What is AZ Gives Day? Started in 2013, AZ Gives Day is a statewide giving campaign to empower local nonprofits and work to advance our community. AZ Gives Day has raised over $30 million for organizations around the valley! The campaign starts April 4th, but you can give at any […]
Investing in Clean Water Globally
Lack of clean water, sanitation, and hygiene contributes significantly to the global burden of disease. To combat unsafe water, there are two broad categories of water systems, centralized and decentralized. Centralized Centralized systems provide water delivery and sanitation infrastructure and include a central water treatment facility with safe, piped water […]
Three Ways to Eat Healthy this Spring
“Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” – Bethenny Frankel, Businesswoman Esperança’s community health educators know a lot about preparing and eating healthy food. Participants in their community-based classes agree. One recent graduate of Esperança’s Salud con Sabor Latino class, a four-week training […]
Children’s Dental Health Month
According to the CDC, by age 8, 52% of children have had a cavity in their baby teeth. Equally surprisingly, on average, 34 million school hours are lost each year due to unplanned dental care. Lack of dental care affects children’s overall health and can also diminish their educational development. […]
Damasita has a secure Future!
Your home should be your castle — a place where you feel completely safe and in control … Sadly, that isn’t yet the case for Damasita who lives in the outskirts of Tarija, Bolivia. Thieves have broken into her home TWICE in recent years! Damasita and her sons luckily weren’t […]
Bato Has Hope and a Future
Bato is a sharp and resourceful young man. At 19-years-old, he’s the main bread-winner for his siblings and ill mother in Mozambique. It’s a duty Bato takes seriously, so much so that he was willing to sacrifice his own future. He’d fallen behind in school because he was often fishing […]
Mom Sows Seeds of Change in Bolivian Community
Felisa was fed up with the status quo. For as long as the 36-year-old could remember, her community in Bolivia had suffered from a seasonal lack of water. That meant she and her neighbors mainly grew staple crops, like corn, instead of more nutritious vegetables. That was fine for livestock, […]
David’s Story: Mother & Son on the Road to Recovery
David loved his mom Lorena dearly, but he struggled to hold her hand starting at age 4. That’s when David’s hands and arms were severely burned in a house fire … set by his now-estranged father!Damaged tendons prevented this sweet boy from bending his arms at the elbows. He couldn’t […]
A Brighter Future for Juanito
Jennifer is a mom who refused to give up. She thought giving birth to her new son would be routine, just like it was for her other kids. All her doctor’s visits had gone to plan … Instead, baby Juanito was born with clubfoot. Jennifer hadn’t heard of this common […]
Organic Farming Combatting Pesticide Poisoning in Bolivia
Pesticide Exposure in Bolivia The use of pesticides has increased during the past decades, also increasing the risk of exposure to toxic pesticides that can cause detrimental health effects in the future. This is of special concern among farmers in low-to-middle-income countries that may lack proper training in the safe […]
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