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Woven into the fabric of everyday life, many charities do fascinating and important work, both here in the United States and around the world.
An international health group trains mothers in southern and eastern Africa who are HIV-positive to help other mothers with the virus avoid spreading it to their children. In New York, a small charity builds modifications that help children with disabilities lead fuller lives, while an experimental opera company in Los Angeles stages sprawling performances throughout the city.
As the year draws to a close, read about 12 innovative charities we highlighted in The Face of Philanthropy. We hope their stories inspire you for 2017
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Nonprofit Meets Need for Cheaper Medical Devices
D-Rev produced a high-quality prosthetic knee for $80 and developed an ultra-low-budget device to treat jaundice. -
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A Nonprofit Promotes Opera by Performing in Novel Places
An experimental arts nonprofit in Los Angeles overcomes technical challenges to perform in unusual places, like rooftops and limousines. -
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Caring for a Brutal War’s Youngest Victims
Five years into Syria’s grinding civil conflict, Save the Children is working to support schools and clinics, provide humanitarian relief, reunite families, and give kids a safe place to play. -
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Nonprofit Trains Journalists to Save Colleagues on the Front Lines
Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues, founded by Sebastian Junger after one of his colleagues bled to death in Libya, offers four-day medical sessions for journalists who cover war zones. -
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Charity Improves Kids’ Lives With Cardboard and Ingenuity
The Adaptive Design Association is spreading its model of creating affordable, custom equipment that allows kids with disabilities to experience the joys of life and higher levels of independence. -
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Crime Victims Get a Voice in Prison Overhaul
Californians for Safety and Justice, which advocates for trauma centers for victims and changes in sentencing, is expanding nationally. -
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Where the Wild Things Are, City Slickers Keep Watch
With the help of citizen scientists and a crowdsourcing app, a museum in Los Angeles is compiling what it says is the world’s largest urban biodiversity inventory. -
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Nonprofit Connects African Moms to Prevent HIV in Newborns
Mothers2mothers employs HIV-positive women as mentors to coach others on how to give birth to healthy babies. The transmission rate for program participants has dropped to less than 5 percent. -
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Nonprofit Helps Build Bonds Between Police and Teenagers
The first moments of the Police Youth Challenge in Baltimore rarely seem promising, with participants eyeing each other warily, but the barriers fall quickly during a day of team-oriented fun. -
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Mural Program Changes Lives in Philadelphia
An effort to fight graffiti has grown into an enormous public art program that backers see as an engine for education, community empowerment, and economic revitalization. -
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Charity Learns Lessons on Providing Clean Water
Well Aware seeks input from residents to ensure its projects make sense for the Kenyan communities they serve. -
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Chicago Prison Charity Dishes Out Life Lessons and Gourmet Food
Detainees at the Cook County Jail in Chicago get to learn culinary and life skills from Chef Bruno Abate through classes put on by his nonprofit.