An Integrated Approach
We believe that affordable and sanitary housing, preventative healthcare and education can all provide the poor with the necessary assets to build healthy and productive lives, generate income and support their families to break the cycle of poverty.
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Housing
Challenge |
Preventative Healthcare
Challenge E&O supports existing marine-based mobile healthcare organizations through capacity building and technical assistance in developing scalable and more cost effective outreach models. |
Education
Challenge |
E&O is taking a phased approach, with an initial focus on Housing while supporting existing initiatives in Healthcare and Education.
"Chronic poverty is typically characterized not only by low income and assets, but also by hunger and malnutrition, illiteracy, the lack of access to basic necessities such as safe drinking water and health services, and social isolation and exploitation."
- Chronic Poverty Research Center
Poor sanitation leads to increased healthcare costs, more time spent accessing clean water and unimproved sanitation and a decrease in tourism. The resulting economic losses in Southeast Asia total over US$9 billion annually.
- Water and Sanitation Program
"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it."
- John D. Rockefeller
"Chronic poverty is typically characterized not only by low income and assets, but also by hunger and malnutrition, illiteracy, the lack of access to basic necessities such as safe drinking water and health services, and social isolation and exploitation."
- Chronic Poverty Research Center
