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Real-life impacts of #Trump #USAID cuts:
In #Uganda, local surveys indicate a 35% rise in untreated TB cases in #Teso and #Karamoja regions, w/significant implications for #publichealth.
Use SmartResponse.org to connect w/local NGOs. #philanthropy #howtohelp
Real-life impacts of #USAID cuts:
In #Uganda, a 25% increase in maternal and infant mortality rates has been recorded due to disrupted healthcare services. Thanks to #Trump #USAID cuts.
Use SmartResponse.org to connect w/local NGOs. #philanthropy #howtohelp
Real-life impacts of #USAID cuts?
Over 60% of health facilities lacking essential medical supplies (Uganda Health Ministry, 2025)
Use SmartResponse.org to connect w/NGOs. #philanthropy #howtohelp
Real-life impacts of #USAID cuts?
In #Uganda, #Serere Dist people w/HIV unable to access Antiretroviral Therapy, increasingly presenting w/opportunistic infections, complicating treatment outcomes.
Use SmartResponse.org to connect w/NGOs. #philanthropy #howtohelp
Wondering about the real-life impacts of #USAID cuts? In #Uganda, local #NGOs are reporting 30% increase in missed Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) doses among patients.
SmartResponse.org can connect you with NGOs on the ground facing cuts. #philanthropy #howtohelp
Read our new Op-Ed published today! Frontline Mpox Responders Aren’t Getting the Support They Need
Hear directly from DRC-based NGOs and what they need to prevent Mpox from becoming a next pandemic.
undark.org/2024/11/14/opinio…
#mpox #publichealth #localization #localNGO #NGO
#FL, #NC, #GA, #TN #SC are still reeling from #Helene.
#Milton is about to slam into FL.
In these times, only a few things are for sure:
Local #nonprofits are there and not leaving.
Find a local org & support directly:
smartresponse.org/milton
smartresponse.org/helene
View #howtohelp lists for #Helene and #Milton that are localized and #data driven.
#milton - smartresponse.org/milton
#helene - smartresponse.org/helene
Organizations on the ground are welcome to register. Local #nonprofits must be included on leading #howtohelp lists.
The #floods in #Bangladesh are impacting over 4.5 million people and we know these organizations are responding:
AGRAJATTRA: smartresponse.org/organizati…
COAST: smartresponse.org/organizati…
And here's a larger list of Bangladesh-based NGOs:
smartresponse.org/Bangladesh…
#howtohelp #donate
The multiple refugee crises in #Cameroon receive minimal attention. Over 700,000 people are displaced. Learn about Cameroon-based organizations and how to support them directly.
smartresponse.org/camerooncr…
#refugeecrisis #NGO #localization #localNGO #how to help #philanthropy
Powerful video about The Iraqi Institution for Development, an Iraq-based #NGO providing essential psychological support to children and families traumatized by ISIS/ISIL:
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=lS-4cp72…
About IID: smartresponse.org/organizati…
#SmartResponse #Iraq #howtohelp
Jonas Habimana of @OBiferd wrote me that in East #DRC #RDC, where his #NGO operates, 1000+ children were displaced due to armed conflict and are now learning under trees. There's a need for their protection, classrooms, food, educational kits.
More here: smartresponse.org/organizati…
Bhakta Singh of Community Development Forum (CDF) #Nepal tells me that the primary needs in #Jajarkot are heath check ups and psychological counseling following the November 2023 #earthquake.
More about CDF Nepal: smartresponse.org/org-locati…
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Nearly 1 million pounds of vinyl chloride were on this train. Now, the EPA has confirmed it's entered the Ohio River basin which is home to 25 million people.
This is one of the deadliest environmental emergencies in decades and no one is talking about it.
Vinyl chloride is not only flammable, but it's also a brain, lung, blood, and liver carcinogen. Authorities decided to burn hundreds of thousands of gallons of this chemical after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
But it’s gotten almost no national news coverage…
ALT A person takes photos as a black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern train.
Learn more about donating directly to credible local nonprofits and community foundations in the hardest-hit places, in this op-ed by @ben_smilowitz on @Philanthropy:
philanthropy.com/article/typ…
#LocalGiving #HurricaneIan #DisasterRelief
Welcome @BuildChange to SmartResponse! View Build Change's SmartResponse profile here: smartresponse.org/organizati…
#howtohelp #housing
Welcome @UWGalv to SmartResponse! View the United Way of Galveston's SmartResponse profile here: smartresponse.org/organizati…
#howtohelp #GalvestonTexas #Galveston #nonprofits
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Opinion: The same questions are often asked on the anniversaries of disasters: How have communities benefited from the outpouring of generous giving? Have those benefits been distributed equitably? The answers are usually disappointing. phlnthrp.com/3fOv0DO
Read this op-ed by @ben_smilowitz published today on @Philanthropy. Want to donate more effectively after #Hurricane #Ian and #fiona? Here’s how.
philanthropy.com/article/typ…