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Build a school from recycled materials for 50 Maya
Guatemala
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Education
,
Project Challenge 2008 participant.
This school will provide education beyond 8th grade to 50 Maya children in rural Guatemala. It will be built with recycled tires and liter soda bottles packed with trash collected by the community.
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How You Can Help:
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one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$10
- 3 desks
$50
- concrete for the supporting walls
$175
- books for the library
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$19,295
- Will fully fund this project
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Detect and Treat Cervical Cancer in Guatemala
Guatemala
,
Health
Provide cervical cancer detection and treatment services to poor, rural, and indigenous Guatemalan women who lack access to these life-saving services.
How You Can Help:
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one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$14
- pays for 1 woman to receive cervical detection and treatment services
$30
- covers 1 woman's follow-up colposcopy or cryotherapy treatment with a trained physician
$56
- provides cervical detection and treatment services for 4 women
$75
- covers the costs for staff to travel to mobile clinics for 1 week
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$135
- pays for VIA testing materials and supplies for 1 month
$250
- provides CRYO treatment equipment for 6 months
$800
- allows 1 woman to obtain a medically required hysterectomy
$1,300
- pays for 1 woman to receive radiotherapy treatment to fight her cervical cancer
$14,736
- Will fully fund this project
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Help Guatemalan Women Achieve Self-Sufficiency
Guatemala
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Microfinance
Guatemalan women and their families will receive loans, training, and support necessary to start small businesses and achieve long-term economic stability and self-sufficiency.
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How You Can Help:
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one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- 10 families can receive basic financial management training to run their businesses better
$50
- 10 families will be trained on livestock care and disease preventions
$100
- 10 families can receive 1000 baby chicks and training to start a chicken cooperative
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$17,510
- Will fully fund this project
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Educate 200 Children in Guatemala City
Guatemala
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Education
Children living with foster families in poor neighborhoods of Guatemala City will be provided with funds for their schooling, food, group counseling, vocational training, and medical care.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- 1 child can be fed for a year
$125
- 1 child can go to elementary school for a year
$250
- 2 children can attend junior high school for a year
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$350
- 3 children can complete a year of high school
$8,317
- Will fully fund this project
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Give Ergonomic Benches to 200 Guatemalan Weavers
Guatemala
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Economic Development
This project provides 200 Guatemalan weavers an ergonomic bench and education to increase their income potential, while also preventing serious damage to their bodies and preserving weaving culture.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$25
- Helps educate one backstrap weaver to use the bench safely & to maximum benefit
$70
- Helps bring the ergonomic bench to one backstrap weaver
$2,500
- Helps provide a start-up kit & tech support for local carpenters to produce benches
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$10,000
- Helps produce an educational DVD in Spanish, and makes it ready for dubbing into indigenous languages
$35,500
- Will fully fund this project
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Support Sustainability for Guatemalan Farmers
Guatemala
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Microfinance
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:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$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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$500
- Funds a starting community's general store.
$10,691
- Will fully fund this project
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Family Planning for Guatemalans Living in Poverty
Guatemala
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Health
,
Project Challenge 2008 participant.
Provides poor, rural and indigenous Guatemalans with access to short and long-term family planning methods. Family planning allows couples to freely determine the number and spacing of their children.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$15
- pays for 1 man to receive a vasectomy
$50
- covers one year of Depo Provera injections for 4 women
$70
- pays for 2 women to receive Jadelle implants, which protect against pregnancy for up to 5 years
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$150
- covers the cost of voluntary tubal ligations for 10 women
$250
- provides a year's worth of protection from unwanted pregnancy for 95 couples
$9,179
- Will fully fund this project
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Sustainable Agriculture for Women Farmers
Guatemala
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Economic Development
MADRE will provide farm animals and sustainable agriculture training to Indigenous Ixil women in El Quiché, Guatemala, helping them generate economic resources and develop sustainable livelihoods.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$17
- Provides one day of project management training for one Indigenous project leader.
$43
- Provides one year of animal management training for one Indigenous woman farmer.
$70
- Purchases one pig for a woman farmer to get started.
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$125
- Buys vaccines and vitamins to ensure healthy livestock.
$500
- Purchases food for pigs in one community for one month.
$3,000
- Purchases and covers transport costs for farm implements for three communities.
$15,000
- Provides 12 days of sustainable agriculture training for all 350 Indigenous women participants.
$61,224
- Will fully fund this project
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Provide Scholarships to Mayan High School Students
Guatemala
,
Education
,
This project is eligible for matching funds
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:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$500
- Quarterly scholarship
$1,000
- Bi-annual scholarship
$2,000
- Annual scholarship
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$6,000
- Three year full scholarship
$109,120
- Will fully fund this project
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Educational Materials for 48 Mayan HS Students
Guatemala
,
Education
,
This project is eligible for matching funds
48 indigenous students each year will benefit from academic, vocational, and leadership education. Upon graduation, students will intern in their home communities, serving in development projects.
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How You Can Help:
Make a
one-time
monthly recurring
donation
$50
- for resource books will aid 10 students
$250
- for dictionaries will aid 25 students
$1,000
- for textbooks will aid 10 students
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$2,000
- will provide a one-year scholarship
$10,000
- for a teacher’s salary will aid 48 students
$11,858
- Will fully fund this project
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