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• Nov 10, 2008 Fall 2008 Newsletter now available for download! Our Fall 2008 newsletter is available for download.  Click here (pdf.)    more...
• Oct 29, 2008 MHOP is a finalist in the Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition I am excited to announce that MHOP has been chosen a finalist in the Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition on Ashoka’s Changemakers.net. Ashoka selected our project out of 530 youth-led projects submitted from 61 countries. One will be chosen as the global winner – the one...    more...
• Oct 23, 2008 Partnership with the Jolkona Foundation We are very pleased to announce that we have formed a partnership with the Jolkona Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports worldwide grass-roots activities and fosters individual productivity.    more...
• Oct 19, 2008 Poopstock 2008 a Success On Sunday, October 19, the Merasi School in India and the Mali Health Organizing Project sponsored Poopstock, an annual outdoor party/fundraiser.    more...
• Sep 30, 2008 Find us on Doritos Bags (100 million of them) Near You! Caitlin and MHOP are featured on the back panel of about 100,000,000 (yup, that is 100 million) Doritos bags around the world! Caitlin was named one of the top 9 youth activists in the USA by DoSomething.org, and Doritos put her and MHOP on Nacho Doritos bags. Help us use the fame to fundraise!...    more...
• Aug 10, 2008 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED IN THE TEEN CHOICE AWARDS! Caitlin Cohen was named by FOX's Teen Choice Awards and Do Something Inc as one of the top 9 youth activists in the US! Sadly, MHOP did not win the $100,000 grand prize. However, the major showing of voters is heartening, and we are eternally grateful to all of you who voted! A special...    more...
• Jul 15, 2008 We're hiring! MHOP is looking for a dynamic and motivated person to become our director and US coordinator. If you have been looking for a chance to apply yourself to an innovative international health program, please check out the job description!    more...
• Jun 6, 2008
• Thank you to those who attended our Katonah fundraiser!
  Thank you so much to all of MHOP's supporters who made it to the Katonah, NY on Friday, June 6th. The fundraiser was a great success and we raised over $5800! Over 50 people attended the evening and many more supported the organization who could not attend. Caitlin put on an excellent slide...
• Jun 1, 2008 Caitlin Cohen wins the prestigious Huntington Public Service Award The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award is a national competition that provides $10,000 for a one-year public service project. Caitlin will use the funding to launch Radio Bamako: An Bee Ta Don, to produce a series of radio programs which will give voice to the problems that Mali's slum...    more...
• May 18, 2008 St. Paul's Church raises almost $4000 for the clinic. St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Duluth, Minnesota continued their stellar record as an MHOP partner organization by fundraising $3884.00 to support construction on the clinic! This is the second year that St. Paul's has supported our health programs, and MHOP is greatly appreciative of their...    more...
• Apr 12, 2008 YOGA fundraiser a success! Thanks to a community of fabulous philanthropic yogis, MHOP has $695 dollars to help expand our home health care program! This money will be used to do health outreach assuring that dangerous diseases like malaria are detected and treated early, saving lives and promoting productivity. Thank you...    more...
• Mar 15, 2008 Medical Missions: from Motown to Mali Globemed's benefit dinner for MHOP on Friday night was a success! Thank you to Dave Law and the Globemed Michigan chapter for all your efforts.    more...
• Jan 30, 2008 Bamako cited as the fastest-growing city in Africa IRIN, of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, discusses Bamako's rapid urbanization and the experiences of people living in Bamako's peri-urban areas.    more...
• Jan 16, 2008 MHOP welcomes the 2008 Coordinators! The Volunteer Committee is thrilled to announce MHOP’s Program Coordinators for 2008!  We received over 80 inquiries, and many excellent applications. We welcome Benjamin Colburn, Caroline Mailloux, Julie Siwicki, and Katie Walter.  Julie was selected as the 2008-2009 Programs Director,...    more...
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