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Amazon Promise (Newburyport, MA) is a nonprofit that provides desperately needed medical care to remote populations living in the Upper Amazon Basin of northeastern Peru. The Peruvian operations of Amazon Promise (AP) are headquartered in the jungle city of Iquitos. Since 1994, Amazon Promise has been providing medical outreach, local training and education to remote [...]

The Chiapas Project is a Dallas, Texas based nonprofit that collects old cell phones and ink cartridges, refurbishes and sells them, and uses the proceeds from the recycled equipment to help fund the Grameen Foundation’s microfinancing programs in Chiapas, Mexico.
In 2003, The Chiapas Project raised $790,000 to help bring 4,000 women loving in Chiapas out [...]

Minnesota-based nonprofit Mano a Mano Medical Resources (Mano a Mano) was founded in 1994 by a group of volunteers who have been providing American donated medical supplies, instruments and equipment to non-profit hospitals and clinics in Bolivia that serve the poor. Almost 95% of rural Bolivians live below the poverty level.
Since 1997, Mano a Mano [...]

CEPAD*USA (Ft. Myers, Florida) is a registered charity and all-volunteer organization, formed in 1992, to help their partner organization in Nicaragua, the Council of Protestant Churches of Nicaragua (CEPAD), raise funds and other assistance for the poor people in Nicaragua.
According to CEPAD, more than 70% of Nicaraguans live in poverty, and a third of the [...]

The Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation (SAHF), based in Miami, Florida, was formed in 1983 by Salvadoran businessmen and women living in Miami to obtain donations of pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and equipment for the most vulnerable people and underprivileged people in El Salvador.
Since 1983, SAHF has sent over $210-million worth of in-kind humanitarian aid to El [...]

Washington, DC-based nonprofit Chilean American Foundation (CAF) was established in 1990 to provide financial support for social projects in Chile, South America. CAF’s members are Chileans and friends of Chile who support education, healthcare, vocational training and welfare to the most disadvantaged children in Chile.
Past projects include funding for computer equipment, medical equipment, medicines, construction [...]

Saint Boniface Haiti Foundation (SBHF) began in 1981 (based in Massachusetts) to help the poor in Haiti, of which 80% of Haitians fall below the World Bank’s poverty level.
St. Boniface Hospital treats over 45,000 patients per year. Haitian doctors, nurses and health care staff are assisted by U.S. volunteer medical specialists. Five Haitian physicians share [...]

Ecologic Development Fund is an American-based charity (Cambridge, MA) that protects lush forests and rare wildlife in Latin America while helping people create a better life for themselves. Since 1993, Ecologic has worked with over 12 partner organizations in 8 Latin America countries to benefit more than 500,000 poor and indigenous people.
Ecologic works in countries [...]