Volunteer Your Time- click on "Contact Us" Use your skills and abilities to serve others who need assistance with business and business training, community development, computers, education, conversational English, crisis intervention and crisis pregnancy, family and personal counseling, medical training, medical care, project administration, and other skills. click here for Needs List Members Page Register for an Upcoming Event To register for an upcoming event send us an email at ProfessionalAssociates@pobox.com or click on the link under "contact us" Current Needs 1. PCR Blood Diagnostic Lab AIDS is increasing with over 5000 cases reported last year in Kazakhstan. Those with AIDS are often denied access to medical care due to the health risk and due to funding constraints. We need a PCR Blood Diagnostic Laboratory to be used for screening patients in order to reduce the transmission of AIDS and to treat those who do have AIDS. The cost of the PCR lab is $33,000 USD. Funding and personnelto operate the lab are available if the initial investment in equipment is made. 2. Continued funding is needed for the pensioners program in Northern Kazakhstan for those at risk. $50,000 3. Continued funding is needed for the infants of nursing mothers with AIDS program. $30,000 4. Funding for Abstinence and Fidelity based training is needed to prevent the spread of AIDS- 3 years $60,000 5. Personnel are needed to assist with the development of the AIDS projects and to develop self-sustaining feeding projects that are not dependent upon outside funding.
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