South/Central America and the Caribbean

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Education

The Teen Night School, located in one of the poorest and highest crime rate areas of Managua, provides remedial education for young adults who must work days to support their families.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Covers the cost of books for one student for one year.
	$225 - Pays to educate one student per year.
	$450 - Provides potable drinking water for the students at the school for one year.
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	$ Other amount

Primary School Environmental Education

Peru,

Environment

6,000 children will improve reading comprehension and appreciation for Lima's natural surroundings through a fun story that tells the adventures of 2 characters in Lurin, Lima’s last existing valley.

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How You Can Help:

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	$220 - Provides environmental training and materials to 30 students.
	$240 - Trains 20 teachers in environmental education.
	$600 - Sensitizes 1,000 people through mobile tent installed in municipality.
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	$ Other amount

Youth Venture Brazil

Brazil,

Education

This project provides seed grants for young people as well as online support, workshops and gatherings, to help young people develop their projects in order to adress social changes.

How You Can Help:

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	$50 - can allow 1 team representative to participate in a regional integration workshop
	$100 - Can provide transportation and accomodation for 2 team memers to particicpate in a panel workshop
	$500 - Can sponsor a thematic collabaration between different youth teams
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	$ Other amount

Fund Emergency Shelters for Haitian Families

Haiti,

Economic Development

CHF is mobilizing its in-country emergency response team in Haiti to assess the situation and partner with local governments, NGOs and UN Agencies to help the people who need it most.

How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Will provide a family with a kit of basic household supplies.
	$50 - Will provide plastic sheeting for 15 transitional shelters.
	$100 - Will enable CHF to provide safe water for a cluster of households.
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	$ Other amount

Poorest Nicaraguans Start Sustainable Businesses

Nicaragua,

Economic Development

In the poorest rural communities of Nicaragua, farmers receive seed capital and business training to launch environmentally sustainable businesses; they become effective guardians of the environment

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Provides skills training to one Nicaraguan microentrepreneur to start a business.
	$100 - Provides the seed capital necessary to start one business to support a family in Blufields, Nicaragua.
	$200 - Provides training, monitoring and support to 20 entrepreneurs over a 6-month period.
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	$ Other amount

Literacy for Women Business Owners in Haiti

Haiti,

Economic Development

This project provides thousands of women microfinance clients with basic literacy training and the opportunity to learn business skills, as well as health and human rights education.

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How You Can Help:

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	$50 - Allows one woman to complete 2 literacy modules in one year
	$75 - Allows one woman to be trained in 3 life skills areas
	$125 - Allows one solidarity group of women their first module in literacy training
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	$ Other amount

Renewable Energy Systems for Better Water Access

Brazil,

Climate Change (GG Green)

Training women to install, maintain & use renewable energy systems for irrigation and water pumping. The systems enhance sanitation and generate income through better agricultural practices.

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How You Can Help:

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	$1,000 - Installs the whole system to the community.
	$1,100 - Trains one
	$2,000 - Covers one teacher's costs.
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Help Haitians Grow Crops Affordably

Haiti,

Economic Development

The food crisis in Haiti is an urgent plea for more food. A seed bank enables Haitian communities to plant inexpensive, quality seeds and grow food to feed their families sustainably for years.

How You Can Help:

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	$25 - one batch of corn seeds
	$50 - one set of farming tools
	$100 - seeds for peas, corn,millet
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	$ Other amount

Reduce poverty in rural Nicaragua

Nicaragua,

Economic Development

TechnoServe will expand its successful programs diversifying agricultural production in coffee farming areas across Central America to the agricultural communities of Matagalpa and Jinotega, Nicaragua

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How You Can Help:

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	$50 - Creates enough income for a family to send one child to school for a year
	$100 - Generate enough income to pay the annual health care costs for 1 family
	$700 - Permanently lift a Nicaraguan family out of poverty by creating sustainable long term employment
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	$ Other amount

Children Advocate for Rights & Transform Community

Ecuador,

Human Rights

Adolescents are trained to organize and lead children. Children learn and defend human rights, gain self-esteem, and identify and advocate for change in impoverished communities.

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How You Can Help:

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	$20 - Sponsors child-led neighborhood clean-up day.
	$50 - Takes 25 to 50 children on field trip to see beyond their neighborhood.
	$50 - Provides 100 children educational and recreational materials for 1 month.
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	$ Other amount

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