08DONATE
AND ACCELERATE peace
and tolerance. Organizations like Seeds
of Peace and Just
Vision are supporting peace builders all over
the world. Since 1993, Seeds of Peace has empowered
young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership
skills required to advance reconciliation and peaceful
coexistence. Just Vision creates and disseminates
media and educational tools, like their award-winning
documentary , Encounter Point, to give voice to peace
builders and encourage civic participation in grassroots
peace building. Your donation can help plant the
seeds from which an enduring peace will grow for
future generations.
08DONATE
AND INVIGORATE the
spirit of enterprise and economic independence
with a microloan to an entrepreneur in the US or
in the developing world. Organizations like Grameen
America, and Kiva, lend
to real people in need of funding for their small
business. Your money provides economically disadvantaged
people with small loans they use to launch businesses
and lift their families out of poverty. Offering
them security in its most fundamental form and
allowing households to make the transformation
from "everyday survival" to "planning
for the future."
08DONATE
AND ADVOCATE a
better future for all living things. Organizations
like Al Gore's Alliance
for Climate Protection and The Pachamama
Alliance are hard at work transforming the human
family's relationship to the current planetary situation.
Your generous support can make a lasting contribution
toward a better world and ensure the environment
is protected for generations to come.
08DONATE
AND INNOVATE how
we educate the world's children. OLPC (One
Laptop Per Child) and the FreePlay
Foundation Lifeline Radios provide
opportunity for children in the most remote regions of
the globe. OLPC laptops are a window into the world and
a tool with which to think. Your $200 contribution can
buy a child a laptop that will literally transform his
education process. A $70 Lifeline Radio can educate classes
of 40 children. Knowledge, information and skills enable
these children to change their lives.
08DONATE AND REPLICATE an
innovative training and community development model here
in the U.S. Annually, Manchester
Bidwell touches the lives of hundreds of adult career
education students, thousands of public school students,
and countless members of the community. Not only do Bidwell students
get trained for a rewarding career, they improve their
lives and have the chance to provide a better future
for their families. Your donation to Bidwell will help
build healthy communities through culture and enterprise.
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