Gifts Inspiring Change
ALTERNATIVE GIFT
CATALOG
2011-2012
Dear Friends of AGI,
Every person who reads the pages of this catalog will discover new ways to
do good, to act for justice, and to send hope to the poorest people of our
world. As you read and contemplate the depth of need facing the world’s
most destitute people, we hope you will be moved to share your compassion
and support. Consider what options the poor have. Without these gifts of
education, food, medicine, justice, equality, and agricultural sustainability,
what is their back-up plan?
We offer these unique alternative gifts as a way to inspire donors to support
the needs of these people while honoring your loved ones and friends.
Beginning in 1986, Alternative Gifts
International (AGI) was the originator of
life-transforming gifts. We present an
alternative, noncommercial way to give
gifts to family and friends.
Join us on Facebook; search
Alternative Gifts International
and “Like” us.
The causes we feature in this catalog are
just a handful of the needs that come to
us from non-profit agencies each year.
These agencies are doing heroic work in
sometimes dangerous conditions. AGI
Read what others
features registered 501(c) 3 agencies with
have said about us at
proven track records so your donor dollars are
www.greatnonprofits.org
used as you intended – for the maximum benefit
to the world’s poor. AGI commits 90% of your
designated donations directly to the respective causes. We are humbled that
you chose our program to support the causes you are most passionate about.
If you are a student or a mission committee member and are looking for a
charitable project, please learn about our Alternative Gift Market program
on page C.
Together we can be the life-saving back-up plan for those who need it most.
Sincerely,
Tony Princ
Executive Director
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What is an Alternative Gift?
The gifts offered here are like no
other gifts in our world today. They
are authentic gifts of peace and
justice, gifts that are sustainable
and that build security.
Through supporting these extraordinary
causes you may honor family, friends,
and associates by sending them a
card with a gift insert letting them
know a donation was made in their
honor. These alternative gifts offer
hope and new life to people facing
grave crises and need.
Donors may choose a greeting
card (see designs, center pages
H & I) to accompany the gift insert(s).
We are happy to mail the cards
to the donor or add a personal
inscription and mail it directly to
the gift recipient.
THE GIFT inserts
The project gift inserts (example
above) allow your recipients
(family, friends, and associates)
to fully understand the alternative
gift sent in their honor. Project gift
inserts are free with each gift.
Using Catalog and Ordering
Be sure to look through all 35 projects and note projects you would like to sponsor
on the order form (at center of catalog). If you desire greeting cards, note your
selection(s) on the form. Project gift inserts are free with each order. Please indicate
on the order form if you wish to receive inserts only. Thank you for shopping with us.
Five ways to order
Customer service
Online:www.alternativegifts.org
Phone: 800.842.2243
Fax: 316.269.1292
Email: [email protected]
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If you have questions or need
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Inspired and Want to Do More?
HOLD AN ALTERNATIVE GIFT MARKET
After reading through the projects in this catalog,
do you want to do more? Hundreds of inspired
people like you have joined our volunteer team
and have helped turn hope into action.
Each year our Alternative Gift Market (AGM)
programs inspire alternative giving and
education in hundreds of congregations,
communities, offices, and schools. By hosting a
Gift Market you will connect your compassionate
community with these extraordinary causes.
Call us today for more information.
Who can HoLD a GIFT Market?
• Congregations (of any size or faith)
• Schools and Colleges • Families
• Companies and Employee Groups
• Communities • YOU CAN!
WE PROVIDE THE TOOLS
You provide a little faith and the desire to
help others, and AGI provides the template for
designing your Market and the materials needed
to accomplish it. No two markets are exactly alike.
You and your team have the freedom to design a
Market that reflects your vision of a better world.
Steps
to
Host aN
ALTERNATIVE
GIFT Market
1
RECRUIT
a volunteer
planning
committee
2
INVITE
other churches,
schools, etc. to
represent an
AGI Project
JOIN HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS,
COMMUNITIES & CONGREGATIONS
AND HOST A GIFT MARKET
• Call 1-800-842-2243 to learn more
• Email us: [email protected]
• Register at www.alternativegifts.org
and click on “Host a Market”
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PROMOTE
your Market
to attract
gift shoppers
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What They’re Saying
For 25 years, Alternative Gifts International has carefully selected projects around
the world and provided tools for thousands of people to hold gift markets to support
them. Here’s are a few things people say about the markets and working with AGI.
“Alternative Gifts has
been a GODSEND to
those of us who work
for sending God’s Gifts
— hope, fairness and
change into the World.”
Linda Hagan, market
coordinator, Sunnyvale, CA
“I find AGI to be an
excellent source for
qualified nonprofits
trying to make a positive
change in the world.
... What impresses me
most is AGI works with
nonprofits where the
overwhelming majority
of the funds go directly
to the cause.”
“We have been associated with AGI for over 20
years. Their organization has served millions of
people around the world and have provided the
world with an EXCELLENT ‘alternative’ to the typical
materialistic Christmas purchases.”
Mary Vahalla, market coordinator, Solana Beach, CA
Josh Pace,
Bicycles for Humanity
“AGI has always had
strong guidelines for
accountability with
the organizations they
work with as well as for
their own organization.
Deadlines are met,
communication is
valued, and staff is
friendly and helpful.”
“PSBI has received a total sum of $189,403.54
generated through the AGI gift giving catalags
between 2001 and 2010. ... The number of lives
we have touched in the Philippines, South Korea,
Vietnam and Thailand through AGI’s assistance
has continued to grow.”
Teresa Mandic, Pearl S. Buck International
“With support from AGI, orphans in Khanh Hoa
orphanage were provided with Hep B, Rubella,
Japanese encephalitis vaccine and a training course
on health care. ... I feel very secure about my health.
It is now much better than it was.”
Kari Filmore, Angel Covers
Nguyen Thi Thach Thao, a Vietnamese orphan
Many comments here came from greatnonprofits.org, a
charity-rating website. You can read more AGI reviews there.
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2011-2012 ALTERNATIVE GIFTS PROJECTS
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Hens For Health (Bolivia)
Wholesome Meals for Haiti’s Children (Haiti)
Help Hungry & Homeless Americans (USA/Canada)
Livestock for Children with Disabilities (Vietnam)
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Educate Orphaned Children (China)
Mobilize Disabled Children for Education (DR Congo)
Literacy for Liberation (Haiti)
Hopeful Futures for Kenya’s Orphaned Children (Kenya)
Help Kids Stay in School (Myanmar)
Books for the Joy of Reading (Nicaragua)
Empower Tibetan Girls (Tibet)
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Rescue Girls from Sexual Slavery (India and Southeast Asia)
Water Rights Are Human Rights (Kenya)
Advocate for Indigenous Women and their Children (Mexico)
Training Women for Self-Sufficiency (USA)
Sustainable Support for Single Mothers (Vietnam)
17 Health & Hope for Orphaned Infants (China)
18 Anti-Parasite Treatments for Children (Global)
19 Protect an Endangered Community (Rwanda)
20 Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Babies (Guatemala) Goal continues at Project 23
21 Where Needed Most (Global)
22 Supporting AGI’s Mission (Global)
23 Safe Motherhood Kits (Haiti/Global) MATERNAL HEALTH
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Medicines for Backpack Healthcare Workers (Burma/Myanmar)
Equip a Clinic & Provide Free Wheelchairs (Chile/Haiti/Peru/Haiti)
Bicycles for Rural Healthcare Workers (Namibia/Zambia)
Give Sight to the Blind (Nepal)
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Save a Forest and Feed a Family (Belize/Honduras/Nicaragua/Panama)
Water Security for Farmers (Bolivia)
A Billion Trees for Brazil (Brazil)
Plant Trees and Seeds of Hope (Burundi/DR/Haiti/Mexico/Tanzania/Thailand)
Safe Water for Better Health (Philippines)
Sustaining Lives with Solar Cooking (Tanzania/The Gambia)
34 Entrepreneur Exchange Program (Egypt)
35 Create Opportunities with Micro-loans (Northern Uganda)
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Hunger
Education
Gender
Equality
Child
Mortality
Maternal
Health
ALTERNATIVE GIFTS
INTERNATIONAL
Medical
Services
Environmental
Sustainability
Collaboration
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Guiding
the PROJECTS
The eight United Nations
Millennium Goals are specifically
directed toward ending
poverty by 2015. Alternative
Gifts International uses the
goals to prioritize and organize
the annual projects included
here. In addition, the catalog
includes gifts that support AGI’s
mission and allow it to respond
to pressing global needs.
Throughout the catalog, you
will see the symbols for each
Millennium goal, along with
colors linking each project to
that specific goal.
MORE INSIDE
the CATALOG
In addition to the projects listed
at the left and described in the
pages ahead, other information
is also available:
n Prepaid Gift Cards allow your
recipients to choose which
projects to support. Next page.
n Donors may choose to send
gifts using AGI’s selection of
greeting cards: See center
pages of catalog.
n Your company can support
projects around the world with
a matching gift. See back
inside page of catalog.
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Prepaid AGI Gift Cards
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BIRTHDAYS OR JUST
SAYING ‘THANK YOU!’
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of our projects that your
family and friends would
like to support
– LET THEM PICK!
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to family, friends, employees,
and business associates and
let them choose from nearly
three dozen humanitarian
and environmental causes
to support. You can choose
any card value: for example,
$10, $50, $100, or $500.
WAYS TO GIVE CARDS
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to send a Prepaid Gift Card
electronically.
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BOLIVIA
PHOTO: PCI
Hens for Health 1
How can children learn if they are hungry?
Bolivia has one of the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in children. Where
many families live on less than $2 per day, the dietary intake of rural children
often consists primarily of carbohydrates such as proteins and yams. Consequently,
undernourishment can be attributed to a severe shortage of protein calories.
Chicken eggs can provide needed protein and do much to improve the
nutritional condition of school-aged children in rural Bolivia.
PCI (previously Project Concern International) has succeeded in changing the future
for school children and their families with projects such as Hens for Health.
Agronomists train teachers, parents, and students to build hen houses and
raise chickens for egg production. These foods provide healthy breakfasts for the
children as well as hands-on education in biology, nutrition, and conservation.
Surplus eggs are also sold to maintain production and to purchase foods to
further enrich the diets of Bolivian school children.
$83 3 hens for 3 school children
$27 1 hen for 1 school-aged child
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HAITI
PHOTO: PID
2 Wholesome Meals for Haiti’s Children
With your help children can receive the nutritional
supplements that they need to be healthier.
In Haiti many children under age five are suffering from malnutrition, especially
since the earthquake of January 2010. While school-aged children in Haiti
receive one meal each day, there are no supplemental meals for children who
are not in school. To meet this urgent need, Partners In Development has
initiated a Children’s Feeding Program.
With the help of local medical staff, malnourished children can begin receiving
their first supply of nutritional supplements. They then attend the food program
Monday through Friday where they receive a well-balanced meal with protein.
After only one month in the program, nearly 100% of children are no longer in
danger of being malnourished
$28 Meals, nutritional supplements for 1 child for 1 month
$6
Meals for one child for 1 week
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USA/CANADA
Help Hungry & Homeless Americans 3
If faced with difficult times, we too would have to
rely on the goodness of others for food or shelter.
Each year thousands of men, women, and children across the United States and
Canada end up on the streets, struggling to find a hot meal or a night’s shelter.
The harsh reality of homelessness is that people who once had stability in their
lives now experience alienation, fear, and desperation. Children and runaway
teens are among the most vulnerable of the homeless population facing an
additional threat of sexual exploitation at the hands of predators.
Through contributions to this project, ALTERNATIVE GIFTS INTERNATIONAL (AGI)
sends grants to homeless shelters for adults, teens, and children, and to food
pantries. Over the past 25 years, AGI donors have funded many food pantries and
shelters, helping thousands of homeless people in the United States and Canada.
$45 Groceries for a family (of 5) for 1 week
$5
Groceries for 1 person for 1 day
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VIETNAM
PHOTO: PSBI
4 Livestock for Children with Disabilities
Your gift of a pig will yield 4 piglets for future breeding.
A group home for orphaned children and young adults with cerebral palsy,
autism, and a range of developmental challenges is struggling to meet the daily
nutritional needs of its residents. While the local government provides a monthly
stipend of $12.30 per resident, it is not enough to meet their basic dietary needs.
In an effort to ensure this entire population receives nutritious meals, Pearl S. Buck
International is seeking to increase the breeding livestock on a farmstead
that has been established by the Thi Nghe Center. The additional livestock will
supplement the food supply of the center’s residents with fresh pork. These youth
will also decrease their poverty levels through the sale of goods at local markets
while also learning to live more independently.
$40 1 grown pig (to be sold to yield 4 pigs for breeding)
$17 Training to care for and raise pigs
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CHINA
PHOTO: TMI
Educate Orphaned Children 5
An orphaned child can have a bright future with
the support of a global community that cares.
In the remote area of Northeast China, impoverished children are often abandoned,
orphaned, or left with family members who are ill-equipped to care for them. These
children are found scared, hungry, and living in deplorable situations. Additionally,
most drop out of school due to these conditions, perpetuating a cycle of poverty.
THRESHOLD MINISTRIES INCORPORATED’s (TMI) orphanage, Hope House for
Children, opened in 2005 to provide a home, food, love, and a brighter
future for China’s orphans in this region through education. Believing that
education is the best way to safeguard them from a future of poverty, it is the
goal of Hope House to develop a means for self reliance in each child.
$66 Uniform/textbooks/school supplies for primary
school child for 1 year
$17 Annual school fees for one primary school child
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DR CONGO
PHOTO: STANDPROUD
6 Mobilize Disabled Children for Education
Without your gift of mobility these children may
never have an opportunity to attend school.
Congolese children living with disabilities due to polio, paralysis, cerebral palsy,
or club feet are less likely to attend school as their limited mobility restricts their
access to educational opportunities.
STANDPROUD helps disabled Congolese children attain maximum mobility by
crafting leg braces from locally-sourced materials in six brace-making workshops
run by their local partner. The agency finances primary education for the disabled
children who have received leg braces, about 200 children per year. In the ten
years that StandProud has been providing services, over 4,000 children have
received life-changing gifts of mobility and education.
$33 1 pair of brace-adapted shoes
$11
Leather straps for a leg brace
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HAITI
PHOTO: BEYOND BORDERS
Literacy for Liberation 7
Giving a gift of literacy can empower
people and break the bonds of poverty.
Adult illiteracy is keeping the Haitian people in a perpetual cycle of poverty.
More than half of Haiti’s adult population is illiterate. In a country where most
people are living on less than a dollar each day, funding an education comes
secondary to securing food and shelter for a family.
BEYOND BORDERS is working to provide Haitians with the basics of learning
through reading programs and by assisting communities and churches in establishing
literacy centers for adults and children who are too old to enroll in traditional
schools. Through these centers, thousands of Haitians have already learned to
read, write, and develop other skills needed to break the bonds of poverty.
$140 1 year of adult literacy training
$11 1 month of adult literacy training
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KENYA
PHOTO: EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES
8 Hopeful Futures for Kenya’s Orphaned Children
With your help a destitute street child
can gain knowledge and confidence.
Living on the streets, Kenya’s orphaned children have little hope of receiving even
a minimal level of education. Many suffer from a host of physical ailments and
psychological problems resulting from the loss of their parents due to AIDS. While
living on the street many also encounter abuse. Without assistance, they will
remain at risk, unskilled and destitute.
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES provides a multi-faceted approach to educating
these children with an assistance program for school fees and uniforms. Additionally,
there is a rescue program for girls escaping forced genital mutilation (FGM) and
early forced marriages. Expanding Opportunities is able to provide intensive,
individualized assistance by building relationships with these children. Since
1997, hundreds have received meals, shelter, security, educational support,
and long-term loving care.
$31 A community workshop to encourage girl-child
education and elimination of forced girl marriage
$27 Uniform, shoes, or share of school fees
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Myanmar
PHOTO: MCF
Help Kids Stay in School 9
Parents should never have to choose between
feeding their children and educating them.
Rural families in Myanmar are often forced to choose between educating their
children or being able to afford life’s necessities. Because food, fuel, and
medicines take priority, they must sacrifice education at the ultimate expense
of their children.
To reduce the costs associated with education, the MYANMAR CHILDREN’S
FOUNDATION (MCF) identifies children who are at risk for discontinuing school
due to financial hardship. With the help of local monastic schools overseen by
monks or nuns, MCF assists these families with costs incurred for school fees,
uniforms, curriculum materials, and teachers’ salaries. This prevents the most
vulnerable children from dropping out of school. When parents are relieved
of financial burdens, children can continue to receive an education.
$39 School uniform, school bag, and curriculum materials
$12
School uniform
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NICARAGUA
PHOTO: TFL
10 Books for the Joy of Reading
Placing a book in a child’s hands
opens a new world for him or her.
More than 2 million children in Nicaragua attend schools that lack library or
reference books. Nicaragua is the second-poorest country in the Western
Hemisphere with nearly 4.6 million of the population living on less than $2 per
day. Such extreme poverty restricts the ability of local communities to fully
support the academic development of their youth.
TREES FOR LIFE provides books and educational resources to establish or
improve libraries in poor Nicaraguan communities. Books for all ages are
provided in Spanish at a fraction of the retail cost for a similar book. The goal
of Trees for Life is to establish 200 libraries throughout Nicaragua. To date,
each of over 50 supported libraries serves communities of up to 15,000
people who realize that literacy is a way out of poverty.
$30
$6
5 books for a school or library
1 book for a school or library
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TIBET
PHOTO: ANGEL COVERS
Empower Tibetan Girls 11
In a society where a 14-year-old girl
is expected to marry and bear children,
education provides a new lease on life.
Severely impoverished families in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China
cannot afford the tuition to send their daughters to school. Consequentially, the
Tongren School of this region is a thriving high school populated mostly by male
students. Tibetans are beginning to realize the importance of educating their
female children instead of forcing them into an arranged marriage around the
age of 14. ANGEL COVERS supports the Mama’s Wish Program, which offers
young Tibetan women an opportunity to attend high school where they gain
a well-rounded education in math, science, history, English, Tibetan, and other
subjects. Since its inception in 2006, the program has graduated 136 girls with
a remarkable 70% of them going on to college. The Mama’s Wish Program
empowers young women through education.
$168 Tuition, room, and board for a Tibetan girl for 1 year
$42 Tuition, room, and board for a Tibetan girl for 1 quarter
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INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
PHOTO: IJM
12 Rescue Girls from Sexual Slavery
“I want to tell all the sisters who are toiling against
their wish, ‘Take my story as an example. Do not get
disheartened.’ … I want to give them that hope in life.”
– Salila (rescued along with five other girls from a Mumbai brothel)
More than 2.3 million girls and women in India are believed to be working in the
sex industry against their wills. In Cambodia alone, as many as one-third of an
estimated 50,000 sex workers are children under age 18. Sex traffickers kidnap,
coerce, or promise well-paying jobs to deceive girls, then force them into brothels.
The INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION (IJM) works undercover to rescue victims
of forced prostitution in India and Southeast Asia by gathering evidence of trafficking
and sexual exploitation and collaborating with local authorities to bring perpetrators
to justice. Social workers then place victims in aftercare homes where they receive
rehabilitation services and begin to restore their lives. IJM investigations have resulted
in convictions for traffickers and freedom for hundreds of girls and women.
$77 Legal representation from IJM lawyers in court
$44 1 day of aftercare
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KENYA
PHOTO: MADRE
Water Rights Are Human Rights 13
In the midst of drought, women in rural Kenya
spend hours hauling water each day.
Without a centralized system to bring water into the community, women in
rural parts of Kenya are forced to carry heavy loads of water great distances,
backbreaking work that drains hours of their time each day. This arduous trek
often robs women and girls of the chance to go to school, seek other work, and
devote their energies to their community’s development. The long walk alone to
water sources far from home also puts them at risk of being sexually assaulted.
MADRE and the Indigenous Information Network (IIN) are working with
indigenous women to set up pipeline systems that will deliver water to their
community and to construct tanks for water storage during the dry season.
These measures will safeguard and protect a clean water supply and help
to guarantee the human right to water.
$330 1 water tank to store clean water
$55 Provide piping to transport water to a collection point
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MEXICO
PHOTO: MUJERES DE MAIZ
14 Advocate for Indigenous Women and Children
Even in the poor indigenous communities of Mexico
a woman can thrive with literacy training.
Fifty percent of the indigenous women in Chiapas, Mexico, are illiterate and
effectively denied any educational opportunities that would allow them to escape
a life of extreme poverty. In Chiapas, the poorest state in Mexico, racism, sexism,
and a lack of resources prevent most of them from continuing their education
beyond fifth grade. MUJERES DE MAIZ OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION
provides access to education for the indigenous women of Chiapas through
scholarships, literacy training, weekend classes, and workshops on a range
of topics. Scholarship recipients ensure the sustainability of the program by
assessing needs in their own communities and developing projects that will
address those needs locally. Girls attending school and women learning to
read become the desperately needed role models that demonstrate how
an education can build confidence and provide skills for self-sufficiency.
$319 1 year of literacy program for 1 woman/girl
$44 Eye exam and glasses for 1 woman/girl
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USA
PHOTO: LA MUJER OBRERA
Training Women for Self-Sufficiency 15
By giving women in critical transition periods a chance
to begin again, they find new direction and purpose.
Domestic abuse and unemployment are daily realities for many women across the
USA. Organizations that provide job training and social services enable them to
secure sustainable, living-wage jobs, support their families and safely transition
from poverty to economic self-sufficiency. Featured here are two such organizations.
LA MUJER OBRERA (The Working Woman) in El Paso, Texas, uses a womencentered curriculum that provides Mexican immigrant women with job training for
the 21st century. This innovative approach to education combines community
organizing with the creation of economic alternatives and bilingual workforce
development. The WOMEN’S INITIATIVE NETWORK (WIN) of Wichita, Kansas,
serves women escaping domestic violence. Survivors of abuse are provided with
emotional support as well as educational and employment opportunities through
a social services model that fosters healing, self-worth, and self-sufficiency.
$180 1 week of job readiness and life-skills training
$9
1 hour of job readiness and life-skills training
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Over the woodlands, brown and bare
Over the harvest-field forsaken,
Silent, and soft, and slow
Descends the snow.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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H2. Partridge
Blessed is the
season which
engages the
whole world
in a conspiracy
of love.
-- Hamilton
Wright Mabi
Today, we bring
'simple gifts' to
a troubled world,
Seeking hope
for peace in a
new day.
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Be Peace
Peace is not
something you
wish for; It's
something you
make,
Something you
do, Something
you are,
And something
you give away.
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Strength
for All
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How wonderful
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has to wait
a single
moment
before
starting to
improve
the world.
--Anne Frank
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Gifts
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a seed — a
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May it so bloom
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as to blossom
in your heart.
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has been
sent in your
honor from
someone
who truly
cares about
the world.
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VIETNAM
PHOTO: CHILDREN OF VIETNAM
16 Sustainable Support for Single Mothers
A micro-loan enabled this woman to start
a hairstyling business that supports her family.
Families headed by single women are some of the poorest in Vietnam. Many
of these mothers are raising their children in structures made from corrugated
metal and woven plant fibers, with dirt floors and no sanitary toilet system.
The reasons for poverty are complex and go beyond just limited access to
earning opportunities, but also include health, skills, and patriarchal social
customs that value men over women.
Empowering Foundations for Women and their Children, a program through
CHILDREN OF VIETNAM, provides an effective combination of training,
healthcare, housing, and micro-loans to single mothers in Danang and the
surrounding region. Support focuses on resolving immediate needs and
developing life-long skills that will ultimately lift the family out of poverty.
$110 Micro-loan to purchase trade tool (ex.: sewing machine)
$28 Immediate support (Food, milk, medicine, toilet
paper) to stabilize a family
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CHINA
PHOTO: LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
Health & Hope for Orphaned Infants 17
An orphaned infant can thrive when given
quality nutrition and unconditional love.
Babies in rural orphanages frequently suffer from malnutrition, anemia, and delayed
growth, often resulting in infant mortality. The government of China states that there
are over 700,000 orphaned children in this country, an increase of 25% since
2005. According to a recent report, over 200,000 orphans receive no government
financial aid. Rural orphanages especially struggle to meet even the most basic
needs of their children and often use watered-down formula or even cow’s milk to
nourish infants under 12 months of age. LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES has been
providing high-quality infant formula to orphaned children in China since 2003
with dramatic results. When children are fed high-quality formula, all aspects of their
health improve. In addition, specialized formula is provided to orphans with specific
needs, such as premature infants and those who fail to thrive, saving the lives of
many vulnerable babies each year. Your support will help infants in 14 orphanages.
$110 1 case of high-quality formula
$8
1 week of high-quality formula
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GLOBAL
PHOTO: LEGACY OF HEALING
18 Anti-Parasite Treatments for Children
Your gift of just one treatment could give
an infant a healthy beginning in life.
During the most critical stages of a child’s growth, between 6 and 24 months,
a parasitic worm infestation can begin attacking the internal organs resulting in
severe physical and mental damage which often leads to death if left untreated.
Parasitic worm infestation causes life-threatening infections and stems from
unsanitary drinking water and living conditions.
As a result malnutrition, anemia, stunted physical growth, and delayed mental
development are prevalent among children in the world’s poorest regions. To
address this problem LEGACY OF HEALING provides anti-parasite treatments for
children and families during mass treatment campaigns through partner clinics in
targeted populations of the world’s poorest regions.
$30 Anti-parasite treatment for 5 families
$6
Anti-parasite treatment for a family of 5
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RWANDA
PHOTO: DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND
Protect an Endangered Community 19
For environmentally sensitive areas to thrive, the
health of people and wildlife both must be protected.
Gorillas in Africa are endangered primarily due to human activities such as poaching and habitat destruction, but disease transmission by humans threatens their survival as well. Rwandans living in areas surrounding national parks where gorillas
live have limited access to health facilities and may have to travel long distances
through protected gorilla territory to obtain healthcare. Believing that the health of
gorillas and people are inextricably linked, the DIAN FOSSEY GORILLA FUND
has established a clinic in the Bisate Village. Aiding this community is critical to
protecting the gorillas. In 2010 alone, over 13,000 people benefited from
critical health services, 404 pregnant women received prenatal care, 251
women delivered babies at the clinic, and nearly 2,500 children under age five
were vaccinated. Although substantial progress has been made, challenges still
exist and must be met as helping people thrive ensures that gorillas survive.
$55 1 month of clinical services (critical, prenatal care)
$14 1 week of clinical services (critical, prenatal care)
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GUATEMALA
PHOTO: JEFFREY BROWN
20 Healthy Pregnancies, Healthy Babies
Babies can be born healthy and safely when
a pregnant woman receives prenatal care.
High levels of maternal and child mortality and chronic malnutrition persist in
many areas of Guatemala. High-risk pregnancies leading to premature births
and severe complications remain a serious threat for both mother and child,
especially among pregnant teenagers. This is most problematic for Mayan women
in rural areas where the maternal mortality rate is twice the national average and
up to 85% of births take place at home with no qualified medical staff present.
Since PCI (previously Project Concern International) began offering services
at Casa Materna in rural Huehuetenango, complications and maternal deaths
due to childbirth have been significantly reduced. The facility, run by PCI
professional staff, has provided more than 63,000 women with culturally-sensitive
reproductive healthcare, medical evaluations, delivery services, and support
during and between pregnancies to ensure healthy births.
$83 3 days pre- and post-care for mother and baby
$33 Ultrasounds for 1 high-risk woman through pregnancy
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HELP SUPPORT UNDER-FUNDED PROJECTS
Where Needed Most
What does it mean when a
featured cause is under-funded?
It means a child will go hungry, or not get access to education,
the sick will not get the medicine, a farmer’s crop will not thrive,
a pregnant mother will not receive maternal care, and a rural
village may go without clean water.
All projects in this catalog are life-changing and impact the lives
of those most in need of aid. For reasons unknown, some of the
featured projects will receive fewer donations. The donation you
make to the Where Needed Most Fund goes to help those projects
so their goals of meeting human needs can be fulfilled. Each
year, Alternative Gifts International distributes this
fund among the lesser-funded projects. It allows all those in
need to receive your compassion.
$15
1 share of Where Needed Most Fund
(Any amount is appreciated)
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Supporting AGI’s Mission
A donation to AGI’s mission will help
us continue this important work.
While the designated gifts you have given are critical to the
successes of each project in the catalog, your non-designated
donation to this project will keep AGI reaching out in mission.
Alternative Gifts International (AGI) retains only 10%
of funding from designated gifts to pay for its administrative costs.
However, actual costs for administration and fund-raising can be
11% to 13%. The difference is made up with additional gifts of
unrestricted funding from donors like you.
Policy on Designated Gifts: It is AGI’s policy that 90% of designated
monies received by AGI for alternative gifts will be granted to
cooperating agencies. These agencies, in turn, guarantee that
100% of the funds received will be used only for the established
projects. AGI’s annual report is available online and by request.
$25 Support of AGI’s Continued Mission
(Any amount is appreciated)
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HAITI/GLOBAL
PHOTO: IMA
Safe Motherhood Kits™ 23
Every expectant mother around the world wishes for a
safe delivery and healthy baby, but a woman dies from
complications of pregnancy or childbirth every minute.
For every woman who dies in childbirth, 20 more suffer injury, infection, or disease
due to unsafe and unsanitary birthing conditions. That’s 10 million women a
year whose lives are at risk, and whose newborn infants also suffer as a result.
IMA World Health’s Safe Motherhood Kits™ provide clean and sterile birthing
supplies to expectant mothers in areas where infant and maternal mortality rates
are among the highest in the world. Each Safe Motherhood Kit™ contains
essential clean and sterile supplies including gloves, an umbilical tie, scalpel,
gauze pads, plastic sheeting, a bar of soap, washcloth, and baby supplies (a hat,
tunic, and blanket). IMA also provides education on safe birthing procedures
and training on the proper use of a Safe Motherhood Kit™ to ensure the safest
birth possible for mother and baby.
$110 4 Safe Motherhood Kits™ to expectant mothers
$28 1 Safe Motherhood Kit™ to an expectant mother
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BURMA/MYANMAR
PHOTO: BHM
24 Medicines for Backpack Healthcare Workers
One anti-malarial treatment can save the lives of a
pregnant woman and her unborn child in Burma.
Among the Karen, Burma’s threatened ethnic minority, 1 in 12 mothers dies as a
result of childbirth while 1 in 5 children dies of chronic diseases before the age of 5.
Sixty percent of all children’s deaths are from illnesses easily cured, such as malaria
or pneumonia. The Burmese army’s attacks have caused more than 500,000
Karen men, women, and children to flee their villages and find sanctuary in
isolated jungle locations where they endure disease, malnutrition, and indiscriminate
violence. Throughout this area, where there is no health care available, BURMA
HUMANITARIAN MISSION has supplied nearly 1 million doses of medicine over
the past year to Karen backpack medics. These medics provide emergency trauma
care and community health services with two fixed clinics and more than 75 mobile
teams. The teams treat more than 200,000 people every year.
$25 Anti-malarial treatment for 5 pregnant women,
saving 10 lives
40 doses of medicine
$1
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CHILE/HAITI/PERU
PHOTO: FWC
Equip a Clinic & Provide Free Wheelchairs 25
When you give the sick medicine you give healing.
When you give a disabled person a wheelchair,
you give them mobility and independence!
In developing nations like Haiti, Peru, and Chile, an estimated 100 million people
need a wheelchair, yet cannot afford one. In addition to suffering from the physical
pain and social alienation caused by a disability, many must endure further burdens
of crawling on the ground or being carried by loved ones. Furthermore, the devastating
2010 Haiti earthquake left almost 1,000,000 people without basic healthcare.
HAITI HEALTHCARE PARTNERS has a volunteer-run clinic providing primary care to
over 6,000 people each year. The clinic provides vaccinations to children, pre- and
post-natal care to expectant mothers and their babies, and enables doctors to make
house calls to patients too ill to travel. The FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION provides
wheelchairs for the disabled poor in Haiti, Chile, and Peru. As recipients are literally
lifted off the ground, they experience renewed purpose, independence and dignity.
$66 1 wheelchair
$43 1-day medicine and vaccine supply for a clinic
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NAMIBIA/ZAMBIA
PHOTO: BICYCLES FOR HUMANITY
26 Bicycles for Rural Healthcare Workers
Imagine having to walk 12 miles to reach the nearest
health clinic. In rural parts of Africa, a person
needing medical attention has no other choice.
Healthcare workers in Namibia and Zambia have an urgent need for bicycles so
they can deliver medication and services to those who are too weak or too far from
a medical clinic to walk. In a land where greater than 20% of residents are HIV
positive, a bicycle can bring life saving care within reach. Nearly 75% of the people
affected by disease do not live within reasonable walking distance of a clinic and in
some cases, are forced to walk up to 12 miles along a dirt road. Meanwhile in the
US and other countries, thousands of bicycles are discarded each year.
Last year, nearly 1,200 bicycles were donated to BICYCLES FOR HUMANITY
making it possible for rural healthcare workers to provide life-saving care,
education, and social services to those who desperately need it.
$110 Sends 3 bikes to Africa
$36 Send 1 bike to Africa
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NEPAL
PHOTO: SEVA/JOHNNES BURGE
Give Sight to the Blind 27
The difference between sight and
permanent blindness can be you.
Every five seconds, someone in the world loses their ability to see. A child goes
blind every minute. Perhaps the more important statistic, however, is that 80%
of the world’s blind people could see again if they had access to adequate
eye care services. In Nepal, there are an estimated 13,500 blind children with
roughly 3,300 children blind from cataracts alone. Tragically, the rural poor
lack access to affordable eye care that could prevent blindness.
SEVA Foundation provides blind persons with improved outreach, inexpensive
medication, and surgery through an eye care program. This program enables
approximately four million Nepalis to access eye care through 14 rural vision centers
and three eye hospitals in the remote Himalayas. In the past year, 69,000 children
received eye exams, and 1,700 blind children received cataract surgery.
$110 Lens implant surgery and medicine for 1 person
$33 1 share of equipment, training, or outreach for clinic
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BELIZE/HONDURAS/NICARAGUA/PANAMA
PHOTO: SHI
28 Save a Forest and Feed a Family
Malnutrition and the financial inability to meet their
basic needs threaten nearly three million families.
Produce like tomatoes and carrots are considered to be foods only wealthy people
can afford, but a lack of access to these nutrition-rich fruits and vegetables contributes
to malnourishment in children in Central America. Their meals often consist of only
rice and beans. Farming families are desperate to learn ways of growing produce
without resorting to slash-and-burn practices that destroy their environment.
SUSTAINABLE HARVEST INTERNATIONAL (SHI) provides these struggling families
with the materials and training they need so they can grow food while protecting the
environment. SHI has provided more than 2,100 families with the seeds and training
needed to grow foods such as cucumbers, cabbage, and onions while generating
income. Over 90% of the families working with SHI have started organic gardens
next to their homes. Children are now getting the essential nutrients they need and
families are able to increase their income by selling excess produce.
$17
Supports family’s training with field trainer for 1 week
$7
Plants 10 fruit or hardwood trees on a family’s farm
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BOLIVIA
PHOTO: MANO A MANO
Water Security for Farmers 29
When you provide sustainable water solutions,
drought doesn’t have to force a community
of farmers into hunger and poverty.
Pasorapa, a community of farmers high in the Andes Mountains of Bolivia, has
made an urgent plea for assistance. Droughts from the past two years have led
to a near total loss in crops and livestock. Many of Bolivia’s families make their
living by farming small plots of land, but a very short rainy season and droughts
over the past few years have led to severe losses in income.
MANO A MANO (Hand in Hand) partners with these communities to provide
sustainable solutions through water reservoir projects. Where Mano a Mano has
constructed water projects, communities have continued to produce crops in dry
conditions, and increased their income because they can now grow a greater
quantity and quality of produce such as corn and potatoes to sell in city markets.
$232 Constructs and maintains water pond for 1 family farm
$29 Provides water for crops, livestock, family for 1 year
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BRAZIL
PHOTO: TNC/SCOTT WARREN
30 A Billion Trees for Brazil
The Atlantic Tropical Rainforest in Brazil is
considered the most endangered tropical forest.
The Atlantic Rainforest has been severely degraded by the expansion of agriculture,
exotic plantations, and ranching. Even with only 7% remaining, it is still one of
the most biologically diverse regions of the world and provides clean water for
more than 130 million people in Brazil. The forest is also home to 23 species of
primates, 1,000 species of birds, and more than 20,000 species of plants, many
of them found nowhere else on Earth. Previous efforts to protect the existing forest
and to promote reforestation have had a limited reach, with no clear model for
achieving the needed large-scale reforestation. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY has
committed to restoring 2.5 million acres of the forest with one billion native trees.
The strategies being used include planting seedlings in severely deforested places
and accelerating natural forest regeneration. This broad initiative helps to place
these forests on a path to recovery while also protecting wildlife.
$110 Plants 100 native rainforest trees
$22 Plants 20 native rainforest trees
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Burundi/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/Haiti/Mexico/Tanzania/Thailand
PHOTO: PLANT WITH PURPOSE
Plant Trees and Seeds of Hope 31
Providing alternatives to slash-and-burn practices
helps these farmers prevent large-scale deforestation.
In many places around the world, desperate farmers have turned to slash-and-burn
techniques in an attempt to feed their families. Deforestation, irregular weather
patterns, frequent droughts, and few crop alternatives have caused many poor
farmers to cut down trees for cooking and heating. While this practice ensures their
immediate survival, it has an erosive effect on the environment. Planting trees is
one of the most effective ways to repair the damage caused by deforestation and
reverse poverty. PLANT WITH PURPOSE’s unique environmental and agricultural
education programs are teaching indigent farmers around the world to plant trees
and restore their land. Long-term, large-scale reforestation efforts help farmers and
their families improve soil quality, protect vulnerable hillsides, and increase their
livelihoods. By building sustainable economies and simultaneously transforming
their own economic situations, they are preserving the land for future generations.
$22 Plant an orchard
$3
Plant 1 orchard tree
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PhilipPineS
PHOTO: OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL
32 Safe Water for Better Health
Access to clean drinking water is a life-saving gift.
Unsafe drinking water is the main cause of life-threatening ailments in children
and adults of Villa Corazon, Philippines. A shortage of water also contributes
to unsanitary conditions as the inability to maintain toilets or bathe creates an
unhealthy living environment. Without an adequate water supply, opportunities
to plant vegetables and raise animals for a living are also limited. Additionally,
children face daily threats of injury when fetching potable water from sources over
long distances or across busy streets.
OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL’s Water For Health project is aiming to install five
water pumps for public use. This will give the community of 96 families (450
people) sufficient clean water for domestic use. Four complete units will be installed
in strategic locations, and one will be placed inside the elementary school. Each
pump, which can be utilized by 12 -15 families, will counteract health threats and
improve their overall quality of life .
$54 Provide safe drinking water for 1 family
$23 1 share of water pipes
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Tanzania/THE GAMBIA
PHOTO: AHEAD
Sustaining Lives with Solar Cooking 33
Solar energy purifies water and cooks food, allowing
villages to care for their people and the environment.
In developing countries of Africa, the demand for wood as a fuel for cooking
leads to the rapid loss of trees. This loss contributes to the erosion of soil and
polluting of waterways. AHEAD (Adventures In Health, Education and Agricultural
Development Inc.) works to reduce deforestation by teaching communities how
to harness the sun for solar cooking. Solar panel and box cookers can reduce
the use of wood by as much as 50% by using the sun’s energy. These devices
coupled with rocket stoves and “heat retaining ovens” may further reduce the
need for wood. Solar cooking helps villages reduce their reliance on wood as
a fuel and in turn, reduce emissions of toxic fumes and smoke. With an average
of 1,500 people per village, AHEAD is currently teaching individuals in seven
villages in The Gambia and four villages in Tanzania to use solar energy to
purify water and prepare meals.
$17 1 solar oven
$6
Water pasteurization indicator
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EGYPT
PHOTO:HANDS
34 Entrepreneur Exchange Program
Nearly a quarter of Egypt’s population lives
below the poverty line, but women and the
disabled are often stricken by extreme poverty.
In Egypt where the population is approaching 100 million, the unemployment rate
is a serious concern among women and the disabled. With unemployment being
an estimated 63% among the disabled, and 40% for women under age 29,
self-employment is often the only way to earn an income. The HANDS ALONG
THE NILE (HANDS) Young Entrepreneur Exchange Program empowers Egyptian
women and the disabled to become more economically viable by attending
business skills training in America and Egypt. Through connecting with individuals
and organizations from the USA, Egyptian participants improve their business
proficiency and build positive cross-cultural relationships between Americans and
Egyptians. These global partnerships help fight poverty and provide a hopeful future
for those who are otherwise cast off as unemployable and a liability to society.
$71 1 day of US-based training for 1 Egyptian
$28 1 share of entrepreneurship training
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NORTHERN UGANDA
PHOTO: PEER SERVANTS
Create Opportunities with Micro-loans 35
This family was able to open a general store and
start a tailoring business with a micro-loan’s help.
The scarcity of employment opportunities in Northern Uganda makes it difficult for
the growing population to clothe and feed their families. Many in poverty have ideas
for generating income, but don’t have the money or resources to turn their dreams
into reality. The average annual income for a Ugandan family is only $300, but new
opportunities for economic empowerment are becoming possible through PEER
SERVANTS (PS). PS works with partners in the poor regions of Northern Uganda
to provide micro-loans for resilient, hard-working people. Many of the entrepreneurs
use their profits to better the lives of others in their communities. For example, one
seamstress has taught 24 students the trade. Another businessman, born with a
disability, employs two disabled women and can now send his children to school.
Since 2005, PS has provided over 1,000 business loans in Uganda. Micro-loans
are a widely recognized strategy to fight poverty and create opportunities.
$110 1 start up micro-loan for a family
$28 1 share of a micro-loan
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Corporate Gift Matching Program
With your employer’s help, you could double or triple your
donated support through Alternative Gifts International (AGI)!
Employer matching gifts increase
the impact of your personal support
and provide more resources for
the humanitarian and environmental
causes we represent.
Many companies will “match” a charitable
contribution made by their employees,
company retirees, or spouses of employees
to qualifying nonprofit organizations.
HOW IT WORKS
To maximize your support for AGI, first make your personal contribution.
Then, contact your employer’s Human Resources Office and ask
a representative if your company has a matching gift policy.
If so, request a matching gift form from your Human Resources representative.
Complete your portion of the form and mail, fax, or email it to:
ALTERNATIVE GIFTS INTERNATIONAL
P.O. Box 3810, Wichita, KS 67201
Fax: 316-269-1292
Email: [email protected]
AGI will complete our portion of the form and submit the request for
matching funds to your employer, doubling or tripling the impact of your gift!
If you have any questions about corporate gift matching, please contact us.
If your company doesn’t offer gift matching, suggest that they start!
Questions? Call AGI at 800.842.2243
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Partner Agency Website Directory
90% of your gift goes to the partner agencies’ featured projects.
AHEAD - Adventures in Health, Educ. & Agric. Dev.........www.aheadinc.org
Angel Covers............................................................www.angelcovers.org
Beyond Borders.........................................................www.beyondborders.net
Bicycles for Humanity Colorado...................................www.b4hcolorado.org
Burma Humanitarian Mission.......................................www.burmamission.org
Children Of Vietnam..................................................www.childrenofvietnam.org
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International...........................www.gorillafund.org
Expanding Opportunities............................................www.expandingopportunities.org
Free Wheelchair Mission............................................www.freewheelchairmission.org
Haiti Healthcare Partners.............................................www.haitihealthcare.org
Hands Along the Nile Development Services.................www.handsalongthenile.org
IMA World Health.....................................................www.imaworldhealth.org
International Justice Mission..........................................www.ijm.org
La Mujer Obrera.......................................................www.mujerobrera.org
Legacy of Healing.....................................................www.legacyofhealing.org
Love Without Boundaries Foundation............................www.lovewithoutboundaries.com
MADRE....................................................................www.madre.org
Mano a Mano, International Partners............................www.manoamano.org
Mujeres de Maiz Opportunity Foundation.....................www.mujeresdemaizof.org
Myanmar Children’s Foundation...................................www.myanmarchildrensfoundation.org
Outreach International................................................www.outreach-international.org
Partners in Development Inc.........................................www.pidonline.org
PCI (previously Project Concern International)..................www.pciglobal.org
Pearl S. Buck International...........................................www.psbi.org
PEER Servants ...........................................................www.peerservants.org
Plant With Purpose (previously Floresta USA)..................www.plantwithpurpose.org
Seva Foundation........................................................www.seva.org
Sustainable Harvest International..................................www.sustainableharvest.org
StandProud...............................................................www.standproud.org
The Nature Conservancy............................................www.nature.org
Threshold Ministries....................................................www.tmihope.org
Trees For Life.............................................................www.treesforlife.org
Women’s Initiative Network.........................................www.wichitawin.org
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