South/Central America and the Caribbean

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Build a school from recycled materials for 50 Maya

Guatemala,

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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	$10 - 3 desks
	$50 - concrete for the supporting walls
	$175 - books for the library
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Help 35 Families Become Self-Sufficient with Honey

Haiti,

Economic Development

Beekeeping and selling honey can be a sustainable livelihood for struggling families in Haiti. Help 35 families out of poverty with the gift of a beehive.

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How You Can Help:

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	$43 - Half share of a hive
	$85 - Provide one beehive
	$150 - Provide one hive, veil and smoker
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Help Guatemalan Women Achieve Self-Sufficiency

Guatemala,

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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	$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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A Tree for Peace: why protect Chocó's Biodiversity

Colombia,

Environment

Through participatory workshops in schools we educate children in Medellín about sustainable use of biodiversity in Chocó. We close this campaign on the one-day international event "A Tree for Peace".

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How You Can Help:

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	$15 - 5 small trees as souvenir from the 'Tree for Peace' day
	$85 - 15 children attend the 'Tree for Peace' event
	$155 - 1 workshop for 15 children
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Trees and Education Protect Rainforest in Brazil

Brazil,

Climate Change (GG Green)

Project educates farmers to restore Rainforest in Brazil with sustainable forest farming. They learn to preserve and recover the environment, water and wildlife, resulting in enhanced rural earnings.

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How You Can Help:

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	$50 - Takes 10 children to know the forest in an ecological guided visit tour.
	$50 - Buys 50 seedlings of Rainforest trees, palm trees or fruit trees.
	$100 - Makes possible to plant and care of 30 of those trees.
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Integration Olympics for 300 Children and Youth

Brazil,

Sport

The Project offers sports and leisure to 300 low-income children and youth from the port district of Rio de Janeiro, through sports competitions and recreational activities for integration between soc

How You Can Help:

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	$35 - Office supplies for the preparation of project-related documents
	$50 - Uniforms for the technical project team
	$100 - Medals for prizes to winning teams
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Give Ergonomic Benches to 200 Guatemalan Weavers

Guatemala,

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:

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	$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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Supplying Critical Water for Haitian Hospital

Haiti,

Health

Increase and improve the hospital's water supply by drilling a second well. This is a collaborative project between U.S. water engineers and workers from the Cap-Haitien community.

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How You Can Help:

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	$5,000 - Equipment and materials shipping.
	$7,000 - Well house to protect well and associated equipment.
	$7,500 - Pipe from well to storage tank, routed to avoid wastewater sources and biowaste piles.
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Scholarships for Outstanding Students in Argentina

Argentina,

Education

VisionAR provides scholarships and mentorship to outstanding college students that demonstrate high academic performance, a commitment to succeed, and financial need.

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How You Can Help:

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	$125 - 1 full scholarship (as above) for 1 student for 1 month
	$375 - 1 full scholarship (as above) for 1 student for 1 quarter
	$1,500 - 1 full scholarship (tuition, books, supplies, transportation) for 1 year at national university
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Help Farmers in Nicaragua Move Out of Poverty

Nicaragua,

Economic Development

This project will increase the annual incomes of 1,500 small coffee farmers by promoting low-cost micro-irrigation technology, improved farming skills, and installing market systems.

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How You Can Help:

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	$30 - Help a small farm family access micro irrigation
	$70 - Help provide agronomic training
	$100 - Help provide equipment and training for a small farm family
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Support Sustainability for Honduran Farmers

Honduras,

Microfinance

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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Provide electricity to 22 Colombian families

Colombia,

Climate Change (GG Green)

This micro hydroelectric project will bring electricity and lighting to 22 indigenous families living in rural Minaflores, Colombia, an area under threat by guerillas and paramilitary.

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How You Can Help:

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	$21 - Maintenance costs per family
	$54 - Electronic equipment for one person
	$636 - Cost of bringing light to one family
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Support Sustainability for El Salvadoran Farmers

El Salvador,

Economic Development

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 Guatemalan Farmers

Guatemala,

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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