IMA World Health has been distributing medicines to prevent neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Haiti since 2008 in collaboration with RTI International first as part of USAID’s NTD Control Program and now under the ENVISION project..* NTDs primarily affect poor populations and cause chronic illness, disability and social stigma. In Haiti, intestinal worms (also known as soil transmitted helminths, or hookworm) are among the common NTDs that IMA works to combat. By setting up medicine distribution posts at schools and community locations with the help of thousands of trained volunteers, we reach 4.8 million people every year – many of whom are children – with these life-changing medicines.
So excited, in fact, that we’re dancing about it. Wanna dance? This month’s TOMS Spotify playlist is perfect for your barefoot antics, on and leading up to One Day Without Shoes.
The playlist features RaVaughn, an R&B singer we love, who’s passionate about bringing awareness with us and you all — without shoes — on Tuesday, April 16th.
Today, we extend a warm welcome to Rick Santos, President and CEO of IMA World Health, a TOMS Giving Partners and an organization that works to advance health and healing to vulnerable people around the world.
You’ve met her before as TOMS Director of Giving, but Jessica Shortall has since taken on a new role as our first-ever Sight Giving Director. She’s been helping define how we give since 2009, and now she’s focusing on the current and potential work that can come from our partnerships with organizations that help save and restore sight. Here, she talks about one of our newest Sight Giving Partners in Africa.
So excited, in fact, that we’re dancing about it. Wanna dance? This month’s TOMS Spotify playlist is perfect for your barefoot antics, on and leading up to One Day Without Shoes.
The playlist features RaVaughn, an R&B singer we love, who’s passionate about bringing awareness with us and you all — without shoes — on Tuesday, April 16th.
Today, we extend a warm welcome to Rick Santos, President and CEO of IMA World Health, a TOMS Giving Partners and an organization that works to advance health and healing to vulnerable people around the world.
You’ve met her before as TOMS Director of Giving, but Jessica Shortall has since taken on a new role as our first-ever Sight Giving Director. She’s been helping define how we give since 2009, and now she’s focusing on the current and potential work that can come from our partnerships with organizations that help save and restore sight. Here, she talks about one of our newest Sight Giving Partners in Africa.