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In a nutshell, we’re a group of friends who share a common desire to keep Melissa’s Hope going, now, and well into the future. Please feel free to contact any one of us with questions and ideas. Melissa’s Hope is a rare and wonderful place. Its a positive and busy community that feels a lot like summer camp. Visiting Melissa’s Hope feels good because its run by good people who treat the orphans, students, and day campers with respect and great care. Its also an expensive place to run. Right now, people who know Melissa’s Hope are raising money where they can to keep it going, but its month by month with practically no reserve. Its a fragile state that we intend to change. MHF is a volunteer organization. We established MHF with our own time, energy, and money, so donations are NOT subject to any overhead or expenses. Every dollar of every donation goes directly to Melissa’s Hope.

Center for Social Services (CSSI) supports orphan girls and women in debilitating circumstances in India. The nonprofit organization in India runs an orphanage, school, and a center to assist women in becoming mentally and economically self-reliant and independent.

To provide free of charge insulin and disease management supplies to those with diabetes who otherwise would go without these life saving provisions. In short, the organization collects in date, unopened, supplies from individuals or organizations in the USA and, following careful inspection, delivers them to disadvantaged regions to be utilized by those in need. IFL-USA is fully licensed by the State of Florida to both receive and distribute medications for this purpose, and is insured for its activities. All donations to the organization are tax deductible in accordance with regulations.

Edu-GIRLS seeks to address the unique challenges to delivering education to girls created by social and gender bias in poverty affected households. In such households, with both parents trying to earn a living, girls are often held back from school to take care of the household or look after younger siblings or even to add to the meager family income through menial work. Edu-GIRLS approach customizes delivery methods to achieve success in such a setting, where few resources are devoted to the girl child. We do not stop at increased primary enrollment. We do not stop at achieving high rates of high school completion. We extend ourselves to ensure that girls have acquired skills for good jobs. We go all the way to financial independence.

IPI serves the poor, orphaned, victims of violence and those suffering with HIV/AIDS in Kenya. IPI owns and operates a children's home for displaced children and orphans, provides enterprise training opportunities to women, and conducts peace trainings in the local Meru community.

Welcome to Pura Vida for Children. From orphans in Haiti to sex-trafficking survivors from Costa Rica, S.E. Asia and indeed all over the world,our partners view the children as individuals, not statistics. Each child is a daughter or a son, a sister or a brother. By starting with the one, their projects grow to restore and protect many more of these children, giving each hope of a full life and a bright future. Please consider making a financial donation to children in dire need through Pura Vida. Thank you.

Ubuntu Global Connections is a nonprofit organization in the United States that offers educational service trips to enable American students and adults to do volunteer work in South Africa. The trips are designed to promote connections and understanding between people of different cultural backgrounds through service activities and immersion experiences. As part of its mission, Ubuntu Global Connections makes grants and in-kind donations to the organizations with which the volunteers work.

ReachAnother Foundation (RAF) is a US-based, non-profit organization committed to promoting better healthcare and special education services for medically underserved communities in Ethiopia. We reach out to families who fall through the cracks of government programs, public assistance and multi-national relief efforts.

Let There Be Light International combats extreme poverty and global climate change by raising awareness about energy poverty and by donating safe solar lights to vulnerable off-grid communities in sub-Saharan Africa. LTBLI advocates for the incorporation of a pro-poor energy access perspective into ongoing, aligned programming.

A nonprofit store that creates opportunities for artisans in developing countries to earn income by bringing their products and stories to our markets through long-term fair trading relationships. Our Vision is that one day artisans in the developing countries will earn a fair wage, be treated with dignity and respect and be able to live a life of quality.

Founded in 2000 by Fr. Thuan and two friends based in San Francisco, CA, the Blind Vietnamese Children Foundation assisted The Lover of the Holy Cross Sisters who had just established Nhat Hong Thi Nghe Home for the Blind in Ho Chi Minh City (1995). Up to the present time with the Foundation’s support the Sisters expanded to nine homes and schools with a total of almost 400 students. The Foundation has also provided funding to maintain the homes, schools, and healthcare centers for visually impaired children administered by other lay or religious groups. The Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of directors and supported by hundreds of friends who give much of their time and wealth throughout the year to assist in BVCF fundraising efforts. Every year the Foundation organized the benefit luncheons or dinners with silent and live auctions, and raffles. A lively family atmosphere blends different cultures and faiths in a single effort to help our very special children live promising lives in Vietnam.

Our mission is to support formal and informal education for under-privileged kids in India. SSF also aims to raise awareness of education, promote social responsibility among the fortunate and comfortable individuals.