INNER WISDOM PROJECTS

Currently IWF has developed three core projects that support our vision:

Inner Wisdom Foundation sponsors many different causes and groups. The following are some of the programs we support.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/

Interested in Travel to do good work in Honduras?
http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/honduras/

Interested in travel to do good work in Africa?
http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/uganda/

Local Mission

Our local community program benefits middle-class, or middle-income families that have an immediate and acute need, and otherwise would ‘fall through the cracks.’  IWF provides assistance so that they can avoid all of the attendant negative consequences to the families and society. Inner Wisdom aims to restore common-sense moral values, as well as provide educational tools and life skills to those in crisis. We have greatly assisted individuals, families, the elderly and the disabled in the greater Vermont area who are deep in the throes of poverty, homelessness, untreated mental illness and chemical dependency, for example. With crucial donations from trusted people like yourself, we have accomplished such incredible feats as:  

  • Helping families access health care or child care
  • Protecting children from abuse
  • Providing household support - heating homes, filling pantry shelves
  • Supporting youth and adults through addiction and recovery
  • Providing essential health promotion and disease prevention services
  • Reaching out to elder Vermonters in need of at-home or nursing home assistance
  • Enabling disabled individuals to have greater independence
  • Supporting victims and rehabilitating ex-offenders

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Project Africa

road in uganda

Work with locals to build stronger community centers that provide free education, vocation, rehabilitation and health programs, using traditional building methods.

Within PROJECT AFRICA multiple smaller programs exist that support the construction of energy independent facilities and teaching services that follow construction of the facilities. Volunteers and philanthropists are encouraged to explore multiple programs, however if a particular subject interests you, commitment to a single aspect of the program is available.

Volunteering opportunities (starting in Summer 2010) include:

  • Basic construction of energy independent centers,
  • Building classrooms, dormitories, and support facilities,
  • Building recreational fields,
  • Building cooperative sustainable agricultural areas,
  • Installing water collection/filtration and solar heating systems,
  • Plumbing & latrine construction, and
  • Installing solar power & solar cooking facilities

Teaching and Support Services in the Centers include:

  • Teaching basic education to adults (e.g. English, reading, etc.),
  • Teaching a vocation to adults (age 15 and older),
  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training in a health clinic,
  • Volunteering in health clinic (nurse or physician),
  • General support services (e.g. activities coordination, administation, etc.).

Public Health Outreach activities include:

  • Organize and administer public health seminars,
  • HIV testing and counseling, and
  • General support (e.g. develop new outreach strategies, presentation materials, etc.).

Learn more about PROJECT AFRICA

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Project Morning Star

honduran school

Work with locals to build an energy independent bilingual elementary school in the small rural community of Sula, Honduras, using traditional building methods.

Within PROJECT MORNING STAR smaller team programs exist that support the construction of an energy independent school and elementary teaching/support services to follow the construction of the school. Volunteers and philanthropists are encouraged to explore multiple opportunities while in Honduras, however if a particular subject interests you, commitment to a single program is available.

Volunteer opportunities start in January 2010 and include:

  • Basic construction of energy independent school,
  • Building classrooms, teacher dormitories, and support facilities,
  • Building a recreational field,
  • Installing water collection and solar water heating system,
  • Plumbing & latrine construction,
  • Installing solar power,
  • Computer networking, and
  • General support services (e.g. clean up, cooking, transportation etc.).

Teaching and Support Services in the School

  • Teaching bilingual elementary school children (e.g. math, English,reading, etc.)

Learn more about PROJECT MORNING STAR

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