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Problem: In 1991, Sergio Murilo was run over by a vehicle and was saved by a team of firemen who took him to the Getulio Vargas Hospital. He stayed at the hospital for forty-seven days while he awaited the opportunity to have surgery on his right femur. Sergio was on crutches during two long years following his accident, and soon after he began physical therapy at the hospital. It was during this time that Sergio realized and truly felt, how poor people suffer when they need this kind of treatment. F...

Action: To build a physical therapy clinic.   Services offered by the project: Medical treatment in the following areas: rheumatology, orthopedics, neurology, pediatrics, respiratory, ambulatory care, physical therapy, and RPG; Donations of the following: basic needs packages, used clothing, used shoes; Donations and lending of the following: wheelchairs, crutches, hygienic chairs; Lectures with the following themes: Tobacco Use, Diabetes, Truths and Myths: Alcoholic Beverages, Hype...

Problem: In 1999 Roberto realized that the children of his community were not making use of their idle time and that there was the possibility of developing leisure activities involving sports, so that a process of education for citizenship, the learning of rights and duties of each person, could be developed. The Nova Geração 2002 (New Generation 2002) was created, serving, initially, approximately 30 children. With time, the project change was renamed to Craque do Futuro (Champion of the Future), si...

Action: Promote sports, social, educational and cultural events, integrating our children to the community as productive people and aware of their rights and duties as citizens.   Services Offered: Organization of sports teams – soccer and volleyball – for kids and teens; in addition to social events, such as lunches, soup distribution, toys during Childrens Day, etc. In addition to that, we sporadically offer health education (with fluoride application for children´s teeth), cultural contests with t...

Problem: María Ozinete siempre tuvo ganas de llevar a cabo un trabajo de concientización con adolescentes embarazadas y ese deseo pudo realizarse gracias al encuentro con las hermanas de caridad del "Movimiento Contemplativo de Padre Foucault" cuya voluntad es semejante y que ya desarrollan acciones sociales en la comunidad. A partir de varias conversaciones, fueron iniciadas las acciones para empezar el trabajo. Algunas personas fueron invitadas a actuar en el proyecto, además la casa de las hermana...

Action: Concientizar y llevar informaciones importantes para la gestante adolescente.   ervicios ofrecidos por el Proyecto   charlas sobre prenatalidad y derechos de las gestantes, sobre drogas y cuidados con el bebé; vídeos sobre los temas citados; taller de artesanía.

Problem: CO2 rise, Climate Change/ Global Warming & World's Carbon Trade

Action: Mishu’s Plan on tackling Global CO2 rise & Global Carbon Trade:   A CO2 reduction plan was envisaged during my M.Sc. in Environmental Technology, as a class-assignment in 1999-2000. It was a low tech plan which could easily be put into practice where the whole world could come to play. The plan offered a new dimension to carbon trade for businesses. The outline was as below-   Fast-growing trees assimilate CO2 out of air fast (4 times faster than natural forests). We need to harvest th...

Problem: What is your Power Factor?  Power factor is the percentage of electricity that’s delivered to your home or business and used effectively, compared to what is wasted. For example, a 1.0 power factor means that all the electricity that’s being delivered is being used effectively for its purpose. However, most homes in America today have a .77 power factor or less. This means that 77% of the electricity that is coming thru your meter at your home or business is being used effectively, the other...

Action: The KVAR unit is a proven patented product designed to improve the Power Factor in any home or business and save up to 25% on electricity consumption and reduce the carbon footprint. The KVAR unit can be a first step towards energy independence. Installing a KVAR provides an energy effective solution that pays for itself and helps the environment.

Problem: Help bird conservation in North America by participating for one day in the annual Christmas Bird Count.   Prior to the turn of the century, people engaged in a holiday tradition known as the Christmas "Side Hunt": They would choose sides and go afield with their guns; whoever brought in the biggest pile of feathered (and furred) quarry won.   Conservation was in its beginning stages around the turn of the 20th century, and many observers and scientists were becoming concerned about declini...

Action: The Christmas Bird Count season is December 14 through January 5 each year. Your local count will occur on one day between those inclusive dates. If you have more than one local count, they will probably be conducted on different dates within the CBC season. You can pick the most convenient date, or participate in more than one count.   There is a specific methodology to the CBC, but everyone can pa...

Problem: The problem is that not enough people lobby their leaders about the environment. Perhaps this is because they do not know how to reach their leaders or they do not know what to say.

Action: www.informaction.org is an easy to use automated lobbying service, allowing people to quickly send emails, letters or faxes to politicians and business leaders all over the world.