Zero Cavities 2024-27, Tondo, Philippines
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Tondo, Philippines
Project Code: HDP-PTT1123
In the urban and highly disadvantaged communities of Tondo, Manila, dental care “takes a back seat” sponsored families’ list of priorities, our site staff say. Both children and adults have untreated cavities. One of the most often cited reasons for children to miss school is toothache.
15 Houses with toilets in Kerala, India
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Kerala, India
Project Code: CP-IKM1023
The region where our Kerala sponsored families live is an increasingly attractive tourist destination. The local economy depends on tourism, and most families earn their income from the sector. But most jobs are low-level, low-wage work like hotel housekeeping, and employment opportunities are becoming scarce.
Nandom Latrines (Phase Two), Nandom, Ghana
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Nandom, Ghana
Project Code: CP- GNA0124
Families living in the Nandom community of northern Ghana live with the daily challenges of improper toilet facilities. With no plumbed latrines, families must resort to open defecation. This increases the risk of diseases for water contamination, such as cholera. Some families have previously tried to build their own latrines, but only had access to mud and other impermanent materials, which can't withstand time and weather.
Art and Cultural education for sponsored children, Chiclayo, Peru
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Chiclayo, Peru
Project Code: HDP-PCC1023
Teens in Peru are battling on many fronts. Still reeling from the devastating loss of life and social isolation in the pandemic, their grades, mental health, and relationships have all suffered. The Chiclayo site staff have seen a marked increase in school dropouts, anxiety, and depression.
Support for Five Child and Elder Care Homes, Mombasa, Kenya
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Mombasa, Kenya
Project Code: HDPKMM0424
Our Mombasa sponsor site is run by the Sisters of St. Joseph, whose scope of ministry is vast. They serve their coastal city’s most vulnerable members, providing shelter, food, education, and loving care to hundreds of children, teens, and elders whose families cannot provide for them.
San Carlos Roof Repair, PENNT, Bolivia
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: PENNT, Bolivia
Project Code: CP-BPE0124
The Parroquia San Carlos Borromeo (St Charles Borromeo Parish) is the nerve centre of their community in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Mental Health Support for Children and Youth in Asembo, Kenya
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Asembo, Kenya
Project Code: HDPKAA0124
The sponsor site staff in our Asembo site see an alarming deterioration of mental health in their rural Kenyan region. They can see that children and teens are incredibly stressed at school and at home and might not have the right outlets. They get the ‘weekend blues’ and don’t know who they can talk to.
Bangalore Houses with Toilets (15), India
- Category: Community Projects
Project Location: Bangalore, India
Project Code: CPIBG1023
The communities of Bangalore, Bellary, Manvi, Chamarajanagar, and Wayanad struggle with a widespread issue: inadequate housing and sanitation facilities.
