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HEALTH
Medical clinics provide health education and treatment to rural and isolated villagers who rarely receive medical care. Although there is noclinic building and they have only meager supplies, usually over 100 people are treated for problems including eye and skin infections, parasites, vaginal infections, and respiratory illnesses. Workshops teach villagers about hygiene, and basic prevention and treatment of common ailments. Needs Contact us for a list of urgently needed clinic equipment and supplies.  NATURAL MEDICINE PHARMACY and MEDICINE GARDEN Foundation intends to develop medicinal garden for treatment of common ailments.  Impetigo can be cured with plant medicine.  
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CHILDBIRTH and MATERNAL HEALTH There has been no maternal care in many rural villages, where malnutrition and childbirth practices put mothers and babies at great risk for infection and death. There is a 45% infant mortality rate in the region. Health projects include basic childbirth education for expectant parents, and childbirth kits for expectant parents. Needs
Materials for childbirth education ($500). Childbirth Kits ($10 per birth).  WOMEN’S HEALTH Workshops teach women how to sew their own cotton pads for monthly bleeding and other personal hygiene to protect them from infections, a common health problem in the region. Needs Workshop costs and materials for cotton pads ($10 per woman). 
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POTABLE WATER Mountain villagers shepherd herds of llamas, alpacas, and sheep, which graze on native grasses. The animals contaminate water drainage areas, but small-scale projects will provide safe drinking water by reducing parasitic and bacterial contamination Needs Pipes, holding tanks, filtering materials, water engineering consultations ($5000 per village). 
COOK STOVES Cooking on the floor with sticks and llama dung, while inside huts that lack windows and chimneys, creates thick smoke. Smoke causes eye and lung problems for many villagers. Needs Small, efficient, smoke-vented cook stoves ($75 each).   LATRINES Isolated villages use crude rock pits for human waste. They need proper latrines for protection against numerous ailments. Needs Latrine bench-type seats that are easily cleaned ($75 each). 
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