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Reforestation with Masai Communities in Kenya

Kenya,

Environment

This project promotes community development, environmental conservation and wealth creation around the process of growing trees for charcoal as an alternative source of energy for 3800 Masai.

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How You Can Help:

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	$50 - will provide 1000 seedlings for participating farmers
	$150 - will train 10 local farmers in agroforestry/conservation
	$500 - will plant out 1 acre of trees in the community
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Recycling 2,000 Tons of Trash in Kibera

Kenya,

Environment

Taka ni Pato (Trash is Cash) is an income-generating, solid waste management and recycling project that removes more than 2000 tons of trash each year from the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Buys 2 shovels and a rake for clean ups
	$50 - Buys 4 shovels and two rakes for clean ups
	$75 - Buys a wheel barrel for transporting trash.
	$100 - Helps pay rent for land used to sortand store collected recyclable materials
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Grow Clean Food & Harvest Water in Rural Oaxaca

Mexico,

Environment

We provide practical solutions for improving quality of life for 30 rural families in Oaxaca by teaching them how to grow their own food, catch rainwater for irrigation, and cook with solar energy.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Buys 5 organic seed packets for a family's household organic garden
	$25 - Buys 5 organic seed packets and 1 drip irrigation systen for a family's household organic garden
	$50 - Provides the opportunity for one farmer to attend a hands-on organic agriculture workshop session
	$100 - Buys one solar energy cooker for a family and provides training in high nutrition cooking
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	or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Fuel Efficient Stoves for Darfur

Sudan,

Environment

The project will manufacture and distribute low-cost fuel-efficient metal stoves in Darfur. Our stove design is field tested, fuel-efficient in breezy conditions, and can be manufactured in-country.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Buys the raw material for a fuel efficient stove
	$50 - Buys a tool kit for a team of blacksmiths to manufacture the stoves and earn an income
	$100 - Buys three stoves including training of users, provision of fabrication tools to local blacksmith
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	or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

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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Provide Vegetable Gardens for Families in Brazil

Brazil,

Environment

Irrigated vegetable gardens are provided for Brazilian rural families. As a result they have food, work and better habitat and environmental conditions.

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How You Can Help:

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	$50 - Buys 1000 vegetable seedlings such as lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, etc.
	$100 - Buys 150 meters of water pipes for irrigation or nine 50 kg cement bags to pave reservoirs.
	$600 - Takes 30 community members for a full day environment education program.
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New - Reclaim 1000s of acres of grasslands in Namibia

Namibia,

Environment

CCF’s BushBlok project harvests invasive bush in southern Africa, reclaiming thousands of acres of grasslands for wildlife and farmers and manufacturing a clean-burning source of energy from the wood.

How You Can Help:

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	$50 - Restores one acre of savannah, removing thornbush and alien plants in a sustainable and ecologically certified manner.
	$100 - Restores two acres of savannah, removing thornbush and alien plants in a sustainable and ecologically certified manner.
	$200 - Restores four acres of savannah, removing thornbush and alien plants in a sustainable and ecologically certified manner.
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Help Rural Ethiopians Improve Access to Water

Ethiopia,

Environment

This project is helping more than 30,000 villagers improve their use of existing water resources. It is rehabilitating natural springs and building wells for better access to clean drinking water.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Provides 8 women with supplies for water purification.
	$50 - Provides 5 families with fuel-efficient (as well as cost- and time-efficient) cooking stoves to reserve natural resources.
	$100 - Helps build a hand-dug well for household farming.
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Solar cookers for the school in Fiadanana

Madagascar,

Environment

Using solar cookers in the village’s school to prepare meals by and for the students. Introducing a new technology to the village via the children, reduces the need to chop down firewood trees.

How You Can Help:

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	$10 - uys enough Mofo Gasy (Malagasy rice cakes) for 140 students for a day
	$40 - Buys black pots for the solar cookers
	$220 - Buys a parabolic solar cooker
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Plant a tree in Haiti and help 155 families eat

Haiti,

Environment

For years, villagers cut down Haiti’s trees. Then, erosion destroyed the farmlands. Soon, families had nothing to eat. Today, planting trees — reforestation — is their hope for a future.

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How You Can Help:

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	$22 - Plant one tree
	$75 - Plant two trees and provide erosion training
	$220 - Plant a grove of ten trees
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Help women secure water and food in India

India,

Environment

Tanks to collect and store safe, clean water will be built. Women will learn organic farming to grow drought tolerant plants. This will improve the nutrition and the income of the women.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - 5 families can each plant 15-20 fruit tree saplings to improve both nutrition and income
	$50 - 10 families can each plant 15-20 fruit tree saplings to improve both nutrition and income
	$100 - 120 women can be provided funds to start small businesses
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Solar energy for families in rural Panama

Panama,

Environment

Northwestern University students are providing the Santo Domingo community with training and materials to install solar panel systems in their homes.

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How You Can Help:

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	$15 - Buys wiring and accessories for systems to provide 3 families with reliable electricity
	$30 - Buys efficient, long-lasting light bulbs that a family of six can enjoy for up to 7 years
	$60 - Buys a charge regulator to minimize replacement costs for this low-income community
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	or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Sudanese Women Farmers Unite

Sudan,

Environment

Help MADRE and sister organization Zenab improve economic sustainability in Sudan by giving women farmers access to seeds, land, and tools, and helping form the first Sudanese Women Farmers' Union.

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How You Can Help:

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	$30 - Covers all expenses for 1 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 farm sorghum, sesame, and millet for one season.
	$500 - Provides cleared land that's ready to sow to the women of 1 village.
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	$ Other amount
	or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Using Solar Energy for Cooking Fuel in Kenya

Kenya,

Environment

Train rural women to use solar energy as an alternative fuel and make simple solar cookers for use and sale, freeing time for income generating activities, stopping deforestation and improving health.

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How You Can Help:

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	$300 - Audiovisual equipment (TV/video) to share information with community members.
	$500 - Edits 1 hour of raw footage for viewing in the local language.
	$800 - Supplies digital video and still camera to document process and products for sale.
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