World Health Day Challenge | Donate A Day For Africa

About the Challenge

Canadian Physicians for Aid & Relief’s (CPAR’s) World Health Day Challenge was started in 2006 as a way to provide support for our critical health and development projects in rural Africa.

The Challenge is an event that is meant to inspire Canadian physicians to donate all or a part of a day’s income in support of World Health Day – April 7th. 

The World Health Day Challenge provides Canadian physicians and other medical professionals with a means to support the efforts of African community members as they face the daily challenges of accessing clean water, primary health care, adequate food and a safe and healthy environment.

In year one, the event raised over $30,000 with the help of about 60 participants and in 2008 it raised over $70,000 with the support of over 100 participants.

CPAR’s World Health Day Challenge is partly inspired by the efforts of Dr. N. Kevin Wade, a Vancouver-based ophthalmologist who donated an entire day of his medical service payment plans to CPAR in September 2002 and again in September 2005.

The event is focused on the idea that physicians and health care professionals must extend their caring to global communities which struggle to access life’s most basic needs.

About CPAR

CPAR’s primary health care work focuses on reducing the burden of HIV & AIDS through community awareness programs, preventing the spread of common diseases by increasing access to clean water and sanitation facilities, promoting healthy pregnancies and educating communities about sexual and reproductive health issues.

CPAR works with local rural African communities to ensure access to clean water, adequate food, primary health care services and a safe and healthy environment.

Founded in 1984, CPAR works in partnership with vulnerable communities and diverse organizations to overcome poverty and build healthy communities in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Malawi.