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August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month

Posted on | by Leo Wilson

August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, which makes it a great time to consider all of the important ways that good eye health impacts childhood development. More than 200,000 children are blind due to cataracts, many of them in parts of Africa where healthcare is not widely available or affordable. They have challenges in taking care of themselves, learning, and developing into functional adults. Embrace Relief’s cataract surgery program can restore their eyesight and make life easier for children (and adults) for just $120 per surgery. Please, if you can, donate today!

Good eyesight is essential for children as they learn and grow. And with a new school year nearly upon us, that’s why August is National Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. There’s no better time than now to ensure that your children have the best vision possible.

More than 500,000 American children have some level of vision difficulty. This can be a big issue in school, as it’s estimated that 80 percent of the information children learn in school is presented visually. Vision problems are linked with decreased academic performance, learning difficulties, and some behavioral issues. To avoid this, every parent should take three crucial steps to ensure their child’s eyes are healthy and their vision remains clear. First, be sure to schedule regular eye examinations. Second, help your child take eye safety precautions when playing sports or doing other activities. And third, be aware of the warning signs of eye problems.

Regular eye examinations: get the expert opinion

To promote good eye health, children should start receiving regular eye exams at the age of 3. Experts recommend these exams continue annual eye check-ups until at least the age of 6. If a child’s eyesight is good and there are no signs of poor vision (see below), exams can be scheduled for every two years instead until adulthood.

Regular check-ups make it more likely that a pediatric optometrist will detect any vision issues early. Early detection is our best weapon against any ailment, but particularly when we’re young and our eyes are constantly developing and maturing.

Eye safety: Be smart, see clearly

While some eye problems can be genetic, it is far more common that a child will partially or totally lose their vision due to an injury they suffer while playing sports or doing other activities. An estimated 40,000 such eye-related injuries occur every year in the United States, with most of them affecting children.

Wearing protective goggles and glasses will keep your child’s eyes safe when they play a contact sport like football, soccer, basketball, hockey or lacrosse. 

Additionally, many eye injuries are caused by younger children playing with sharp, pointy toys. Parents should make sure their children are playing with age-appropriate, safe toys.

Warning signs: Know what to look for

Even for adults, it can be difficult to self-diagnose a vision issue. Your child may complain of blurred, cloudy or double vision, which is straightforward enough. But in other cases, it may not be as obvious to your child that they’re having trouble seeing. So you may simply have to keep a watchful eye on their behavior, which can tell you more information.

Red-flag behaviors that your child might have vision problems include the following:

  • Constant squinting when reading or watching TV
  • Tilting their head forward or backward while looking at distant objects
  • Holding books too close to their eyes or sitting too close to the TV
  • Discomfort when looking at a computer, phone, tablet or gaming screen
  • Closing one eye while reading or focusing
  • Frequent eye-rubbing while reading or focusing
  • Eyes tearing up for no clear reason
  • Wandering eyes
  • Sensitivity to light with headache or nausea

If your child exhibits these behaviors, ask an eye doctor to examine them so you can get an early start on diagnosing whatever the underlying issue might be.

Eye health is important for all

Good vision and good eye health habits are fundamental to childhood development. As a parent, you can make a huge impact on your child’s future by following these recommendations. But also spare a thought for many thousands of children worldwide who don’t have access to the kind of healthcare support we have here in America.

Embrace Relief’s Cure Cataracts program provides health examinations and eye checkups for free to people in the West African country of Mali who otherwise could not afford it. This service has restored the eyesight of more than 4,200 people, giving them their lives back and making their world a better place. For just $120, you can provide someone in need with a life-changing surgery. So please, donate today!

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FBI Newark CAAA Backpack Drive

Posted on | by Leo Wilson

FAIRFIELD, NJ (Aug. 17, 2022)—As another summer winds down, children all throughout the state of New Jersey are getting ready to go back to school. It’s an exciting time for everyone. But for some children and their families, a new school year also means additional expenses for new school supplies that they may have difficulty paying for.

To help ease these families’ burden, the Embrace Relief Foundation and the FBI Newark Citizens Academy Alumni Association are teaming up for our fourth annual Backpack Drive, which will deliver backpacks and other school supplies to more than 1,000 students in seven different locations spread throughout the state of New Jersey this month.

Embrace Relief and the FBINewarkCAAA have a growing history of partnering together to help the New Jersey community. In addition to the last three years of the Backpack Drive, the two nonprofit organizations have joined together at various times of year to deliver food, blankets, and other necessities to people in need.

“It gives us great pride to be here today with Embrace Relief,” said Edie Peters Liguori, FBINewarkCAAA President. “This is just one of the initiatives we do throughout the year, and Embrace Relief is always beside us. I’m very thankful for all that they do, not only for the FBI Newark Citizens’ Academy, but also everyone throughout the entire world. I’m looking forward to our next collaboration together.”

To prepare the backpacks for students, members of the FBINewarkCAAA Board of Trustees joined Embrace Relief workers and volunteers at Embrace Relief’s office in Fairfield on Sunday morning, Aug. 14. They all worked together over the course of four hours to pack 1,008 backpacks and 120 insulated lunch bags full of supplies. 

The backpacks are brand new, high-quality, and durable, and come in two sizes, 19 inches (large) and 17 inches (small). Each backpack was filled by hand with several spiral-bound notebooks; a packet filled with pens, crayons, markers, paper, erasers, folders, and a ruler; a package of sanitary wet wipes; and a note wishing students the best of luck in the upcoming school year.

All of these materials were purchased with donations collected jointly by the FBINewarkCAAA and Embrace Relief. Additionally, sponsors for the Fourth Annual Backpack Drive include Meineke Car Care Center of Jersey City, Raritan Central Railway, Lakeland Bank, and Peace Islands Institute.

“I’d like to thank the board members of the FBI Newark CAAA, as well as all of the sponsors who have sponsored this backpack distribution,” said Osman Dulgeroglu, Embrace Relief CEO. “We are very happy to have prepared 1,000 backpacks, which will be a big help for low-income families throughout New Jersey.”

The FBINewarkCAAA will handle the distribution of the backpacks and lunch bags, stopping in seven locations spread widely throughout the state during the final weeks of August. Distribution events include the following locations and dates (some dates still to be announced):

  • Aug. 21: Mount Bethel Church, 491 Bellevue Avenue, Trenton
  • Aug. 22: Reverend Dawson, Garfield and Arctic avenues, Wildwood
  • Aug. 30: East Newark School, 501 North 3rd Street, East Newark
  • Sept. 1: Jersey City School #20, 239 Ocean Avenue, Jersey City
  • Boys and Girls Club of Lodi, 460 Passaic Avenue, Lodi
  • Hope and Esperanza Community Health Center, 788 Mount Prospect Avenue, Newark
  • Inglesia Ciudad de Refugio, 436 Market Street, Perth Amboy

The Embrace Relief Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit humanitarian aid organization headquartered in Fairfield, NJ, which focuses on a variety of different programs designed to reduce suffering and promote human development around the world. These programs have been developed in harmony with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which provide a framework for “shared peace and prosperity for people and the planet.” Since 2013, Embrace Relief has operated programs in more than 40 countries, centered on eight different humanitarian causes that address the majority of SDGs: hunger relief, clean water, women’s empowerment, health and wellness, relief for children, disaster relief, education support, and refugee relief.

The FBI Newark Citizens Academy Alumni Association is a community-based and supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, distinct and separate from the FBI. It is designed to promote a more informed and safer community through diverse service projects and by educating business, labor, media, medical, minority, government, education, religious, senior citizen, and community leaders in the State of New Jersey and in particular, about law enforcement, with particular emphasis on the mission, resources, and limitations of the FBI.

 

Djeneba Diallo Cataract Surgery Story

Posted on | by Leo Wilson

As Djeneba Diallo walked into the operating room, her hand clasped together with the hand of a staffer at the Gaoussou Fofana ophthalmology clinic in Bamako, Mali, she had tears of joy and gratitude streaming down her face.

Djeneba, age 62, has been a widow for many years. She’s been taking care of herself and her home since her husband passed away, but this task has gotten more difficult recently. For the past several years, Djeneba has been one of the 2.1 million Malians – more than 10 percent of the country’s population – who live with impaired vision. She suffers from cataracts, a progressive eye disease causing severe blurry or discolored vision. Cataracts occur naturally in many people’s eyes as they age. They are also associated with a number of health conditions, including diabetes, malnutrition, excessive exposure to sunlight, and previous eye injuries.

Older adults with impaired vision are at great risk for falling and injuring themselves in their home or out in public. They also face elevated risks of social isolation, as well as complications in performing simple, daily tasks like eating and washing. All of this has made Djeneba’s life more difficult than it needs to be.

A surgical procedure to remove cataracts is a common option with a very high rate of success in restoring vision. But in less-developed countries like Mali, the cost of an eye surgery is unaffordable for many, including Djeneba. And even when people can afford surgery, they may need to travel long distances to receive basic healthcare services.

These are problems Embrace Relief is addressing through its Cure Cataracts program. Under this initiative, Embrace Relief is supporting three clinics in Mali’s populous capital city, Bamako, which offer health screenings and general care, but which specialize in ophthalmology. We also provide transportation to and from these clinics for anyone who needs it. The network also includes two Mobile Health Unit vehicles, which can travel several hours away from the capital in all directions, bringing healthcare directly to people who otherwise could not access it.

Learning about the Gaoussou Fofana clinic in Bamako must have been a miraculous feeling for Djeneba. After being provided food, water, and an examination, she was informed that she would be given life-changing cataract surgery for free – a gift courtesy of a donation of just $120 from an Embrace Relief donor. Overwhelmed, she could only repeat the phrase “I ni ce,” which means “Thank you” in her native language of Bambara. Djeneba thanked all of the clinic’s volunteers and staffers, and wished for long and happy lives for all of the clinic’s doctors.

“I thank all of the workers here and everyone who came together to help with this project,” she said. “I am a single woman and I have no way to help my eyes to see again on my own. I haven’t got money for this surgery, but you will operate on me for free.”

After her surgeries, Djeneba will be able to enjoy a higher quality of life thanks to Embrace Relief and the Gaoussou Fofana clinic. Her vision issues are unfortunately common – but her story is also proof of how many lives can be changed for the better when we act together.

Thousands of people in Mali are waiting to undergo eye surgeries like the ones Djeneba received. To date, Embrace Relief has given 4,200 people the gift of eyesight, and we’re just getting started. But we need your help. Every $120 you donate to Embrace Relief’s Cure Cataracts campaign ensures that one more person will be able to live a better life, and will be able to face the world with clear eyes. Join Embrace Relief and donate today!

Bahima Beathé Cataract Surgery Story

Posted on | by Leo Wilson

Four years ago, Bahima Beathé was working as a teacher in the Ivory Coast, following his life’s calling and helping his students learn and grow. But his life came to a halt when his eyesight suddenly started to decline.

Bahima later learned that he was one of the more than 65 million people worldwide who suffer from cataracts, a progressive eye disease causing severe blurry or discolored vision. Cataracts occur naturally in many people’s eyes as they age. They are also associated with a number of health conditions, including diabetes, malnutrition, excessive exposure to sunlight, and previous eye injuries.

But in the moment, all Bahima knew was that he could no longer teach his students effectively. He had to leave his teaching job. And his daily life became significantly more challenging, too, as it does for the more than 2 billion people worldwide with impaired vision. Adults with vision impairment tend to have lower workforce participation, lower productivity, and higher rates of depression and anxiety. Older adults with vision impairment are also at higher risk of falls and injury, social isolation, and total reliance on family members to get through the day. 

There is a solution for the millions of people living with cataracts: eye surgery to remove cataracts is common and highly successful. But this is often not an option in West Africa, where the cost of surgery is unaffordable for many. And even when people can afford surgery, they may need to travel long distances to receive basic healthcare services.

This too is a solvable problem, and this is where Embrace Relief comes in. We supports a network of health clinics which offer health screenings and general care, but which specialize in ophthalmology. This network includes three clinics located in Bamako, the capital of the West African country of Mali, which serve the city’s 2 million residents. It also includes two Mobile Health Unit vehicles, which travel several hours away from the capital in all directions, bringing healthcare directly to people who otherwise could not access it.

Bahima learned about Embrace Relief’s Gaoussou Fofana clinic in Bamako, hundreds of miles away from his home. When he heard that the clinic could provide him with the life-restoring surgery to remove his cataracts free of charge – paid for thanks to a gift of just $120 from an Embrace Relief donor – he was determined to make the journey. Bahima wouldn’t say how he eventually arrived in Bamako. But he likely had two options: a 24-hour bus ride costing more than $130, or hitchhiking.

When he got to the Gaoussou Fofana clinic, he underwent surgery in one eye. Two weeks later, Embrace Relief’s humanitarian volunteer doctors will take care of his other eye. The surgeries go well. After four years of suffering, Bahima’s vision was restored. His life was returned to him. 

One day soon, he says, he’ll go back into the classroom and return to his passion: teaching others. In the meantime, he is beyond thankful for the gift given to him by Embrace Relief and our generous donors:

“The way you are working here is really good,” Bahima said. “When I heard about this clinic and came here to see for myself, I felt so happy. I greet you, may God keep you, may you have a long life, and may you have more chances to help others.”

Thousands of people in Mali are waiting to undergo eye surgeries like the ones Bahima received. To date, Embrace Relief has given 4,200 people the gift of eyesight, and we’re just getting started. But we need your help. Every $120 you donate to Embrace Relief’s Cure Cataracts campaign ensures that one more person will be able to live a better life, and will be able to face the world with clear eyes. Join Embrace Relief and donate today!

Harvest Trolley in Garfield

Posted on | by Leo Wilson

The Embrace Relief Foundation and Garfield Mayor Richard Rigoglioso teamed up to deliver free healthy food to more than 100 families at Embrace Relief’s Mobile Market distribution event at the Garfield Recreation Center on Friday, Aug. 5.

Friday’s mobile market is one of many food distribution events operated throughout the year by Embrace Relief, a humanitarian nonprofit organization based in Fairfield, at different locations in Essex and Passaic counties.

Families who attended were welcomed by Embrace Relief volunteers, as well as Mayor Rigoglioso and Garfield Councilman Pawel Maslag, who helped pack bags of food from the trolley, including a selection of pasta, beans, corn, tuna, chickpeas, frozen meat packs, and other staples.

“No one should ever go hungry because they can’t afford the food they need,” said Embrace Relief CEO Osman Dulgeroglu. “But unfortunately this is sometimes the case. Today was a wonderful event, and we are very grateful for Mayor Rigoglioso for helping us provide food to people in need in Garfield.”

With the cost of food rising due to inflation and other economic factors, high-quality nutritious food is less affordable for more people than ever before. Embrace Relief’s International Hunger Relief program aims to meet this need and reduce food insecurity – both here in the United States, and worldwide – by partnering with community organizations to distribute food directly to our neighbors. In 2022 alone, Embrace Relief has provided food packages and hot meals to more than 130,000 people in 15 countries, including 33,000+ in the U.S.

Embrace Relief would like to thank the Garfield Community Affairs Division, the Peace Islands Institute, and the Turkish Cultural Center of New Jersey for its support for this Aug. 5 event. 

Embrace Relief is a registered 501(c)(3) humanitarian nonprofit organization based in Fairfield, NJ, and dedicated to providing aid to people and communities in need in the United States and around the world. The Foundation operates programs in eight different humanitarian areas: disaster relief, hunger relief, clean water, health, education, children, refugee relief, and women’s empowerment. For more information on Embrace Relief’s programs, visit www.embracerelief.org.

How inflation drives hunger and food insecurity

Posted on | by Leo Wilson

Hunger is spiking around the world as inflation makes some foods unaffordable for a growing number of people. Join Embrace Relief in being part of the solution today with a donation for hunger relief!

Like almost everything else lately, food prices have been rising at a fast rate in nearly every part of the world. In the United States, the cost of food was up 10 percent in May 2022 compared to one year earlier. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index, which measures the average global cost for staple foods,  soared 23 percent from June 2021 to June 2022. To put it in simple, real-word terms: right now, your money buys less food than it used to. 

There isn’t any one single cause for this inflation: supply-chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change causing havoc to global agriculture, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine are all just some of the factors in why food costs more. Rising food prices affect us all, causing everyone to have to set aside more of their income for this most basic human need. But of course, lower- and middle-income families and countries are hit hardest by these economic impacts.

In America, the number of food-insecure people has steadily risen in recent years, including a spike after the beginning of the pandemic. Someone is food insecure if they either do not have access to healthy food, or if they do not have the resources to acquire it. At the end of 2020, food insecurity in the U.S. had risen to more than 14 million adults and 16 million children, in large part to the many people who lost their jobs and incomes during the early days of the pandemic. Because the price of food is a key driver of food-insecurity, that number can be expected to rise even further as many lower-income and unemployed people are finding that their fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy – the nutritious food they need for a healthy body – are unaffordable.

Faced with this conundrum, more and more Americans are turning to community food banks and food pantries to supplement their nutritional needs. Demand is skyrocketing around the country, and many food banks are strapped for resources and struggling to meet the need. In order to reverse this trend, we will all need to come together and give what we can to ensure that no one goes hungry because they can’t afford food.

Help Embrace Relief deliver hunger relief

That’s where you – with the help of Embrace Relief – come in.

A commitment to fighting hunger wherever it exists on the planet is one of the foundations of Embrace Relief’s work. Since our founding, Embrace Relief’s International Hunger Relief programs have fed more than 1.1 million people in over 50 countries. In 2022 alone, Embrace Relief delivered food packages and hot meals to more than 130,000 people in 15 countries during our month-long campaigns in April and July.

Embrace Relief has been fortunate to forge partnerships with local organizations – including food banks and food pantries – around the globe, which allows us to deliver aid wherever it’s needed most. During our International Hunger Relief 2022 campaigns, we’ve served our neighbors in the United States, but we’ve also distributed food in sub-Saharan Africa, Greece, Yemen, Indonesia, the Philippines, and more

But we can’t do any of that without the generosity of our donors. Your support is crucial, and every donation is capable of improving the lives of real people in need – a minimum donation of just $25 can give an entire family the gift of a package full of good, nutritious food. Every dollar adds up.

So please, if you can, donate today. Help Embrace Relief fight inflation and hunger, and help thousands of people around the world get the food they need. Every contribution you make helps one more family go to bed on a full stomach, and brings us one small step closer to ending world hunger.

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International Hunger Relief 2022: Embrace Relief delivers meals to 132,880 people

Posted on | by Leo Wilson

As conflict, climate change, COVID-19, and inflation continue to escalate the world hunger crisis, Embrace Relief is doing its part to help feed the world.

Thus far in 2022, Embrace Relief’s International Hunger Relief campaigns, which took place during April for Ramadan and July for Qurbani, have provided meals and food packages for more than 130,000 people across 15 countries and four continents.

Thanks to the generosity of Embrace Relief’s donors, and the vital on-the-ground support of Embrace Relief’s local partner organizations, food distribution totaled 35,620 people during Ramadan, and 97,260 people during Qurbani.

According to the United Nations, more than 828 million people worldwide live with hunger every single day, and the number continues to grow in recent years thanks to the various economic, political and climate crises affecting the entire globe.

Because the crisis is so widespread, Embrace Relief’s International Hunger Relief campaigns are active in numerous regions of the world. Food packages have been delivered to people in need in Embrace Relief’s home country of the United States; numerous sub-Saharan African countries, most prominently Tanzania, Mali, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Uganda; refugees in Greece; and people living in conflict-stricken Yemen.

Hunger Relief 2022

Here are some of the highlights of Embrace Relief’s International Hunger Relief distribution in 2022:

  • United States (food distributed to 33,760 people): During Qurbani, Embrace Relief distributed meat packages to 5,220 families and 31,320 people at a variety of locations in the United States, including New Jersey, Texas, Atlanta, Los Angeles. During Ramadan, food packages were delivered to 460 families, while hot meals were provided for 600 people.

  • Tanzania (food distributed to 17,560 people): A total of 1,435 families, equaling 8,610 people, benefited from Embrace Relief’s Qurbani meat packages in Tanzania. The country was also the primary area of food distribution during Ramadan, with 530 families receiving food packages and 6,300 Tanzanian people receiving hot meals.

  • Philippines (food distributed to 13,320 people): The Philippines received a donation of 60 cows’ worth of meat from Embrace Relief during the Qurbani campaign. This meat was distributed to more than 2,220 families in the country, providing many meals for families in need.

  • Greece (food distributed to 12,200 people): Supporting refugee families in Greece is an important aspect of the International Hunger Relief campaign. During Ramadan, Embrace Relief delivered food packages to 1,500 families, meat packages to 550 families, and a $50 food voucher to an additional 550 families. In addition, during Qurbani, Embrace Relief provided meat packages to 700 families.

  • Mali (food distributed to 10,710 people): Embrace Relief distributed meat packages to 1,645 families in Mali for Qurbani, and food packages serving 120 families during Ramadan.

  • Yemen (food distributed to 9,200 people): The deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen, where conflict has been ongoing since 2014, requires a significant response. During Ramadan, Embrace Relief began providing daily bread distribution for 1,400 Yemeni people. This life-saving distribution will continue thanks to the support of our donors. In addition, Embrace Relief provided food packages to 600 families and Eid sweets to 300 children during Ramadan. For Qurbani, an additional 600 families received meat packages.

Africa Qurbani

Other countries who received Embrace Relief food distributions included Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In all of these countries, between 1,100 and 7,100 people received food packages, meat packages, or hot meals.

Because of donors like you, the International Hunger Relief 2022 campaigns have been quite successful, with tens of thousands of vulnerable people receiving much-needed support. Embrace Relief would like to extend a most sincere thank you to all who have donated this year.

In 2023, we’re looking to reach even more people and families through our International Hunger Relief campaigns. Your generosity is the foundation on which we can achieve this goal. Together with your help, we can ensure hundreds of thousands of people have the food they need to survive and thrive.

Give Qurbani With Embrace Relief

In 2023, Qurbani will occur on June 29-30. During this time, sheep, goats, and cattle are humanely and hygienically sacrificed in adherence with common dietary restrictions. At this important time of year, join Embrace Relief and provide food for people in need in Africa (including the countries of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Mali, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Democratic Republic of Congo), as well as Yemen, Greece, and the United States, by donating to Embrace Relief’s International Hunger Relief: Qurbani 2023 campaign.

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Fountains of Hope: Restoring clean water service to people in need

Posted on | by Leo Wilson

Embrace Relief’s approach to the clean water crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is simple, but complicated at the same time. Since 2013, we have funded the construction of hundreds of water wells, providing communities with an easy-to-operate, easy-to-maintain piece of infrastructure that will allow them to tap into the region’s vast resources of fresh water in a safe, sustainable way. Clean water access prevents disease, promotes public health and sanitation, encourages agriculture and trade, and saves time that can be spent on education or supporting one’s family. Simple enough.

It can be more complicated to figure out the best possible locations for our wells – places where there are both high levels of human need and suitable geology for building. Embrace Relief and its partners on the ground in Chad and Cameroon are always searching for the best locations for new wells. But we’ve also found many places where a well has already been built, only to fall into disrepair and be abandoned, usually due to a lack of investment or upkeep. We see this as an opportunity. Reconstructing these previously dug, previously functioning wells is less time- and cost-intensive than building a new well from scratch, while providing the same amount of clean water.

That’s the idea behind Embrace Relief’s “Fountains of Hope” project, which we launched in 2021. While Embrace Relief continues to fund the building of new wells in Cameroon and Chad, we also keep an eye out for sites in these two countries where we can restore abandoned wells. Whether new or rebuilt, Embrace Relief’s driving goal is to provide clean water to as many communities as possible. But because reconstructed wells cost less, a donation to Fountains of Hope means you’re getting a greater impact for the same amount of money.

Fountains of Hope continues to grow thanks to the support of our donors. In 2021, the first year of the project, Embrace Relief rebuilt 50 dilapidated wells in Africa, restoring well service and clean water to more than 50,000 people. Just over halfway through 2022, we’ve exceeded last year’s total, with 60 additional wells rebuilt and 60,000 people who now have a much more accessible and safe source of drinking water.

In total, donors to Fountains of Hope provided 110,000 people with a sustainable long-term solution to their clean water needs over the last year and a half – and this is in addition to the 450,000 people in Africa who have benefitted from one of Embrace Relief’s newly built water wells since 2013.

But we still have plenty of work ahead of us, and we need your help. Donate today to Fountains of Hope, or start your own Clean Water Project fundraiser, and help us improve the quality of life for thousands more people over the next five years.

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