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Green "Genesis Initiative" and its Impact on Communities
Permit me to introduce to you to The Genesis Initiative Uganda, an organization whose goal is to address environmentally related concerns affecting our country and the quality of life in each community. The worldwide issues of Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Management are crucial to Uganda's prosperity, and it is critical that the situation, which seems to be getting out of hand, is arrested. . See photo . More

Shipments of Supplies: Afya has sent over 30 supply filled 40 foot containers to Haiti, Ghana, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Malawi, and Sierra Leone.^[2] Included in these shipments are a range of items from ultrasound machines and operating tables to soccer balls and pens. A wide range of vital supplies are required for clinicians to provide adequate care to the members of the communities they serve. In addition to shipping 40 foot containers, duffel bags can also be requested and shipped with medical personnel who are making a specific international aid trips. Supplies that are generally accepted include: Tents, Sleeping bags, Umbrellas, Rain boots, Bug Spray, Crutches, Wheelchairs, Gloves, Water Purification Tablets, Ensure/Liquid Food, Personal Care Items, Gauze, Bandages, Sheets, and Blankets.

Gloria's Gathering: provides a venue for mourning friends and family to honor a loved one by donating rehabilitated medical supplies that were used during recuperation and end of life that would otherwise wind up in a landfill. After rehabilitation, these supplies are distributed in developing nations throughout Africa and the Caribbean.^[9] The project is named in honor of Gloria Bobrow, wife of Edwin Bobrow: Afya advisor board member, author, management consultant, and retired Adjunct Associate Professor at NYU.

Afya Clubs: Over 15 clubs across the country have already been founded by middle school, high school, and college students to spread the word about Afya and collect supplies in their own communities. Any and all youth are encouraged to get involved and start their own clubs in order to help Afya to continue in providing vital supplies to international health clinics and communities in need. Alex, a teenager from the New York area ran a collection drive for soccer equipment. He started by getting in touch with local youth soccer commissioner, to set up donation boxes at local youth soccer games. By the end of his project, he had managed to collect enough soccer equipment to furnish an entire youth soccer league in Neno, Malawi.^[10] The Women's Track and Field team at Haverford College recently completed a collection campaign. Over 100 pairs of shoes were donated and shipped to the Afya warehouse, where they will be distributed to those in need.

olution for African Farmers and Their Families
One in three Africans suffers from hunger. And the problem is getting worse, not better. There are many reasons for this crisis. The soil is becoming less fertile as Africans have to farm it more intensively to keep up with population pressure. Meanwhile, African farmers don't have access to four things essential to successful agriculture: improved, high-quality seeds that are well-suited to local conditions; farming inputs like organic and mineral fertilizers and irrigation; opportunities to learn and test new farming techniques; and commercial markets where they can sell crops. MORE->

.Abyssinian Fund is an NGO dedicated to fighting poverty in Ethiopia. An event on its behalf was organized in Harlem by members of the legendary Abyssinian Baptist Church. It attracted local politicians, business leaders, and diplomats, including representatives of Ethiopia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations. More