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Environmental conservation builds families, India

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Support poor, rural women farmers in Rajasthan, India in sustainable agriculture and conservation techniques to improve the natural environment and create stable food and water sources.

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	$50 - 1 group can start making organic fertilizer, allowing for good crop yields even during drought
	$50 - 1 group can start a fruit orchard with 20 fruit tree saplings & sell the fruit they grow for income
	$125 - 1 group can receive funds and training to renovate a well for household use and for crops
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Train Women Farmers in Organic Agriculture, Nepal

Nepal,

Climate Change (GG Green) ,

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Develop women’s cooperative groups in implementing sustainable agriculture and train groups with ways to connect to markets to sell their produce and improve their income.

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	$25 - 25 women can be trained to save local seeds, avoiding costly trips to the city to purchase seeds
	$50 - 50 women can be trained on organic vegetable cultivation (cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, potato, etc)
	$100 - 70 women can receive business skills to sell their produce collectively to vendors and increase their incomes
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Employ Families Working on Recycling in Peru

Peru,

Microfinance ,

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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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	$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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Sudanese Women Farmers Bring Food Aid to Darfur

Sudan,

Environment ,

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MADRE and Zenab for Women in Development are working with women farmers in eastern Sudan to produce a harvest large enough to send an emergency delivery of grain to Darfur.

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	$30 - Covers all expenses for one woman to attend two days of training; she will share her knowledge with others when she returns home to her village.
	$125 - Buys 50 lbs. of seeds, enough for 10 women to sow sorghum, sesame, and millet for one season.
	$150 - Buys one donkey to pull plows and seeds to help women farmers cultivate more land
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Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico

Mexico,

Climate Change (GG Green) ,

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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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	$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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Bring Renewable Energy and Sustainable Electricity

Brazil,

Climate Change (GG Green)

Innovative rural electrification model for poor, isolated families that uses renewable energy, social business models and small local entrepreneurs to provide sustainable electricity access.

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Build Sustainable Housing for Families in Africa

Burkina Faso,

Climate Change (GG Green) ,

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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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	$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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Income Generation for 5,000 Poor Ethiopian Women

Ethiopia,

Women and Girls ,

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The project will select 5,000 poor women from three regions of Ethiopia; provide them skills and basic enterprise-management training, a start-up fund and technical assistance for self-reliance.

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	$13 - Provides one month of support to one woman to start up a business selling vegetables (covers rent, one-time purchase of equipment, and the cost of vegetables for one month)
	$35 - Covers one income generation training session for one woman
	$65 - Provides one month of support to five women to start up businesses selling vegetables
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Provide education to AIDS orphans in rural Uganda

Uganda,

Education ,

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Nyaka AIDS Orphans School uses a community-based approach to meet the challenges of poverty and HIV/AIDS. Nyaka provides free education and other services to orphans and vulnerable children.

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	$30 - Provides a solar lamp so a student can study at night
	$55 - Provides breakfast and lunch for 1 student for a year
	$80 - Provides a bicycle for a student travelling to school from over 5 km. away
	$85 - Provides weekly health care visits for 1 student for a year
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Provide Bicycles for Poor Students in India

India,

Children ,

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Our project is providing 300 bicycles and shoes to 300 students --150 boys and 150 girls--to help them go to school in poor coastal areas of Kerala, India.

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	$10 - Buys a pair of shoes for 2 poor school boys or girls
	$75 - Buys a bicycle for one poor student to go to school in remote village, Kerala (300 bikes needed)
	$990 - Transports and distributing 300 bicycles to 300 student boys/girls living in poor coastal areas
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Children's Voice in Rwanda

Rwanda,

Education

Funded $4,015 (of $9,200 requested)

We are helping children, mainly girls, to get off the street by placing them in families through our foster parent program. We use media to publicize our activities and needs. Girls play sports too.

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Send Rural Girls to School in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe,

Children

Funded $13,642 (of $20,323 requested)

In the rural area near Victoria Falls, many girls are in great need of school fees to continue their education. This fund provides school fees, uniforms, meals and support for an empowerment center.

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Education for 900 Rural Girls in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso,

Children ,

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The project buys lambs & school materials for girls’ first year of school. It requires parents to raise, sell & purchase lambs to pay for their daughters’ school needs the following 12 years of school

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	$44 - Buys school materials for a girl's first year of school
	$46 - Buys a girl's first lamb which her parents will raise and sell to support succeeding years of school
	$90 - Supports one village girl's education for 13 years
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Indonesian Ecological Restoration & Education

Indonesia,

Environment ,

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Restore native forest and build an ecology education facility in Jepara, helping to rebuild economic capacity in a sustainable way, demonstrate environmental stewardship, and create community pride.

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	$15 - Buys educational materials for 5 students
	$30 - Plants 15 trees
	$50 - Puts 10 educational signs on an interpretive forest trail
	$100 - Trains the site manager in Non-Timber Forest Product cultivation
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