Causes: Children & Youth, Education, Health, Primary & Elementary Schools, Public Health

Mission: Empowering women and children through evidence-based health, education, and advocacy programs.

Results: In 2020, HealthEd Connect programs and volunteers: -provided quality primary education to 1,415 orphans and vulnerable children and 99,213 hot lunches for children-facilitated enrichment programs (grief support, sports, etc) for 9,183 children -weighed and monitored 71,337 children, age 0-5 yrs-delivered 5,197 healthy babies-immunized 40,281 infants and children-taught 53,955 mothers about nutrition, sanitation, family planning to promote healthy children and families

Target demographics: empower women and children through evidence-based health, education, and advocacy programs

Direct beneficiaries per year: 188,115 lives directly touched by HealthEd Connect community health workers and school programs

Geographic areas served: Zambia, Malawi, D. R. Congo, and Nepal

Programs: Training for volunteer community health workers in Malawi, DR. Congo, Zambia, and Nepal to support healthy children, women, and communities. Primary (K-7) education, nutrition, and wrap-around programs for orphans and vulnerable children, in addition to high school scholarships for girls, in Zambia.