Your donation will fund 10 pounds of clay – much needed raw material for artisans in developing countries to pursue their craft and build their business.

Your donation will fund 200 pounds of clay - much needed raw material for artisans in developing countries. 200 pounds of clay can be purchased for $100 and used to create several hundred dollars of income for a potter and their family.

Your gift will provide 2 packages of Mini DV videotapes to an artist, giving them 6 hours of recording time. They cost far less in the U.S. than Central Asia and Russia.

Your gift of $1500 will cover the cost of one hand cycle, and give a child the opportunity to participate in an activity typical of any able-bodied child. No boy or girl should go through childhood without getting to ride a bike with his/her friends, and children with disabilities are no exception.

Your gift of $280 will provide a full set of uniforms for an athletic team in countries like Kenya and Jamaica. The participants will also receive the necessary gear required to play competitive sports, which is usually soccer. Imagine these African Deaf athletes playing on the field with their comrades, with your contribution making it possible! We have found that sports are a great venue...

In countries where human rights are often violated, legal aid plays a crucial role: the most decisive indicator of the reduction of abuse and torture is the early presence of a defense attorney. By actively working with local legal aid offices and lawyers, we can prevent human rights abuses from ever happening. Legal aid offices in developing countries often face resource problems that may prevent...

Join READ Global in its quest to change the world—one country, one village, one individual at a time. Your contribution will outfit one of READ Global’s library community centers with a technology hub that includes three computers and basic software for word processing, spreadsheets and bookkeeping. Your gift of a technology center for a rural Nepal READ library will be provided by READ Global.

Books open the minds of students and provide them with the answers to their questions and the foundation for their dreams. A well equipped library offers the students the tools necessary to research and write detailed reports for their classes. Biographies inspire students to reach beyond what they thought was possible. Natural Science books answer questions about the biological and physical world around us. Fiction...

Your gift of $60 buys 10 midwife supply kits for graduates of Women for Women International’s Health Training Workshops. Classes teach women about basic prenatal, maternal and infant and child health care, giving women the skills they need to educate other women in their communities about prenatal care and provide safer, more hygienic, deliveries. The kits include basic materials such as iodine, forceps, and clean...

Your gift will help provide the equipment needed to best document DtM's field research. The research collected will be brought back to the design studios in order to develop innovative solutions.

Your gift will rent a video projector for a seminar. Video projectors and sound systems are available to rent locally. We must cover the cost, which is beyond the means of local hosts. We can do it with your help.

Your donation will assist universities in improving the physical conditions (e.g. purchase up-to-date publications, add research equipment to the laboratories, etc) to strengthen teaching, research and educational programs and to ameliorate the quality of higher education in Africa. The fund will also be used to tackle the problems such as insufficient teaching facilities or qualified teachers, out-of-date course materials and research equipment, poor educational infrastructure,...

Help one volunteer make a park or garden litter free. Includes a pair of gloves, a stabber, and garbage bags.

Your gift will be used to give small farmers in rural Nepal new market opportunities to sell their essential oil products domestically and globally. Specifically, IDE will provide business training, technical support, and solid market information to the farmers who grow and extract essential oils from lemongrass, citronella, menthol, and curry leaves. These tools will allow small farmers to lift themselves and their communities out...

Your gift will establish a school library that will serve more than 200 children. The first step towards the lifelong gift of education is putting a book in the hands of a child. Your library will be established in partnership with a school community within an existing room. Room to Read creates a child-friendly learning environment, complete with as many as 300 to 1000 age-appropriate...

Your gift will help lay the groundwork for the exemplary care provided for orphaned children at Flying Kites Kinangop Children's Center. This encompasses general childcare needs (such as clothes and shoes for the children) as well as our basic operating costs on the ground in Kenya. All of our international staff members are working on a voluntary basis and none of the directors receive a...

When Maritza was just 19, a woman in her village started an argument with her and threw a poisonous liquid in her eyes, rendering her incurably blind. She refused to treat her blindness as a weakness, and remained determined to use her skills to earn a living. She took out a loan of 5,031 pesos (US $150) from Esperanza, a Grameen Foundation partner, and began...

With $225, a woman can start a bakery in India and support her family as a widow. Mary, a 45 year-old widow, was only educated up until primary school. When she lost her husband, she was left with few options to earn a living. Working as a laborer in a bakery unit, she could hardly make ends meet. However, Mary enjoyed the baking process and...

Added income from a $50 loan can help a Tanzanian mother expand her business and feed her children more nutritious food.. And you're providing a self-employment loan, not a gift. Your donation will build discipline, responsibility, and self-confidence as women create their own business. And as each loan is repaid, the borrower's line of credit increases by an amount equal to her accumulated savings.

A gift of $100 will provide a Vision Entrepreneur with a “Business in a Bag” allowing them to start a VisionSpring micro-franchise. This includes 30 pairs of brand-new reading glasses, 10 pairs of sunglasses, eye drops, cases, cords, a uniform, marketing materials, and a bag in which to organize and carry all of these items.