kids in 65 schools across the Solukhumbu Himalaya region, Nepal.
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