Mission : Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health (PATH) is an international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, we help provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act.

Location : Seattle, WA, USA

Website : www.path.org

Channel grants :

  • Support for PATH’s Safe Abortion Advocacy in Thailand project. The project intends to bridge the gap between health and human rights concerns in order to strengthen advocacy efforts for safe abortion in Thailand. (2006)
  • Unrestricted contribution to PATH's Catalyst Fund. (2005)
  • Supported women's access to reproductive health information in Latin America including PATH's partnership with Ipas and Genes to survey women and medical practitioners to identify safe and appropriate channels for low-income women to get such information. (2004)
  • Gave unrestricted funding for PATH's partnership with Asaprosar (Salvadoran Association for Rural Health) to support its microfinance program coordinated with family planning and reproductive health information and access for women. (1999)
  • Supported PATH's partnership with SIDAREC (Slums Information and Development Resource Centre) in Nairobi, Kenya to train them to counsel and treat youth at risk of early, unwanted pregnancy, rape, unsafe abortion, single motherhood and HIV/AIDS and other STDs in an adolescent reproductive health clinic, and to train youth peer educators. (1999)

 

These photos are from a community in Mexico where PATH works. Photos are courtesy of PATH.