Draft:Give Basic Needs

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Give Basic Needs

Formation	2021
Type	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Focus	Medical, Food, Shelter
Headquarters	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Location(s)	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Tamale, Ghana
Region served	Ghana, United States, Mexico
Website	givebasicneeds.org

GiveBasic Needs is the name under which the Colussi Family Foundaton operates. The Colussi Family Foundation is a United States-based 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2021.^[1] Give Basic Needs' motto is "Small Acts, Big Happy" ^[2]

Give Basic Needs runs programs in the United States, Mexico, and Ghana that are focused on medical outreach events and education, screenings for infectious diseases, easing access to shelter, food assistance and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). Several Ghanaian media outlets have covered Give Basic Needs' events, which include free medical clinics where residents are screened for infectious diseases and then treated if possible, and clean water infrastructure projects like drilling new and rehabilitating old boreholes in rural communities.

The Colussi Family Foundation was established and registered in Nevada in 2021 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization doing business as Give Basic Needs. Their mission aims to spread happiness by reducing human suffering around basic needs like food, medical care, and shelter. The Colussi Family Foundation, which operates under the name Give Basic Needs, is a private operating foundation that is recognized as a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entity. Charity Navigator and Cause IQ list the Colussi Family Foundation as a registered nonprofit entity.^{[3] [4]}

Local operations in Ghana are run under a separately-established organization called Give Basic Needs Ghana LBG, which has the same mission as the US-based Give Basic Needs entity.

Give Basic Needs runs outreach programs, called Giving Events, based around three basic needs that all humans require: food, medical care, and shelter. ^[5]

Medical Giving Events are coordinated community events, typically taking place in underserved rural villages and townships in Northern Ghana. Regional reports show these outreach activities mostly in the Tamale Metropolitan District and Gushegu Municipal District. ^[6]

These events consist of screenings for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV, as well as health education, distributions of sanitary pads, deworming medication, and condoms, and other preventative interventions such as Hepatitis B vaccines for those who test negative. Additional preventative health activities include hygiene education, wound care, maternal and women’s health education, and menstrual hygiene support. ^[7]

Additionally, the creation of new boreholes and the rehabilitation of existing ones with the Afridev hand pump increases access to clean water and enables communities to follow WASH practices, which lowers the community’s risk of disease as a result. ^[8]

All of the aforementioned preventative healthcare activities are just part of a broader disease prevention effort in rural Ghanaian communities.

Give Basic Needs distributes food within the communities it operates to address the food insecurity of its residents. Northern Ghana food-based Giving Events have been distributions of rice, maize, pineapples, and cooking oil to households experiencing economic and/or seasonal hardship. Food-related outreach activities have also taken place in the United States and Mexico, including free meal distributions in Alaska and Loreto, California Baja Sur. ^[9]

From solar-powered streetlights in off-grid villages to the creation of community spaces, shelter interventions performed by Give Basic Needs in Ghana have increased overall community conditions, cohesion, and safety. Temporary shelter cost relief efforts have taken place in the United States, such as offering funds toward rental housing costs for individuals in low-income housing. ^[10]

While USAID funding has been cut, Give Basic Needs has continued to do outreach in Northern Ghana. The organization has been featured in Ghanaian media as one of local nonprofits filling some health and WASH service gaps, especially in remote areas. ^[11]

Its field activities include diagnostic testing, providing health education, hygiene assistance, and WASH activities. According to media reports, its outreach efforts are part of a wider local response to the gaps in health services in the less well-served parts of the Northern region. ^[12]