Fall has arrived, and we continue to bring our best to this most challenging year. Months after the COVID-19 outbreak, your generosity continues to help improve conditions for families in far-reaching corners of the world. Resources are stretched thin, and nonprofit leaders tell us that the GlobalGiving emergency grants your donations fund go well beyond providing material support. You’re also putting a smile on their faces and giving their teams hope and strength to keep going during these arduous times.
Your generosity fueled the August + September grant cycles to:
These grants have impacted people in urban and rural communities worldwide. They provided food deliveries in Wisconsin, healthcare for patients in Nicaragua, hygiene kits for children in the Philippines, emergency relief for families in Yemen, water wells in Niger, psycho-social support in South Sudan, and nutrition activities for indigenous communities in Mexico, to name just a few.
Rather than summarize more of the life-changing activities our nonprofit partners are leading, I want to introduce you to Traci Wickett, President and CEO of the United Way of Southern Cameron County, Texas. Here’s what she and her team have been able to achieve with your support:
“Our coronavirus relief is focused on food insecurity, but with the added twist of helping hospitality workers who have become unemployed because of COVID-19. We have partnered with Get Shift Done to employ furloughed restaurant workers to add capacity to our hunger relief efforts. Workers sign up for shifts at the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Salvation Army, Amigos Del Valle (meals on wheels), Ozanam Center (homeless shelter), Good Neighbor Settlement House (soup kitchen and food pantry), Brownsville Wellness Coalition (food delivery), or United Way of Southern Cameron County’s weekly mass food distributions. They prepare, package, and deliver food to those among us who need it most and earn $10 per hour to help them get by during these terribly difficult times.
You’ve provided 1,500 families with a generous bag of shelf-stable food and fresh produce, and you’ve provided 750 hours of work at $10 per hour to furloughed restaurant employees through Get Shift Done.”
I invite you to scan the list below of the 187 nonprofit teams you supported! I am looking forward to my next update about the many ways in which your generosity is making a difference for so many people. Until then, I leave you with Traci’s words:
“We are humbled by this gift, and we’re very grateful. The Rio Grande Valley is suffering, but you’re helping to make things better.”
In gratitude and solidarity,
Sandrina + the GlobalGiving Team
List of Grantees:
A Leg to Stand On
Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT Foundation)
Advocaid
Afghan Institute of Learning
ALEIMAR - Voluntary Organization
Arianna's Center
Arogya Agam
ASAP Foundation
Asociacion Civil Ingenieria sin Fronteras Argentina
Asociacion Civil Pequenos Pasos
Asociación Civil Yachay Wasi
Associacao Esmabama
Associacion Tui'k Ruch' Lew
Association For Women's Awareness and Rural Development
Association of Locally Empowered Youth - Northern Mindanao
Bali Life Foundation
Bamyan Foundation
Beyond Borders
Bhumi
Black Belt Community Foundation
Boys and Girls Clubs of St. Charles
Brave Hearts
Central Arizonans For A Sustainable Economy Case
Centre for LIve and Learn for Environment and Community
Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa
Associacao para Protecao das Criancas e Adolescentes (CEPAC)
CHOSA
Citizens' Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc.
Civic Force
Clinica Verde
Collinsville Food Pantry
Color of Change
Community Health Africa Trust
Compassion First
Concern Organization for Women & Children
Congo Children Trust
Conservation Through Poverty Alleviation, International
Corporacion Cultiva
Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Inc
Crecemos DIJO
Croix-Rouge Francaise /French Red Cross
Darfur Women Network
Dawood Global Foundation
Develop Africa, Inc.
Disable Development & Educational Foundation
Ecoviva NFP
Equality for All Foundation
Family Connection Foundation
Feed Northland Kids
Feeding San Diego
Feeding the Valley
FirstLight trust
Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley
Foundation for Advancement of Haitian Midwives
French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children
Friends of Burkina Faso
Fundación Ayni
Fundacion de Beneficencia Hogar de Cristo
Fundacion Fondo Unido Honduras
Fundacion Hearts of Gold
Fundacion Helping Hands-La Paz
Fundación Interpretalab
FUNDE Fundación Colombia Unida en Desarrollo y Educacion
Gaia Vaccine Foundation
Waqful Waqifin Foundation (Gift of the Givers)
Girls Power Initiative
Grace Honduras
Graces Cares Inc.
Grain de Riz Pour un Sourire
Great Heart Charity Association
Habitat for Humanity
Halt Poverty
Hand to Hand Foundation
Health Equity International/St. Boniface Haiti Foundation
Health in Harmony
Heart of Los Angeles
Help Bolivia Foundation
High Atlas Foundation
Hoedspruit Training Trust
Hope For Our Sisters, Inc.
HOPE Foundation for Women & Children of Bangladesh
Human Development Foundation (Mercy Center)
iDE Mozambique
Incourage
INMED Partnerships for Children, Inc.
Insan Hak ve Hurriyetleri Insani Yardm Vakfi
Instituto Chaikuni
Instituto Ekloos
Internews
Iraqi Children Foundation
IsraAID
Justice & Accountability Center of Louisiana
Justice for Migrant Women
Karuna trust
Keeping it Real Foundation
Kidspire
Kito Onlus
Lebanon Red Cross
Lending for Evanston and Northwestern Development
LIN Center for Community Development
Lower Nine
LULAC Institute Inc.
Makaia
Mali Health
Martha O'Bryan Center
Mensajeros de la Paz Argentina
Mercy in Action
Movimento de Saude Mental Comunitaria de Bom Jardin
Mozambique School Lunch Initiative
Mundo de Talentos
National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP)
National Day Labor Network
Native American Advancement Foundation
Nicaragua-Projekt e.V.
Nor Luyce Mentoring Center for Youth
One Foundation
Operation Mercy
Oregon Food Bank, Inc.
Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition
Ouelessebougou Alliance
Partnership for Southern Equity
Partnership with Native Americans
Perkin Educational Opportunities Foundation
Perkumpulan Pelita Indonesia
Project Elimu
Project Soar
Psicologia y Derechos Humanos PSYDEH A.C.
Rain for the Sahel and Sahara
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
Raising Futures Kenya
Recovering Oklahomans After Disaster, Inc.
Relief International
Remember Niger Coalition
RISE Foundation, Inc.
Rise International
Roots Community Health Center
Safe Spaces Nairobi
Sahar Education
Sanid Organization for Relief and Development
Seeding Sovereignty
Siam-Care Foundation
Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya (SIBAT), Inc.
Snehalaya
Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR)
Sodis Foundation
Sphoorthi Foundation
St. Nicholas' Home, Penang
Strategy and Innovation for Development Initiative
Support Yemeni Society Organization for Development SYS
Sustinere
Tahanan ng Pagmamahal Children's Home, Inc.
The Bharath Abhyudaya Seva Samithi
The Centre for HIV-AIDS prevention Studies
The Circulate Initiative
The Freedom Story
The Global ShareResource Foundation
The HALO Foundation
The Lambi Fund of Haiti
The Mariposa DR Foundation
The Mustard Seed Mission
The Rotary Club of Brentwood
The Trussell Trust
Tigoung Nonma
Tiljala Society
Trees Water & People
Tropical Health and Education Trust
United to Benefit Ecuadorian Children International (UBECI)
Union of Relief & Development Associations
United Way of Southern Cameron County
Viet Blind Children Foundation
Village Earth
Village Exchange Center
Voice Trust
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network (WASH-Net)
Wells Bring Hope
Wings Melaka
Women Inspiration Dev Center
Women's Aid Organization
Women's Employment Network
Wonder Foundation
Yayasan Bumi Sehat, Ds. PKR Nyuh Kuning
Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa Foundation
Yayasan Usaha Mulia / Foundation for Noble Work
Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
Youth for Homeland
Yspaniola
Zahana
Dear Project of the Month Club Member,
We hope your October is off to a lovely start! GlobalGiving and our partners are incredibly grateful for the generosity of you and 598 other donors who helped us raise $26,508 in September for Zindagi Trust. Its project Art for 3200 Schoolgirls in Pakistan works to implement a holistic curriculum that empowers children to thrive in Pakistan’s state schools.
This October, your generous contribution will go toward our nonprofit partner Corcovado Foundation and its project Creating the Environmental Leaders of the New Mil.
Corcovado Foundation’s mission is to protect Costa Rica’s natural wildlife for future generations by empowering local communities to promote sustainable tourism and connect to their natural environment. Donations to their project Creating the Environmental Leaders of the New Mil support their 17-year-old environmental education program for children in Osa Peninsula communities to become the next generation of environmental leaders. Through weekly classes and events, children explore what it means to be connected to their natural environment and their community. Field trips, games, art, and storytelling are just a few of the tools Corcovado Foundation uses to teach children to work together today so they can solve the problems of tomorrow.
When the pandemic halted face-to-face activities, Corcovado Foundation created the “Environmental Challenges,” or weekly activities for children to complete from the safety of their homes or gardens. Parents jumped into action to enthusiastically learn with their children during these difficult times.
Executive Director Alejandra Monge expresses her gratitude to you and other Project of the Month Club members for supporting their mission:
“We couldn’t be more thrilled and honored by this news. Being chosen as Project of the Month is a wonderful privilege and an excellent opportunity to showcase our environmental education efforts. Since 2003, our program has been changing hundreds of children’s lives for the better, helping them widen their horizons, empowering them, and creating awareness of their ability to build the communities that they desire.”
Alejandra went on to share plans for how your generosity will power their efforts this year:
“With the additional funding received from the GlobalGiving community of donors and supporters, we will continue our environmental education activities and help 30 more families implement regenerative agriculture to become more food independent in this time of economic crisis. Regenerative agriculture promotes edible gardens without polluting the soil or the water with chemicals.”
Keep up with Corcovado Trust’s work by checking out their most recent report from the field.
Your generosity is making a difference in communities around the world, and I can’t wait to share how it’ll help in November.
Stay safe and well,
Alix Guerrier
GlobalGiving CEO
On August 27, Hurricane Laura made its devastating landfall in southwestern Louisiana as a powerful Category Four storm after passing through the Caribbean, tragically leaving more than 70 people dead. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the hurricane further exacerbated the extreme uncertainty and marginalization facing communities, especially communities of color facing disproportionate impacts from the virus, in the Lake Charles area of Louisiana.
Almost a month later, impacted communities are still in great need. Many thousands of families remain without power and clean water in southwestern Louisiana. The storm has also displaced thousands of Louisiana residents. The vast majority of these evacuees are currently residing in New Orleans in temporary accommodations, and are facing severe obstacles in receiving the holistic support that they need.
Within one week of the storm making landfall, GlobalGiving swiftly issued emergency grant support to two of our trusted nonprofit partners on the frontlines. This quick action is a direct result of your generosity and support of our Hurricane Laura Relief Fund. Here is a snapshot of how your donation has helped communities in Louisiana impacted by Hurricane Laura:
All of this critical work has been made possible by your donation. In the next two weeks, we will make additional emergency grants to support those affected by Hurricane Laura, including evacuees in New Orleans. Additionally, through GlobalGiving’s crisis response partnership with Facebook, we will support other communities impacted by Hurricane Laura with our local nonprofit partners in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Thank you for coming together with more than 500 people to fuel these critical relief efforts. We will be back in your inbox by the end of October to keep you updated on how your donation is making a difference.
With gratitude,
Chase + the GlobalGiving Team
