WHERE A LITTLE GOES SUCH A LONG
WAY
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We Provide Disaster
Assistance: We provide hygiene and infant kits as well as clothing and
blankets to disaster victims |
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We Provide
School Supplies:
Needed school supplies, including shoes and uniforms are
provided to children that could not otherwise attend
school. We provide tuition for trade
schools. |
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We Establish
Village Health Networks: We
provide malaria treatment and prevention, and HIV/AIDS
education. Also, health education including hygiene,
nutrition, and prenatal care. We provide
clean water sources and better
sanitation through village
latrines. |
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We Enable Industry
Development: We provide small loans, or microcredit,
to women to enable cottage industry development. These
microcredit projects include growing and selling vegetables,
purchasing sewing machines for seamstress co-ops, buying
livestock to sell the offspring and buying bulk food items to
sell in smaller quantities at a profit. Women repay
their loans and use their profits to feed, clothe and educate
their
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SWAN Foundation is working with Opportunity Fund
for Developing Countries (OFDC) (http://www.ofdc.org
)to achieve mission goals.
SWAN Foundation is funded through tax deductible
donations and book sales of Lucy
Shook's Letters from
Afghanistan.
Please take time to review our cultural program
"Letters from Afghanistan" that we offer as a fund raising event for
SWAN.
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