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Ahmadiyya Vocational College (HFAVC) is established in 2010 in Monrovia Liberia by Humanity First USA. Currently it offers 10 vocational trades with dedicated workshops to train hands on. It is first of its kind institution in Liberia which offers scholarships and other facilities to
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Gift of Sight - work with a network of hospitals to provide sight treatment ranging from glasses, treatment of infections and in extreme cases, operations to rectify cataracts. Humanity First USA sent a team of eye doctors and volunteers to San Juan
Sacatapequez, Guatemala in 2010 to conduct a
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Knowledge for Life - 'Learn a Skill' - The purpose of Learn a Skill programme is to strengthen people's capacity to help themselves. So far the programme has been providing assistance on the ground through the following projects: IT Centres, Sewing / Tailoring
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and long term development assistance to vulnerable communities in 52 countries across 6 continents. The organisation is run by volunteers with diverse skillsets across the world and has access to thousands of extra volunteers worldwide. Volunteer staff in all areas (operations, expert medics,
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Water for Life - set up or repair of water pumps to provide clean and safe drinking water to remote villages in underdeveloped regions. Humanity First are working on these projects with
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Orphan Care - running and support of orphanages covering the needs of orphans including accommodation, education, food, clothing and health. Orphan programmes are currently running in
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643:Cyclone Aila
523:Cyclone Sidr
354:> 10,000
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941:West Africa
849:Orphan Care
742:London, UK
279:in Turkey,
1421:Categories
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1339:2018-01-30
1318:2018-01-30
1297:2011-01-30
1276:2011-04-26
1204:2019-06-05
1144:2018-07-07
1119:2018-08-20
1075:References
1020:1,590,309
792:Bangladesh
651:Bangladesh
531:Bangladesh
291:, and the
273:Kosovo War
271:in Japan,
179:Objectives
937:Water Aid
922:Indonesia
627:Indonesia
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285:Indonesia
228:Red Cross
216:Ahmadiyya
169:with the
114:Revenue
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1221:Archived
1179:Archived
1161:Archived
1052:573,668
1044:452,447
1028:282,965
1012:473,781
1004:443,603
996:143,259
988:732,837
952:Spending
914:Pakistan
800:30,000+
682:55,000
481:2005–06
461:Pakistan
303:and the
1068:18,118
1060:82,518
1036:86,965
719:Senegal
707:Nigeria
703:Liberia
490:10,000
468:60,000
422:30,000
378:15,000
128:Website
84:Origins
42:Founder
34:Founded
910:Gambia
880:Africa
768:Jordan
711:Guinea
658:1,600
634:1,000
610:7,000
586:2,000
562:2,500
538:7,000
514:2,000
444:1,050
400:5,500
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371:Turkey
341:Kosovo
299:, the
234:, and
204:London
105:Method
88:London
930:Benin
764:Syria
739:2017
695:2014
675:Haiti
671:2010
647:2009
623:2009
599:2009
579:Burma
575:2008
555:Kenya
551:2008
527:2007
503:2007
457:2005
435:2005
413:2004
391:2001
367:1999
345:1997
323:Year
232:Oxfam
70:Focus
1096:2018
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