| International Development Organizations We Support |
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Aid to Artisans (Grants Program)
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Aid to Artisans offers practical assistance to artisan groups worldwide. Through collaboration in product development, business skills training and development of new markets, Aid to Artisans provides sustainable economic and social benefits for craftspeople in an environmentally sensitive and culturally respectful manner.
Aid to Artisans Grants Program makes modest grants each year to craft-based associations worldwide. Typically, these grants help groups purchase much needed equipment and materials to improve or increase their craft production.
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H20 for Life School to School
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H2O for Life is a non-profit organization that provides funds to directly support water projects in developing countries that lack an adequate and sustainable water source. Through service learning projects, schools in the U.S. raise funds to complete these water projects.
These “school to school” relationships connect students from different cultures. U.S. students gain new skills and a more global perspective while seeing the direct, positive impact their efforts can make on the lives of others.
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Kiva
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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 - not marketing material. When you browse entrepreneurs' profiles on the site, choose someone to lend to, and then make a loan, you are helping a real person make great strides towards economic independence and improve life for themselves, their family, and their community. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates and track repayments. Then, when you get your loan money back, you can relend to someone else in need.
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