Every Thursday I "give a little" to organizations that are supporting sustainable change and helping to make the world a better place:
Week 33
Women for Women International helps women survivors of war rebuild their lives. I sponsor a "sister" who lives in the Sudan.
Amount Donated: $30
Week 32
Orphan Bracelet Campaign helps mothers and children in South Africa whose lives have been severely impacted by HIV/AIDS.
Amount Donated: $15
Week 31
Nola Reynolds is taking a DARE for the Stephen Lewis Foundation to help turn the tide of AIDS in Africa. She is biking from Cairo to Capetown to raise awareness of and funds for the AIDS pandemic.
Amount Donated: $25
Week 30
5 for Fairness is a giving circle that awards $5000 grants to nonprofits working to make the world fair for girls.
Amount Donated: $5
Week 29
Out of the Cold provides help to disadvantaged and marginalized people – men and women who are in desperate need of food, fellowship and shelter.
Amount Donated: $75 worth of new socks, underwear, undershirts and scarves.
Week 28
Imagine Rural Development Initiative provides skills-training in moringa cultivation to 30 Zambian women to help them become self supporting.
Amount Donated: $10
Week 27
World Toilet Org is committed to health dignity and well-being to all through sustainable sanitation.
Amount Donated: $10
Week 26
Women for Women International helps women survivors of war rebuild their lives. I sponsor a "sister" who lives in the Sudan.
Amount Donated: $30
Week 25
Kiva makes small loans to people all over the world to help them lift themselves out of poverty. Topped up my account so I could reloan the minimum $25.
Amount Donated: $20
Week 24
United Way of Canada brings together diverse charitable partners at the local level to help solve community issues and problems.
Amount Donated: $290
Week 24
Parkinson Society Canada provides education, support services, advocacy and funding for research for Canadians coping with this brain disease.
Amount Donated: $25
Week 23
Fareshare Food Bank run entirely by volunteers provides food assistance to 350-400 families a month in our community .
Amount Donated: $10
Week 22
Oakville and Milton Humane Society provides shelter and care for animals in need and promotes responsible pet ownership.
Amount Donated: $10
Week 21
Oxfam Canada East Africa Food Crisis provides clean water, sanitation and public health promotion to prevent diseases like cholera and acute watery diarrhea (AWD).
Amount Donated: $10
Week 20
Red Cross Canada Horn of Africa Drought provides hope through humanitarian assistance,
Amount Donated: $10
Week 19
Free the Children Program to help build a sustainable future.
Amount Donated: $10
Week 18
World Food Program (WFP) is a humanitarian agency fighting hunger (East African drought).
Amount Donated: $10
Week 17
Solar Sister provides light, hope and opportunity for women in rural Africa by empowering them with a direct sales network to make solar lanterns available.
Amount Donated: $25
Week 16
Dignitas International implements effective community-based care programs related to prevention, treatment, care and support, in developing nations for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Amount Donated: $10
Week 15
She’s the First sponsors girls’ education in the developing world so that they be "the first".
Amount Donated: $11
Week 13/14
Power of a Girl PC Lab
Amount Donated: $25
Week 12
Spread the Net, the Canadian campaign to raise funds for and awareness of the prevention of malaria
Amount Donated: $10
Week 11
One Million Lights, a goal of replacing one million polluting kerosene lamps with clean and healthy solar lights.
Amount Donated: $15
Week 10
Heifer International
Amount Donated: $15
Week 9
Leukemia and Lymphona Society
Amount Donated: $10
Week 8
Threads of Life, dedicated to providing support to families affected by workplace fatalities and injuries.
Amount Donated: $25
Week 7
Kiva makes small loans to people all over the world to help them lift themselves out of poverty.
Amount Donated: $25
Week 6
Everyone Deserves A Roof (EDAR) provides mobile shelters to homeless men, women and children
Amount Donated: $10
Week 5
Stephen Lewis Foundation works to ease the suffering associated with HIV/Aids in Africa by funding grassroots projects.
Amount Donated: $10
Week 4
Central Asia Institute (CAI) provides schools and education for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Amount Donated: $10
Heal Africa helps survivors of rape/gender violence in DRC.
Amount Donated: $25
Week 3
David Suzuki Foundation, an environmental organization based in Vancouver,Canada.
Amount Donated: $10
Week 3
Red Cross Japan Relief
Amount Donated: $5
Week 2
NYAKA AIDS Orphans Project
Amount Donated: $15
Week 1
WeFeedback
Amount Donated: $14
