Your investment will help attract the best and brightest researchers to the field of brain cancer. Young Investigator Awards encourage and invest in physician-scientists who are building their careers in translational medicine. The awards provide support for a three-year period in neuro-oncology and address key scientific and medical challenges in the development of effective brain cancer therapies.

Fair Trade offers democratically organized farmers and workers in 50 developing countries a mechanism to overcome this power imbalance by becoming owners and operators of their own successful international enterprises.

This gift pays for the labor, equipment and supplies needed to create a 50 foot deep well in a village that will sufficiently provide water to be used in a variety of different essential activities. This will guarantee that this necessity to human survival is made accessible to those who so urgently need it. The well that is created will help provide water security to...

But the story isn't finished. Dalit Freedom Network trained the father to drive a bicycle-rickshaw, leading to increased income so the mother could stay home and the daughter could attend school. As this story illustrates, the gifts that make up the Dalit Economic Fund are wisely used to contribute to the economic independence and stability of Dalit families in India. DFN's Self-Help groups provide money-management...

This gift will provide a series of high level diplomatic strategy sessions bringing senior diplomats from over twenty governments together to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons and work on disarmament.

Your gift will allow us to provide an elderly victim of Hurricane Katrina with at least $10,000 in needed benefits. NCOA is working with local non-profit organizations throughout the Gulf region to find these elderly victims and help them learn about and enroll in key public benefits that will help pay for health care, prescription drugs, housing and other basic needs. Most of the funds...

Your gift will enable Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to continue to be on the forefront of research into new colorectal chemotherapy drugs. Memorial Sloan-Kettering helped establish the efficacy of irinotecan, the first new drug for colorectal cancer in 40 years. In some patients, irinotecan has been found to shrink metastatic tumors when other treatments have failed.

Candlelight is celebrated anually in more than 1,000 communities in 65 countries. Run by volunteers, these events are forums for advocacy, knowledge sharing, community building and remembering. Your gift will provide a coordinator in the U.S. or in another country with a kit to plan, advertise and execute a memorial in their community. Through its education and mobilization components, this gift benefits not only individuals,...

Your gift will send educational newsletters to 100 people. Two years ago, Strang developed a newsletter, Prevention that strives to educate the public on the latest in cancer prevention research, screening and healthy living. Each issue focuses on a particular type of cancer and discusses the latest research being conducted in the field and what impact this research will have in the future. It provides...

Chosen by researchers and curriculum experts as rich, high-quality texts that will support children’s development of language and literacy skills, the books provided with your donation also touch on issues familiar to every child, such as the arrival of a new baby brother or sister, the excitement of experiencing new places and meeting new people, and the fun of spending time with friends! This basket...

This gift will provide treats for the rescued animals who call Farm Sanctuary home. Some of the animals favorite treats include apples, carrots, dried fruit, sunflower seeds, bagels and rice cakes.

Your gift will pay for the spay or neuter of one of the new arrivals at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Spaying or neutering is one of the greatest gifts you can provide your pet, your family and your community. These routine medical procedures not only help control pet overpopulation, but they may also prevent medical and behavioral problems from developing, allowing your pet to lead...

Your gift will pay for the spay or neuter of one of the new arrivals at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Spaying or neutering is one of the greatest gifts you can provide your pet, your family and your community. These routine medical procedures not only help control pet overpopulation, but they may also prevent medical and behavioral problems from developing, allowing your pet to lead...

You can pay for the cost of documenting one of these killings. Once documented, the case will be raised through all sorts of national, regional and international advocacy. This is not a happy gift, but it is a necessary one: without it, there can be no possibility of justice, no prospect of ending the bloodshed. These stories must be recorded and told. This is being...

Miracle Balloons: Children’s Miracle Network’s most recognizable symbol and greatest fund raising tool—the red and yellow Miracle Balloon—is sold online and in more than 33,000 sponsor locations throughout North America. When you buy a Miracle Balloon you're contributing to the treatment and preventative care of the 17 million children helped each year through the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals in the U.S.

Miracle Balloons: Children’s Miracle Network’s most recognizable symbol and greatest fund raising tool—the red and yellow Miracle Balloon—is sold online and in more than 33,000 sponsor locations throughout North America. When you buy a Miracle Balloon you're contributing to the treatment and preventative care of the 17 million children helped each year through the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals in the U.S.

Miracle Balloons: Children’s Miracle Network’s most recognizable symbol and greatest fund raising tool—the red and yellow Miracle Balloon—is sold online and in more than 33,000 sponsor locations throughout North America. When you buy a Miracle Balloon you're contributing to the treatment and preventative care of the 17 million children helped each year through the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals in the U.S.

Miracle Balloons: Children’s Miracle Network’s most recognizable symbol and greatest fund raising tool—the red and yellow Miracle Balloon—is sold online and in more than 33,000 sponsor locations throughout North America. When you buy a Miracle Balloon you're contributing to the treatment and preventative care of the 17 million children helped each year through the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals in the U.S.