South/Central America and the Caribbean

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Providing community development through self construction housing, training and entrepreneurship credit so that vulnerable and displaced families can become agents of their own development.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Provide cement to a family building their house
	$43 - Donate the cement blocks a family needs to build the walls of their house
	$50 - Put windows to the house of a family with children.
	$65 - Put the door on the house a displaced family just built.
	$100 - Provide 320 hr of technical assistance and construction training for a woman building her own house
	$100 - Give a displaced family with children the bathroom they can't afford to build in their house.
	$100 - Give a woman head of household half of the initial capital she needs to buy her own house.
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	$ Other amount

Support farmer-to-farmer mentoring in Nicaragua

Nicaragua,

Economic Development

North American farmers volunteer and work with landless farmers in Nicaragua, helping 54 farmers with land/finance, new crops, marketing, and value-added projects to grow sustainable family incomes.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - will help long-term volunteers provide crop training and support for one farmer
	$25 - will help long-term volunteers train and orient new mentors
	$50 - will help support an ongoing farmer mentoring relationsihp and transform a life
	$100 - will support long-term volunteers with transportation to the rural land banks and farmers
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	$ Other amount

Eliminate Digital Divide for Panamanian Villagers

Panama,

Technology ,

Project Challenge 2008 participant.

Provide faster and cheaper Internet access to help protecting and restoring rain forest as well as eliminating digital divide.

How You Can Help:

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	$20 - Help provide communications for protecting the Panamanian rainforest
	$100 - Purchase the necessary hardware equipment for the internet connection
	$250 - Provide a computer to control and monitor the internet connection
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Help Plant Family Gardens in Nicaragua

Nicaragua,

Women and Girls

The goals of Harvesting Hope are to increase economic self-sufficiency and sustainable access to food for Indigenous Miskito women and families on the underserved North Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua.

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How You Can Help:

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	$50 - Vaccinates 20 chickens.
	$100 - Covers the cost of monthly veterinarian visits for 2 months, to ensure healthy farm animals.
	$200 - Provides one day of business training for 20 women.
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Help Female Entrepreneurs in Peru Escape Poverty

Peru,

Economic Development

Help female entrepreneurs in the poverty stricken area of Cajamarca, Peru build the capacity and skills necessary to expand their business supplying fruit to local mines.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Provides business advisory services to one entrepreneur
	$100 - Generates enough income to pay for the annual cost of one child's education
	$250 - Creates enough income to pay for the annual health care costs for one family
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Help Families in Haiti Devastated by Hurricanes

Haiti,

Economic Development

Help MADRE reach women and families by working with KOFAVIV, our Haitian sister organization, to provide lasting emergency relief to the survivors of this unbelievably devastating hurricane season.

How You Can Help:

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	$35 - Will supply a family of four with clean drinking water for 2 weeks
	$50 - Will provide 200 bowls of hot rice to homeless families
	$100 - Will cover the cost of antibiotics to treat 10 people with hurricane-related wounds
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Saving Wildlife Through Environmental Education

Brazil,

Environment

Donate 2,000 educational kits, containing video and informational folder to public schools in the Distrito Federal state.

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How You Can Help:

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	$30 - Donation of 2 educational kits for one school.
	$90 - Donation of 6 educational kits for three schools.
	$300 - Donation of 20 educational kits for ten schools.
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Working Teens Educated in Nicaragua

Nicaragua,

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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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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