Economic Development Projects

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Give Job Training to Marginalized Indian Women

Training in the embroidery arts of "zari" and "zardosi" will pave the way to economic sustenance for the women of the remote village of Holtikotti.

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How You Can Help:

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	$65 - Provides material for zari training for 1 woman.
	$130 - Provides material for zari training for 2 women.
	$195 - Provides material for zari training for 3 women.
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	$ Other amount

Help Girls Move from Gangs to Restaurants in L.A.

United States,

Economic Development

Support cooking classes for up to 28 disadvantaged young women that could lead to full time employment at Homegirl café, a full service restaurant in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.

How You Can Help:

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	$35 - Supplies for basic food preperation skills class
	$50 - Pays to Transport one Homegirl to class
	$100 - Homegirl for 1 Day of the basic food preperation class
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	$ Other amount

Engaging Ugandan AIDS Widows in Business

Uganda,

Economic Development

Trickle Up helps the lowest income widows in Uganda take the first steps out of poverty by providing business training, conditional seed money and support services to start or expand a small business.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Provides the support our local grassroots partner agencies need to assist a Trickle Up entrepreneur.
	$40 - Enables a Ugandan widow to learn new business skills essential to the launch of her enterprise.
	$100 - Provides the seed capital necessary for a Ugandan widow to start a business and support her family.
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	$ Other amount

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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	$ Other amount

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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	$ Other amount

Miracle Berry Changing Lives at Top of the World

Nepal,

Economic Development

The miracle Seabuckthorn plant grows wild in the Himalaya Mountains. We equip communities to plant nurseries and harvest wild berries, lifting people out of poverty and protecting the environment.

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How You Can Help:

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	$150 - Provides salary for a nursery gardener for 3 months.
	$500 - Provides training to 5 villages in one year.
	$3,500 - Creates a nursery to lift 150-200 villagers out of poverty.
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	$ Other amount

Help Families of Guards of the Islamabad Marriott

Pakistan,

Economic Development

Many guards of the hotel's main gate were tragically killed while trying to stop a bomber trying to enter the hotel. Their families are in need. Support their children's education and living expenses.

How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Help buy groceries for a family
	$50 - Help educate the guards' children
	$100 - Help support the medical expenses of a family
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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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Provide food & water to 260 San People in Botswana

Botswana,

Economic Development ,

Project Challenge 2008 participant.

First Peoples is providing food aid to the San in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. We will transport goods into the Reserve to four communities. This will ensure the San's survival.

How You Can Help:

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	$10 - food and water for one person for two weeks
	$30 - purchase of ten water containers
	$65 - purchase of 8 roosters and 16 chickens
	$100 - food and water for two families for two weeks
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