Health

Africa's Walk of Hope

Olivia Giles, a quadruple amputee set up 500 miles, to provide prostheses & orthoses in Africa.

A look at the work of the charity 500 miles, in the context of the back story and motivation of its founder,Olivia Giles. 500 miles delivers and develops prosthetic & orthotic services. It facilitates the delivery of mobility promoting surgery to amputees living in remote communities Malawi and Zambia using a flying surgical service, FlySpec. The film shows the challenges and rewards of delivering the service. Olivia is a quadruple amputee, having lost her lower arms and legs to meningitis.

Length: 30.00 mins

Miles for Smiles

This film describes the charity 500 Miles, which provides prostheses and orthoses in Africa.

500 Miles delivers and develops prosthetic/orthotic services and facilitates the delivery of mobility promoting surgery in Malawi and Zambia. The film gives an overview of this work, highlighting the life transforming effect and low cost of providing prosthetic/orthotic devices and surgery through the 500 Miles’ giving programme, One Smile. £60 pays for a prosthesis/orthosis and £100 pays for an orthopaedic operation or the delivery of devices in a remote part of Zambia.
http://500miles.co.uk/

Length: 3.57 mins

Liya Kebede's Diary

A firsthand account of the challenges that mother and newborn face in Ethiopia with Liya Kebede

In Ethiopia, 94 percent of women deliver their babies at home, without the aid of a trained birth attendant. Follow Liya Kebede, the World Health Organization's Global Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and a native of Ethiopia, as she learns first hand the challenges facing mothers and newborns.This Living Proof film shows how new U.S.-funded programs are helping to shift the odds in their favour.Find out more from http://www.gatesfoundation.org/livingproofproject

Length: 3.32 mins

Rotavirus & Nicaragua - A Remarkable Vaccine

Rotavirus kills 2 million children, but in Nicaragua a vaccine's impact has been remarkable

The Rotavirus kills 2 million children per year worldwide. Its impact hit Nicaraguan children hard. But in 2006, a vaccine came to the villages. This film from Living Proof shows impact of the vaccine and the remarkable results its success has brought.For more information visit: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/livingproofproject.

Length: 3.38 mins

Their Daily Bread

An Egyptian food fortification program is making an edible difference to people's lives.

Millions of Egyptians suffer from poor nutrition, including birth defects and miscarriages. Now, a food fortification program is making an edible difference. One family’s newest member is living proof, watch this Living Proof video and see how.For more info visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org/livingproofproject

Length: 4.37 mins

A Father & Son Love Story

A father rises above the stigma of HIV to save his son.

Cote d'Ivoire has the highest HIV infection rate in Western Africa. But despite stigma and adversity, one father rose above everything to save his son's life. Now that son is giving back,

Length: 4.41 mins

Gaza Trilogy

Filmed by young people, this film explores how children live in Gaza after Operation Cast Lead

A year after the Israeli military offensive, Operation Cast Lead, rained bombs down on the people of Gaza, Save the Children wanted to find out the effect on the children. Working with 7 young people in the nothern town of Beit Hanoun, 3 short films about their lives in Gaza were made. Despite never having used a video camera before, the film was filmed and directed by the children themselves.
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/10104.htm

Length: 13.25 mins

A Narrow Escape: Tara's Story

A Narrow Escape tells the story of 10 year old Tara from Haiti, an earthquake survivor

Ten year old Tara narrowly escaped from her house when it collapsed during the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Now she is living in a makeshift camp with little food or water. This film is from Save The Children talks about her narrow escape.Find out more: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/10181.htm

Length: 1.07 mins

Protecting Children in Haiti

Save The Children have set up child friendly spaces in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.

Child trafficking was a big problem in Haiti long before the devastating earthquake. The problem is likely to get much worse, without the necessary border controls in place, there's an increased risk children will be taken out of the country. Save The Children have set up a network of Child Friendly Spaces in displacement camps where children can play safely and where they are properly protected. http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/10181.htm

Length: 1.47 mins

Friendship for HIV Prevention / Red Cross

A thought provoking collaborative HIV awareness project with young people in Scotland and Nepal

A group of young people in Scotland and Nepal joined the Red Cross to learn about the impact of HIV on their local communities and internationally. They filmed what they experienced, learned, and achieved from the project and want to share this with others to inspire more young people to take action on changing attitudes and behaviours to this humanitarian crisis.Find out more at www.redcross.org.uk/hiv

Length: 13.17 mins

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