Field Work Update: SELF in Burundi
Published July 03, 2009 @ 09:37AM PT
Burundi is facing a health crisis: the infant mortality rate is near 20%, 2% of adults have AIDS/HIV, diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis afflict children and adults, the average life expectancy is about 49 years, and there are only 156 physicians for 8 million people. Last month, SELF electrified a health clinic in Kigutu with solar power, bringing health services to 60,000 people. Learn more and support the project in Burundi at http://self.org/burundi2.shtml.
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