South/Central America and the Caribbean

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Poorest Nicaraguans Start Sustainable Businesses

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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How You Can Help:

Make a donation
	$10 - Provides skills training to one Nicaraguan microentrepreneur to start a business.
	$100 - Provides the seed capital necessary to start one business to support a family in Blufields, Nicaragua.
	$200 - Provides training, monitoring and support to 20 entrepreneurs over a 6-month period.
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	$ Other amount
	or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Literacy for Women Business Owners in Haiti

Haiti,

Economic Development

This project provides thousands of women microfinance clients with basic literacy training and the opportunity to learn business skills, as well as health and human rights education.

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How You Can Help:

Make a donation
	$50 - Allows one woman to complete 2 literacy modules in one year
	$75 - Allows one woman to be trained in 3 life skills areas
	$125 - Allows one solidarity group of women their first module in literacy training
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	$ Other amount
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Combat Childhood Malnutrition in Haiti

Haiti,

Health

Zanmi Lasante (Partners In Health) fights childhood malnutrition by producing Ready To Use Theraputic Foods, enrolling kids in a food supplement program, and providing nutritious school lunches.

How You Can Help:

Make a donation
	$49 - Provide a child with an entire school year's worth of daily lunches
	$60 - Supplement a moderately malnourished child with Nourimil
	$115 - Pay the monthly salary of an employee in Nourimanba/Nourimil production
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	or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Renewable Energy Systems for Better Water Access

Brazil,

Climate Change (GG Green)

Training women to install, maintain & use renewable energy systems for irrigation and water pumping. The systems enhance sanitation and generate income through better agricultural practices.

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How You Can Help:

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	$1,000 - Installs the whole system to the community.
	$1,100 - Trains one
	$2,000 - Covers one teacher's costs.
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Help Haitians Grow Crops Affordably

Haiti,

Economic Development

The food crisis in Haiti is an urgent plea for more food. A seed bank enables Haitian communities to plant inexpensive, quality seeds and grow food to feed their families sustainably for years.

How You Can Help:

Make a donation
	$25 - one batch of corn seeds
	$50 - one set of farming tools
	$100 - seeds for peas, corn,millet
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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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How You Can Help:

Make a donation
	$50 - Creates enough income for a family to send one child to school for a year
	$100 - Generate enough income to pay the annual health care costs for 1 family
	$700 - Permanently lift a Nicaraguan family out of poverty by creating sustainable long term employment
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School Meals at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Guatemala,

Health

Providing a daily balanced diet for 200 children in the Peña Blanca community elementary school. Often, this is the children's only meal of the day.

How You Can Help:

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	$6 - School meals for 1 child for 1 month
	$12 - School meals for 2 children for 1 month
	$30 - School meals for 1 child for half an academic year
	$60 - School meals for 1 child for 1 school year
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	or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Children Advocate for Rights & Transform Community

Ecuador,

Human Rights

Adolescents are trained to organize and lead children. Children learn and defend human rights, gain self-esteem, and identify and advocate for change in impoverished communities.

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How You Can Help:

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	$20 - Sponsors child-led neighborhood clean-up day.
	$50 - Takes 25 to 50 children on field trip to see beyond their neighborhood.
	$50 - Provides 100 children educational and recreational materials for 1 month.
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Technology Training for Women Radio Communicators

Brazil,

Technology

Training women radio communicators to maintain the computers of their Internet telecenters, providing digital access for communities in marginalized regions of Brazil.

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How You Can Help:

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	$150 - Food for one
	$200 - Lodging for one
	$350 - The course fee for one
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Energy Efficient Cooking Stoves in Lake Atitlán

Guatemala,

Environment

Helping local indigenous communities in Guatemala, especially Peña Blanca, to install carbon efficient stoves which use less firewood and allow the community health, educational and financial benefits

How You Can Help:

Make a donation
	$10 - Cooking pot for the family
	$28 - Local mason's salary to build the stove
	$50 - Bricks and mortar for 1 stove
	$100 - Hotplate and chimney for 1 stove
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	$ Other amount
	or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

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