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Clean Drinking Water for Five Moroccan Villages By Kate McLetchie on July 01, 2009 First water project complete! We are happy to report that we have successfully completed our first clean drinking water project with the village of Aguerzrane, in the Tifnoute Valley. This project will benefit 300 people. We have...

Providing Alternatives through Dance and Theater By Tim Rosche on July 01, 2009 Ussoforal's 9th Birthday From January through April this year, Ussoforal's founder, Sadio Diatta Rosche, was in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. Over the course of the last 2 quarters of 2008 while in the United States, Sadio colle...

Youth Venture Mexico (Avancemos) By Tatiana Petrone on July 01, 2009 "Pachamama" is announced as Excellence Winner in Staples/Ashoka Youth Social Entrepreneur Ashoka, the world's community of leading social entrepreneurs, and Staples Foundation for Learning (SFFL), a private foundation created by Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS), today announced Pachamama of Te...

Game On! Youth Sports in Kenya By Nancy Waweru on July 01, 2009 Football For Hope For the first time in the history of FIFA practitioners and stakeholders from around the world came together to explore the commitment of football to social development and to help determine the way f...

Learning Center for Cogreg Village Children By Hartoyo Hardjodiwiryo on June 30, 2009 Project Evaluation Report - Update on June 2009 Project Evaluation Report Latest update: June 30, 2009 Project Title   : Learning Centre for Cogreg Village Children – Project 1703 Reported by   : Calincing Love Rainbow Foundation – Indonesia Summa...

Girl 2 Girl Program 4 At-Risk Middle School Girls By Jessica Van Tuyl on June 30, 2009 Another Successful Girl 2 Girl Session! In March, the Program Coordinator kicked off the Spring cycle of Girl 2 Girl hosted at Oasis’ new space! Girl 2 Girl had 14 participants, a few of whom were participants in previous iterations of Gir...

Renovate Three Elementary Schools in Laos By Rebecca Carnevale on June 30, 2009 General Update on Ban Phao School: Progress is being made Some renovations to the Ban Phao school have been undertaken. This is due to generous contributions from private funders. The principle of the school reported that six rooms in the building have b...

Renovate Three Elementary Schools in Laos By Williams Thomason on June 30, 2009 Report from Ban Phao School This week at school was stressful, and the key word I had to keep telling myself was “patience.” Although many of the kids enjoy the class and learning, there is obviously a wide range of interest, a...

Empowering Fishing Communities in the MAR Reef By María José González on June 30, 2009 Empowering Fishing Communities in the MAR Reef After all the necessary paperwork with the project developers in the protected areas in both Mexico and Honduras, our two community marine reserve pilot projects have finally kicked off. In Puerto...

Provide piped water to 5000 people in Uganda By Brian Banks on June 29, 2009 A postcard from: Provide piped water to 5000 people in Uganda Brian Banks is a student who is traveling throughout Africa this summer and visiting a number of GlobalGiving projects. On May 14th he visited "Provide education to AIDS orphans in rural Uganda." When...

Provide education to AIDS orphans in rural Uganda By Brian Banks on June 29, 2009 A postcard from: Provide education to AIDS orphans in rural Uganda Brian Banks is a student who is traveling throughout Africa this summer and visiting a number of GlobalGiving projects. On May 19th he visited "Provide education to AIDS orphans in rural Uganda." When...

Protect Vital Rainforest in Australia for Climate By Jacinta Allen McCosh on June 29, 2009 Out with the Weed, in with the Tree... Out with the Weed, in with the Tree… Hi there…., Well its June here in the beautiful Daintree National Park, North Queensland, which signals the dry season in the tropics. We have a very busy...

Rice processing creates jobs for 10 people Nigeria By Bruno Gerstendorfer on June 29, 2009 The production of Parboiled Rice has started. Three tons of raw rice were purchased in the local market and processed into parboiled rice which is already sold.

Improvement of Housing reduces Migration-Nigeria By Bruno Gerstendorfer on June 29, 2009 The rough construction of the first familyhouse. From 04. 15. to 05. 15. 2009 the rough construction of the first familyhouse was constructed by friends of the future houseowner. It was almost finished. By the end of the year 2009 it will be complet...

Capacity Building: Urban Farming and Gardening By Rob Small on June 29, 2009 fresh organic food for the poor!! Hello everyone- sorry its taken so long to say a HEARTY THANK YOU to all of you for the wonderful donations - over R12000 since March 09 from 18 people. I am not allowed to mention names here unless y...

Prevent Sex Trafficking of Women in Bangladesh By Gillian Wilson on June 29, 2009 June 2009 Update With your support, a Socialization Center was setup for vulnerable children and adolescents and has been successful in providing much-needed psychosocial support (counseling, social education, life sk...

End Hunger for Rural Families in Bangladesh By Gillian Wilson on June 29, 2009 June 2009 Update With your support, a total of 1,500 women have continued to develop their savings to great success. Every week, each woman has been depositing a minimum of 10 taka (or approximately $.15) in savings t...

Help Women To Be Self-Sufficient in Bangladesh By Gillian Wilson on June 29, 2009 June 2009 Update Our most recent report from the field focuses on income-generating activities that have been accomplished with your support: •   Intensive 3-day trainings to strengthen business and financial skills...

Mapping a more sustainable future - for everyone! By Wendy E Brawer on June 29, 2009 Open Green Map is Launched! We had an amazing launch - 13 events in 10 countries on World Environment Day! Download our illustrated report and then explore the first 55 Open Green Maps and 4700 sites! Now we are developing th...

Abir's Garden: A Playground for Si'ir Girls School By Donna Baranski-Walker on June 26, 2009 The Courage of Conscience Speaking Tour It was a remarkable speaking tour, bringing Combatants for Peace Bassam Aramin and Yaniv Reshev to speak in 6 East Coast states. The tour began on February 27th and ended on March 27th. In just one...

Give Cambodian Young Adult orphans independence By Tanya Seeley on June 25, 2009 Confidence is wonderful to see April was a great month - not only did I get to visit the young Adults in Siem Reap myself, but we succeeded in the Global Giving challenge, securing a permanent page on their website. I hadn't been...

Provide education to AIDS orphans in rural Uganda By Brian Banks on June 24, 2009 A Postcard from: Provide education to AIDS orphans in rural Uganda My name is Brian Banks. This summer I'm traveling throughout Africa and visiting a number of GlobalGiving projects. On May 19th I visited "Provide education to AIDS orphans in rural Uganda." While...

Making footballs that can save lives in Africa By Isabel on June 23, 2009 Restoring Lost Childhood through Sport Re: Appreciation for the volley balls donation Heshima Kenya wishes to thank you for your support in providing us with four volley balls for use in the recently established sports component of our Ch...

Solar electricity for 10 low-income families, USA By Laurel Crump on June 21, 2009 GRID Alternatives Continues to Grow! GRID Alternatives is has continued to grow over the past several months! Our recently opened San Diego office is now fully up and running, and in May we opened a Fresno Regional Office to add to our s...

Rwanda Conscious Social Change Program By Alexis Nadin on June 18, 2009 A Postcard from Alexis Nadin is a student at American University and former intern at GlobalGiving. This summer, she is travelling through Africa and visiting a number of GlobalGiving projects. Alexis visited this pr...