Health Charities

Solar panels Prospero recommends organisations that highlight the links between health and poverty, and bring together medical practitioners, social scientists and policy makers to deliver high quality services to the world's most impoverished and vulnerable communities. Services are delivered in both urban and rural areas, and in many cases they include mobile clinics and outreach programs.

Charity Description
Acid Survivors Trust International Provides medical treatment and other support to the survivors of violent acid attacks in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Uganda and Pakistan.
Better Burmese Health Care Provides high quality healthcare to very poor families around the slums of Yangon.
Child In Need Institute UK Helps poor mothers and children in India through improved health, nutrition and education.
Christian Friends of Korea Supplies humanitarian and medical aid to North Koreans suffering from tuberculosis and malnutrition.
Friends of Tarabai Desai Provide free cataract operations for those living below the poverty line in Rajasthan, India.
The Haller Foundation Promotes and enables ecological community development In Kenya.
HealthProm Works with overseas partners to improve the medical and social well-being of vulnerable women and children in Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Afghanistan.
Jaipur Foot Provides free artificial limbs and other equipment to people throughout India who have lost limbs or were born with a physical handicap.
Sponsored Arts for Education Encourages young people to use the arts to communicate health information, thus empowering the public in crisis communities in Africa.
Supporting Orphans and Indigent People of Cambodia for Development Organisation Supports the health, nutrition, and education of 100 children from chronically poor families in the slums of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
The Virlanie Foundation Provides support to 400 street children each year through 12 residential homes and its education, psychology and medical services.
The World Medical Fund Provides medical care to vulnerable children in rural Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Themba Interactive Uses theatre forums and workshops in South Africa to change behaviour and help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.