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Maya Petkova Arth

Maya Petkova Arth's Giving Stats:

Donated to 5 Projects
Has 29 Favorite Projects

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Projects Maya Petkova Arth Supports:

Educational Materials for 48 Mayan HS Students	Help Plant Family Gardens in Nicaragua	Primary Education for Mayan Children
Provide Education to Poor Children in Argentina	Help Guatemalan Women Launch a Clothing Business

Maya Petkova Arth's Favorite Projects

Rescue Honduran Mothers From Domestic Violence

Honduras,

Women and Girls

Funded $1,973 (of $49,738 requested)

This project will expand Honduras's only shelter for women and children at risk of violence. It provides them with legal, health and emotional support, as well as seed funds to start businesses.

Agua Para Todos – Water for All

Bolivia,

Health

Building community-run, self-sustaining water distribution networks to provide clean running water and sanitation facilities to poor Bolivian families living in peri-urban and rural areas.

Telecommunications Center for Youth Initiative

Peru,

Education

Funded $8,305 (of $55,973 requested)

Building a telecommunications center with 20 computers, which have Internet access, will allow young people and children to learn computer science and apply it to their schoolwork.

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Provide Scholarships to Mayan High School Students

Guatemala,

Education ,

Donations to this project are being matched

A three-year term of academic, vocational, and leadership education will benefit 48 indigenous students. Scholarships will help educate these students.

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How You Can Help:

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	$500 - Quarterly scholarship
	$1,000 - Bi-annual scholarship
	$2,000 - Annual scholarship
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Provide Job Training to Teens in Argentina

Argentina,

Education

The project Pescar is a network of Educational Centers that operate in different companies providing labor-training to teenagers with a low-income status.

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Empowering Rural Mothers as Home Educators

Chile,

Education

The project is to empower rural mothers as instructors and co-educators by training a minimum of 14 mothers from 5 rural schools in strategies to improve cognitive and social skills.

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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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Quality Education for Migrant Children of Colombia

Colombia,

Education

This project recovers the right to quality education to 1300 Colombian children who have been displaced by the armed conflict and kept out of the formal system due to drug-related warfare

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Colombia: No Child Should be a Soldier

Colombia,

Children ,

Donations to this project are being matched

MADRE provides critical services for Colombian youth who are at risk of being recruited as child-soldiers, giving them the support they need to create alternatives to a life of combat and violence.

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	$25 - Facilitates one trauma counseling session for a group of 10 former child soldiers,
	$50 - Purchases 2 weeks' worth of supplies for an art therapy painting class for 15 young people.
	$250 - Facilitates 10 trauma counseling sessions for a group of 10 former child soldiers.
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Better Art and Education for Children in Mexico

Mexico,

Education

To use theater, humor, and group activities in order to boost awareness about alternative ways to face daily problems.

Youth Initiative for Inclusion

Uruguay,

Education

This Program involves disabled and non-disabled adolescents and focuses on the school system to promote inclusionary practices among students and society in general.

Education through arts for under-served youth

Argentina,

Education

Provide a photography workshop for 30 young people of a Buenos Aires shantytown which will enable them to acquire the skills to develop self-confidence and improve their job prospects through art

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - 18 students visit an art exhibition downtown
	$25 - One month of classes for one unprivileged kid
	$50 - Provides the rolls for a whole group of 10 kids
	$100 - Pays for a used SLR camera
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From the School to the Family

Argentina,

Education

This program seeks to meet students' basic, and currently unfulfilled, needs. It also articulates and coordinates programs that benefit human development.

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Community Playroom

Peru,

Education

Funded $75 (of $41,000 requested)

The project consists of installing a community playroom, which promotes the suitable use of free time and real organizational and management skills in children who are at social risk.

Help Mexican Farmers Raise Sheep and Incomes

Mexico,

Economic Development

Funded $9,080 (of $9,080 requested)

Enable the families of San Miguel, Chiapas, Mexico, to increase their incomes through agricultural training, an animal husbandry (sheep) project, and a women’s weaving and handicraft project.

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Build a Sustainable Community in Rural Guatemala

Guatemala,

Economic Development

Funded $7,237 (of $7,237 requested)

30 indigenous families will raise egg-laying hens, chickens and pigs to sell locally. They will use the profits to provide school scholarships for children and start a reforestation project.

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Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico

Mexico,

Climate Change (GG Green) ,

Donations to this project are being matched

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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How You Can Help:

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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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Support Sustainability for Honduran Farmers

Honduras,

Microfinance ,

Donations to this project are being matched

Enable families in a new Agros village in Honduras to increase their income through various economic and agricultural projects and, in turn, to buy the land that they are working.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Provides pipes and a faucet for one household.
	$60 - Provides training on water purification and safety methods.
	$150 - Provides training for village representatives to install and maintain a water system.
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Support Sustainability for El Salvadoran Farmers

El Salvador,

Economic Development ,

Donations to this project are being matched

Enable one family in a new Agros village in El Salvador to increase its income through various economic and agricultural projects and, in turn, to buy the land that they are working.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Provides a tree for a reforestation project.
	$60 - Provides one composting latrine.
	$150 - Provides training for a group of eight in organic composting.
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Support Sustainability for Nicaraguan Farmers

Nicaragua,

Microfinance ,

Donations to this project are being matched

Supporting the Agros villages of Nicaragua will enable families to increase their incomes through various economic and agricultural projects. The families can then buy the land that they are working.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Provides a door for one home.
	$60 - Provides construction training for 8 people.
	$150 - Provides a roof for one home.
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Support Sustainability for Guatemalan Farmers

Guatemala,

Microfinance ,

Donations to this project are being matched

Families in the village of Villa Linda will be able to increase their incomes through various economic and agricultural projects and, in turn, buy the land that they are working.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Provides credit management training for one woman.
	$60 - Provides a woman's first loan in a community bank.
	$150 - Buys a cow to begin a dairy business.
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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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Expanding Mexican Women’s Weaving Enterprises

Mexico,

Economic Development

Funded $1,026 (of $9,350 requested)

The Jolom Mayaetik (“Mayan Weavers”) cooperative in Chiapas has 300 indigenous women designing and weaving textiles, but lack business skills to expand sales locally, nationally and internationally.

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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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Buy Land and Housing for Central America Families

Guatemala,

Economic Development

Funded $5,500 (of $5,500 requested)

Contributions to the Noemi Credit Fund provide the resources for loans to Agros villagers for land and housing through a revolving credit fund.

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Employ Families Working on Recycling in Peru

Peru,

Microfinance ,

Donations to this project are being matched

We are organizing families into small micro-enterprises that work on recycling activities, which will improve their current working conditions, increase their income level and create healthier cities.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - 185 people will be educated in the waste management program.
	$50 - 112 families doing refuse collection.
	$100 - 50 people will be trained.
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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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Support for goat farmers in Santiago del Estero

Argentina,

Animals

Caprines (dairy goats) are a key source of income for rural families in Santiago del Estero. However, many do not meet the standards required to sell their goat milk. Our goal is to solve this issue.

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How You Can Help:

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	$50 - Buys a new milking goat
	$100 - Protects 40 goats from tuberculosis and other infectious diseases
	$250 - Provides food for a group of 30 goats for one year
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Solar electricity for 10 low-income families, USA

United States,

Climate Change (GG Green) ,

Donations to this project are being matched

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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