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Some months ago a discussion started on Nabuur about girls in Kabondo, Kenya not being able to attend school during their period; a common problem in many parts of the developing world. Disposable pads are very expensive and alternatives don't seem to exist for most girls. They often just stay home for the 5-10 days per month that they have they period, rather than be embarrassed. This cuts heavily into their education. ( To see past discussion visit http://www.nabuur.com/en/village/kabondo/project/task/feminine-hygiene-p...)

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Small business opportunities provide a means for individuals to support themselves, their families as well as orphans that may be in their care.

The community is looking to start a small micro-loan program which will start with 10 guardians. Each guardian would develop their own business plans and would receive a loan up to $100.

Each loan would be paid back with interest and then be available for the next person waiting for a micro-loan. There are currently over 40 guardians in the project.

'One cluck at a time' adoption scheme! Adopt a chicken is a new scheme for people to adopt a chicken for a year at $4 dollars each, (£3/or 3 euros).

People who wish to adopt a chicken or chickens can contact me regarding payment to Help Heal and they will receive a certificate via email with a photograph attached. You can name the chicken or chickens. You will receive a report on their progress in 6 months time.

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Can you search for funders that fund this kind of project we already have a plan and budget for this project.

The health care and nutrition program will become funded from within the community through the groundnut enterprise, and high protein nutrition be available from the poultry farm (eggs, chicken meat) Patients unable to be rehabilitated into the community will gain opportunities for employment.

Many children at Matopeni school are orphans who are living under terrible circumstances. The big number of orphans is one of the worst consequences of the very quickly increasing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Many of the orphans are living with very poor and sometimes also mad guardians. Because of poverty and because of the burden of also having responsibility for their own children the guardians find the education of the orphans of being of little importance or not important at all.

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