http://catapult.org – Sub-saharan Africa

Train 200 nurses to prevent newborn asphyxiation

Seed Global Health is teaching nurses neonatal resuscitation techniques that radically improve newborn survival.

Give 300 people access to safe water

Tigray is one of the most drought prone regions in Ethiopia. Less than half of the people living there can access clean water.

Support a free school for girls in Kenya

Kibera School for Girls offers free education and connects the entire community to services, such as computer skills training and health education.

Get girls in rural Niger to school

Improve education for girls in poor, rural communities in Niger
 

Support West African girls access education

Support West African girls and women obtain scholarships to universities, colleges, secondary and primary schools. 

Help train women farmers in Rwanda

Support and empower women farmers in Rwanda, many of whom are widows from the civil war, to establish their own agriculture businesses

Clean water to women and families in rural Kenya

Help provide clean, safe water to 2,500 vulnerable people and cut disease rates – particularly for women and children.

Fuel-efficient stoves for the safety of women

With wood scarce in Darfur, a new stove promises safety for women, girls, and the conservation of the environment.
 

Support girls in Sierra Leone to end discrimination

Help work in schools in Sierra Leone to train girls to be agents of change.

A better future for 500 women living with HIV

Help to give a full and safe life to HIV–positive mothers and their children in the township of East London, South Africa.