Health

Organize a Global Action Day about HIV and AIDS

December 1 is World AIDS Day. Be the change by organizing World AIDS Day events at your school or in your community.

Tags: Activism, Awareness, Health, HIV/AIDS, One Month


Keep sanitation and safe water afloat

Improved water and sanitation reduce diarrhea, worms, cholera, and malnutrition. They also protect the environment and contribute to dignity and social development.

Tags: Awareness, Education, Health, Water/Sanitation, One Week


Help poor families in Indonesia build a brighter future

Mercy Corps addresses root causes of hunger and poverty in Indonesia by improving water, sanitation, health and education services.

Tags: Indonesia, Asia, Donate, Education, Health, Water/Sanitation, One Lifetime


Help Niger break free from the cycle of hunger

Mercy Corps is working to end the cycle of hunger in Niger by strengthening existing health services and improving harvests through natural resource management.

Tags: Niger, Africa, Donate, Economic Development, Health, Hunger, One Lifetime


Learn about worms and other neglected tropical diseases

Raise the profile of deworming the four hundred million school-age children infected with parasitic worms worldwide.

Tags: Health


Eliminate intestinal worms for a healthy school term

Join the fight against hookworm, elephantiasis and other tropical diseases that affect some 2.7 billion of the world's poorest people.

Tags: Awareness, Education, Food/Nutrition, Health, Legislative, One Day


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