Denan Project Inc

THE PROJECT IS A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION WHOSE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS SECURE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FREE MEDICAL CARE, POTABLE WATER, AGRICULTURAL TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND OTHER CRITICAL SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE OF DENAN, ETHIOPIA AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND TO OTHER IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES IN PERU, AND MONGOLIA.

DENAN HOSPITAL-IN DENAN ETHIOPIA, A CLINIC WAS OPENED IN APRIL 2004, WHICH HAS GROWN INTO A FULLY STAFFED HOSPITAL. THERE ARE PROGRAMS FOR POLIO ERADICTION, TB TREATMENT, VACCINATION, SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING, HEALTH EDUCATION, PRE-NATAL AND WELL BABY CARE, AND FEMALE ANTI-GENITAL MUTILATION. RELATED TO AGRICULTURE, THE PROJECT WHICH HAD PROVIDED A TRACTOR, FARM IMPLEMENTS AND DROUGHT-RESISTANT SEEDS TO HELP THE VARIOUS FARMING COOPERATIVES GROW MUCH NEEDED CROPS, HAS NOW GIVEN THE TRACTOR TO A GROUP OF ELDERS TO USE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. AS WATER IS SCARCE, THE PROJECT USES ITS WATER TANKER TO PROVIDE WATER TO ITS HOSPITAL ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IS USED DURING TIMES OF DROUGHT TO HELP SUPPLY WATER TO DENAN. THE PROJECT ALSO PROVIDES FOR EMERGENCY FOOD SHIPMENTS ON OCCASION. ALL MEDICAL AND OTHER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FREE TO SURROUNDING VILLAGES. THE PROJECT ALSO PROVIDES MICRO-LOANS TO ORGANIZED GROUPS TO HELP THEM START COTTAGE INDUSTRIES OR OTHER USES DEPENDING ON REQUEST FROM COMMUNITY AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.

PERU-THE PROJECT BUILT A HEALTH FACILITY IN THE SMALL, HIGH ANDEAN TOWN OF URATARI, WHICH OPENED IN AUGUST 2010. THE HEALTH FACILITY PROVIDES MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE, EDUCATION AND MEDICAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS, AND PROVIDES MIRCO-LOANS TO ORGANIZED GROUPS TO HELP THEM START COTTAGE INDUSTRIES. IN 2019 THE PROJECT ESTABLISHED A FREE BOARDING SCHOOL IN URATARI PERU IN ORDER TO GIVE CHILDREN FROM SMALL SURROUNDING TOWNS, WHERE THERE ARE NO HIGH SCHOOLS, AND OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE A HIGHER EDUCATION.

MONGOLIA - IN OCTOBER 2011 THE PROJECT BEGAN PROVIDING FUNDING TO AN EXISTING HOSPITAL IN TARIAT, MONGOLIA. IN 2015 THE PROJECT ALSO BEGAN SUPPORTING AN ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL IN ERDENEMANDAL, MONGOLIA. THE PROJECT PROVIDES STATE OF THE ART SURGICAL, DENTAL, TESTING AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT TO EACH HOSPITAL. BOTH HOSPITALS ARE IN THE ARKHANGAI PROVINCE. THE PROJECT PROVIDES FUNDING TO TRAIN DOCTORS IN THE AREAS OF CARDIOLOGY, PEDIATRICS, INTERNAL MEDICINE, ANESTHESIOLOGY DENTISTY AND PHYSICAL THERAPY. THE PROJECT ALSO SUPPORTS DOCTORS IN DISTANT HOSPITAL OUTPOSTS ENABLING THEM TO BRING MEDICAL CARE TO REMOTE HERDER ENCAMPMENTS AND PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR A MEDICAL CLUB AT A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL IN TARIAT, MONGOLIA.