The Most Precious Gift
Health is our most precious gift. Like most precious gifts, we only notice how important it is when it's gone.
So what happens when people don't have access to adequate healthcare?
- Small health problems become chronic conditions that can prevent people from making a living.
- A lack of awareness can allow preventable diseases to spread
- Misinformation spreads easily when health literacy is low
- People are forced to live in pain when they shouldn't have to
Your gift helps make sure these terrible things don't happen.
By supporting rural hospitals and community health efforts, you will help bring healthcare to India's most vulnerable communities, ensure that rural healthcare providers have the resources to treat their patients, and make sure that small illnesses do not become poverty-promoting problems.
You have the power to give the most precious gift. Will you give the gift of health? Donate now!
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The Cycle of Empowerment:
When healthcare is made accessible to rural communities, their residents are better able to provide for themselves and their families. This increases their standard of living and makes them more likely to send their children to school instead of having them work to supplement the family income. The ripple effect spreads far beyond the individuals you help, beginning a cycle of positive change that impacts the whole community.
The cycle of empowerment begins with you. Donate Now!
About VFF USA
The Vicente Ferrer Foundation USA (VFF USA) is a DC-based foundation devoted to empowering rural communities in the Southeast Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. We focus on improving the lives of India's most marginalized groups to build a more just and equitable society. We place particular emphasis on assisting the most vulnerable populations--children, women, and people with disabilities--to ensure that development in rural areas leaves no one behind. Through our local implementing partner, the Rural Development Trust (RDT), we develop holistic, long-term solutions that empower communities, improve living conditions and promote lasting positive change.
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