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One Trained Doctor Saves 250 AIDS Patients

Health

Healthcare workers in developing countries will get coached by Western physicians to improve their clinical skills in caring for HIV/AIDS patients, thereby saving lives.

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	$1,000 - Saves the lives of 41 AIDS patients, teaches prevention to 830 people.
	$6,000 - Saves the lives of 250 AIDS patients, teaches prevention to 5,000 people.
	$12,000 - Saves the lives of 500 AIDS patients, teaches prevention to 10,000 people.
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	$ Other amount

Save Poor Afghan Families From Starving

Afghanistan,

Health

Poor Afghans in Afghanistan with no jobs, food or homes face starvation in the winter and after natural disasters or being displaced. Provide emergency packets to support families.

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	$15 - Provides one emergency packet for a family of four for one month
	$30 - Provides emergency packets for 2 families or 8 people for one month
	$60 - Provides emergency packets for 4 families or 16 people for one month
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Grameen Shikkha Scholarship Program

Bangladesh,

Children

Grameen Shikkha Scholarship Program provides financial support to bright underprivileged children. The scholarship winners are selected based on criteria set by the donors.

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	$1,000 - Provides scholarships to 1 underprivileged child per year for the duration of the endowment.
	$5,000 - Provides scholarships to 5 underprivileged children per year for the duration of the endowment.
	$33,933 - Will fully fund this project
	$ Other amount

Income Recovery for Poor Sri Lankans

Sri Lanka,

Disaster Recovery

To create jobs for the community following widespread Tsunami devastation through entrepreneurship training and microfinance assistance and motivate them to be self reliant.

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	$16 - Provide one person with entrepreneurship training
	$32 - Provide one person with home garden development training
	$140 - Provides a grant to one person to start a small enterprise
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Save the Children Empowering Girls in Bangladesh

Bangladesh,

Women and Girls

This project creates safe environments for girls living in poverty in Bangladesh to develop the skills and receive support to stay in school, learn how to remain healthy and develop life skills.

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	$10 - Can train two adolescent girl leader-educators in Bangladesh
	$12 - Can equip two adolescent girls with essential knowledge and information
	$60 - Can equip 10 adolescent girls with essential knowledge and information
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Self Sufficiency Store for Prostitution Prevention

Thailand,

Education

The store will sell clothing and other goods to poor migrant families in the community. DEPDC vocational students will operate the store and sell their own products.

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	$50 - Provides secure storage for up to 100 woven handicraft items and 100 articles of second hand clothing for sale at the Self Sufficiency Store, keeping donations and handmade goods safe from the weather
	$150 - Provides a living wage for 30 construction workers helping to build the Self Sufficiency Store. Construction workers come from the communities around DEPDC and are often parents or relatives of DEPDC
	$1,000 - Provides opportunities for DEPDC vocational students to start their own product line at the Self Sufficiency Store, fostering creativity, empowerment, and an entrepreneurial spirit for a young p
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Give Afghans a University Degree

Afghanistan,

Education

Afghan youth, who studied in refugee schools and graduated from high school, now want to attend college. Make this dream a reality for 120 computer science and business administration students.

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	$17 - 60 university students have a software engineering professor for one month.
	$34 - 120 university students have a computer operating systems professor for one month.
	$650 - The University computer lab buys one more computer
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Afghans Learn Leadership for the 21st Century

Afghanistan,

Human Rights

Through 2 training workshops, 60 Afghan leaders will develop advanced skills to further human rights and build peaceful education, government, infrastructure, and health systems in Afghanistan.

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	$25 - 1 Afghan woman realizes she has been, is, and will continue to be a leader
	$50 - At least 150 innovative ideas are shared by 30 emerging female leaders
	$75 - 6 concrete plans for implementing new, creative programs to aid Afghan women are developed
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Tailoring: A Small-Business Skill for Afghan Women

Afghanistan,

Microfinance

About 500 women each month learn tailoring and how to run a small tailoring business from their homes. Women enter the 6-month course not knowing how to thread a needle; they leave with a livelihood.

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	$50 - 5 women have cloth and tools for the tailoring course.
	$88 - One woman becomes a tailor after graduating from the 6-month course.
	$2,200 - 25 women complete a tailoring course enabling them to open a shop and support their families.
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