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FIFTH STREET RENAISSANCE
Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois
CITYarts, Inc.
CITYarts engages youth and professional artists in the creation of public art, including murals and mosaic. Through this creative process, CITYarts empowers, educates, and connects youth and children locally and around the world to become active participants in realizing their potential and transforming communities.
New York, New York
Project Hawai’i, Inc.
Our mission is to help homeless children succeed. Developing inter-active programs that create future leaders that end their cycle of poverty and homelessness
Keaau, Hawaii
The Spirit of Humanity.Org Inc
Our mission is a multifaceted one. All projects are interconnected to one another. The pilot program is designed to increase the rural educational program from the current first through fifth grades to sixth through eleventh grades. Using the Lao village of Kengmaihia (Champasak Province) as our model, we hope to expand our project to similar rural villages throughout Lao. Cambodia and Myanmar children also suffer from an inadequate rural schools program and are future countries of interest to expand our reach. These three nations are widely known for their strong family work ethic, beginning at a young age. They are poor countries with limited opportunities, which targets them for the child labor recruiters.The young children (about 10 years of age) have completed their education and are hopeful to find work. Many of their working age parents have left the village, migrating to population centers, often illegally. They send their meager earnings home to help care for their families. Grandparents and other family members will serve as custodians to the children. Savvy recruiters can play upon the desperate people. The children are happy and encourage their custodians to allow them to work. They in turn will accept the small amount of money offered along with the false promises of training and a good job. Another important component of our project is the loss of cultural heritage. These rural communities have existed for hundreds of years without major environmental consequences. They know how to live without damaging the surroundings. We need some of these kids to carry on with the long established practices of how to live in a self-sufficient world. This problem can be solved with our future Eco Retreat project. Teaching the children skills they can use in their home environment can provide jobs while preserving the cultural heritage. The fourth part of our integrated projects is to provide assistance in clearing the countryside of unexploded ordnance (UXO). From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. dropped more than two million tons of ordnance on Lao. More than 580,000 bombing missions, equal to a plane load of bombs every eight minutes, 24 hours a day for nine years. This made Laos the most heavily bombed country in history, equaling the total number of bombs dropped by both sides in World War II. The bombings were part of the U.S. Secret War to support the Royal Lao Government against the Pathet Lao and to interdict traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The bombings destroyed many villages and displaced hundreds of thousands of Lao civilians during the nine year period. The legacy of this once secret war continues. Millions of the small cluster bombs are strewn across the country, threatening the lives of its people. These remaining bombs kill or injure people to this day, with many children being among the victims. With a poor economy and little hope of employment, people actually search for these bombs for scrap metal. Cluster munitions are the small explosive devices released from cluster bombs. Although they are designed to explode on impact, cluster munitions have a significant failure rate (estimated at 30% in Laos during the Vietnam War). They are usually the size of an orange or soup can and can stay buried in the ground indefinitely. Cluster munitions continue to kill villagers and prevent the redevelopment of bombed land. Over the past four decades, fewer than one million of the estimated 80 million cluster munitions that failed to detonate have been cleared. It’s estimated that it will take 200 years to clear the countryside. Programs set up in Laos to clear unexploded ordnance left over from heavy U.S. bombing during the Vietnam War are being hindered by shortfalls of funds from foreign donors. For direct donations: https://www.uxolao.org/donation-2/ For Champasak Province donations, contact Mr. Chanthy Pkoumya, Provincial Coordinator. Address: Ban Sok Am Naow District, Pakse, Lao. Tel: 031 213415 Website: http://www.uxolao.org
San Diego, California
FRIENDS OF RUWENZORI FOUNDATION
Friends of Ruwenzori is a 501c3 public charity based in the California Bay Area that raises support for the Kitojo Integrated Development Association or KIDA, a registered community-based humanitarian organization located in Western Uganda. It is possible for donors to visit and volunteer at KIDA.
Orinda, CaliforniaWINNEMUCCA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC
Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.
WINNEMUCCA, Nevada
Diabetes and Me
We are a non-profit organization supporting Type 1 diabetics and their families, while focused around 3 main pillars; education, support and community. We offer a year round type 1 (with new general diabetes wellness info) online summit free as a way to share important information to those living in rural areas or who may not have access to regular visits with specialists or other practitioners outside of the one they have seen since their diagnosis and nothing has changed. Second, we offer 24/7 support groups for POKED (parents of kids enduring Diabetes) with over 10k active members in a private group setting that is moderated by our non profit and accepts newly diagnosed families as a resource to hospitals discharging families with less and less access to resources and information to share these days due to so many other variables. Lastly community is a huge part of what enduring a chronic medical condition is about and so we pair and match mentors with newly diagnosed families and those in their immediate team helping (or circle of impact) to ensure they are not alone and they can weather this storm.
Bellevue, Washington
Animals Staying Alive Inc
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to helping keep animals alive that might have otherwise have lead to a shorter life because funds were not available to provide the veterinary care, medicine, or medical support needed to prolong their lives. We are considering an expansion of our mission to include the addition of a new animal foster facility in Leander, Texas to serve as emergency shelter when area shelters become over-crowded.
Austin, TexasGIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW YORK INC
Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.
NEW YORK, New York
UPLIFT INTERNATIONALE
Uplift Internationale aims to give a life-changing gift to children with facial deformities by mending faces… one child at a time.
WHEAT RIDGE, ColoradoThe Giraffe Heroes Project
Making a difference in communities through dedicated service and impact.
Washington
The Straley Project
The Straley Project helps young people in Barahona, Dominican Republic pursue baseball and softball while remaining in school. Through local coaches, education support, mentorship and year-round programs, we help youth build opportunities beyond the game.
Brigham City, Utah