
BENEFITING: Touch Foundation
ORGANIZER: Touch Foundation
EVENT: 2013 ING New York City Marathon
EVENT DATE: Nov 03, 2013
THE STORY:
Touch Foundation wrote -
With your help, Touch Foundation will continue to train healthcare workers and save many lives in sub-Saharan Africa.
Touch Foundation was founded in 2004 to improve the health of the Tanzanian population by increasing access to essential, quality healthcare for those who need it most.
Touch improves access to healthcare through two main activities:
1. Training healthcare workers to enhancing the quality and quantity of the workforce
2. Improving the healthcare delivery system to ensure care reaches those who are in desperate need of care
Since inception, Touch has helped graduate 209 physicians, which is about 10% of the country's physicians, and over 1,500 allied health care professionals including nurses, lab technicians, radiologists, etc. Over their careers, they will care for thousands of people and save many precious lives.