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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 one of our more than 400 projects is centered around an earth-changing idea. When project leaders, these do-gooders, use creativity and ingenuity to come with a solution to the challenges their community is facing, they find that a small change make a huge difference.
And you can help!
What does that mean? Here are a couple examples of projects you can support through GlobalGiving:
- Project 825 teaches nurses to ride motorcycles so they can reach farflung villages in Zimbabwe where the villagers would otherwise have no access to health care.
- Project 1493 gives a family in Nepal a pig so they will have a steady income and will not need to sell their daughters into bonded labor to survive.
We make sure that your donation goes where you want it to, safely. We also let you know how your money was used by regularly posting progress reports written by our project leaders.
GlobalGiving in the Media
Some interesting articles...
- Pulling for the Underdog
- GlobalGiving Founder Dennis Whittle's Blog.
- The Beginning of Spring
- GlobalGiving Founder Mari Kuraishi's Blog.
- "The eBay Way"
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- "Aid Recipients Might Have the Best Ideas for Allocation"
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- "Creating a Bond Between Donation and Cause Online"
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- "Online Loans Help World's Poor"
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- "How to Give to the Little Guys"
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- "Giving Change"
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- Orlando Sentinel Blog- "Give Globally this season"
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- The Huffington Post- "Give to Get"
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- "A Web of Giving"
- Seattle Times' article about the power of the internet and organizations like GlobalGiving.
- "How the web is changing the face of charity"
- The Independent's article about social networking sites that boost charity.
Little Earth Changing Ideas
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- GlobalGiving Home Page
- Browse from over 300 projects to find the one that speaks to you. Read details about what the project is doing, read about what they've already accomplished, and heck... get in touch with the project leader directly!
We'll connect you to projects all over the world...
...that you might not otherwise find!
We can only show US locations for now (I guess the site functionality is still being developed), but we show you the rest as soon as we can.
Great Stuff on Amazon
This is a mix of the thinking that inspired us to create GlobalGiving, and the stories that inspire to keep going.
Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 05/17/2008)
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
Amazon Price: $24.75 (as of 05/17/2008)
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
Amazon Price: $19.49 (as of 05/17/2008)
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Amazon Price: $18.45 (as of 05/17/2008)
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 05/17/2008)
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