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Greenstar delivers solar power, health, education and environmental programs to small villages in the developing world — and connects people in those villages, and their traditional culture, to the global community. We work with people in traditional cultures to express the voice of the community to the world through original music, artwork, photography and video [...]
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There are communities around the world in need of homes, jobs, and facilities such as daycare. You want to help, but don’t want to give money away. Is it possible to still help? Yes! Blending Financial and Social Returns For over 10 years, Calvert Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, has been working to make community investment [...]
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My longtime freind Margaret Roach and sometime creative collaborator launched open Your hands project a couple of years ago and has built a website to follow the project: JOIN YOUR HANDS WITH OURS You, too, can join the circle. Find out how you can make a difference by opening your hands to the children of [...]
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Check out Global Agents for Change On May 31st, more than 20 people will ride their bikes 3,000km from Vancouver to Tijuana, Mexico to raise money and awareness for entrepreneurs in developing countries. Agents of Change, a nonprofit registered charity, hopes to raise $1 million from the challenge to connect those living in poverty with [...]
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FINCA The mission of FINCA International is to provide financial services to the world’s lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. The vision of FINCA International is to become the leading global microfinance institution by providing financial services to more than one million clients annually by 2010, [...]
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Kiva Loan to the Working Poor Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. The people you see on Kiva’s site are real individuals in need of funding – [...]