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The Gift of Crowdfunding Campaigns

BY HEROX ADMIN | 1 min read

If you are still looking for a gift, consider donating and supporting these crowdfunding campaigns that address the needs of health and wellness. You can make a donation on behalf of a friend, family memeber or colleague. Give the gift that gives back and save yourself from a trip into mall madness. 

Gardens for Health International

Gardens for Health International has created a Community Lunch Program and are taking a sustainable and locally rooted approach to ending chronic childhood malnutrition in Rwanda.  Their farm is where they develop and host a series of health and agricultural training sessions that are modeled to combine innovative agricultural techniques with local practices. 

Beneufit 

This new crowdfunding campaign is for an exercise platform designed for people with neurological disorders. Beneufit is designed to empower patient health through exercise.

Our patent-pending technology combines exercise, mobile devices, wireless sensors and analytics with the goal of minimizing the condition’s impact on patients, reducing the costs to society and advancing the understanding of exercise’s impact on the brain. The openness and flexibility of the platform enables researchers to easily test and analyze specific exercise protocols and measure precisely the clinical impact of these protocols."

E2L Limited

E2L Limited is a music player for people living with dementia. It’s an easy-to-use music player with controls that are easy to remember and manipulate.

PACE MD

PACE MD program is invested in improving medical care in Mexico, specifically in areas where the mortality rates are the highest. Their services and program are staffed only by Mexican citizens. They are also continuing to grow their network of certified medical instructors across the country.

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