South Africa

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Capacity Building: Urban Farming and Gardening

South Africa,

Climate Change (GG Green)

Individuals and teachers in poor communities are trained and supported to tackle hunger and environmental degradation by growing and replicating organic vegetable and indigenous teaching gardens.

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	$20 - Plants one tree in a disadvantaged township, and includes training and follow-up.
	$42 - Establishes one new township vegetable garden, and includes training, resources and follow-up.
	$82 - Trains one teacher in a disadvantaged school to use the outdoor classroom.
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	$ Other amount

Over 100 South African youth educated about nature

South Africa,

Animals ,

Project Challenge 2008 participant.

Our mission is to inspire and educate underprivileged children to care for their environment, through the medium of a wildlife orphanage, while increasing their environmental job opportunities.

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	$10 - feeds 2 underprivileged children for 1 day at the Daktari bush school
	$25 - covers the education/accommodation/food of 1 underprivileged child for 1 day at the Daktari bush school
	$50 - covers the education/accommodation/food of 1 underprivileged child for 2 days at the Daktari bush school
	$75 - covers the care of the orphaned animals at Daktari for 1 week
	$100 - covers the education/accommodation/food of 1 underprivileged child for the whole week at the Daktari bush school
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	$ Other amount

Fight HIV/AIDS and Build Lives in South Africa

South Africa,

Health

Women contract HIV/AIDS, because of factors like child marriage, wife inheritance, poverty, and ignorance. Support, counseling, and education help women overcome such issues to access resources and im

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	$20 - 1 HIV-positive woman can receive business training to initiate a small business to support herself
	$40 - 2 women will learn how to correctly take their medication, giving them longer and healthier lives
	$80 - 45 women can receive information and support on issues such as prevention, treatment & counseling
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Build a new life for 12 orphans in South Africa

South Africa,

Children

This project will pay for a new home in the Refilwe Community, South Africa for 12 orphaned children and their caregivers who will play a direct role in their education, care, love and nourishment.

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	$75 - New bed with bedding for 1 orphan
	$400 - New windows for the complex
	$700 - New tiles and carpeting for the complex
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Build a Home for People Living with HIV/AIDS

South Africa,

Health

This project will provide a home with a caring, self-sustaining environment within a family structure for 100 children and adults infected and affected by HIV-AIDS in rural South Africa

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	$10 - Buy enough milk and formula to feed 8 babies for a day
	$100 - Feed 50 people with 3 balanced meals for a day
	$300 - Build a basic mud hut with dung floors for 8 people
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The Organic Classroom Program in South Africa

South Africa,

Education ,

Everybody Can Win Challenge Participant

SEEDs Organic Classroom Program partners w/ under-resourced schools for three years. The exit strategy ensures a sustainable Permaculture system for food security and a living laboratory for teaching.

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	$22 - One multi-purpose tree planted for global cooling
	$64 - One herb garden for health and HIV/AIDS support
	$85 - One chicken tractor for on-site manure production
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Skills training for 17 unskilled South African men

South Africa,

Education

This project provides 17 unemployed men the opportunity of attending training to learn technical skills such as gardening, painting, bricklaying, carpentry so that they may find work.

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	$29 - Pays for 1 day's worth of training with stipend for 1 unemployed man
	$145 - Pays for 1 week's training with stipend for 1 unemployed man
	$870 - Pays for 1 month's worth of training with stipend for 1 unemployed man
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Educating and empowering AIDS-filled communities

South Africa,

Education

Phakamisa provides training for early childhood teacher training, economic development, and support for AIDS devastated areas of Durban reaching more than 15,000 children and their caregivers.

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	$10 - Provide course for one teacher training
	$15 - Purchase seeds for family garden
	$20 - Provide 1 month preschool for 10 children
	$30 - Provide month's food for AIDS orphans' caregivers
	$50 - Employ wandering teacher for 1 month
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Help 150 South African Nurses Treat AIDS

South Africa,

Health

Provide 150 nurses in Port Elizabeth, South Africa with mobile, digitized libraries of essential medical information for treating HIV-infected and AIDS patients at the point of care.

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	$70 - Pays for one nurse’s training to use digital HIV/AIDS information to diagnose and treat her patients
	$140 - Pays for two nurses training to use digital HIV/AIDS information to diagnose and treat her patients
	$178 - Buys one nurse a handheld computer -- possibly the first computer she’s ever used.
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Developing Vulnerable Kids thru Sport South Africa

South Africa,

Education ,

Project Challenge 2008 participant. ,

Everybody Can Win Challenge Participant

This project develops orphaned and vulnerable children from the township communities. The focus is to use sport as a tool to deliver key education and support to give these children more opportunity

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	$20 - School books and stationary for a child for a year
	$25 - School fees for a child for a year
	$40 - School Uniform for a child for at least a year
	$40 - Sports kit for a child for at least a year
	$60 - A meal every day for a child for a year
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My Father's House for 100 So. African AIDS Orphans

South Africa,

Human Rights

MFH is run by men renewing their responsibility as the head of the household. We give orphaned children security in a home environment, helping them reach their full potential and be good citizens.

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	$100 - Sponsor one child per month by covering his/her total living costs
	$200 - Sponsor two children per month by covering his/her total living costs
	$20,000 - Assist in furnishing and fitting the home with beds, linens, and appliance (stove, fridge, etc.)
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Youth Venture South Africa

South Africa,

Education ,

Everybody Can Win Challenge Participant

Providing support for young people resulting in positive change in the areas of knowledge skills & values, through seed grants &skills transfer. YV SA is building a movement of young changemakers now

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	$50 - Provides transport for one (1) team member for a two (2) day training workshop
	$100 - Provides transport and costs for one (1) team member to attend a leadership workshop
	$200 - Provides leadership training for two (2) team member
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