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C2C: Containers to Clinics

Containers to Clinics (C2C) is a non-profit, charitable initiative that seeks to improve the health of women and children by providing access to primary healthcare through networks of converted shipping container clinics.
Clinics are staffed by local health professionals in-country. C2C's approach to rural medical care is designed to strengthen the entire healthcare system of a country from the bottom up by building capacity to treat illness locally. C2C clinics focus on improving the lives of women and children through vaccinations, safe pregnancy and delivery, and health education. C2C's model allows for standard design and operations and for replication across regions.

Objectives:
  • To arrest the cycle of maternal and child morbidity and mortality through community-based health services
  • To provide low-cost, high-quality, accessible primary health care solutions to vulnerable, underserved people
  • To treat illness locally by training and hiring local medical professionals
  • To utilize recycled materials to meet an urgent public health need for women and children
 

Watershed Action Alliance

JRWA is part of the eleven-member Watershed Action Alliance of Southeastern Massachusetts (WAA). From our early alliances, working on environmental issues of mutual concern, this group is emerging as an important unified voice for the water and natural resources of Southeastern Massachusetts.

WAA members include Jones River Watershed Association, the North and South Rivers Watershed Association, Tauton River Watershed Association, Neponset Watershed Association, Eel River Watershed Association, Six Ponds of Plymouth, and Save the Bay - Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

WAA members collaborate on regional issues that are too big for any one of us. The Taunton River Desalinization Project and the development of the South Weymouth Naval Air Station are two important issues that have required significant amounts of attention this year. WAA has a part-time coordinator who is working this year to get us to write the South Coastal Basin Watershed Action Plan. We also hope to win a grant for a public education project to support the stewardship of river herring. The groups meet regularly to discuss policy issues and comment on a range of items that impact our cherished natural resources.
   

Community Center of St Bernard

Even though it has now been more than 5 years since Hurricane Katrina hit on August 29, 2005, the devastation in St Bernard Parish remains overwhelming. Entire blocks of homes and businesses still stand empty and derelict, marked for destruction. There are no hospitals here now, and the population is only about half of what it was before the disaster. Yet the rate of child abuse in St Bernard Parish is up by 150% compared to pre-Katrina values, and the rate of elder abuse and neglect has risen by an incredible 335%.

As they undertake one of the most daunting disaster recovery efforts this nation has ever seen, the people of St. Bernard have very practical needs. They need laundry facilities so they can keep themselves and their children clean. They need phones so they can maintain contact with family members scattered across the country. They need internet connections so they can find information about rebuilding their businesses and their homes. They need a centralized location for services so they can receive donated supplies and assistance easily and with dignity. And they need a place to come together to enjoy a hot, nutritious meal and share their ongoing frustrations and successes with their neighbors. The Community Center of St Bernard is dedicated to providing hurricane survivors with the recovery resources they need in a safe and all-inclusive setting.

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Taunton River Watershed Campaign

The Taunton River Watershed Campaign is a partnership of ten organizations working to protect natural communities, the rich and varied landscape, and the quality of life in the Taunton Watershed.

Our mission is to:
  • Protect critical water and land resources throughout the Taunton River watershed,
  • Link environmental groups and municipalities working to protect natural resources, and
  • Identify environmental priorities to help ensure growth happens in a manner that supports biodiversity & water quality while preserving the character of our communities.
   

Massachusetts Instream Flow Taskforce

Massachusetts Instream Flow Taskforce (MIFT) is an ad-hoc group of non-profit organizations and individuals concerned with the lack of flow and poor water quality in rivers and streams in Massachusetts. JRWA works with this group to influence water policy in Massachusetts to improve the health and sustainabilites of our water-dependant ecosystem.