IN THE MEDIA
Project HEALTH programs have received extensive news coverage, on television and in printed periodicals. Here’s a taste of what they have to say:
America’s Promise
Project HEALTH was featured in the 2001 annual report by America’s Promise:
“Expanding What Works: Project HEALTH Reaches Harlem”
Growing up with two chronic illnesses, asthma and sickle cell anemia, has been difficult, but when Vincent dives into the pool, he forgets he’s sick. As part of the first class enrolled in the year-long, after-school Asthma Swimming Program, he now swims with renewed confidence. In just a short time, he has learned to better manage his asthma, understand its triggers and increase his lung capacity.
See the full America’s Promise article here.
The Catalogue for Philanthropy
Some charities flourish from the start. Since 1996, more than 1800 families each year have relied on Project HEALTH to connect them with community-based resources critical to their health, safety, and economic survival. Leveraging the volunteer efforts of college students and medical professionals, Project HEALTH assists these families with shelter, health insurance, job training, and child care at a phenomenally low cost of $0.50 per family.
See the full Catalogue for Philanthropy article here.
Youth Acts, Community Impacts: Stories of Youth Engagement with Real Results
Expertise, training and professional standing have come to be the price of admission into community development work. As community development has become synonymous with housing and financing in particular, and the field has evolved in general, young people often find it hard to make it in the door of community development organizations. But even if community development work is defined more broadly — including the range of areas of community work — professionalization is still an often insurmountable obstacle to youth involvement. When it comes to community health issues, this is certainly the case. Young people find themselves in an unfamiliar world of medical malpractice, physician’s codes of conduct, hospital bureaucracy and genuine field expertise.
See the full Youth Acts, Community Impacts article here.
The Children’s Defense Fund: State of America’s Children 2001(d)
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