Support relief efforts for Morocco’s earthquake victims

A powerful earthquake struck Morocco in the night of September 8, about 50 miles from the city of Marrakesh, killing well over one thousand people and raising the specter of a humanitarian disaster. The King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS) is mobilizing funds for on-the-ground partners working on relief and recovery in the affected regions. Thousands of people are in urgent need of shelter, food, drinking water, medicines and health services. More specific numbers will become clear in the coming days. Current partners include:

Moroccan Red Crescent: https://www.ifrc.org/article/morocco-earthquake-ifrc-and-moroccan-red-crescent-response-date 
Banque Alimentaire: https://banquealimentaire.ma/en/
International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation (IBC): https://ibc.org.tr/EN/1641/morocco-has-been-hit-by-a-6-8-magnitude-earthquake

KBFUS is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donors may claim the maximum tax benefits allowed by U.S. tax law for their contributions. Should you prefer to support another local organization working on relief and recovery in Morocco, please email us at info@kbfus.org. We will be happy to help.

Alternative ways to give:

Gifts by check: Write your check to KBFUS, write " Morocco Earthquake Response Fund” in the memo section of the check, and send it to KBFUS, 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10176. Gifts by wire transfer: Email KBFUS at info@kbfus.org or phone (212) 713 7660.

Morocco Earthquake Response Fund

We strive to unite science, innovation, and people to protect the western Amazon. En Peru, somos ACCA. En Bolivia, somos ACEAA.

Our mission is to protect the world's most diverse landscapes, train the next generation of Amazonian conservationists, and partner with communities to support livelihoods that sustain biodiversity.

We envision a thriving Amazon that sustains the full diversity of life.
For the past 20 years, Amazon Conservation has worked on the ground in Peru and Bolivia.

Our focus on protecting wild places, empowering local people and putting science and technology to work has been shaped by the people and land where we began.


Amazon Conservation

Improving the lives of rural communities in Cambodia through sustainable clean water, health, and education projects. 

WAH started working in 2009 in Kampong Chhnang, which has a population of 550,000, to address lack of access to clean drinking water.  In some areas of Cambodia, 8% of children die before their fifth birthday, mainly through drinking contaminated water and poor hygiene.

WAH focuses on three areas: 

CLEAN WATER AND HYGIENE

WAH has developed a clean water bicycle pump system which can produce up to 400 litres of clean water per hour. Children enjoy using our bicycle systems, which are being installed in school playgrounds, with no need for electricity or generators.  The children use pedal power to bring water from the well.  The water is then cleaned through a high performance ultra filtration membrane.   Integrated into the clean water system is a hand washing and hygiene program.  Over 200 clean water systems have now been installed.

HEALTHCARE AND TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM

WAH has been working in collaboration with KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital and Mount Alvernia hospital in Singapore for the last eight years, training over 200 midwives and paediatric nurses and doctors covering Kampong Chhnang province and some medical staff from neighbouring provinces.  Every medical center and hospital in the province has now been trained and impact numbers show a 90% drop in mortality rate of mothers in birth. 

EDUCATING THE FUTURE

WAH has a scholarship program for 32 young women, at tertiary level, so they can attain a degree which will help them to get a strong start in their careers.  They study a number of topics from agriculture to accounting to English language.  We have also helped two young women  from the government orphanage.  They are studying at University in Phnom Penh, one in banking and one in architecture.  Our education work also encompasses medical training with KKH and Mount Alvernia hospitals.

ABOUT OUR NONPROFIT PARTNER, GIVE2ASIA

This organization partners with Give2Asia, a US-based 501(c)(3) public charity. By supporting this cause through Give2Asia, the full amount of your gift qualifies as a charitable contribution for federal tax purposes. 7% will go to Give2Asia and 93% will go to the Water and Healthcare Foundation. Give2Asia has a 20-year track record of successful cross-border giving to nonprofits in Asia. You can learn more at https://give2asia.org/.

Water and Healthcare Foundation

Integrating disenfranchised communities and empowering them to contribute fully for the sustainable development of Nepal.

Sano Paila is a development-oriented non-profit that seeks to provide opportunities to improve economic, social, and health conditions, thereby reducing poverty and injustice in Nepal. Committed to redefining the development sector, Sano Palia takes a bottom-up approach to inclusive and sustainable community development. A diverse range of programs that tackle a number of complex issues (issues often ignored by the government, private sector, and state security system) are offered. Each of the programs has local reach, breadth and ownership targeted to improve the lives of disadvantaged communities. The organization focuses on areas that span from youth empowerment, drug rehabilitation, to crime prevention and reformation, anti-trafficking and child protection, health improvement, access to education, peace-building, livelihood enhancement, and crisis response. They have designed and implemented programs through an extensive network of local, national, and international development partners, NGOs, and government agencies. Sano Palia has a track record of diagnosing the most complex problems at the grassroots level, conceiving innovative models to solve those problems, and effectively implementing programs by employing diverse and inclusive implementation teams.

Sano Paila

We are dedicated to saving threatened rainforests worldwide by protecting real acres.

In 1988, three visionary conservationists had a bold plan: to purchase and protect threatened rainforests and save endangered wildlife through community engagement and local partnerships.
Their vision became Rainforest Trust. And over 30 years later, our mission remains the same.
With every acre, we’ve grown in scale, scope and determination. We’ve already helped protect over 25 million acres around the world and have millions of acres in the pipeline, working toward the security of 50 million acres.

But we don’t just see these acres as land for protection. We see these acres as home to countless species who rely on the habitats contained within. We see them as the backyards of thousands of people who rely on them for fresh water and food supplies. We see them as part of the fabric of this planet we live on.

Rainforest Trust

Communicating the best research and data to understand big global problems and make progress against them.

Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. Our World in Data focuses on communicating the best research and data that helps us understand and find solutions to the world’s largest problems.

Our World in Data publishes an open-access publication where users can understand the state of the world today, where we are making progress and where we are falling behind. Through interactive data visualizations we can see how the world has changed; by summarizing the scientific literature we can understand why. We cover everything from global poverty to natural disasters, education and health, democracy; we have over 3500 charts across 300 topics.

Our World in Data is free, open-source and provided as a public good. It has millions of users every month, and is cited in research and media across the world every day. This allows millions of people to understand the large problems the world is facing, and how we can solve them. 

Our World in Data

Delivering unconditional cash directly to the world's poorest households via secure mobile transfers. 

Since 2009, GiveDirectly has delivered more than $580 million in unconditional cash transfers to families in need. These one-time cash transfers allow recipients to invest in what they need most and have been shown to improve their earnings, children’s school attendance, health, nutrition, and mental well-being.
 
GiveDirectly uses government data to target villages where most or all residents are living in extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as earning under $2.15/day. In-country GiveDirectly staff enroll one member of each household in the entire village to receive a one-time transfer of about $1,000 USD sent in two installments using mobile money. Recipients can then withdraw the mobile funds as cash with local agents and use the funds to invest in what they need – whether it’s on starting a business, education, making their home safer/sturdier, healthcare, or livestock.
 
GiveDirectly uses rigorous experimental research (randomized controlled trials) to measure the impact of their unconditional cash programs and answer public policy questions, generating evidence on key design and implementation questions across varied contexts. You can find over 300 studies on the positive impacts of cash transfers in GiveDirectly’s Cash Research Explorer.

GiveDirectly

We support marginalised indigenous Karen communities living in Thailand, through projects in water, livelihoods, and education.

Indigenous Karen communities have been marginalised from Thailand’s development gains. Average daily income is just per 50 cents per person, and the enrolment of Karen children in primary education is 51%, compared to the national average at 89%. Rural communities rely on subsistence agriculture, with most families suffering from food shortages at least five times a month.

One of the few NGOs working in the area, since 1986 KHT have been working to improve the lives of Karen communities in a holistic and sustainable manner. We provide:
- water systems and latrines to give clean water;
- work with farmers to install irrigation systems to boost farming income and cut hunger rates; and 
- run access to education projects to ensure Karen children can realise their potential. 

The projects are run in a complimentary and coordinated way to ensure immediate (health), medium (incomes), and long term (education) assistance is provided. 

We're proud of our impact to date. With our donors' support we have:
- installed 212 clean water systems and 3,150 latrines for 55,643 Karen people;
- installed irrigation systems to support subsistence agriculture in 94 communities, boosting income for 18,901 households;
- provided safe access to education for 17,693 children and young adults, through school transport, school meals, and higher-education scholarships.

KHT are deeply embedded into the local community, with the majority of staff Thai Karen and based in the area. A small organisation, a meaningful donation can help hundreds or even thousands in an impactful way, in a part of the world where they’re too often forgotten.

The Karen Hilltribes Trust (KHT)

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