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ORGANIZATION: Moving Health

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Background: In many rural communities, medical facilities are too far or too difficult to reach. This distance prevents pregnant women and patients from receiving the care they need and contributes to high maternal mortality rates. Pregnant women choose to give birth at home rather than risk walking in pain or riding on a motorcycle, only to give birth on the side of the road. This is unacceptable. Moving Health/The Okoa Project is a nonprofit based in Boston, MA and Accra, Ghana. Our mission? To develop innovative solutions to increase access to healthcare. We started as a group of women MIT engineers who were working in collaboration with Tanzanian innovation centers and community leaders to achieve this goal. Over the last five years, we developed two different styles of motorcycle ambulances, each co-designed by the Ghanaian and Tanzanian communities we partner with. We work with engineers on the ground to…

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About Moving Health

Location:

23 Drydock Avenue, Boston, MA 02210, US

Mission Statement

To connect families to healthcare when they need it most.

Description

Since 2016, Moving Health (formally The Okoa Project) has been redefining emergency transportation by addressing geographically neglected areas to address the health crises that these communities face every day by providing opportunities for safer, faster emergency care. Unlike other companies, our primary goal is to use human centered design to create solution that the communities actually want, making our solution more sustainable, cost effective, and reliable than alternative options.

Our work fills a desperately needed gap by providing sustainable, low-cost emergency transportation in areas that do not have any. Not only do our ambulances save lives, but our intersectional approach to global health and technology allows us to capture our impact with precision and create opportunities through learning and innovation.

CAUSE AREAS

Emergency & Safety
International
Women
Emergency & Safety, International, Women

WHEN

Wed Feb 15, 2023 - Mon May 15, 2023

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

SKILLS

  • Donor Management
  • Fundraising
  • Grant Writing / Research
  • Merchandising
  • CSR / Volunteer Coordination
  • Community Outreach

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Up to 10 hours a month but typically less.
  • Collaborative, inquisitive, passionate, creative.

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