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UniversalGiving is thrilled to announce our new partnership with The Carr Educational Foundation- Daraja Academy!
Founded by a Bay Area couple, The Carr Educational Foundation works to provide a transformative education to gifted African girls who would otherwise have few opportunities for a better life. The Foundation’s first school, the Daraja Academy in Kenya, offers students not only traditional classes, but also an education in areas such as sustainable gardening, sex education, and women’s empowerment so that, by the time they leave the school, girls have to tools to reach out to their communities and improve their life and their society. On top of all that- the school is the first free school in East Africa offering secondary education to girls!
Check out their organization profile page here
Watch Girls of Daraja, winner of the Jury Prize at the “Lights. Camera. Help” film festival:
The Girls Of Daraja
The rising cost of living in Uganda has led people to take to the streets in protest in recent days. Thursday, an intended solidarity “walk to work” day, turned violent as authorities reportedly used disproportionate amounts of force resulting in many of the peaceful protesters being taken to the hospital or to prison. In an attempt to halt the spread of these protests, many opposition political leaders have been arrested, including Kizza Besigye, the runner up in the recent presidential elections. As police continue to assault protesters with beatings, tear gas, rubber bullets, and in some reported instances live ammunition, civilians continue to pour in to local hospitals.
UniversalGiving’s partner Groundwork Opportunities is working tirelessly in Uganda to report the truth on the recent uprising and to provide support to the victims of police violence. GO’s team is currently working directly with the civilian victims of the demonstrations and have made direct contact with a local hospital in Kampala to help these innocent bystanders.
Media Sources: New York Times, BBC News, Groundwork Opportunities
How can you help Ugandans caught in the violence?
Support Groundwork Opportunities efforts by donating to their Stop the Violence in Uganda campaign. 100% of donations made through UniversalGiving will go directly to Groundwork Opportunities, and in turn they are sending 100% of donations to the Mulago Hospital in order to help them care for the victims of violence.
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| 1) | Send A Child to School | ||
| $25.00 | x 1 | = $25.00 | |
| 2) | Education is the Best Gift! | ||
| $50.00 | x 1 | = $50.00 | |
| 3) | Mentor at-risk rural child for one year | ||
| $40.00 | x 1 | = $40.00 | |
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Gift Package: Feed a Baby Chimp Who Was Rescued from the Bushmeat Trade
Donate Today to Save a Life! A Baby Chimpanzee Needs You. Our closest relatives ? the great apes ? are in peril, and every year they get closer to disappearing forever. The cruel and illicit hunting of endangered species and the illegal pet trade
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Gift Package: Help to Rescue a Chimpanzee, Gorilla, or Monkey from Cruelty!
Help Us Rescue Great Apes and Monkeys in Peril Will you donate today to make it possible to save the next animal from cruelty and abuse? Fatou is just one example: ?We found a patas monkey that was kept as a pet and then abandoned. There
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Gift Package: Adopt an Orphaned Chimpanzee for a Year!
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You can make the difference in the life of a chimpanzee! To care for a chimpanzee costs $5,000 a year at Sanaga-Yong Rescue Center. As an adopter your donation helps to provide fresh fruits and vegetables, veterinary care and a safe environment in
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Gift Package: SAVE LIVES, LUNGS & TREES with a Safe Stove
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Gift a family with a safe, vented stove replacing open-fire cooking inside the home. This stove uses 70% less wood, prevents burns, and vents smoke from the house. Save trees, lungs, and lives.
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Gift Package: Clean Water Saves Lives
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The #1 cause of death in small children in developing countries is dehydration and diarrhea caused from drinking dirty water. We provide filters which remove parasites and bacteria from a family's water, and improve health and hygiene, saving lives.
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Gift Package: Sponsor 100 meters of fully-accessible trails in the parks around Lake Baikal
The Great Baikal Trail has recently begun to install wooden and other extensive walkways that are specially designed to serve (and be fully accessible to) people of all physical abilities. To build these kinds of trails so that they are accessible
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Project: Training young environmental leaders in Russia
Most environmental groups in Russia were founded only in the last decade or two. Local organizations like the Great Baikal Trail Association (GBT) have looked to the younger generation of Siberian activists to achieve success with their projects.
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Gift Package: Gift a family with an Eco-Friendly Solar Lamp
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Gift a solar lamp so children can do homework and artisans can see their work in the evenings. Safer than candles.
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Gift Package: Endangered Species - Speaking for those without a voice
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Let Kids Be Kids supports, volunteers and advocates to help protect endangered species across the globe. We were very involved with Washington state Initiative 1401 which passed with a greater than 70% margin in every county in the state in November
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Gift Package: Train community agriculture promoters
$105 trains seven community agriculture promoters as microentrepreneurs who earn money from the sale of quality inputs such as seeds, tools, and fertilizer while educating and mentoring farmers in their communities to improve their crop harvests.
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