Enterprise Community Partners Turns 25

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Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith, Jr., Baltimore County Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver, District 4, and other state and local dignitaries joined Enterprise Homes, Inc. to celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary at a “topping off” and
flag raising ceremony at The Greens at Liberty Road in Randallstown, Md. When completed, the new green apartment building will feature 105 affordable rental homes for low- and moderate income seniors.

The $15.6 million Greens at Liberty Road is one of six developments totaling 600 homes now being developed or slated to close on financing by Enterprise Homes, which is celebrating 25 years as a leading developer of affordable and mixed-income communities in the mid-Atlantic region.

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Health Care Deep in the Heart of Mumbai

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AmeriCares India recently partnered with Karunya Trust to provide health screenings, medicines and other aid to vulnerable women and girls. The groups set up temporary health clinics to reach a severely underserved community on the outskirts of Mumbai.

“Most of our patients in this community live a hand to mouth existence. They are so poor that they do not seek medical help due to the fear of losing their daily wages,” said Dr. Purvish Parikh, Vice President of AmeriCares and Managing Director of AmeriCares India Foundation. “Providing medical care close to home is practically the only way the women and children in this community can receive treatment for their illnesses and injuries.”

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Save the Children Heads to Kyrgyzstan

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Save the Children is distributing relief supplies to families caught up in the wave of hostilities in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Save the Children yesterday provided hygiene kits and bulk supplies to 400 families — some barricaded in their neighborhoods and others living in temporary shelters — in the city of Osh. Today the organization plans to reach another 300 families and expects additional supplies to arrive overland from Tajikistan.

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