Organizations Filed Purposes:
Kupona Foundation empowers people and communities living in poverty in Tanzania to realize their full potential by improving their access to quality healthcare. Kupona mobilizes support and activates awareness to enable the continuation and sustainable growth of the life changing programs implemented by their sister organization, CCBRT (Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania). By convening a community of donors, technical experts, advocates and volunteers, Kupona gives individuals and institutions in the United States the opportunity to have a direct impact on the lives of people and communities living in poverty in Tanzania.
Kupona Foundation empowers people and communities living in poverty in Tanzania to realize their full potential by improving their access to quality healthcare.
Kupona Foundation funds supported the activities of CCBRT, Tanzania's largest disability and rehabilitative services provider. The efforts of Kupona Foundation and CCBRT aim to prevent disability, prevent maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity, provide equitable access to affordable, quality medical and rehabilitative services, empower people with disabilities and their families, facilitate the inclusion of disability in mainstream services, and build capacity in managerial, medical, and rehabilitative services. The program areas that received the bulk of Kupona Foundation funding and technical support in 2019 are (1) CCBRT's program for the treatment of women with obstetric fistula, including surgical treatment and recovery, the identification and transport of patients from more rural areas of the country, and their socioeconomic rehabilitation through skills training and business lessons; (2) CCBRT's Core program services, which are implemented against their five year strategy; (3) CCBRT's maternal and newborn healthcare program, including both the training of nurses, midwives and doctors in maternal and neonatal health at 23 regional health facilities and the creation of a new, specialized maternal and newborn hospital in Dar es Salaam, and family planning services offered at Tim's Corner; (4) CCBRT's work to provide rehabilitation services for children with disabilities and improve the quality of community -based inclusive development services in Tanzania
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Abbey Kocan | Executive Dir. | 40 | $98,500 |
| Robert Schwed | President | 3 | $0 |
| Betsy Zink | VICE CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Mira Dewji | SEC'Y, TREAS | 2 | $0 |
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