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Children

Many Afghan boys want schooling but are too old and must work. Help 360 boys who have been refugees and/or soldiers get an education that will prepare them for successful, peaceful futures.

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$10 - 1 boy has books and school supplies for one year

$20 - 120 boys have a classroom in which to study for six months

$55 - 1 boy fast-tracks his education in a six month course

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Afghan Institute of Learning Empowers Afghan Women

Afghanistan

Women and Girls

AIL works to empower Afghans by expanding their educational and health opportunitites and by fostering self-reliance and community participation.

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$25 - 15 women will learn to read.

$50 - 36 women receive health services

$75 - 44 girls will learn computer skills.

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Community Building for 1000 Jews & Muslims, 09-10

Israel

Education

Bringing together neighboring school communities of Jews & Muslims, first time in their lives, for on-going deep and positive interaction. Citizens are empowered to actively shape their society.

How You Can Help:

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$50 - Will provide invitations for 1 encounter of 100 people.

$150 - Will transport the Muslim group to the Jewish school (or vice-versa) for 1 encounter of 100 people.

$500 - Will cover facilitation and evaluation for 2 encounters of 100 people each.

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Breaking the cycle of gender violence

Kenya

Human Rights

The project equips local leaders with adequate information to enable them collaborate with marginalized peasant women in opening up discussion on gender violence and offering abused women safe haven.

How You Can Help:

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$90 - Provide a battered woman with basic medical care for a month.

$100 - Offer counseling and psychological healing for 20 abused women

$300 - Secure legal services for battered woman seeking justice in court

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Save Poor Afghan Families From Starving

Afghanistan

Health

Poor Afghans in Afghanistan with no jobs, food or homes face starvation in the winter and after natural disasters or being displaced. Provide emergency packets to support families.

How You Can Help:

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$15 - Provides one emergency packet for a family of four for one month

$30 - Provides emergency packets for 2 families or 8 people for one month

$60 - Provides emergency packets for 4 families or 16 people for one month

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Colombia: No Child Should be a Soldier

Colombia

Children

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.

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Tailoring: A Small-Business Skill for Afghan Women

Afghanistan

Microfinance

About 500 women each month learn tailoring and how to run a small tailoring business from their homes. Women enter the 6-month course not knowing how to thread a needle; they leave with a livelihood.

How You Can Help:

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$10 - Supplies a woman with cloth and tools so she can take a six-month tailoring course, which will enable her to learn a skill and earn a living for herself and her children.

$50 - 5 women have cloth and tools for the tailoring course.

$88 - One woman becomes a tailor after graduating from the 6-month course.

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Give Afghans a University Degree

Afghanistan

Education

Afghan youth, who studied in refugee schools and graduated from high school, now want to attend college. Make this dream a reality for 120 computer science and business administration students.

How You Can Help:

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$17 - 60 university students have a software engineering professor for one month.

$34 - 120 university students have a computer operating systems professor for one month.

$650 - The University computer lab buys one more computer

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Help Afghan Women Deliver Healthy Babies Safely

Afghanistan

Health

Reduce maternal and infant mortality rates with reproductive health care and education. Help 12,000 women access pre- and post-natal care, protecting their health during pregnancy and delivery.

How You Can Help:

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$25 - 20 women will have improved quality of life through reproductive healthcare and education

$50 - 40 women will have healthier babies because of reproductive healthcare and education

$85 - One woman will be trained as a community health worker and will assist 9,000 women annually

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Train Effective Afghan Teachers

Afghanistan

Education

Teaching by rote has resulted in low education levels in Afghanistan. Train 70 teachers to use interactive methodologies that improve learning for 42,000 students.

How You Can Help:

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$15 - 10 students learn to think, not memorize

$50 - 100 students receive high-quality literacy and language instruction.

$298 - 1 teacher receives six weeks of intensive teacher training

$ Other amount

or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

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