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Grow Clean Food & Harvest Water in Rural Oaxaca
Mexico
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Environment
We provide practical solutions for improving quality of life for 30 rural families in Oaxaca by teaching them how to grow their own food, catch rainwater for irrigation, and cook with solar energy.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$10
- Buys 5 organic seed packets for a family's household organic garden
$25
- Buys 5 organic seed packets and 1 drip irrigation systen for a family's household organic garden
$50
- Provides the opportunity for one farmer to attend a hands-on organic agriculture workshop session
$100
- Buys one solar energy cooker for a family and provides training in high nutrition cooking
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$250
- Offers technical and practical training for creating organic biointensive gardens for two families
$800
- Builds one 10,000 liter rainwater storage tank for household water collection and use
$1,200
- Builds one 10,000 liter rainwater storage tank, includes roof retrofits and a manual water pump.
$124,861
- Will fully fund this project
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Preserving Primates in China
China
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Environment
Gaoligong Nature Reserve protects more primate species than any other reserve north of the Tropic of Cancer. Rare is protecting this biodiversity hotspot threatened by land development and tourism.
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$30
- A tank of gas for community visits
$75
- Toward puppet production for school visits
$150
- Toward providing tools for sustainable tsaoko cultivation
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$5,000
- Will fully fund this project
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Reforestation with Masai Communities in Kenya
Kenya
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Environment
This project promotes community development, environmental conservation and wealth creation around the process of growing trees for charcoal as an alternative source of energy for 3800 Masai.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- will provide 1000 seedlings for participating farmers
$150
- will train 10 local farmers in agroforestry/conservation
$500
- will plant out 1 acre of trees in the community
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$1,000
- provides irrigation equipment for farmers
$5,000
- will set up a tree nursery (including water) for community
$27,000
- will dig a man-made lake and provide access to water for 1000 people
$66,760
- Will fully fund this project
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Provide Vegetable Gardens for Families in Brazil
Brazil
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Environment
Irrigated vegetable gardens are provided for Brazilian rural families. As a result they have food, work and better habitat and environmental conditions.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- Buys 1000 vegetable seedlings such as lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, etc.
$100
- Buys 150 meters of water pipes for irrigation or nine 50 kg cement bags to pave reservoirs.
$600
- Takes 30 community members for a full day environment education program.
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$1,500
- Gives to 20 community members a “Three Days in the Forest” Immersion Course.
$2,000
- Donation of one organic and irrigated vegetable garden that can feed up to 5 families and provide surplus for the market.
$2,000
- Donation of one tree nursery to produce tree seedlings for reforestation and to increase local income and jobs.
$59,850
- Will fully fund this project
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Fuel Efficient Stoves for Darfur
Sudan
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Environment
The project will manufacture and distribute low-cost fuel-efficient metal stoves in Darfur. Our stove design is field tested, fuel-efficient in breezy conditions, and can be manufactured in-country.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Buys the raw material for a fuel efficient stove
$50
- Buys a tool kit for a team of blacksmiths to manufacture the stoves and earn an income
$100
- Buys three stoves including training of users, provision of fabrication tools to local blacksmith
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$208,591
- Will fully fund this project
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Energy Efficient Cooking Stoves in Lake Atitlán
Guatemala
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Environment
Helping local indigenous communities in Guatemala, especially Peña Blanca, to install carbon efficient stoves which use less firewood and allow the community health, educational and financial benefits
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$10
- Cooking pot for the family
$28
- Local mason's salary to build the stove
$50
- Bricks and mortar for 1 stove
$100
- Hotplate and chimney for 1 stove
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$250
- A whole stove, inluding wages, transport etc
$12,300
- Will fully fund this project
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Empowering Fishing Communities in the MAR Reef
Guatemala
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Environment
This project will provide funding to at least 5 fishing communities along the Mesoamerican Reef coast in order to encourage community participation in the management of local fish stocks.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$30
- For the regional fund
$50
- For the regional fund
$100
- For the regional fund
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$5,000
- Allows a community to initiate fisheries co-management
$89,580
- Will fully fund this project
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Help Rural Ethiopians Improve Access to Water
Ethiopia
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Environment
This project is helping more than 30,000 villagers improve their use of existing water resources. It is rehabilitating natural springs and building wells for better access to clean drinking water.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Provides 8 women with supplies for water purification.
$50
- Provides 5 families with fuel-efficient (as well as cost- and time-efficient) cooking stoves to reserve natural resources.
$100
- Helps build a hand-dug well for household farming.
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$500
- Helps construct a deep well to give 500 households ready access to water for drinking and irrigation.
$2,418
- Will fully fund this project
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Plant a tree in Haiti and help 155 families eat
Haiti
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Environment
For years, villagers cut down Haiti’s trees. Then, erosion destroyed the farmlands. Soon, families had nothing to eat. Today, planting trees — reforestation — is their hope for a future.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$22
- Plant one tree
$75
- Plant two trees and provide erosion training
$220
- Plant a grove of ten trees
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$11,371
- Will fully fund this project
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Solar energy for families in rural Panama
Panama
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Environment
Northwestern University students are providing the Santo Domingo community with training and materials to install solar panel systems in their homes.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$15
- Buys wiring and accessories for systems to provide 3 families with reliable electricity
$30
- Buys efficient, long-lasting light bulbs that a family of six can enjoy for up to 7 years
$60
- Buys a charge regulator to minimize replacement costs for this low-income community
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$225
- Buys a battery to store electrical energy for a family, providing power at night and on cloudy days
$450
- Purchases a solar panel to provide one or more households with a convenient source of power
$675
- Brings an independent, solar-generated electricity system to a family in Panama
$14,738
- Will fully fund this project
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Recycling 2,000 Tons of Trash in Kibera
Kenya
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Environment
Taka ni Pato (Trash is Cash) is an income-generating, solid waste management and recycling project that removes more than 2000 tons of trash each year from the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Buys 2 shovels and a rake for clean ups
$50
- Buys 4 shovels and two rakes for clean ups
$75
- Buys a wheel barrel for transporting trash.
$100
- Helps pay rent for land used to sortand store collected recyclable materials
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$8,520
- Will fully fund this project
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Sudanese Women Farmers Unite
Sudan
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Environment
Help MADRE and sister organization Zenab improve economic sustainability in Sudan by giving women farmers access to seeds, land, and tools, and helping form the first Sudanese Women Farmers' Union.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$30
- Covers all expenses for 1 woman to attend two days of training; she will share her knowledge with others when she returns home to her village.
$125
- Buys 50 lbs. of seeds, enough for 10 women to farm sorghum, sesame, and millet for one season.
$500
- Provides cleared land that's ready to sow to the women of 1 village.
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$40,010
- Will fully fund this project
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Using Solar Energy for Cooking Fuel in Kenya
Kenya
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Environment
Train rural women to use solar energy as an alternative fuel and make simple solar cookers for use and sale, freeing time for income generating activities, stopping deforestation and improving health.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$300
- Audiovisual equipment (TV/video) to share information with community members.
$500
- Edits 1 hour of raw footage for viewing in the local language.
$800
- Supplies digital video and still camera to document process and products for sale.
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$1,000
- Trains 20 women on use of solar-powered cookers and production of related wares.
$55,255
- Will fully fund this project
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MARINE DESERTS ON THE COAST OF KENYA
Kenya
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Environment
This project provides Kenyan fishermen with new methods to improve fishing, consequently, conserving the marine environment. Our artificial reef will help with overfishing which is a major problem.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- will feed 5 fishing families
$150
- will train 8 fishermen in marine conservation
$500
- will supply materials for 1 section of reef
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$1,000
- will fully support 10 fishermen
$15,000
- will provide boat for construction of reef
$25,000
- will provide floating devices/diving equipment
$61,930
- Will fully fund this project
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Turning waste into wealth for 1000 households
India
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Environment
Engaging 1000 households in solid waste management, thereby improving the living environment for poor people as well as rejuvenating soil and safeguarding agricultural biodiversity.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Train one Green Friend, garbage collector, to mobilize and increase household segregation of waste in towns
$50
- Provide a Green Friend, garbage collector, proper uniform and protective gear to ensure the safety of the worker
$100
- Conduct awareness campaign for poor, rural communities on the benefits of solid waste management for public health, sanitation and the environment
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$822
- One month's salary for 15 employees managing the waste of 5,000 people
$2,649
- Mass-mobilization (awareness and information campaigns) around environmental issues and the importance of solid waste management
$20,449
- Will fully fund this project
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