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Xela Aid has
responded to requests for assistance in a number of
ways. With the help of partner organizations such as
Direct Relief International,
St. Matthew Catholic Church, the
United Church of Christ of
Claremont,
Volunteer Optometrists Serving Humanity,
the University of California at Santa Cruz,
Pitzer College and many
other secular and spiritually based organizations. Xela Aid has, in part:
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- Held free
medical, optical and dental clinics that
have served
thousands of people
- Provided
extensive treatment to burn victims
- Installed a
medicinal herb garden to help reintroduce
curative herbs lost in recent times
- Provided
preventative health care training [hygiene,
re-hydration, fever reduction]
- Fitted dozens
of people for prosthetic arms and legs
- Delivered
nearly $6 million in medical equipment and
supplies
- Held a
three-day woman's health and human rights
seminar and continues to support women
through support of micro-business and solidarity
- Delivered
hearing aids and means for therapy for deaf
children
- Funded a
year of medical treatment for a young boy
with arthritic
psoriasis and affected a cure
- Initiated a
clean water system in a remote village
- Designed,
funded and constructed the June
Russel-Glennon New
Alliance Weaving and Midwives' Cooperative
facility
- Partnered to
initiate a weaving cooperative that is
helping a community to sustain itself; held
international weaving events from 1997 through
2003
- Designed,
funded and constructed a clinic/community and
education center [2004] [Ongoing, see
CLINIC]
- Built a school
[1994] and a school addition [2004]
now serving more
than 500 children [as of July, 2006]
- Sponsored
more than 50 children to help guarantee
their ability to stay in school [Ongoing, see
PEX]

- Sponsored 26
women for literacy training
- Began
operating a pre-school [attended by 34
children as of the fall, 2005]
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