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Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico

Help train subsistence farmers on eco-friendly farming methods. This improves the income and health of families, protects the rainforest and conserves resources for future generations.

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	$25 - 1 coffee farmer can convert to organic methods, creating bird habitats
	$50 - 2 farmers can learn how to raise cattle without cutting down the rainforest
	$140 - 5 trees can be saved each year as 1 family can install wood-saving stoves
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Solar electricity for 10 low-income families, USA

United States,

Environment

Our technical staff trains and leads teams of volunteers and job trainees to install solar electric systems for low income families, helping them save money and energy while educating the community.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Provides solar training for one volunteer
	$25 - Purchases 12 energy efficient light bulbs
	$50 - Purchases hand tools for volunteers to use during a solar electric system installation
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Ending Child Slavery in the Carpet Industry

United States,

Human Rights

RugMark's "Most Beautiful Rug" campaign exposes the hidden world of child slavery and leverages peoples’ compassion and consumption to quell demand for child-made rugs from South Asia.

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How You Can Help:

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	$50 - Ensures 25 rug stores across America have information on South Asia's 'carpet kids.'
	$250 - Increases share of certified rugs by 2% in 2008 - each point equals freedom for 750 children.
	$500 - Pays for one rescued child slave to receive a year of rehabilitation and schooling.
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Give Ergonomic Benches to 100 Mexican Weavers

Mexico,

Economic Development

This project provides 12 Mexican weavers an ergonomic bench and education to increase their income potential, while also preventing serious damage to their bodies and preserving weaving culture.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Helps educate one backstrap weaver to use the bench safely & to maximum benefit
	$70 - Helps bring the ergonomic bench to one backstrap weaver
	$2,500 - Helps provide a start-up kit & tech support for local carpenters to produce benches
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Grow Clean Food & Harvest Water in Rural Oaxaca

Mexico,

Environment

We provide practical solutions for improving quality of life for 30 rural families in Oaxaca by teaching them how to grow their own food, catch rainwater for irrigation, and cook with solar energy.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Buys 5 organic seed packets for a family's household organic garden
	$25 - Buys 5 organic seed packets and 1 drip irrigation systen for a family's household organic garden
	$50 - Provides the opportunity for one farmer to attend a hands-on organic agriculture workshop session
	$100 - Buys one solar energy cooker for a family and provides training in high nutrition cooking
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Improving Health Outcomes in Young Cancer Patients

United States,

Health

Young cancer patients who play HopeLab's Re-Mission video game take their meds more regularly and feel more control over their illness. This project supports free distribution of Re-Mission to them.

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How You Can Help:

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	$20 - Provides 1 Re-Mission game to young people living with cancer
	$100 - Provides 5 Re-Mission games to young people living with cancer
	$1,000 - Provides 50 Re-Mission games to young people living with cancer
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Give 600 students access to music education

United States,

Education

Public school teachers receive specialized training and free musical instruments to offer innovative music education to low-income students in schools having limited or no instrumental music program.

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How You Can Help:

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	$50 - Buys 1 guitar for 1 student
	$345 - Will support 2-day training for 1 teacher
	$5,000 - Buys 100 instruments
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Peace, Health etc.

United States,

Economic Development

Peace, Health etc. is a professionally managed fund working to solve the worlds interrelated problems. Your single donation is divided equally among six carefully chosen organizations.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Covers the cost of training materials for a grassroots business leader to attend a financial literacy workshop, providing them with skills to run their business
	$900 - Gives a Bosnian woman a loan to start a business
	$7,500 - Provides two weeks of professional hands-on medical training for third-world doctors
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Mentoring 50 At-risk Teens in USA

United States,

Education

The high school drop-out crisis in America is a silent epidemic. You can help. This project will support 50 at-risk teens with 1-to-1 mentoring to help them discover and achieve their full potential.

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How You Can Help:

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	$20 - Workbooks and materials
	$50 - One-hour mentoring session
	$200 - Professional talent assesment
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