Over 50 Ways You Can "Change The World" Using Squidoo!

Recognized worldwide as a leader in the fight against hunger, Action Against Hunger delivers programs in more than 40 countries, specializing in emergency situations of war, conflict, and natural disasters and longer-term assistance to people in dist...

The following YouTube video shows, in perfect clarity, the massive differences between the world's richest and the world's poorest. And the numbers following the world's religions. And the numbers going hungry. And the numbers connected to the intern...

I put this list at the back of All Marketers Are Liars. This is your chance to add to it and vote on it. All my royalties from this page go to the Acumen Fund. 

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.  The Acumenfund seeks to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of busi...

Every minute, 10 people become infected with HIV.  5 people die of AIDS each minute of every day.  Only medical research can stop these numbers from spiraling.AIDS Research Alliance searches for ways to stop new HIV infections and find a cu...

Freddie Mercury, lead singer for the Rock Band Queen, was once quoted as saying that he didn't want to be a rock star, he wanted to be a legend. While alive, Freddie Mercury was known as an entertaining and energetic rock star. Since his death at the...

Lenses Promoting a Healthy Heart! This group is for lenses that discuss heart health, heart disease, and heart therapies patients need for preventative and therapeutically beneficial insight. Heart disease is very serious, but if we catch it early,...

February is officially American Heart Month but you can learn about promoting heart health and preventing heart disease year 'round. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. Stroke is the third leading...

Based in Washington, D.C., the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has been the leading professional membership association for licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners since 1857. Through education, legislative and regulat...

You can build one for them, too! Just visit the American Refugee Committee Headquarters on Squidoo.

My name is Wayne Cramer My wife and I operate a "non profit" called Andean Aid that provides developmental opportunities to poor children in the Colombian border state of Táchira, Venezuela. I would certainly recommend RocketSpa...

Andean Aid is a Christian organization that shows the love of Jesus Christ through acts of service and compassion.  Our mission is to empower the Afflicted to Flourish - physically, spiritually, socially and economically.  We operate in the...

My passion for birds has been a life long love affair. I will be sharing this passion with you. You will especially learn from this website how to care for baby birds, both wild life birds and pet babybirds (sometimes rejected by parents). The keynot...

Join the fight against animal cruelty. Lend your voice to animals in need by building a lens.

Every person has something to give...beginning with you   Blood:Water Mission exists to promote clean water in Africa while being a movement of transformation to all involved, in the US and throughout the world. We are dedicated to the empowerment...

Tri Cities Habitat For Humanity, brought to you by real estate agents (and Tri Cities residents), Joe and Colleen Lane of The Lane Real Estate Team. | Habitat for Humanity Tri Cities invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to buil...

Camp Quality is a non-profit, 501 (C) (3) organization that provides free camping experiences and year-round support programs for children with cancer, and their families.  Camp Quality’s programs are focused to care for the emotional nee...

There's been a lot of publicity over the past few years related to hair donation, including Hillary Swank's highly public hair cut on Oprah last year. Before you take the plunge and donate your hair, however, make sure you do your homework in choosin...

The Center for Church Communication offers information, resources and advice as we seek to foster and further the ongoing conversation about church communication. We are a non-profit organized by communications professionals who have been serving the...

The Children's Defense Fund's Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and commun...

Chimpanzees are highly intelligent and form life-long family bonds.  They are genetically similar to humans and serve as excellent models and resources to the biomedical research industry. Their close genetic relationship to humans has also led...

Covenant House provides shelter and services to homeless and runaway youth. Want to help? Spend 10 minutes to save a kid's life. Build a lens to support Covenant House at their Squidoo Headquarters, or visit the Covenant House home page for more ideas...

Covenant House provides shelter and services to homeless and runaway kids. Covenant House's Mission is crisis care - any youth under 21 can receive immediate help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Our doors never close. We don't wait...

we're a cocktail of conservation & sustainable development through education & micro-finance programs for south america. our main program is based in Patagonia Chile. the center for eco-tourism is patagonia is replicable & close to self-s...

This lens was inspired by a blog entry from Seth Godin called The Galapagos Post Office which is a must read. Trust me it's worth it. The second inspiration for this post is my high school AP Biology teacher whose dream it was to go to The...

Ecotrust is a not-for-profit conservation organization headquartered in Portland, OR.  Our work is inspired by the lands, waters, and people of the Pacific Northwest, also known as Salmon Nation.  Ecotrust was created in 1991 by a small gro...

Born out of a mother's love for her children and a desire to protect her children, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has played an important part in the research, the eradication and the prevention of Pediatric AIDS in the United States...

I don't pretend to have all of the answers (shoot, I'm still coming up with questions). Our site is simply offered as a collection of learning experiences and personal observations that I found fascinating. Of course I find horses in general fascinat...

Ferrets are wonderful creatures and they make fantastic pets. However, living with a ferret is serious business. They are intelligent and mischeivious, and they love to get into trouble. Ferret Fun is my collection of ferrety links and information f...

From this lens you can view the news updates from our rescue, check out some of our current projects, and see the ferrets currently available for adoption. Please visit the Ferrets Unlimited Headquarters here at Squidoo where you may create your own...

We would like to introduce you to the First Nations Outreach Project. My name is Jim Windwalker. Some thirty years ago I became involved in civil rights issues concerning American Indians. In my travels from one Nation to the next I discovered that...

The Food for Everyone Foundation is a Non-Profit organization that travels the world teaching people in impoverished areas how to grow gardens which will yield five to ten times more than traditional gardening methods. Perhaps the most beneficial asp...

We're a nonprofit organization that uses microfinance and innovative technology to fight global poverty and bring opportunities to the world's poorest people. With tiny loans (around US$100), financial services and technology, we help the poor, mostl...

Poverty's face is largely female and young.  And because of poverty, families and communities suffer from malnutrition, illiteracy, violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS. The World Bank estimates that more than a billion people still eke out an ex...

The Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net) envisions a world in which the international community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. Created to empower individuals and communities with the tools to prevent an...

A WHOLE NEW WAY TO GIVE GlobalGiving puts you in touch with projects you might not otherwise find. All of our projects are being run by people who have seen a need in their community and are taking action.  They are do-gooders to the core. Every on...

Heifer International helps struggling families escape poverty though the gift of an animal. Want to help? Build a lens for them at Heifer's Squidoo Headquarters or visit the Heifer International website to find out more about their wor...

Alleviating hunger, poverty, and human suffering by giving families animals as a sustainable source of income and food.

Anyone can Help the Humane Society help Animals and to Raise Awareness about Animals for Adoption at Local Shelters. We got both our GREAT dogs at Humane Society shelters. You can help by volunteering or donating at your local shelter or by buyin...

Inner-City Scholarship Fund was created 35 years ago to help the children in the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. They support 108 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of NY. Though some of the schools are in the poorest Congressional districts...

so why not order it here? JDRF will earn money (my guess is about 50 cents) for every single copy ordered from Amazon via this page. My goal is 10,000 copies. We can think big, can't we?

Welcome to my Walk to Cure diabetes lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Walk to Cure|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, useful and...

How would you like to be a part of a cool non-profit that is doing great things?  If so then, Kiva is for you. Kiva.org allows individuals to make $25 loans to low-income entrepreneurs in the developing world (microfinance). By doing so, individu...

About an hour ago I was checking out the Philanthropy blog here on Squidoo and discovered a cool charity called Kiva. They match YOU (and your spare dollars) with people in poorer countries looking for loans to start businesses. So I decided to lend...

Welcome to my LiveStrong lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 LiveStrong Challenge events and fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique, use...

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education, and patient services. The Society's mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and...

Why do I have a donkey lens, you ask?  While surfing for some good nature webcams that I can share with my grandchildren I happened upon a 'donkey web cam' and quickly learned a few things about the donkey that I never knew before.  So this...

Our mission is to rescue, shelter, rehabilitate and find permanent homes for donkeys that would otherwise be destroyed for meat consumption overseas. These animals are often shipped in horrific conditions to processors outside of the US - many die fr...

As part of a national effort to save babies from premature birth the March of Dimes has designated November as Prematurity Awareness Month. The month of November is dedicated to raising awareness about premature births, while also raising funds for t...

This lens was created to help parents survive in the NICU after they have gotten past the initial shock period, covered in the first lens My Baby's in the NICU: Now What? The focus of this lens is on the later phases of the NICU experience--the next...

Modest Needs is an award-winning charity that works to stop the cycle of poverty before it starts for low-income workers struggling to afford emergency expenses like those we've all encountered before: the unexpected auto repair, the unanticipated t...

I built this lens to support Modest Needs, an award-winning charity that works to stop the cycle of poverty before it starts for low-income workers struggling to afford emergency expenses like those we've all encountered before: the unexpected auto r...

Polar bears are affected by global warming, oil exploration, and big game hunters, all of which negatively affect their population. The purpose of this lens is to raise money to help save Polar Bears from extinction while helping more people become P...

The troops were sent into the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with helmets designed to protect against bullets but not against blast forces from IED's and other new types of combat dangers. Without the necessary replacement pads, our soldiers are exposed...

Ok, so you got the acceptance letter, you called your new roommate and now what? It's time to look into the food situation. Sure your parents paid for the room and board. That means that you won't starve but do you really want to eat that junk? Eati...

Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that works to end poverty, hunger, and injustice. Working together with local partners in over 120 countries, Oxfam provides practical assistance to help people overcome poverty,...

Welcome to Planet Gumbo--A Super Cool Place to Live! Bill "Sauceboss" Wharton created the 501c3 Non-Profit Foundation, Planet Gumbo, in January 2003, in order to form a group of "Planeteers" who want to provide hope and sustenance...

All proceeds from this lens go to help the Polly Klaas® Foundation find missing children, prevent children from going missing, and pass laws like Amber Alert that help keep children safe. Build a lens for them at the Polly Klaas® Foundation H...

Preeclampsia is a rapidly progressive, often life-threatening, pregnancy disorder that globally affects women and babies.  The Preeclampsia Foundation is dedicated to reducing maternal and infant illness and death due to this condition.&nbs...

Room to Read - Harry Potter Help us raise $10,000 for Room to Read.

World Change Starts With Educated Children

The Save the Children Fund is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our...

The Society for Orphaned Children                    in Canadaby Elizabeth Wiebe

The Soldiers' Angels was started by a self-described "ordinary mother" of an ordinary young man turned hero, Sgt. Brandon Varn. Brandon was deployed in Iraq and has since honorably completed his mission and has returned back to his proud an...

The mother & daughter team of D & D Art Studio is proud to be a participating artist in the Greeting Card Universe Support our Troops Greeting Card Program. Regardless of how you feel about the War in Iraq we as Americans need to support our...

The Tapestry Reserve is a place for the Tapestry to give back to the world through protecting the environment. The first property is located in Wood County, West Virginia. This is the first of many properties that the Tapestry is dedicated to purchas...

The Liberty Kids is a Michigan 501(C)3 nonprofit charity. We raise funds for children with Autism and other related challenges and disorders to help making affording the therapy they need a little more affordable. While working to raise funds we also...

Here, I'll share with you the tragic story of the Dancing Bears of India and the uplifting story of their ongoing rescue. As you read their story, you may wince and want to stop, but please read on. There IS hope for these mistreated Sloth Bears. W...

Co-founder and Director of Wildlife S.O.S. Although Kartick's job titles may sound mundane or safe, in reality, his job is anything but. Here, you'll learn about Kartick Satyanarayan, the "Bear Man" as he's known by some in India, and his efforts t...

Young Inventors International is a not-for-profit organization that educates and connects student innovators.  The group has more than 1,800 members around the world; our members own more than 500 patented and patent-pending technologies. Young I...