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Build Sustainable Housing for Families in Africa
Burkina Faso
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Economic Development
La Voute Nubienne trains and supports local builders (over 100 to date) in the construction of earth brick vaulted houses which are environmentally sound and economically feasible in Burkina Faso.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- Provides 3 months of training for an apprentice to learn the VN basics
$100
- Helps 1 family help to obtain a VN house
$200
- Provides 1 month's salary for an AVN staffer in the Sahel
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$500
- Creates 1 job as a trained VN builder / entrepreneur
$1,000
- Finances 5 rural promotion campaigns on sustainable housing
$2,000
- Helps 20 families to each get a VN house
$10,000
- Builds a VN school or health center for a rural community
$98,620
- Will fully fund this project
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Vital Job-Skills Training for 500 Afghan Women
Afghanistan
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Economic Development
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Eligible for Matching
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By providing 500 women with job-skills training, Afghan women can participate in the reconstruction of their communities, helping them not just to live but to thrive.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$42
- One woman receives job skills training for one year, in an area such as making beaded jewelry, food processing, or shoe-making.
$65
- 5 women receive one year of literacy training to help them better manage their businesses.
$150
- Provides 10 women with supply kits after graduating from the traditional birth attendant program.
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$420
- Gives 10 women access to year-long small business development training in areas such as pricing, marketing and accounting.
$840
- Provides an entire community of women with one year of job skills and business training.
$16,602
- Will fully fund this project
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Increase Micro-Credit to Rebuild Sudanese Lives
Sudan
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Economic Development
10 loan programs will capitalize income-generation & small enterprises for Sudanese to regain livelihoods and go forward after fleeing their homes because of man-made & natural disasters.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- Buys tools for craftsmen/small animals & poultry for sale/goat milk or egg production/support training for credit committees
$150
- Sewing machine or textiles
$250
- Donkey cart for water transport
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$300
- Buys large animals, refrigeration equipment, transport services
$500
- Initial training & technical support for loan committees
$54,838
- Will fully fund this project
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Afghan Women Learn Traditional Carpet Weaving
Afghanistan
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Economic Development
Women learn to weave beautiful carpets, preserving their ancient Persian traditions. Carpet sales earn women income to support themselves and their families.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$33
- 10 family members have food for 2 weeks because of a weaver’s income.
$58
- One carpet weaver’s child can go to school for a year because of a weaver’s income.
$66
- 20 people have a place to live for one month because of a weaver’s income.
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$700
- 350 women and children have healthcare and education through AIL. because of carpet sales.
$8,417
- Will fully fund this project
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Empowering Palestinian Families through Jobs
Palestinian territories
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Economic Development
CHF is providing much needed food aid, gainful employment opportunities, and viable job skills trainings to assist over 22,000 Palestinian families, totaling approximately 150,000 people.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- can provide tools for one artisan
$100
- can pay for two training programs
$200
- can provide seed money to start a small business
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$7,650
- Will fully fund this project
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Educate, Mobilize and Empower Tanzania's Disabled
Tanzania
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Economic Development
This project will facilitate the provision of appropriate wheelchairs and provide training programs and a facility to enable Tanzanian's disabled to become productive, valuable members of society.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$10
- education materials for disabled person to learn health and wellness strategies
$20
- buys a pressure-relieving wheelchair seat cushion to prevent pressure sores
$30
- provides a disabled person with the skills to start their own small business
$50
- creates microfinance training opportunity
$75
- provides a disabled person with the capital and materials to start their own small business
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$250
- provides a disabled person with a rugged wheelchair, manufactured by local disabled craftsmen
$1,000
- sponsors week-long workshop for 15 new wheelchair users to get mentoring and business training
$2,000
- covers 1/10 of the cost for KASI to build a bigger facility to serve more people with disablities
$40,769
- Will fully fund this project
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Help volunteers tackle community problems
Colombia
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Economic Development
New Heights is a revolutionary program that directs volunteers to where help is needed most. Your help enables more children to read, more battered women to find shelter and more ill to find comfort.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- will mobilize 1,000 hours of volunteer service toward meeting community needs
$50
- will match 10 volunteers with 10 community needs
$250
- will mobilize 10,000 hours of volunteer service toward meeting community needs
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$500
- will match 100 volunteers with 100 community needs
$5,000
- create one fully functioning Community Hub that has the capability of matching volunteers with needs
$65,958
- Will fully fund this project
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Help 35 Families Become Self-Sufficient with Honey
Haiti
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Economic Development
Beekeeping and selling honey can be a sustainable livelihood for struggling families in Haiti. Help 35 families out of poverty with the gift of a beehive.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$43
- Half share of a hive
$85
- Provide one beehive
$150
- Provide one hive, veil and smoker
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$17,455
- Will fully fund this project
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Give a Family a Chance in Colombia
Colombia
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Economic Development
More than 3 million people in Colombia have been displaced from their homes due to ongoing internal armed conflict. With no money or assets, 35,000 families each month struggle to survive.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- will purchase a school kit for one child, including shoes and school supplies
$50
- will purchase a school kit for one child, including shoes and school supplies
$100
- will provide a habitat kit with bedding, cooking utensils and basic household supplies for one family
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$250
- will provide water and sanitation for one housing unit, providing a family with access to clean drinking water
$500
- will provide a seed grant to a head-of-household, allowing them to either start a small business or to receive training and placement into a full time job
$8,955
- Will fully fund this project
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Finance Microlending in Rural Afghanistan
Afghanistan
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Economic Development
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Eligible for Matching
(details)
CHF is one of the only agencies working to empower low-income families by providing microcredit loans averaging about $300—many to women—in Afghanistan’s rural areas.
read updates from the field
How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- Can buy supplies for one woman’s sewing business
$100
- Can provide financial literacy training for 10 rural borrowers
$300
- Can buy a cow for one farmer
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$9,305
- Will fully fund this project
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