Embrace Relief and United Nations Sustainable Development
Embrace Relief and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a blueprint for a peaceful and prosperous world. The core of this agenda are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), urgent calls for action built on more than three decades of worldwide cooperation.
As a non-profit humanitarian aid organization whose aim is to reduce suffering and improve quality of life worldwide, Embrace Relief’s work is fully aligned with the UN SDGs. Each of our eight programs addresses, either directly or indirectly, at least one development goal, and together our programs cover the majority.
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Our Programs
Below is a list of programs and which Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Click on them to be jump to that program.
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Embrace Relief has built and reconstructed more than 800 water wells in Africa, providing a supply of clean drinking water for more than 800,000 people who did not have an accessible, improved water source previously.
Clean water is strongly linked to improved health outcomes, significantly reducing diseases caused by consuming contaminated water – including diarrheal diseases that are annually among the leading causes of death for children.
A reliable supply of clean water enables greater agricultural production, which provides more food to the community, and allows for selling crops outside the community.
Women and girls are primarily responsible for fetching water in rural areas of Africa. Building a water well reduces their burden, saving hours each day; this boosts school attendance for girls, and allows mothers more time to raise their families or start small businesses.
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Embrace Relief has delivered food packages and hot meals to more than 5 million people in over 40 countries since 2013. This is a short-term solution designed to meet people’s immediate needs, but a necessary step in saving lives while long-term solutions are developed.
Poverty is one of the main underlying causes of hunger, but hunger also enables cycles of poverty. Addressing malnutrition can reduce health issues, increase productivity, promote education, and otherwise create the conditions for people to exit poverty.
Providing food especially to malnourished children is crucial to avoid lifelong chronic health conditions. Malnourished children are at higher risk of impaired physical growth, show decreased capacity for learning, and are more likely to suffer from non-communicable diseases later in life.
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Embrace Relief supports three brick-and-mortar health clinics, as well as several mobile clinics, in Mali. These clinics have provided free medical treatment to people who otherwise could not afford it, including the restoration of sight for 37,000 people through cataract surgeries, as well as more than 550,000 comprehensive health screenings to detect and treat underlying health issues.
Cataract surgeries are a simple but life-changing operation that are financially out of reach for many of the 2+ million Malians who suffer from vision loss. Providing this treatment enables children to keep pace with their peers in school, and allows adults to live productive lives without the complications of blindness.
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Embrace Relief’s “Reach. Inspire. Support. Educate.” (R.I.S.E.) program provides scholarships to 24 women in Tanzania who are studying to receive advanced degrees in education and administration. These degrees will allow the graduates to move into positions of leadership in the male-dominated Tanzanian educational system, opening the path for women to have a voice in the country’s school curriculum.
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Embrace Relief has supported more than 1.4 million refugees of various conflicts and climate emergencies by providing housing and rent assistance, food, children’s education, translators, and legal services. These programs allow families to maintain a stable living situation while navigating the many challenges of refugee life in an unfamiliar country.
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Embrace Relief supports education around the world through a series of programs designed to promote literacy, provide students with technology to make learning easier, and to provide vocational/technical education to students who wish to pursue it. We have provided books and school supplies to thousands of underprivileged students in the United States; hundreds of computers to students in Tanzania and Uganda; and educational support for thousands of refugee children.
Education is the platform for a successful life, and our programs are enabling students around the world to succeed in the classroom and advance into productive careers.
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Embrace Relief supports the operation of orphanages in countries including Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Ghana, and Haiti. These orphanages provide children with the food, water, shelter, health insurance, and other basic necessities of life that they need to grow into successful adults.
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Embrace Relief was originally founded as a disaster relief organization, and we continue to provide material aid to victims of natural disasters around the world. Since 2013, our efforts have delivered aid to nearly 1 million people following earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This relief is designed to help victims both in the short-term – including deliveries of food packages, water, clothing and first aid supplies – as well as the long-term, through housing and rent assistance.
THE 17 GOALS
