The Feminist Majority Foundation’s Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls is working for women’s equality and freedom in Afghanistan. The campaign, chaired by Mavis Leno, was the first of its kind to build a U.S. grassroots constituency around a foreign policy issue of women’s rights, and it successfully brought the Taliban regime’s atrocities against women and girls in Afghanistan to the attention of the United...

Your gift will help support the 10 children living in the 1,300 foot "Covenant Cottage!" For several years, Covenant has been partnering with the Rafiki Foundation to build a Christian orphanage in Zambia. Covenant pledged to build one "Rafiki Cottage" that has now been opened and houses 10 orphans and their house mother, giving these children a hope and a future.

This gift will provide medical care for Ava and others like her. Milo is giving Ava the surgery that she needs in order to be able to run and romp. This gift also goes into Milo funds for emergency treatment and care for animals in pain, as well as physical exams, spays, neuters, microchips, vaccines, parasite preventatives and testing. This gift is the most vital...

Your gift will help a woman acquire the skills she needs to develop her career. 5 sessions at a Dress for Success Career Center will provide a woman with career guidance, technology skills and support in her job search. In addition, your gift will provide her with resources that are vital to entering the workforce, such as an Internet-accessible computer lab with cutting-edge job placement...

Your gift will enable consumers around the world to urge a major company to engage in the fight against slavery. Your gift is the first step in ensuring profits drive freedom--not the other way around.

Your gift will help build a classroom in rural Angola. Children will have the opportunity to attend school and receive an education, bringing hope for the future.

This gift will help provide the financing and resources that will allow Opportunity International to continue its expansion of Microschools™ - an innovation that was started in July 2006. Attendance in school has been linked to increased protection of children, especially girls, against exploitation, making them less vulnerable to the cruelties associated with child labor and sex trafficking. As a result of your support, girls...

People living with Alzheimer’s and caregivers often face an overwhelming number of issues associated with the disease. These may include handling dementia-related behaviors, how to better communicate with the person with Alzheimer’s, assisting with daily needs, safety issues, and where to get local support and resources. The counselor may refer them to a local Alzheimer’s Association chapter or other community resources. A typical situation for...

This gift will provide the medicine needed to treat approximately 750 children for intestinal parasites. Once treated, children are less likely to contract infectious diseases and their nutrition is better, resulting in improved overall health and enhanced educational outcomes in school.

Your gift of $50 provides three months’ full support to Deaf Community Workers (DCW). The DCWs are provided from this gift a small stipend, travel allowances and materials to share with families. This could also include a sign language picture vocabulary book to facilitate communication within the family (see gift #8). The DCW will often travel with a hearing teacher of the Deaf who can...

Your gift will provide one sign language dictionary for a family. Deaf trainers introduce the dictionary to the families, and show non-verbal activities that get families and their Deaf children communicating better. Because of you, families will more fluently communicate with their Deaf child, and Deaf children will master the sign and written language of their area, vastly improving the quality of their lives and...

This gift will provide funding to projects in translational cancer research, which focuses on bringing promising new treatments to the patients who need them as quickly as possible. This is where the end of cancer begins.

Your donation helps SAI subsidize costs related to assuring that factories meet international human rights standards for working conditions, improving the quality of life for working people around the world.

Your kind gift will go far towards helping children and their families survive the cruelties of AIDS and hunger through home-based care, agricultural education programs, and community-building activities, such as the one pictured here: an ActionAid-supported vegetable garden for children orphaned by AIDS in Kadoma District, Zimbabwe.

At a cost of $50, a treadle pump allows a farmer to move 6,000 liters of water per hour from depths of up to 33 feet and to distances of over 300 feet (one football field). Using them a farming family can double its annual income generated from vegetable production ($300 to $1,700 per farming family, depending on the country context). A simple, affordable gift...

Though volatility in global coffee prices continues to pose a challenge to the livelihoods of small farmers, it has also created opportunity for positive transformation in the horticulture industry. Diversification out of low-grade coffee into high-value horticultural crops will increase small farmer income and reduce poverty. A $100 gift will generate enough income to pay the annual health care costs for one family.

Your gift will allow IDE to respond to the urgent needs of our communities, allowing us to have the greatest impact on the greatest number of people. IDE will use your gift to fund needed training and empowerment programs for women in the rural areas of countries IDE works. IDE will put your money to work where it will have the greatest influence on rural...

Your contribution will help fund construction or renovation of a campus building at your favorite college or university. What a great way to help students for years to come!    

Your gift provides materials and technical assistance to a support group for grandparents raising grandchildren.

This gift will provide backpacks, books, folders and pencils, calculators, and other supplies that all kids need to complete homework, keep up with their peers, and feel 'normal' and supported in the classroom and at home. Assistance provided to kids with this gift include the supplies and materials described here, as well as additional learning support that may be needed to address the kids' learning...