I wholeheartedly believe in Freeworld and their mission. It has helped me to change my life for the better and I will be forever grateful for everything they have done for me. Thank you Freeworld and keep helping to make the world a better place!

This program changed my life. This organization actually has your back from day one, step by step. The staff and support team make sure you succeed and are there for you through it all. I can’t even express my thanks to you guys and how you helped me through the toughest time in my life.

Keep on blessing future CDL holders and giving them (me included) a fresh start and a new outlook on a better life! 

I have held my CDL for 6 months and have been employed and growing my skills as a professional driver! So grateful! 

Freeworld has helped me change my life around. I’m making good money in a field I love. I stay sober. I stay free. 

This organization changed my life so much that I started a business to join in their mission.

For the yaks, the people, and wildlife! Done with the help of my on-stream community.

I would not be where I am if freeworld did not propel me here!!!

YWE is exactly what I hope to see more of in the world! Empowering young women with education and resources to escape poverty and violence. Education and mentorship are really the only ways that is accomplished. 

I gave because I believe that we are all responsible for each other. As a privileged person you have to share with ones who are not the same lucky as you are.

FreeWorld's mission is to end generational poverty and recidivism through economic 
mobility.


FreeWorld's mission is to end generational poverty and recidivism through economic
mobility. Today, that means we train and place returning citizens into living-wage CDL-A careers.

FreeWorld was founded in 2020 by Jason Wang, an Asian American proximate leader with lived experience. At the age of 15, Jason was given a 12-year sentence at a maximum security prison in Texas for aggravated robbery. Upon release, Jason decided to become an agent for change and founded FreeWorld. Over the last four years, FreeWorld has graduated 2500 returning citizens with their CDL-A license nationwide, created an estimated $114.5M economic impact, and saved $41.5M in marginal recidivism costs.

Freeworld

Working to end poverty, inequality, and climate change and helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Donations made here to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP/PNUD) are made on an unrestricted basis.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP/PNUD)

Mutual aid organization supporting neighbors in Washington DC, Ward 2.

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What is Mutual Aid?

**Mutual aid is “cooperation for the sake of the common good.” It’s getting people to come together to meet each other’s needs, recognizing that as humans, our survival is dependent on one another.**

Mutual Aid is a practice and politics that emphasizes solidarity rather than charity. It means we recognize that our well-being, health and dignity are all bound up in each other. It means that we understand our survival depends on cooperation, not competition. In this particular moment, we see that our health is also dependent on other people’s health, and we can literally save each other’s lives. Rather than disengage and feel powerless, mutual aid allows us to plug in where we can make the most impact — locally.

Mutual aid IS...

- Getting people together in your community to provide material support to each other
- Building relationships with your neighbors based on trust and common interest
- Making decisions by consensus rather than relying on authority and hierarchy
- Sharing things rather than hoarding things
- Treating no one as disposable
- Providing all kinds of support, ranging from food prep to childcare to translation to emotional support, and recognizing the value of all of them
- A political education opportunity, where we build the relationships and analysis to understand why we are in the conditions that we're in
- Preparation for the next disaster (natural or economic). Next time around we'll already have relationships with each other and know who is vulnerable and needs support
- A great jumping off point for other kinds of organizing and movement work

Mutual aid IS NOT...

- Quid pro quo transactions
- Only for disasters or crises
- Charity or a way to "save" people
- A reason for a social safety net not to exist

DC Mutual Aid Network

The DC Mutual Aid Network (DCMA) is a grassroots community-led effort looking to take care of each other and keep our city as safe as possible.

- DCMA is a decentralized, community-led effort, so there is no single group that runs the network.
- There are autonomous groups for Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Wards 7 & 8 are served together by one group.
- The DCMA Network is governed by the ward groups on topics of social media, website, fundraising, etc. The groups also share resources, best practices and offer referrals to other groups.

Ward 2 Efforts

Ward 2 Mutual Aid is part of the larger DCMA Network. Our concrete activities are:

- **Hotline** - Volunteers staff our warmline, where Ward 2 residents can call and request assistance.
- **Groceries** - We provide a grocery bag delivery to ~150 families that request it through our hotline or building captains. The bags include fresh produce, protein, dry goods, and requested household items.
- **Encampment Outreach** - We organize a supply drop to ~120 unhoused neighbors.
- **Building captains** - We organize with local residents to utilize their leadership and relational networks. Building captains check on neighbors, relay needs, and assist with food donations and distribution.
- **Back to school** - We organize with local parents to host a book and clothing swap.
- **Support for high risk/immuno-compromised individuals** - We have been partnering with local public housing buildings to drop off cleaning supplies, masks, and groceries.

[Click here to join our newsletter to get updates and get involved](https://opencollective.com/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubscribepage.io%2FsHh86L).

Ward 2 Mutual Aid

Since 1958, Children of the Mekong supports children’s education in Southeast Asia. 

In Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, we help children grow through [child sponsorship](https://www.childrenofthemekong.org/sponsor-a-child/) and [education projects](https://www.childrenofthemekong.org/get-involved/support-a-project/).

Our priorities of action are early childhood, girls' education, slums, rural populations, refugees, children with disability, and ethnic minorities.

Children of the Mekong

Young Women Emerge empowers girls in the DRC to learn, lead, and succeed through education, vocational training & mentorship.

### \*\*Who We Are\*\*

**Young Women Emerge (YWE)** is a movement of transformation, hope, and possibility for girls and young women in the DRC.

We believe in the power of *emergence*—rising from the shadows of poverty, violence, and inequality into strength, visibility, and purpose. YWE is here to light the spark and nurture it—offering the right support at the right moment to turn silent struggles into bold steps forward.

Think of YWE like a chrysalis—holding space for growth and transformation. We provide what’s needed when it’s needed. We don’t give them power—they already have it. We help them see it, trust it, and use it.

Through education, vocational skills, mentorship, and leadership training, we open doors where there were once walls. We help them build confidence, claim their rights, and make life-affirming choices for themselves and their communities.

Because when young women rise—*everything* rises with them.

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### \*\*Our Mission\*\*
To empower girls and young women in vulnerable situations with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to break cycles of inequality—so they can shape their own lives and become leaders in their communities through education, training, and mentoring.

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### \*\*The Problem We Address\*\*

Across the DRC, adolescent girls and young women—especially those in conflict-affected areas—face systemic barriers that rob them of their agency and future:

\* Limited access to education due to poverty, instability, and cultural norms

\* Early marriage and teenage pregnancy, often coerced or forced

\* Gender-based violence and insecurity, both at home and in public spaces

\* Minimal access to vocational skills, economic opportunity, or mentorship

\* Patriarchal systems that exclude girls and women from decision-making and leadership

---

### \*\*Why We Exist\*\*

**Young Women Emerge (YWE)** was born from a powerful partnership rooted in purpose.

In 2020, two passionate individuals—**Therese Nzale**, from RD Congo, and **Danielle Prince**, from the USA—met when working together in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). What began as professional collaboration quickly evolved into a deep bond grounded in shared values, vision, and a commitment to justice.

Through their work, Therese and Danielle discovered a profound synergy. They realized they were not only effective partners but also co-dreamers with a shared passion: empowering young women to overcome the systemic challenges of gender inequality, poverty, and violence.

In 2024, that passion became a reality. Together, they founded **Young Women Emerge**, a grassroots organization shaped by Therese’s lifelong dream and the urgent needs of girls in the DRC. YWE was created to be a space where girls can reclaim their futures, be mentored, gain skills, and emerge as leaders in their communities.

With over **55 years of combined experience** promoting human rights, education, and women’s empowerment, Therese and Danielle bring a legacy of advocacy to YWE. Their work spans continents and causes, but their focus remains constant: to support girls and young women in building lives of strength, purpose, and possibility.

YWE is the result of years of vision, trust, and collaboration. It represents what’s possible when women come together to build something bold—something that doesn't just serve, but transforms. Because when one young woman emerges, communities change—and the future begins to shift.

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### \*\*Who We Serve\*\*

YWE serves vulnerable girls and young women—those marginalized by poverty, displacement, or discrimination—who demonstrate resilience, determination, and a desire to change their lives through education or training. These are girls and young women in vulnerable circumstances (orphaned, from one-parent homes, a parent or girl has a disability, war-displaced, survivors of sexual violence/rape, young mothers of sexual violence) who:

\* Show promise in academic or vocational pursuits

\* Aspire to contribute positively to their communities

\* Need opportunity, support, and mentorship to rise

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### \*\*Our Unique Value\*\*

Unlike many interventions that simply include girls in existing structures, YWE reimagines and reshapes those structures through a feminist lens. We:

\* Prioritize access to male-dominated professions and trade sectors

\* Build a cohort-based mentor-mentee system that fosters sustainable, intergenerational leadership

\* Create a feminist network to amplify women’s voices, solidarity, and influence

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### \*\*Theory of Change\*\*

\*\*If\*\* we provide vulnerable girls and young women in the DRC with timely access to education, vocational training, and mentorship,

\*\*then\*\* they will develop the knowledge, confidence, and skills to lead,

\*\*and\*\* they will emerge as agents of change in their communities—building a more gender-equal, inclusive society.

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### \*\*Strategic Alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\*\*

Our work contributes to:

\* \*\*SDG 1: No Poverty\*\* – through economic empowerment via education and job readiness

\* \*\*SDG 4: Quality Education\*\* – by ensuring equitable access for girls and young women

\* \*\*SDG 5: Gender Equality\*\* – by transforming patriarchal norms and promoting feminist leadership

\* \*\*SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities\*\* – by supporting marginalized youth in conflict zones

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### \*\*What We Do\*\*

####Inputs

\* Qualified staff and dedicated mentors

\* Partnerships with educational and vocational centers

\* Learning kits, financial aid, and transportation support

\* Collaboration with schools, NGOs, INGOs, and community groups

####Partners

\* Government ministries

\* Local schools and apprenticeship centers

\* Mentors and women leaders

\* Youth and feminist networks

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### \*\*Our Program Interventions\*\*

#### Phase 1: Identification & Agreements

\* Identify vulnerable girls and assess their support needs

\* Conduct interviews with candidates and their families

\* Select appropriate schools and vocational centers

\* Establish service contracts and pay training costs directly

\* Secure commitments from the selected girls and young women

#### Phase 2: Monitoring & Evaluation

\* Conduct regular field visits to monitor educational progress

\* Continuously assess and respond to evolving needs

\* Facilitate career and academic guidance

\* Deliver workshops in key areas:

  \* My Environment - factors for success

  \* Human rights & gender equality

  \* Feminism

  \* Sexual & reproductive health

  \* Leadership & mentoring

  \* Self-esteem & personal development

  \* Prevention of sexual and gender-based violence

#### Phase 3: Mentorship

\* Identify and train mentors (including JFE staff/board)

\* Organize cohort-based mentorship with rotating leadership

\* Facilitate regular mentor/mentee sessions (group and individual)

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###Our Organizational Conduct & Values

\* Transparency in communication and decision-making

\* Trust among staff, partners, and participants

\* Respect for commitment, time, and growth

\* Accountability to girls, their families, and funders

\* Love of work and belief in every girl’s potential

\* Feminist approach across all programs and operations

\* Motivation and affirmation as core practices

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###Our Operating Model

\* Ensure participant voice in designing and adapting support

\* Maintain transparent, collaborative partnerships

\* Regularly monitor progress and adapt strategies

\* Scale up sustainably and responsibly

\* Celebrate and communicate success to inspire others

### \*\*Expected Results\*\*

#### Outputs

\* Girls and young women educated in JFE’s thematic focus areas

\* Peer educator groups and mentor networks established

\* Functional professional networks for job searching and placement

\* Girls learn democratic processes through leadership rotation within mentor cohorts

#### Short-Term Outcomes

\* Increased knowledge of rights, confidence, and independence

\* Development of mentoring skills and leadership identity

\* Recognition of success by families and communities

\* Prevention of STIs and unwanted pregnancies

\* Greater freedom in life decisions (study, marriage, career)

#### Long-Term Outcomes

\* Transformations in gender roles and societal expectations

\* Breaking taboos through intergenerational learning

\* Greater value placed on women’s work and leadership

\* Higher female representation in the public and private sectors

---

###Vision

A world where girls and young women are self-determined, confident, and courageous—leading their own lives and shaping a society grounded in gender justice, dignity, and human rights.

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###3-Year Projection

| Year    | Girls/Young Women | Mentors | Trainings |

| 2024–25          8                               2           6         

| 2025–26         15                              2          10        

| 2026–27         18                              3          10        

We grow intentionally, prioritizing impact and individualized support over rapid expansion.

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### Our Aspirational Endgame

Young Women Emerge envisions a feminist ecosystem—a resilient, interconnected network of women who have emerged through education, training, and mentorship, and who are now driving systemic change. These women will rise to leadership, transform communities, and mentor the next generation.

In this way, YWE (JFE) doesn’t just support individuals—we catalyze a movement.

Young Women Emerge | Jeune Femme Emerge

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

Since 2009, GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1 billion in unconditional cash transfers directly into the hands of 2+ million people living in poverty. 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 $3/day. In-country GiveDirectly staff enroll each household in a village to receive a large lump sum transfer of \~$1,000 USD using mobile money. Recipients can then use the funds to invest in what they need – whether it’s on starting a business, education, repairing their home, healthcare, livestock, or anything else.
 
GiveDirectly also uses rigorous experimental research (including randomized controlled trials) to measure the impact of their cash programs, answer public policy questions, and generate evidence on key design and implementation questions.

GiveDirectly

The world's largest vegan food relief network with over 260 charity projects in 60 countries

**Food Yoga International (FYI)** is a global nonprofit dedicated to ending hunger through **compassionate, plant-based food relief**—serving meals that nourish **body, mind, and spirit**, and protecting the dignity of every person we reach. Formerly known as **Food for Life Global**, we **rebranded in May 2024** to better reflect our “Food Yoga” philosophy: using food as a force for healing, unity, and positive transformation. 

**Our story**

Our roots trace back to **1974 in India**, when a simple request—“no one should go hungry”—sparked a grassroots movement of volunteers serving nourishing meals to those in need. Over the following decades, that effort expanded across the world. 

In the early 1990s, the international headquarters was established in the United States to help coordinate and support the growing global network, and we were **registered as a U.S. nonprofit in 1995**. From a small team working with limited resources, we grew into an international organization connecting partners and communities around the globe. 

**What we do today**

FYI serves as the international headquarters for a network of **250+ affiliate projects in 65 countries**, delivering **over 1 million plant-based meals every day** through local community kitchens, school programs, mobile outreach, and emergency relief efforts. 

Collectively, our network has provided **over 8 billion free meals** to date—proof that consistent, compassionate action can scale into real global impact. 

**Why plant-based?**

We focus on **pure plant-based meals** because they are inclusive, cost-effective, and aligned with a humane vision of relief—helping people while also reducing harm to animals and lowering the environmental footprint of food aid. 

**How your donation helps**

Your gift fuels direct, practical support so meals reach people quickly and reliably. Donations help fund:

- ingredients and meal preparation for community feeding and school programs
- food distribution to underserved communities
- emergency relief when crises disrupt access to food
- nutrition education and sustainable, community-based solutions 

When you support Food Yoga International, you’re helping deliver more than calories—you’re helping deliver **care, dignity, and hope**, one meal at a time.

Food Yoga International

Friends of Hope (HOPE) is a nonprofit whose mission is to build a nation where every Filipino can achieve their full potential.

HOPE targets the most vulnerable populations to create systemic change in three main service areas, specifically **Education**, **Agriculture/Livelihood**, and **Environment**.

**Education** - HOPE invests in education infrastructure to help turn the tide for millions of Filipino children that rely on public schools to secure their futures. We work with the Philippines' Department of Education and underserved communities across the Philippines to build bright and beautiful public school classrooms for young learners, no matter how remotely located they are. To date, HOPE has constructed 130 classrooms and counting since 2012.

**Agriculture/Livelihood** - HOPE supports some of the most marginalized members of the country – smallholder coconut farmers. We carry out interventions to enrich their livelihoods such as seedling distribution, technical support provision, and building linkages to markets and micro-entrepreneurship opportunities. To date, HOPE’s agriculture programs have enriched the livelihoods of nearly 30,000 farmers and their families through the replanting and distribution of close to 2 million trees.

**Environment** - HOPE implements the Aling Tindera (or women micro-entrepreneurs) program, a market-based solution against the plastic pollution crisis. We engage women micro-entrepreneurs and informal workers to manage collection points, where members of the community can sell their plastic waste. This mechanism provides incremental income to the women, encourages behavior change among households, and helps clean up the environment. Currently, there are over 140+ Aling Tindera sites all over the country, helping address plastic waste management issues in their communities.

Our efforts with our partners are increasingly visible in the country, positioning us as champions for responsible business and social justice. For this, we have received recognitions such as the Grand Prize for Developmental Social Enterprise awarded by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Best New Brand and Best CSR awarded by the Global Bottled Water Awards. We have also gained credibility as an institution for collective impact through our partnerships with organizations like USAID, GIZ, Vita Coco, Gcash, and Century Pacific Food Inc.

Friends of Hope, Inc.

The Access to Medicines Initiative works to improve healthcare supply chains and increase access to contraceptives in Nigeria.

In Nigeria, inconsistent availability of modern contraceptives is a pressing issue, contributing to high rates of unintended pregnancies. Despite significant demand, many public health facilities regularly experience complete stockouts of key contraceptives, such as implants and injectables.

The Access to Medicines Initiative aims to eliminate supply chain issues as a barrier to access by streamlining data collection, optimizing distribution, and filling gaps in procurement. We seek to create sustainable systems that ensure continuous availability of family planning commodities in public health facilities. This will improve health outcomes for mothers and infants, as well as help create economic opportunities for women and their families.

Check out [our blog](https://accessmedicines.org/blog) for updates on our latest work!

Access to Medicines Initiative

Locally led. The last pot to boil. The last door to shut. A U.S. nonprofit (2024) focused on food, farming & survival in Gaza.

🍲 Gaza Soup Kitchen: Feeding 10,000 People Daily

As famine tightens its grip and markets collapse, Gaza Soup Kitchen is still boiling pots—feeding 1,000 people every day with dignity and determination.

We were the first soup kitchen in North Gaza to lean on local farmers and forage from nature to keep people alive. When others paused, we adapted. When supplies ran out, we improvised.

Today, we operate across 11 kitchens, run a community clinic, and deliver clean water and hot meals to hospitals—even in the hardest-hit zones.

This is survival work, done by people living through the very crisis they’re responding to.

Support the last pots still cooking. 

Gaza Soup Kitchen

Hogar de Cristo USA is a 501c3 nonprofit focused on Chile's poverty. Based in Pompano Beach, FL received its status in 2007.

**Hogar de Cristo** welcomes the poorest of the poor with love and dignity to expand their opportunities for a better life in Chile. It enthusiastically supports the community in its responsibility to those discriminated against in our society. Inspired by the spirit of its founder, Alberto Hurtado SJ, it's a transparent, efficient, and effective organization that promotes a culture of respect, justice, and unity.

**For 80 years,** the **Hogar de Cristo Foundation has worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week, transforming vulnerable lives and integrating them into society.**

**Hogar de Cristo USA Inc.** started activities in the United States on June 6,  2006. Based in Pompano Beach, FL, the 501 (c) 3 foundation **promotes solidarity, advocates, and** **raises funds to help Hogar de Cristo finance programs in CHILE**.

**SOCIAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE Early Childhood Education, Homelessness, Education for Children and Youth Out of School, Older Adults, Mental disability, and First Response Emergency on Disasters.**

Hogar De Cristo USA Inc

Caritas Manila is the social service and development ministry of the Archdiocese of Manila.

Caritas Manila is one of the largest church-based nonprofit organizations in the Philippines. It is a Spirit-led community committed to serving the poor—the “least, last, and lost” in society.

Its programs are geared towards total human development, poverty alleviation, and the creation of a Christian community with a strong social conscience.

*Programs:*

**Youth Servant Leadership and Education Program (YSLEP)**

Caritas Manila believes that *education* is the *best social equalizer.*

YSLEP is Caritas Manila's flagship program. It forms future leaders from the poor by *providing scholarships and formation sessions* to around 5,000 youths nationwide.

**Caritas Damayan**

Damayan is the umbrella program of Caritas Manila that covers: (1) preventive health, (2) plant-based food security, (3) feeding and nutrition, (4) crisis intervention, and (5) disaster relief and rehabilitation.

Its sub-programs are:

1. **All is Well** - Through the help of its partners in the medical field, Caritas Manila *offers health services in 28 clinics* in Mega Manila.
2. **Gen129** -*\* This program advocates lifestyle change through plant-based living. In this program, we teach the poor \*how to grow their own food* for a more sustainable future.
3. **Munting Pag-asa** -*\* This program aims to \*counter malnutrition* by providing healthy supplemental meals to poor malnourished children for 120 days.
4. **Unang Yakap** -This program provides healthy meals and vitamins to *poor pregnant/lactating mothers* for 120 days to ensure the optimum health of the mother and their child. Beneficiaries also receive seminars on financial literacy to improve their living condition.
5. **Caritas in Action** - In cooperation with Radio Veritas 846, the CIA program provides medical, legal, hospital bill, laboratory, psychosocial, and burial assistance.
6. **Cadamay** - It *provides emergency relief response* within 24 to 72 hours by distributing food packs, hygiene kits, bedding materials, and shelter repair kits. It also provides livelihood assistance to victims of calamities and church reconstruction assistance to affected parishes.

**Restorative Justice**

It is a program designed to *help Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs)* heal their relationships with their families and the community. It also aims to help them be reintegrated into society as self-sufficient individuals.

**Sanlakbay**

Sanlakbay para sa Pagbabago ng Buhay is a parish/community-based rehabilitation program that aims to transform lives, restore human dignity, and *reintegrate* d*rug dependents* into their communities.

**Segunda Mana**

It is the donated goods program of Caritas Manila that *converts in-kind donations into cash* in our 47 charity outlets in Mega Manila to:

- Fund over 5000 tech-voc and college YSLEP scholars
- Support the livelihood of over 300 micro-entrepreneurs and their families from informal sectors like BASECO and Payatas
- Strongly promote the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)

**Institute for Servant Leadership and Stewardship (ISLaS)**

ISLaS is the *volunteer arm of Caritas Manila* which mobilizes around 5,000 volunteers within the Archdiocese of Manila.

Parish-based leaders and volunteers undergo continuous training and values formation that mold them to become committed servant leaders. These volunteers enable us to efficiently and effectively implement various social services and development programs for poor families in their communities.

*"For the love of Christ urges us on..." - Corinthians II*

Caritas Manila, Inc.

Founded in 1995, the AWC Scholarship Program provides rural, low income Thai girls with scholarships to complete high school.

The AWC Scholarship Program awards scholarships annually to female high school students in 28 schools across 21 provinces in central and northern Thailand. In the 2025-26 school year, our donors sponsored 300 students.

Each $200 USD scholarship allows a student to pay the extra, mandatory costs of high school that are not covered by the government (books, uniforms, supplies, meals and transportation). These costs can be prohibitive to low income families and often girls have to leave school because their families cannot pay them.

Eligibility criteria for young women in grades 10-12 (M4-M6) are good academic performance (> 2.5GPA), a low family income, good behavior and a commitment to education while building a sustainable community. ​

​We organize two school/home visit trips each year which gives us the opportunity to meet about 40 of our sponsored students. Watch our [school visit video](https:/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zOVhiBNZRM&t=1s) to share in the highlights of our trip to Nakhon Phanom.

Our students consistently greet us with enthusiasm, appreciation and, best of all, huge smiles. In each school, we meet with staff and students, host book and English clubs and have fun interacting with our students. On our last visit, the girls did their best to teach us Thai dancing.

The American Women's Club of Thailand (AWC) is a nonpolitical, volunteer, not-for-profit association organized in 1956. Our mission is to promote friendship among all women and to serve the people of Thailand through charitable, social, and cultural activities.

American Women's Club of Thailand Scholarship Program

To alleviate hunger in Lincoln County by distributing healthy, nutritious food to our agency network & education empowerment.

Food Share of Lincoln County is one of 21 regional food banks in the Oregon Food Bank network.  Food Share of Lincoln County distributes food to its network of  local emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, produce drops, senior food box home delivery and other assistance agencies in addition to facilitating cooking classes and farmers' market tours..

Food Share of Lincoln County

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 13,000 charts across hundreds of 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

Pediatric malnutrition treatment – reimagined for scale.

Taimaka has reimagined pediatric malnutrition treatment to make it **more cost-effective and scalable**. We’ve developed a malnutrition treatment model that is:

1. 53% cheaper than legacy approaches and:
2. Leverages digitally-enabled community health workers (CHWs) to deliver care to the most vulnerable communities. 

So far, we’ve used our model to treat 6,000+ children out of existing government hospitals in northeastern Nigeria with world-class recovery rates of 95%+. Our track record has led charity evaluators like [Founder’s Pledge](https://www.founderspledge.com/funds/global-health-and-development-fund) to identify us as one of the most cost-effective nonprofits in global health, with a [cost-per-life saved of $1,644](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16czhbk2xjA1EkhQxebnTV_49cwVC9XYFE23Jal2Yhu4/edit#gid=0). Over the next five years, we’re on track to expand our program to treat tens of thousands of children, while helping governments revamp their outdated programs so that they can double the number of children they reach. 

Read more at taimaka.org. 

Taimaka

Maarifa works to defeat poverty by promoting local products and supporting small scale industry entrepreneurs in DR Congo.  

Maarifa, a Swahili word for Knowledge, works to defeat poverty and grow local prosperity by promoting locally made products and supporting small scale industry entrepreneurs and artisans in DR Congo. We support them to grow and sustain their small and micro businesses through training in financial management, marketing, packaging, market expansion strategies and give them access to capital.

Our activities include but not limited to:

1.    Personal and business Financial Literacy training.

2.    Formation of support or accountability groups of young entrepreneurs.

3.    Connect entrepreneurs in support groups to Microfinance Institutions for small business loans.

4.    Organize Business Expos to promote locally made products.

5.    Facilitate the creation of Cooperative markets for locally made products.

This way, we help local communities drive their own economic development by creating job opportunities for themselves and others around them, especially the youth. As a result, they build more prosperous and peaceful communities.

For more information, check our website www.maarifaglobal.org

 MAARIFA Learning Academy

We provide cash incentives for childhood vaccinations. It’s one of the most cost-effective ways known to save lives.


New Incentives’ mission is to save lives in a way that does the **most good per dollar**.
Guided by evidence, we provide cash incentives to increase childhood vaccination rates.

- We [raise awareness](https://www.newincentives.org/blog-posts/awareness-activities) about the benefits of childhood vaccinations.
- We [provide cash incentives](https://www.newincentives.org/blog-posts/a-day-in-the-life-abubakar-aliyu-field-officer) at government clinics after children receive vaccinations.
- We [help improve the vaccine supply chain](https://www.newincentives.org/blog-posts/supporting-government-partners-with-vaccine-supply-efforts) to ensure enough vaccines are available at clinics.

Together, these efforts are proven to double vaccination rates and save lives.
Learn more about the [randomized controlled trial](https://www.newincentives.org/rct-results).

As of March 2024, New Incentives has reached more the 3 million infants in northern Nigeria.

New Incentives

You can help us find, treat and rehabilitate another woman restoring her health, dignity and future.

There are around 30,000 women in Ethiopia living with devastating childbirth injuries called obstetric fistula, because they don't know help is available. An estimated 1,000 women suffer a new fistula injury every year. Catherine’s trailblazing **Hamlin Model of Care** - today replicated around the world - finds, treats and holistically heals these women, restoring their lives.

Women living with childbirth injuries suffer great trauma. Following obstructed labour, they are left incontinent and usually lose their baby. They are shunned from their community and live hidden not knowing help available.

In a single year, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia treats more than 6,000 patients and perform more than 2,000 surgeries.

We also provide counseling and a range of vocational training to support nearly 1,000 women in their recovery. A woman's healing journey starts the moment she arrives at a Hamlin fistula hospital. She is given a Comfort Package containing a Hamlin blanket that has been lovingly made by a volunteer, hygiene items, a new nightgown and slippers, and a homecoming dress.

These are utter luxuries for the many women who arrive at a Hamlin hospital without shoes, wearing the only stained clothes they own. When they wrap themselves in their Hamlin blanket, they feel the warm embrace of people like you.

$45 provides a Comfort Package for one woman
$90 provides two women with a Comfort Package
$1,000 covers the cost of surgery for a woman with simple obstetric fistula
$3,000 covers the cost of surgery for a woman with complex obstetric fistula

Your gift has a life-changing impact by restoring a woman's dignity. Thank you for supporting women as they reassert their humanity, secure their health and well-being, and regain their roles in their families and communities.

Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia's work is centered in Ethiopia, a country with one of the highest fertility and maternal mortality rates in the world. Our vision is simple: To eradicate obstetric fistula. Forever.

For more than six decades, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia has implemented our world-recognized approach to the holistic treatment of women and girls with obstetric fistulas — severe injuries resulting from prolonged, unrelieved and obstructed labor, typically in the absence of skilled birth attendants.

In 93% of cases, the mother suffers not only dramatic tissue damage, but she also loses her new baby. Nerve damage and weakened pelvic muscles make many daily tasks unmanageable. And, women are also often ostracized from their communities – cut off from avenues to leading a full, healthy and happy life.

The Hamlin Model of Care – The World's Leading Approach to Treating Obstetric Fistula

Dr Catherine Hamlin pioneered an approach to treating obstetric fistula, including developing a new surgical technique, that dramatically changes the lives of women and girls — in some cases in no more than an hour.

The Hamlin Model of Care is unique because it is not just about repairing injury, but restoring dignity. Hamlin's Rehabilitation and Reintegration Program at Desta Mender offers counseling, literacy and numeracy classes. Additional programs for vocational and life skills training help women find sustainable employment or establish their own small businesses. Today, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is staffed by more than 550 Ethiopian medical professionals and five regional hospitals have been established to respond to the significant demand for fistula surgery.

To accelerate change for women in Ethiopia, our Project Zero teams will go from door-to-door, in every Woreda (district) to identify women living with historic fistula cases and organize care and treatment. At the same time, we will strengthen maternal healthcare services, to reduce the incidence of birth injuries, and increase awareness, so women have the tools and knowledge they need to give birth safely. Lasting change for women and girls requires building a workforce of skilled birth attendants. Through our Hamlin College of Midwives, we recruit women from rural communities in Ethiopia to learn the Hamlin Model of Care during a four-year Bachelor of Science in Midwifery program.  The curriculum is fully certified and includes the precondition that students conduct at least 40 deliveries before they graduate. Upon graduation, Hamlin midwives return to their villages – today staffing over 90 rural midwifery clinics in remote areas.

https://catherinehamlin.org

ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO GIVE:
Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation is fiscally sponsored in the USA by Myriad USA *(formerly King Baudouin Foundation United States - KBFUS)* (EIN582277856)

For gifts by check: Write your check to Myriad USA, write "Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation Friends Fund" in the memo section of the check, and send it to Myriad USA, 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, New York, NY 10176.

Gifts by wire transfer or to contribute other types of property: Email Myriad USA at: brenda@myriadusa.org or phone (212) 713 7660.

Donor Advised Funds (DAFs): You can designate Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation as a beneficiary for your donor-advised fund (DAF). A DAF allows you to give cash, stock, and other assets and you will receive a tax deduction when the contribution is made.
How it works:
Request a grant distribution through your DAF sponsor.
Share that the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation is a Friends Fund held by Myriad USA *(formerly King Baudouin Foundation United States - KBFUS)* (EIN 58-2277856). As a fiscally-sponsored Friends Fund, the grant will be made to Myriad USA with a designation allocating it to the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation Fund.
You will receive a receipt from Myriad USA and a letter of thanks from Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation.

Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation

The Homeless Resource Center offers rest and resources to those experiencing homelessness in Lawrence, Kansas.

The mission of the Homeless Resource Center is to offer a daily refuge with basic services to provide physical and emotional comfort for people who are experiencing homelessness.

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Sharing God’s love with people living on the streets of the mid-peninsula 💛 

Sharing God's love with people living on the streets of the mid-peninsula 💛

We are a community-based, non-profit organization that serves the homeless and at-risk populations of the Mid-Peninsula. We establish environments and build relationships where community volunteers can provide food and clothing, as well as referrals for shelter, addiction recovery, and other personal support.

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Street Life Ministries (or SLM) began in 2001 at the downtown Menlo Park train station. Today, due to the help of many people, it now serves over 35,000 meals a year, five nights a week, in Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Redwood City. For 20 years SLM gatherings have built a reputation as the one consistent place the homeless can count on. Whether it is a holiday, a cloudy or rainy day, SLM never varies from the set schedule, giving the homeless a stable option throughout the year.

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SLM is an established 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a board of directors, and is very different from many “feeding ministries.” It serves a unique role in the way it cares for the homeless and the hungry in San Mateo/Santa Clara Counties. Hot, home cooked meals served in outdoor venues are less threatening for our homeless neighbors, fostering a safe environment for relational connections to develop with the SLM leaders and volunteers. These connections build trust for guiding homeless friends toward healthier decisions, medical assistance, detox, rehab, housing, mentorship and counseling. In addition to food and encouragement, SLM provides clothing, toiletry kits, sleeping bags, medical supplies, temporary shelter, recovery services and job assistance to those in need. 

SLM is also unique because it places its staff and its services “in the streets”, and “in the camps”, where the homeless live. It reaches more homeless people directly in those street locations than traditional professional service agencies. Additionally, no other homeless non-profit in the area provides local residents with the large number (over 6000 hours per year, estimated) of volunteer hours of opportunity to meet directly and be served on a face to face basis as we do. Homeless folks need love, care, trustworthy friends, and reliable, regular support to improve and/or recover. SLM is “in the trenches and on the street” every day, helping our homeless neighbors. SLM’s outreach can be accessed at all hours of the day and night. 

Street Life is working on launching a 12 month all inclusive rehab program, the Homeless to Healthy program. Check our website for more details!

https://streetlifeministries.org/homeless-to-healthy/

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We are a nonprofit, so instead of charging fees we rely on the generosity of donors like you.

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