In addition to broad advocacy for threatened journalists in Columbia, one of the world’s most murderous countries for journalists, CPJ provides financial support for Columbian journalists in extreme and imminent danger. A modest contribution can go very far in Columbia, enabling a threatened journalist to enter a safe haven. Your gift of $250 will be matched by CPJ to host a Colombian journalist in a...

This gift will help ACCION USA provide critically needed small loans to people who have good business sense, integrity, and a strong desire to succeed. They are individuals who are denied access to traditional forms of business credit because of language barriers, lack of business records, poor credit history, or a loan request that’s too small for most banks. Often, ACCION USA is their only...

Ready access to a laptop computer for writing, for working with photographs, video and music, for access to the Internet and email all multiply the breadth and impact of a Fellow's month-long stay in the U.S. At the conclusion of their residencies, the 15 Fellows gather at CEC to share the record of their work, and to talk about the experience of working in a...

Your gift will provide one internet or phone card to a local artist. Discount rate cards can be purchased for Internet access and international telephone time.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has a longstanding commitment to providing the best cancer care to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. Your gift will ensure MSKCC continues to make this vital assistance available to as many of our patients and their families as possible so that they may focus on their most important role—successfully undergoing cancer treatment.

Your gift will provide a Bible for an individual or family, one they can read or hear in their own language. Bibles that include both OT and NT will be provided when available. If not, then NT or audio portions will be provided.

Your gift will deliver medical care to a poor or homeless child. Children and families visit the Mobile Medical Units to receive care that would otherwise not be available, regardless of ability to pay. CHF's National Network of 21 Children’s Health Projects (CHP) provides comprehensive primary care to medically underserved children and their families across the country via mobile medical units (MMU), fixed-site clinics and...

Your gift will provide one water filter that has a tested and proven capacity to reduce the incidence of water borne illness and substantially reduce childhood diarrhea by up to 70%. These water filters have been tested in laboratories all over the world with results consistently showing a more than 99% reduction of all water borne contaminants and fecal coliforms when using highly contaminated sources....

Your donation of $400 makes ensures that one more tubewell will be dug by teams of local entrepreneurs (often a team leader and three to five young men) providing access to deep clean water, free of pollution while simultaneously creating local employment. What takes a major development organization many months and approximately $10,000 to do, your donation will accomplish with just $400 because your donation...

This gift will provide appropriate clothing and shoes for all seasons, including a coat or snowsuit, sleepwear, and shoes or boots.

Your donation will be used to purchase a mattress for the family of a sick child.

Your gift will ensure that teachers are provided the best tools to help their classes succeed. The College Summit Advisor’s Edition of the Navigator is a step-by-step guide for teachers through the college application process. In addition to deadlines, guidelines, and financial aid information, it provides concrete lesson plan ideas and links to online college access resources.

This gift will support a girl in Nepal who has been rescued from a childhood spent in virtual slavery as a servant in a house or a dishwasher in a tea shop, far from home. In addition to protecting her human rights, your gift will enable her to attend school for one year, possibly for the first time in her life. It will pay for...

This gift will provide one child's entry fee to attend ACHIEVE's Children's Summer Program. The program is a four-day, six week program. Activities of the program focus on improving gross and fine motor coordination, promoting positive social behavior, and environmental awareness. In addition to these activities, remedial instruction in reading, math, and speech is also provided. ACHIEVE’s Summer Program provides leadership and an opportunity for...

Your gift will provide the money for a stethoscope for one of our developing country sites. Equipment like this is necessary for these clinics to function and to do so at the highest standards of treatment and care. Access to healthcare in the developing world is often very limited. To date, over 14,000 people have received Voluntary Counseling & Testing (VCT) services from IAVI. Your...

Your gift of $250 will enable two Vision Entrepreneurs to conduct a vision screening camp by supplying marketing materials, reading glasses for the village, and transportation to the village.

This gift will provide the flooring for a 1100 sq ft home. It takes so much to build a home. Your gift will help us change lives, one family at a time.

Your gift will enable the Sanctuary to continue building large acreage habitats for rescued animals to live in. Animals that once lived in tiny cages, horse trailers, garages or concrete pits will finally be free - as they should be - and also be able to enjoy the companionship of others of their own kind. Your gift will make all the difference, as we believe:...

BRAC’s Community Health Promoters (CHPs) are the first point of contact between the community members and the public and private health provider’s network. Every month, a CHP visits 200 households—reaching roughly 1,000 individuals—and provides health education, free pregnancy and infant check-ups, and keeps a record of their clients’ health so they can be referred to a doctor as needed. Your $10 gift can support a...

A pilot test run for Opportunity International microfinance borrowers in Zambia demonstrated that there is a significant demand among clients for insurance. We also discovered that insurance companies are willing to provide access to poor entrepreneurs. The purpose of this project is to establish a “Micro Insurance Agency," which will enable Opportunity to extend insurance services to borrowers of other microfinance networks and rural banks,...