2025-11-14T08:12:20-05:00 2024-12-31 593762888 JAMES J LUEBBE INC 1085 EBENEZER ROAD CINCINNATI OH 45233 990 2024-01-01 311805595 CARING RESPONSE MADAGASCAR FOUNDATION CARI 5134514678 1193 BALMORE DRIVE CINCINNATI OH 45233 VIRGINIA R WILTSE DIRECTOR/ VICE CHAIR 5134514678 2025-11-13 true true JAMES J LUEBBE P00644381 5134671000 2025-11-14 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z VIRGINIA R WILTSE 1193 BALMORAL DRIVE CINCINNATI OH 45233 229814 false X WWW.CARINGRESPONSE.COM X 2001 OH RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE POOR OF TOAMASINA, MADAGASCAR EMPHASIZING LITERACY, SANITATION, HYGIENE, HEALTHCARE AND ECONOMIC SELF DEVELOPMENT. ESPECIALLY TARGETING WOMEN AND GIRLS TO OVERCOME THEIR CHALLENGES. 9 9 0 0 200331 227171 0 930 2643 0 201261 229814 132965 191236 0 0 0 9387 5124 9387 138089 200623 63172 29191 241639 270830 0 241639 270830 X RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE POOR OF TOAMASINA, MADAGASCAR EMPHASIZING LITERACY, SANITATION, HYGIENE, HEALTHCARE AND ECONOMIC SELF DEVELOPMENT. ESPECIALLY TARGETING WOMEN AND GIRLS TO OVERCOME THEIR CHALLENGES. false false 10000 10000 ENSURING THE WELLBEING OF YOUNG GIRLS THIS PROJECT ACHIEVED PHENOMENAL SUCCESS IN 2024. ALL 300 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM STAYED IN SCHOOL, AND ALL 60 OF THE YOUNG MOTHERS WHO PARTICIPATED COMPLETED VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING OPTIONS LIKE SEWING, DRESSMAKING, CULINARY ARTS, SOAPMAKING AND MANUFACTURING ECOLOGICAL CHARCOAL WERE SO APPEALING THAT 120 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THESE CLASSES ALSO SO THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE A WAY TO EARN EXTRA MONEY DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. 57644 57644 ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM THE ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE AT THE HEART OF CRMF PROGRAMMING. 1,093 ADULTS ENROLLED IN ONG ST. GABRIEL'S FREE, NEIGHBOR- HOOD-BASED ADULT LITERCY CLASSES IN 2024, WITH AN ASTOUNDING 822 - 75% - SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR. COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAM ONG ST. GABRIEL TRAINED 280 PEOPLE IN BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS LAST YEAR, EXCEEDING ITS 2024 GOAL OF ENROLLING 225. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CLAMORING FOR THIS COURSE, UNDERSTANDING THAT I.T. SKILLS ARE INCREASINGLY VITAL TO WINNING WELL-PAID JOBS. 6000 6000 WOMEN'S SELF-HELP GROUPS THE GOAL OF THE SELF-HELP GROUPS IS TO PROVIDE LITERACY PROGRAM GRADUATES WITH A PATH TO ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY. BY WORKING TOGETHER AND POOLING THEIR SAVINGS, THE GROUPS BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR LOANS THAT CAN BE INVESTED IN CREATING SMALL BUSINESSES. OUR ST. GABRIEL PARTNERS MENTORED 32 ACTIVE WOMEN'S SELF-HELP GROUPS TOTALING 340 LITERATE WOMEN IN 2024, CONNECTING MANY TO SPECIALIZED TRAINING. 88% OF THE MEMBERS ACHIEVED FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE THROUGH THEIR OWN ENTERPRISES, INCLUDING SEWING, RAISING CROPS AND LIVESTOCK, FOOD PROCESSING, AND RESTAURANTS. THEIR SUCCESS IS LIFE- CHANGING, PARTICULARLY FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 117592 117592 THE MODEL HEALTHY VILLAGE INITIATIVE AS IN THE PREVIOUS MODEL HEALTHY VILLAGES, THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH BY BRINGING CLEAN WATER, HYGIENE EDUCATION, SAFE SANITATION, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SMOKELESS OVENS TO AN ENTIRE FOKONTANY AND ITS CLUSTER OF SMALL VILLAGES AND HAMLETS. IN 2024, CRMF FUNDING EQUIPPED SKILLED HEALTH EDUCATORS - ALL OF THEM FROM TOAMASINA - TO ORGANIZE HYGIENE EDUCATIONS AND TO PROVIDE EVERY HOUSEHOLD WITH WATER FILTERS, LATRINES, HANDWASH KITS, AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO USE AND MAINTAIN THEM. JUST ONE YEAR INTO IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT IN THE REMOTE VILLAGE OF AMBODISAINA IVONDRO, THE COMMUNITY RATE OF OPEN DEFECATION DROPPED FROM 81.6% TO 6.4%. DATA COLLECTED DURING OUR PAST MHV PROJECTS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BASIC HYGIENE MEASURES MENTIONED ABOVE HAS SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED BOTH SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM AND THE RATE OF INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA AMONG THE OVERALL POPULATION. IN ADDITION, THE USE OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SMOKELESS OVEN HAS REDUCED THE OCCURRENCE OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE. MEDICAL EDUCATION THROUGH CRMF'S SAVING THE LIVES OF MOTHERS AND BABIES PROGRAM AT THE ANKIRIHIRY CSB II, OUR 2024 OBSTETRIC TEAM TRAINED 20 MIDWIVES IN EPISIOTOMY AND THE REPAIR OF 3RD AND 4TH DEGREE LACERATIONS. AS A RESULT, THE CSB MIDWIVES REDUCED THE CLINIC'S EPISIOTOMY RATE TO BELOW 15% AS RECOMMENDED BY WHO GUIDELINES. ALSO IN 2024, SEVEN MALAGASY MEDICAL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNAL MEDICINE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATION SANTE POUR TOUS (AST) AND THE VONJY MEDICAL CENTER. 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GABRIEL 2 RUE BERTHOLD ANJOMA MFP TOAMASINA 501 MADAGASCAR MEDICAL MISSION 2023 CASH CONTRIBUTIONS: 10,000 NAME: EDWIN JOSEPH FSG ADDRESS ONG ST. GABRIEL 2 RUE BERTHOLD ANJOMA MFP TOAMASINA 501 MADAGASCAR LITERACY AND CORE PROJECTS CASH CONTRIBUTIONS: 57,644 NAME: EDWIN JOSEPH FSG ADDRESS ONG ST. GABRIEL 2 RUE BERTHOLD ANJOMA MFP TOAMASINA 501 MADAGASCAR MEDICAL FUND AND MEDICAL MISSION AND OTHER CASH CONTRIBUTIONS: 123,592 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM THE ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE AT THE HEART OF CRMF PROGRAMMING. 1,093 ADULTS ENROLLED IN ONG ST. GABRIEL'S FREE, NEIGHBOR- HOOD-BASED ADULT LITERCY CLASSES IN 2024, WITH AN ASTOUNDING 822 - 75% - SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR. COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAM ONG ST. GABRIEL TRAINED 280 PEOPLE IN BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS LAST YEAR, EXCEEDING ITS 2024 GOAL OF ENROLLING 225. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CLAMORING FOR THIS COURSE, UNDERSTANDING THAT I.T. SKILLS ARE INCREASINGLY VITAL TO WINNING WELL-PAID JOBS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D THE MODEL HEALTHY VILLAGE INITIATIVE AS IN THE PREVIOUS MODEL HEALTHY VILLAGES, THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH BY BRINGING CLEAN WATER, HYGIENE EDUCATION, SAFE SANITATION, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SMOKELESS OVENS TO AN ENTIRE FOKONTANY AND ITS CLUSTER OF SMALL VILLAGES AND HAMLETS. IN 2024, CRMF FUNDING EQUIPPED SKILLED HEALTH EDUCATORS - ALL OF THEM FROM TOAMASINA - TO ORGANIZE HYGIENE EDUCATIONS AND TO PROVIDE EVERY HOUSEHOLD WITH WATER FILTERS, LATRINES, HANDWASH KITS, AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO USE AND MAINTAIN THEM. JUST ONE YEAR INTO IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT IN THE REMOTE VILLAGE OF AMBODISAINA IVONDRO, THE COMMUNITY RATE OF OPEN DEFECATION DROPPED FROM 81.6% TO 6.4%. DATA COLLECTED DURING OUR PAST MHV PROJECTS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BASIC HYGIENE MEASURES MENTIONED ABOVE HAS SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED BOTH SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM AND THE RATE OF INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA AMONG THE OVERALL POPULATION. IN ADDITION, THE USE OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SMOKELESS OVEN HAS REDUCED THE OCCURRENCE OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE. MEDICAL EDUCATION THROUGH CRMF'S SAVING THE LIVES OF MOTHERS AND BABIES PROGRAM AT THE ANKIRIHIRY CSB II, OUR 2024 OBSTETRIC TEAM TRAINED 20 MIDWIVES IN EPISIOTOMY AND THE REPAIR OF 3RD AND 4TH DEGREE LACERATIONS. AS A RESULT, THE CSB MIDWIVES REDUCED THE CLINIC'S EPISIOTOMY RATE TO BELOW 15% AS RECOMMENDED BY WHO GUIDELINES. ALSO IN 2024, SEVEN MALAGASY MEDICAL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNAL MEDICINE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATION SANTE POUR TOUS (AST) AND THE VONJY MEDICAL CENTER. AS PART OF THEIR THEORETICAL AND CLINICAL INTENSIVE, THE STUDENTS, SUPERVISED BY CRMF VOLUNTEER DOCTORS, OFFERED FREE CONSULTATIONS AND MEDICATIONS TO 135 OF TOAMASINA'S MOST NEEDY RESIDENTS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC