Our Mission

Uplift International's mission is to improve the well being of the world’s most vulnerable populations by promoting the universal human right to health through education, advocacy, and humanitarian efforts.  Uplift International views health through a human rights lens and human rights through a health lens.

                                                      Health & Human Rights

Health goes beyond the physical health of an individual or a population and includes the broader societal dimensions. Human rights go beyond the issue of access to healthcare and involve the legal parallels for protection of physical, mental and societal well-being. Our approach involves increasing awareness of the link between health and human rights. We promote collaborative solutions to health problems which provide the tools to break down barriers that inhibit vulnerable populations’ access to health.
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The Indonesian Health & Human Rights
Program

Sustainable population health improvement cannot be attained without addressing human rights issues, such as access and non-discrimination. This is particularly true in developing countries, where protections for vulnerable populations, such as women and children, do not exist. Uplift International's Health & Human Rights Program in Indonesia aims to build a cadre of professionals in medicine, public health and law who work with local and national policy makers and the media to improve health, bioethics and human rights simultaneously. More

The U. S. Health & Human Rights
 Program

Uplift International’s domestic program promotes the use of international human rights standards in the United States in order to help develop an equitable and efficient healthcare system for all people.  In this effort, we collaborate with national organizations, and we lead and participate in local initiatives.  More

What's New

Uplift Responds to 7.6 Earthquake in West Sumatra
(October, 2009)  Uplift International and Project HOPE shipped 16 tons (approximately $2.1 million) of medicines, medical and surgical supplies. More

Building Local Capacity to Advocate for Women's Health Rights
In August 2009, Uplift International and our partner aim for human rights began a one year program to build local capacity of NGOs to research, analyze and advocate for women's health rights in Indonesia.  We conducted a training for Indonesian NGOs to use an assessment tool, Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI pronounced "her way").  The training expands Indonesian NGO capacities to advocate for equity in health for women.  The HeRWAI analysis contrasts the actual situation of Indonesian women with the human rights obligations of Indonesia.

Improving the Health of the Poorest Children in Jakarta, Indonesia: An Innovative & Sustainable School Program
There are approximately eighty million Indonesians living on less than one dollar per day and poverty continues to rise.  About 5 million out of the 18 million Indonesian children under 5 years old are malnourished, while 10 out of 31 million school-going children suffer malnourishment.  Indonesians who are poor are more likely to have poor health and early death. At the same time, unhealthy Indonesians have a more difficult time working and sustaining a job, making  it more unlikely they will break the family cycle of poverty.

In Indonesia, many of the poorest families send their children to madrasah, or religious (Islam) day schools. For some, this is a choice of last resort. They do not have the financial means to send their children to government sponsored schools as they require fees. The most at risk students are the children at these schools. Not only are their families poor and often uneducated, but the schools rely on community support to operate. Unfortunately, the resources of the surrounding communities are minimal and the madrasah suffer. Often there is not clean water or adequate sanitation. This, of course, creates a breeding ground for disease, an unhealthy environment for the students.  More 

                                                Humanitarian Assistance

Since 1997, Uplift International has been providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Southeast Asia. We have provided critically needed relief in the wake of the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands in December 2004. We have also conducted other relief efforts. More
 

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