Apr 19, 2013:
By providing screening and early treatment of clubfoot, POF makes sure that beloved babies will walk normally.
Apr 9, 2013:
"As long as we offer hope..." the mothers of Nepal walk miles to bring their children to the only hospital in region.
Apr 5, 2013:
Children with autism learn to overcome basic fears through play therapy at Lekotek. Claudia adores playing with the slime there.
Mar 12, 2013:
Thanks to new navigation and a more intuitive interface, helping your favorite cause is always just a click away. Read about five easy ways to help at The Autism Site.
Feb 6, 2013:
GreaterGood.org's charitable partner Splash concentrates on urban water projects supplying hospitals, schools, and orphanages in countries where waterborne diseases are common and lethal for children.
Feb 1, 2013:
The Robert H. Cooley Pediatric Clinic in Papoli got electricity two years after it opened.
Jan 7, 2013:
GreaterGood's "Click Here to Give" program provided basic health services to 455,826 children worldwide, which shopping at The Child Health Site store helped 49,177 children.
Jan 5, 2013:
GreaterGood Network’s retail websites provided 2,186 hours of autism research and therapy while the “Click Here To Give” program at The Autism Site funded 2,379 hours of therapy for children with autism.
Oct 10, 2012:
GreaterGood.org has supported this Northwest nonprofit since 2008 in their quest to provide clean water to urban children around the world.
Oct 10, 2012:
Fatima Thaqi returned home to Kosovo with her husband and two sons after the war had finished in 1999 to find their farmland full of landmines.
Sep 14, 2012:
Meet five children in this video who have been helped by Partners In Health.
Aug 21, 2012:
Through a partnership with Google Earth, the HALO Trust shows how removal of landmines restores communities.
Aug 10, 2012:
As the the number of children with severe autism continues to grow, more families need special assistance and organizations like St. David's Center are there.
Jun 11, 2012:
In July 2012, Prosthetics Outreach Foundation and the American Foot and Ankle Society will send a group of volunteer orthopedic surgeons to Vietnam
May 30, 2012:
Children and adult amputees in Cap-Haitien now have an opportunity to be fitted with a custom-made prosthesis, a service difficult to obtain in northern Haiti but desperately needed after the devastation of the 2010 earthquake
May 1, 2012:
The Haiti Cholera Vaccine Project was targeted to reach 50,000 by the end of April.
Apr 18, 2012:
Watch this video with Autism Speaks founders Bob and Suzanne Wright discuss new federal findings regarding autism.
Apr 6, 2012:
The Haiti Cholera Vaccine Project will help protect vulnerable populations from this continuing epidemic.
Apr 2, 2012:
With a GreaterGood Network scholarship for play sessions at Lekotek, five-year-old Carlos is learning to socialize more with others.
Mar 29, 2012:
At the end of March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released statistics that show the prevalence of autism is much higher than previously thought.
Jan 31, 2012:
In a January 2012 report concerning cholera, World Health Organization reported that as high as seventy-six percent of the cases of cholera or acute diarrhea cases seen by health officials were children under the age of five.
Jan 17, 2012:
Partners In Health is constructing a 300+ bed hospital in Haiti's desperately underserved Central Plateau.
Jan 4, 2012:
In addition to other grants focused on children’s health, GreaterGood.org increased its support of programs providing services for families coping with autism in 2011.
Dec 30, 2011:
"My son Ayden never liked loud toys, vibrating toys, fuzzy toys or anything with texture, but now he enjoys it all thanks to Lekotek!" - Mother in a playgroup
Dec 27, 2011:
Watch this video from Partners In Health founder Paul Farmer on how we can save children around the world and avert "stupid deaths" from disease, violence, and poor living conditions.
Dec 22, 2011:
"Different toys have motivated Lia to learn play skills like shape sorting and threading." A parent at a Lekotek session.
Nov 29, 2011:
The National Lekotek Center helps families raising a child or children with special needs learn fun, creative, and healthy ways to play together.
Nov 14, 2011:
Contributions from GreaterGood.org have allowed Stephanie and her mom to continue their membership in Lekotek.
Nov 1, 2011:
The Wakami Village aims to implement programs where rural women can become strong agents of change for their generation and future generations.
Oct 20, 2011:
Called ProvingIt, the website not only tracks the installation of clean water systems at orphanages and schools, it also provides information on the long-term impact of these installations.
Oct 18, 2011:
Lisa Halstead, board president of GreaterGood.org, announced that grants totaling more than $2.9 million have gone to 109 charities and nonprofits operating in the United States and around the world between January and October 2011.
Aug 12, 2011:
The Haitian Health Foundation's "Happy Houses: project began long before the earthquakes struck in 2010 and continues today to provide families with a new, clean, safe place to raise their children.
Jun 30, 2011:
Every year, the National Autism Association receives more and more grant requests from financially strapped families dealing with autism.
Apr 12, 2011:
Since its founder Tanya Pinto first began her work to help the children of India, Baal Dan has sponsored schools, orphanages, and medical camps.
Feb 8, 2011:
Donations from GreaterGood.org paid for two rainwater harvesting systems in Tanzania in 2010.
Feb 4, 2011:
The new Butaro Hospital may prove to be a "a model of rural healthcare delivery for the region."
Feb 2, 2011:
In February 2011, the Tibetan Healing Fund celebrated their tenth anniversary. The organization works to improve maternal and child health care and increase educational opportunities for rural Tibetan communities.
Jan 6, 2011:
At the end of 2010, the Prosthetics Outreach Foundation made a site visit to The Justinian University Hospital to help establish a Rehabilitation Department.
Jan 3, 2011:
Donations from GreaterGood.org to A Child's Right helped supply children with clean water in Nepal, Cambodia, China, and Ethiopia in 2010.
Dec 13, 2010:
Since 2005, Autism Speaks has grown into the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism.
Dec 10, 2010:
Every December, WEAVE distributes dolls dressed in traditional Karen attire to children in the refugee camps in Thailand.
Dec 8, 2010:
Between July 2009 and June 2010, GreaterGood.org’s contributions to the Cambodian Children’s Fund helped the organization provide 6,171 kilos of rice to 700 children and their families.
Dec 6, 2010:
Partners in Health distributes locally made rag dolls to young patients in hospitals, clinics, and camps in Haiti.
Dec 3, 2010:
Every year, GreaterGood.org's charitable partner in Bolivia, Cree & Sueña (Believe & Dream), distributes presents to children in remote rural areas.
Nov 21, 2010:
The Autism Treatment Network (ATN) bring hospitals and physicians together with the goal of creating a model of comprehensive care.
Nov 20, 2010:
AutismCares™, the consortium of leading autism charities, helps families with an autistic child.
Jul 28, 2010:
On June 21, The HALO Trust hosted Great Britain’s Prince Harry on a minefield visit in Mozambique. The Prince experienced firsthand the devastating and lasting effect landmines have on people, young and old.
Jul 15, 2010:
Nyaya Health recently celebrated the first anniversary of the Bayalpata Hospital in the Achham region of Nepal.
Jul 2, 2010:
The Prosthetics Outreach Foundation, a long-time charitable partner of GreaterGood.org, works in developing countries to help children and adults who suffer from limb loss and limb deformities have access to high-quality orthopedic and non-clinical rehabilitation services.
Jun 29, 2010:
GreaterGood.org’s grant of more than $16,000 to help victims of the Tibetan earthquake went to the Tibetan Healing Fund.
Approximately fifteen different nonproft groups* devoted to improving the health of children received grants from GreaterGood.org in 2011.
