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Recent GrantsThe Baxter International Foundation |
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September 2009
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Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Domestic Grants |
| Abraham Low Self-Help Systems |
Chicago, IL |
$70,000.00 over 2 years |
For staff to initiate veterans’ mental health support groups at the North Chicago VA facility. |
| HealthReach Inc. |
Waukegan, IL |
$96,000 over 2 years |
To increase acute and urgent care services capacity by adding a nurse practitioner and related staff in Lake County, Illinois. |
| Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center |
Glenview, IL |
$65,000 |
To increase and streamline access to hospice and palliative care services in Northern Illinois by adding a nurse liaison. |
| Young Parents Network |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
$40,000.00 |
To increase pre-natal counseling services to very young, high-risk mothers in Cedar Rapids/Linn County, Iowa. |
| International Grants |
| Arrastao Movimento de Promocao Humana |
Brazil |
$40,267.00 |
To improve health practices and increase dental services in the Campo Limpo region of Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| The Carers Association |
Tullamore Co. Ireland |
$173,380.00 over 2 years |
To establish family carers support and training services in County Mayo, Ireland |
| Orden Hospitalaria De San Juan De Dios |
Columbia |
$81,996.00 |
To expand and improve maternal and child health services in Soacha, Bogota, Columbia |
July 2009
| Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Domestic Grants |
| Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII) |
Chicago, IL |
$40,000.00 |
To train and place community health promoters in five immigrant communities in metropolitan Chicago. |
| Chicago Youth Programs Inc. |
Chicago, IL |
$20,000.00 |
To support development of a second volunteer staffed children's health clinic and obesity intervention program by adding an on-call physician and public health nurse. |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center |
Northern Illinois |
$20,000.00 |
For a part-time bilingual therapist to increase services to Spanish speaking children who have been sexually abused in Chicago, Illinois. |
| The Children's Place Association |
Chicago, IL |
$30,000.00 |
To increase availability of 24 hour nursing care to infants, children, and youth with complex medical conditions by adding a community placement nurse in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Ohio University-Audiology Clinic |
Athens, Ohio |
$27,307.00 |
To expand community outreach, screenings and basic hearing services in Southeast Ohio. |
| Operation Access |
Hayward, California |
$34,700.00 |
To expand ophthalmologic services, donated surgeries, specialty care and diagnostic screenings in Hayward & Fremont area, Southern Alameda County, California. |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Chapel Hill, NC |
$85,032.00 over 2 years |
For the Community Health and Mobility Partnership to improve balance and mobility, and reduce the incidence of falls and injuries, McDowell County, North Carolina. |
| International Grants |
| Fundacao Julita |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
$51,742.00 |
To expand and stabilize mental health services to highly disadvantaged children, youth and families in Jardim Sao Luis neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| Stiftung Mutterhilfe |
Zurich, Switzerland |
$70,574.00 |
To conduct community outreach to increase access of psychological services for expectant parents and those with very young children in Zurich, Switzerland. |
April 2009
| Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Domestic Grants |
| BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Educational Center |
Harvard, IL |
$80,000.00 over 2 years |
To increase therapeutic riding and related programs for veterans with disabilities and PTSD from Lake, McHenry and Cook counties, Illinois |
| Cambodian Association of Illinois |
Chicago, IL |
$53,000.00 |
To expand Health Outreach Programs to provide culturally-informed health education to families and intensive support services to those identified as high-risk for disease-related complications in Cook, Lake and McHenry counties, Illinois. |
| Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago |
Chicago, IL |
$23,000.00 |
To expand services to include multi-sensory programming in occupational therapy at the Autism Therapeutic School in Waukegan, Illinois. |
| Light Center Foundation Inc. |
Union, IL |
$34,000.00 |
To expand therapeutic riding program for mentally, behaviorally and physically challenged children and youth in Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties, Illinois. |
| Sigma Theta Tau Inc. |
Indianapolis, IN |
$15,000.00 |
For the 2009 biannual Episteme Award acknowledging a major breakthrough in nursing knowledge development resulting in a significant and recognizable benefit to the public. |
| Volunteers in Medicine of Monroe County |
Bloomington, IN |
$71,050.00 over 2 years |
To increase services by adding a part-time nurse practitioner to staff peak walk-in clinic hours in Bloomington, Indiana. |
| Women’s Health & Counseling Center (WHCC) |
Somerville, NJ |
$16,386.00 |
To expand services to low-income, uninsured men by opening a men’s clinic in Somerset County, New Jersey. |
| YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago |
Chicago, IL |
$24,360.00 |
To provide training to health and social service professionals in Metropolitan Chicago on how to address the psychological effects of elder sexual assault |
| International Grants |
| Changing Faces |
London UK |
$43,076.00 |
To support the expansion of outreach, professional training and psychological support services in the East and Southeast of England, near Compton and Thetford. |
| Charities Aid Foundation for the Chronic Care Foundation`-CAF |
New Delhi, India |
$240,000.00 over 2 years |
To expand programs to prevent non-communicable chronic diseases in India. |
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December 2008
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Purpose
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| Domestic Grants |
| Barrington Youth & Family Service |
Northern Illinois |
$20,800.00 |
To expand bilingual adult, family youth, and grief counseling to the Hispanic population in Cook, Lake and McHenry counties. |
| Family Service of South Lake County |
Northern Illinois |
$100,00.00 over 2 years |
To increase outreach and access to health care services for seniors in the Round Lake, IL and surrounding communities. |
| Health & Medicine Policy Research Group-Schweitzer Fellows |
Northern Illinois |
$65,000.00 |
For the 2009-2010 Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program providing service learning to graduate level health professional students in community-based organizations throughout Metropolitan Chicago, and the Fellows for Life program. |
| HRET-Foster McGaw Award |
National |
$210,000.00 |
To support the 2009 and 2010 Foster G. McGaw award honoring outstanding commitment to community service by a health care institution. |
| Teen Living Programs |
Northern Illinois |
$35,000.00 |
For the health and nutrition program for at-risk homeless youth in Metropolitan Chicago. |
| Thresholds |
Northern Illinois |
$30,000.00 |
To increase outreach and usage of integrated health clinic services in Metropolitan Chicago, through the addition of a Clinical Care Coordinator. |
| International Grants |
| Canadian Mental Health Association |
Simcoe County, Canada |
$80,600.00 over 2 years |
For a youth outreach worker To expand education and understanding of mental health needs and promote self-identification of youth in Alliston and Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada |
| Caritas Malta-Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers |
Floriana, Malta |
$98,000.00 over 2 years |
To increase counseling for substance abuse and mental health services, prevention of sexually transmitted infections and related professional training in Malta. |
| Casa Hogar Amor |
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico |
$19,200.00 |
To increase basic healthcare services and psychological care for homeless and abandoned children in Cuernavaca, Mexico. |
| CONTACT |
Alliston, Ontario, Canada |
$101,400.00 over 2 years |
For a registered dietician to increase nutrition, manage health conditions, and prevent health problems for at-risk children in Alliston and Simcoe County, Canada. |
| Projeto Quixote |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
$65,908.00 |
To increase health and nutrition services to at-risk street children in Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| Sauvez Mon Enfant (Save My Child) |
Brussels, Belgium |
$44,540.00 |
To provide psychological support to families and children in intensive care in Brussels, Belgium. |
| Stockholms Stadsmission |
Stockholm, Sweden |
$70,000.00 |
To expand psychotherapy services to youth in Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Project Hope |
Millwood, VA |
$175,000.00 over 2 years |
To build long-term capacity in rehabilitation services for victims of the earthquake in Sichuan, China. |
September 2008
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Organization
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Location
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Amount
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Purpose
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| Domestic Grants |
| California Dental Association Foundation |
Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange Counties, California |
$56,338 |
To train dentists from safety net dental clinics to provide care to infants and young children. |
| Chicago Urban League |
Northern Illinois |
$117,094 over 2 years |
To expand mental health services to youth and their families participating in the African-American Male Adolescent in Chicago, Illinois |
| March of Dimes Foundation-Illinois Chapter |
Northern Illinois |
$60,000 |
To provide direct support services and information to families who experience hospitalization of their babies in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at one of the premier Level III hospitals in Chicago. |
| Pinellas County Urban League |
Pinellas County, Florida |
$112,600 over 2 years |
To increase screening, education, and primary health services for the African-American community in Pinellas County, Florida. |
| International Grants |
| Casa del Peregrino Aguadilla |
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico |
$30,000 over 2 years |
To increase nursing services to provide skin and wound care to high risk individuals in Northwest Puerto Rico. |
| Centro Educativo El Carmelo |
San Jose, Costa Rica |
$33,600 |
To increase psychological services to at risk children and their families in San Jose, Costa Rica. |
| Corporacion La Fondita de Jesus |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
$64,420 |
To increase mental health services to homeless individuals in Puerto Rico. |
June 2008
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Organization
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Location
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Amount
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Purpose
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Domestic Grants
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AUPHA-Association of University Programs in Health Administration (Graham Award)
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Arlington, VA
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$267,000.00 over three years
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For the 2009-2011 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research recognizing unusually significant worldwide contributions to the improved health of the public through innovative research.
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Camden Eye Center (New Jersey)
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Camden, NJ
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$35,000.00 over two years
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To establish specialized services for persons with low or impaired vision in a vocational training and employment program and surrounding community in Camden, New Jersey
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Glendale Healthy Kids (California)
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Glendale, CA
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$25,000.00
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For an Orthodontic Treatment Program for uninsured or underinsured low income children in Glendale, CA
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The Raise Foundation (California)
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Irvine, CA
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$90,192.00 over two years
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To expand services and deepen collaboration with community partner agencies to reduce child abuse and neglect on Orange County, California.
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Tuesday’s Child (Northern Illinois)
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Chicago, IL
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$12,000.00
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For support of a part time bilingual clinical psychologist and Spanish translator to expand and improve early intervention and child mental health services to Spanish speaking families in Chicago and suburbs.
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International Grants
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| Associacao Obra do Berco (Brazil) |
Sao Paulo/SP Brazil |
$33,381.00 |
For a specialized nurse to train staff in basic health services, hygiene and emergency care in Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
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Best Start Health Coalition in Peel (Canada)
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Brampton, Ontario Canada
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$82,944.00 over three years
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To expand group and individual prenatal nutrition counseling to prevent low birth weight at eleven program sites in Mississauga/Peel area of Ontario, Canada
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Canbus no Kai (Japan)
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Miyakonojo City,
Japan
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$28,000.00 over two years
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Training for staff working with people with disabilities to upgrade rehabilitation services to prepare them to live independently in the Miyazaki area of Japan.
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Compania de Danza Mobile Association (Spain)
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Seville, Spain
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$46,792.00
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To expand psychomotor rehabilitation services for young children with developmental disabilities through dance and music in Spain.
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Fundacao Julita (Brazil)
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Sao Paulo, SP Brazil
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$57,402.00
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To increase the availability of mental health services through a Center for Psychological Care for children, youth, and adults from the low income Jardim Sao Luis community of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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| The Irish Hospice Foundation (Ireland) |
Dublin, Ireland |
$109,390.00 over two years |
For a pilot program to train healthcare specialists in palliative care to expand access to non-cancer patients in Dublin, Ireland. |
| Puerto Rico Down Syndrome Foundation (Puerto Rico) |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
$57,689.00 over two years |
To bring motor oral therapy training to health professionals working with people with Down Syndrome in Puerto Rico. |
| Shanghai Angel Charity Foundation |
Pudong, Shanghai, China |
$86,342.00 over two years |
To expand the Medical Program for Disabled Children providing a charity medical card and health services program to children in an additional school for disabled children in Shanghai, China. |
April 2008
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Location
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Purpose
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Domestic Grants
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BJP Youth Ranch
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Gainesville, MO
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$24,450.00
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To expand the Therapeutic Equestrian Program with the addition of two certified therapeutic handicapped instructors in the Gainesville/Mountain Home, AR area.
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The Bridge Youth & Family Services
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Northern Illinois
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$25,000.00
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To expand the early childhood mental health program for children and their families in Palatine Township, Illinois.
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ChildServ
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Northern Illinois
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$20,000.00
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For the Healthy Fit program supporting the salary for a bilingual coordinator to increase health services to low-income minority populations in Northern Lake County, Illinois.
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Community Health
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Northern Illinois
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$65,313 over 2 years
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To expand health services to low-income, uninsured new Polish immigrants in Chicago through the addition of a bilingual Polish Patient Care Coordinator.
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Dubnoff Center
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Los Angeles, CA
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$22,282.00
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To support the expansion of a therapeutic visual and performing arts program for children with serious emotional disturbances and developmental disabilities in Los Angeles, California.
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Emergency Shelter Program
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Hayward, CA
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$25,000.00
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To expand mental health and substance abuse counseling for homeless women in Hayward, California.
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Family Alliance
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Woodstock, Illinois
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$20,000.00
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To expand dementia services program in McHenry County, Illinois by adding a licensed social worker.
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Harrisonburg Rockinham Free Clinic
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Harrisonburg, VA
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$35,000.00
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For start-up of new dental clinic in Harrisonburg-Rockingham, VA for low-income and uninsured patients.
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Heartland Alliance
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Northern Illinois
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$120,000.00 over 2 years
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To increase mental health services by adding a clinical social worker to the Families Building Community - a permanent housing program for homeless families in Chicago, Illinois.
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Middle Way House
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Bloomington, IN.
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$60,000.00 over 2 years
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To expand the medical advocacy program providing training and assistance to improve the quality of care received by victims of domestic violence and sexual assault from healthcare providers in Bloomington, Indiana.
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International Grants
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Beat
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Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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$36,360.00
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To increase services to migrant families addressing eating disorders in Thetford, UK.
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Hope House
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Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland
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$120,000 over 2 years
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To improve and expand substance abuse counseling services by supporting the addition and training of a new addictions counselor in County Mayo, Ireland.
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Medicos del Mundo
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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$31,820.00
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To train 60 health promoters in 16 neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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YWCA of Vancouver
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Vancouver, Canada
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$28,451.00
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To increase access to healthcare services by special needs children and their families by supporting a Senior Child Care Supervisor in Vancouver, Canada.
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