In Search of New Partner Orgs
We need your help.
We are now looking for YOUR suggestions of new organizations that we can potentially partner with.
When people join our movement and donate through ODW, they can either give to our general "Giving Fund" which allows our Board of Directors to award grants to small NGOs and CBOs (such as this one), or people can actually choose which project (and organization) they want to support through our "partners."
That's where you come in!
Please share your suggestions of organization we should consider. Please note that while our grants are directed towards small NGOs and CBOs (around $100K US budget), we're looking for various projects through several partners that are larger and more established (with budget up to around $1mil).
Once we finish a project with a partner organization, we look for new partners. Here are some other criteria to consider as you make your suggestions:
- The organization's work should align with one or more of the Millenium Development Goals.
- The organization should be a registered 501c3 non-profit organization in the United States or registered in their respective countries.
- The organization should be active in social media platforms (website, facebook, twitter, etc).
- The organization should be working to keep their administrative costs low, thereby directing a high % of their funding directly to projects around the world, in areas of extreme global poverty. Funds raised through ODW must go directly to an agreed upon project.
Are there any org's out there that you know and love, that we should consider partnering with? Write your suggestions in the comments and let us know.
As usual, all orgnizations suggested will go through One Day's Wages vetting process before they can be considered for an official partnership. We are looking to add 1-2 new partner organizations in the coming weeks to begin highlighting on our website and fundraising for through the ODW community.
While we love our collaboration with these established "partners," we'll be writing another blog post in the future to highlight why the heart of ODW is actually small grassroots NGOs and CBOs around the world (that are often lesser known). We also want to hear your recommendations for these grants so look for that post soon.
photo credit: from charity: water (one of our current partners)
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Although this looks like a big organization it is running on minimal operating costs. These libraries are doing amazing work and providing unique opportunities in rural areas of Central America. One such opportunity is a program to create girl readers...many little girls do not attend school so that they can stay home and help their mothers. Their education is not considered worth the financial cost to the family. Programs such as this one held at the local library give girls the opportunity to become voracious readers.
This project provides 440 girls a better education by building a love and habit for reading and computers at 11 community-managed libraries through educational activities and involving parents.
One such girl is eleven year old Rosa Elvira Chuc Castro, who lives in the small Mayan village of Xolsacmaljá, Totonicapán, and is in 5th grade. She lost her father when she was six years old, which has made life difficult for her, her three brothers, and her mother. However, she is very optimistic, eager to volunteer and interested in learning new things that help her to expand her knowledge. In March, 2009, a community library opened in her town and Rosa visits it every day to read about topics that interest her. Her mother decided to set conditions that Rosa could visit the library every day as long as she keeps up with her chores at home. Since she is the only daughter in the house, she has a lot to do, such as washing clothes and dishes, preparing tortillas and entire meals, watching after her little brothers, cleaning up, and more. Rosa proposed her own schedule to her mother: 9AM to 12PM, and 2PM to 4PM every weekday. This is the school vacation schedule. During the school year, she visits every afternoon to do her homework and help the librarian. She always arrives on time and always leaves on time so that she doesn’t get in trouble with her mother.
Rosa used to spend a lot of time alone in the streets of her town, receiving little support or encouragement from others to foster her personal development. When the library staff noticed she was curious about the new library, albeit shy, they proposed that she begin visiting more frequently, and she asked her mother for permission. She has become one of the library’s most consistent and helpful volunteers: alternating between reading and participating in activities and games, and helping with keeping the library clean and orderly. She has developed a love of reading, evidenced in that she has declared that one day she hopes to write her own book so she can read her own stories to other children. Rosa participates in story hours and book clubs in Spanish and Quiche (her first language) and other activities aimed at building a love of reading in girls. If it weren’t for the library’s trained staff delivering dynamic Reading programs and opportunities for volunteerism in Xolsacmaljá, it is likely that Rosa would not have the chance to gain all the new skills and experiences she has acquired this year.
Please consider supporting this program and/or other programs at the Riecken libraries in Guatemala and Honduras!
Thank you, Erin. Do you have a link for this org?
www.ahomeinhaiti.com
We love what they're doing. But we're committed to our new partners in Haiti for the time being - World Concern and Partners in Health. Thanks.
Nightlight International (nightlightinternational.com) is an amazing org based in Bangkok that helps women coming out of the thriving sex industry. They help women by offering alternative employment in jewelry design, production, and sales. I had the privilege of volunteering with them and was able to witness firsthand the transformed lives of former victims of exploitation. Through Nightlight they encounter true freedom--emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
Nuru International
www.nuruinternational.org
Darn someone beat me to it.
Nuru International is definitely doing something good in terms of sustainable and holistic work. it's rare to see such qualified leadership and staff doing this kind of work.
compassion for migrant children works to help and love on the children of undocumented workers in China. http://www.cmc-china.org/ They are a stellar organization which seeks holistically equip these kids, and I have had the privilege to work with them twice.
I suggest RENAS: http://www.renas.org.br/
and http://www.renas.org.br/?pg=contato
Go the Second Mile is a relatively new small org http://go2ndmile.org/about/ doing incredible things with an incredibly small budget...so worthy of consideration.
While I admit that my opinion is biased, I think Healing Waters Int'l would be an excellent partner for ODW. Over the past 8 years Healing Waters has proved itself to be a trusted implementer of highly sustainable water projects in Latin America (primarly the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Guatemala). Healing Waters has a unique model that combines elements of micro-enterprise with providing safe drinking water to poor urban communities. Through partnership with local churches, a water project is installed that sells water at an affordable cost, therefore building in long term sustainability and income generation that other water programs aren't able to deliver. New water projects are continually available for sponsorship in all 3 countries. Healing Waters is a U.S. based 501c3, but also maintains country offices and local staff in every country of operation.
I'll also keep my eyes open for your post on small CBO's, as I've come across some great ones, especially working in sanitation in East Africa (and also sex trafficking in Cambodia).
Your work is very important, thanks for all you do.
Aaron
Forgot to embed the link: http://www.healingwatersintl.org/
http://twitter.com/hlng_wtrs_intl
http://www.facebook.com/healingwaters
Please check out United States Foundation for the children on Haiti (USFCH) It was been in Haiti for many years. Gladys has two orphages and a hospital in Port au Prince which has been extremely busy after the earthquake! This organisation serves the poor of Haiti.
http://www.nhoasia.org/en/
http://hagarinternational.org/
http://www.dignitasproject.org/
Children of the Nations (http://www.cotni.org/)
Silverdale, WA
Here's a link to their charity navigator page: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=8392
1) http://www.compatibletechnology.org/
This amazing project provides simple sustainable technologies to developing communities (outside of the United States) to help them process and store harvested foods. A highly effective method for ending hunger and famine, I visited the project personally in Dec 2008 and was very impressed with what they are doing and how they get it done.
2) http://mindfulmasonry.org/ The Community Building Coalition. Community Building Coalition is dedicated to fostering communities by providing volunteer construction work to individuals and non-profit organizations in need of vital improvement projects.
The CBC generates connections by bringing people together to participate in hands-on volunteer projects in support of education, sustainability, and the well-fare of the community. This is done right here in the United States, where there is some of the deepest need and potential for healing and hope in communities and families.
http://www.brandedphx.com (fighting child sex slavery in Phoenix Arizona) and http://www.streetlight.com
http://www.iamatreasure.com (reaching out to women in the sex industry here in the USA)
I will be shamelessly self promoting, because our organization has great projects underway, and qualifies! We raise staff support and our operational budget, so that 100% of project dollars can go to projects. We are always looking for project money to utilize alongside church teams that do international work (we help churches with global compassion), to increase the scope and capacity of a given project. We have Christ-centered community transformation initiatives in various forms of relief and development, alligned with the MDG's in an array of countries...Haiti, Kenya and Guatemala are on deck to name a few. Funding from ODW could be utilized to finish/expand on an existing project, or create an entirely new opportunity to engage church teams in implementing. Visit www.hungryforlife.org (scan the "partners" and "projects" sections) and/or please contact me for further details.
Mike Bell
National Director, Hungry For Life, USA
oh oh oh. the mocha club.
https://www.mochaclub.org/
hope:rwanda
http://www.hoperwanda.org
We are in the beginning stages of to raising funds for a community clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi. After discussions with the nearby chiefs of the villages all said there greatest needs were that of basic medical care.
Our services we hope to include are pediatrics (malnourished, malaria, HIV, sepsis), maternity ward, TB treatment and some form of HIV care and pneumonia treatment. People are dying each day from common illnesses that we could prevent.
Collective Hope’s vision is to also do something for the children who remain sick, orphaned and unseen. By creating small loving “Parent Homes” for orphans with HIV/AIDS, birth defects, malaria and other diseases that render these children nearly hopeless.
Please consider us.
http://www.collectivehope.org
www.TenTalentsInt.org Ten Talents International is a 501(c)3 organization working to help the street children of Rwanda. There are an estimated 7000 children who live on the streets in Rwanda. TTI's goal is to transition these children from the streets into loving Godly homes. For those children who have a home, but are on the streets during the day (because their families can not afford to feed them or send them to school) TTI has a sponsorship program. TTI also hosts short term mission trips to involve everyday people in the work of God around the world.
Ten Talents International is not well known here in the US (though well known in Rwanda I would say). TTI has also started a twice weekly feeding program for street children, and has installed several water purification systems. We are a small organization working hard to help as many kids as God enables us to. The only US paid staff is the founder/president, and he is only paid based on donations that come in designated for his support. We have a donated office space and volunteers, so of donations that come in close to 100% is able to go towards the actual work of helping kids!
Womens Future Benefit would be honored if you would consider us for partnership. We are a 501c3 nonprofit, focusing on Fair Trade for women, children and disabled living in sub poverty throughout the world. We are 100% volunteer, so all proceeds of donations goes directly to the beneficiaries of this Project.
Our Mission is to bring about global economic justice to those who can least compete through the use of Fair Trade. Our outreach is larger than an isolated region, and out goal is to reach areas in greatest need.
We believe that the use of Fair Trade is a way to enable artisans to qualify for micro loans to start their own small businesses. We are a very small nonprofit, which would greatly benefit from this partnership.
We hope you will sincerely consider this application.
Thank you.
Kathryn Elsayed
Pres/CEO
Womens Future Benefit
What about the International Justice Mission? They not only work to free people from slavery but also to imprison those guilty of enslaving them so they cannot just go out a get new ones the next day.
International Justice Mission. I'm not sure on their budget, but they're just doing amazing work, so any way to support it would be great. http://www.ijm.org/
CAUSE - not sure if they have an office in the U.S. but this is a great agency doing work directly towards the millenial development goals...http://www.cause.ca/
International Justice Mission. Orginization of lawyers, detectives, and policemen who fight wrongful imprisonment, slavery, police brutality and sex crime all over the world http://www.ijm.org/
Haiti Partners. Co-directed by our fellow PTS alumni Kent Annan http://www.haitipartners.org/
African Enterprise in Rwanda- More specifically the efforts they are doing to come alongside the "catch Up School " programs for childen who have had to leave school
LiNK Global
Thrive Africa -- training indigenous leaders in South Africa:
http://www.thriveafrica.org
http://www.fallingwhistles.com
Streams Of Mercy is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting orphanages, AIDS hospices and other developmental projects that are directly related to helping those in need around the globe.
For more info: www.streamsofmercy.org
Convoy of Hope
Living Hope- www.livinghope.co.za They are fighting HIV/AIDS in a holistic and sustainable way.
Hoops Care Internatioanl is a register NGO in Ghana promoting good health, education and life skills through sports. We give out scholarships to deserving youth who are orphans or single parents. We also teach needy children. OUr goal is to open a computer ICT center to teach needy children free of charge at an available space in our office headquarter in cape coast, ghana. Partnering with you will greatly help the children. Fee free to visit our website at www.hoopscare.org where you will see all our projects and news.
Thanks
Claudius Thompson
Dir. of Communication
Hoops Care International
PO Box AD1165
Cape Coast, Ghana
Tel: +233 4231599
Mobile: +233 245006675
Email: info@hoopscare.org
HEAL Africa is a Congolese led, globally connected, community focused grassroots organization committed to making a significant impact on communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A registered 501(c)3 charity, HEAL Africa maintains low administrative costs in order to maximize positive impact. Their mission is "to provide holistic care for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo: training health professionals, strengthening social activists and providing physical, spiritual and social healing."
A significant focus of HEAL Africa is on issues of gender and gender-based violence. Currently, they are fundraising to build a new hospital in Goma to provided much needed medical services and care to the Congolese people in the region. They also see the value in education and seek to empower women through health, wellness, rights and trades education. They provide grants and micro-loans to rape survivors, and seek justice for these survivors by pursuing legal action against the rapist.
HEAL Africa is a small organization taking major strides in one of the world's most desperate situations. With proper funding, their scope of influence is limitless.
P.O. Box 147
Monroe, WA 98272
T: (360) 863‐3380
www.healafrica.org
For email contact, visit http://www.healafrica.org/cms/contact-us/
They are also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HEALafrica?ref=search&sid=180500370.668653294..1...
This organization was also featured in Nicolas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn's Half the Sky.
Jessica,
Umm, Heal Africa is actually one of our partners already and have been since we launched the organzation! Please join us in supporting them and helping spread the word.
http://www.onedayswages.org/donate/org/heal-africa
Haha, my mistake. Can you tell I read the blog, got really excited about it, and recommended them before looking at the rest of the site? Keep up the great work!
No problem. We respect so very much the work of Heal Africa. Please help us spread the word.
Just posting a short blurb about Zimele USA for the ODW community. We'll be submitting a LOI in the upcoming weeks as well to ODW. Zimele is fighting poverty/HIV/AID in rural communities of South Africa by empowering women through self-help groups. We touch upon most of the problems that ODW seeks to address (universal education, child and maternal health, human trafficking/slavery, health and nutrition, orphan care, HIV/AIDS crisis, and medical need), but we are seeking to change minds b/c we believe without changing minds no amount of charity can create sustainable change. Instead of charity handouts that build dependence we organize women and help them to solve their problems which in turn builds hope. So far we have over 50+ self help groups equating to over 600 women meeting on a weekly basis to solve their own problems. We are building a great platform for longterm change and we hope to receive support from the ODW community in the future. www.zimelecommunity.org
Million Girl Army
http://www.milliongirlarmy.org
Is a new organization based out of Seattle aiming to advocate and fight for girl's rights around the world. They are focusing on girl's right to education, partnering with Girls in School (http://www.girlsinschool.org/) to support schools that help poor girls attend.
Gospel for Asia: http://www.gfa.org/
One of their projects is called Jesus Wells(http://www.gfa.org/jesuswells/). Please check it out.
100% of all contributions designated for use on the mission field are sent to the mission field (no money is taken out for administrative costs).
The Hands For Peacemaking Foundation is a Christian-based 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping the indigenous Mayan people of rural Guatemala. The organization has provided services for some of the “poorest of the poor” people in the world since 1985.
The mission for Hands For Peacemaking Foundation is to promote opportunities for self-reliance in rural Guatemala.
http://handsforpeacemaking.org/
MISSIONmoto [ West Seattle]
MISSIONmoto provides an avenue for donors, partners, and volunteers to explore and participate in the Christian faith. It functions as a financial engine for missions; an opportunity for people to expand mechanical skills, and an alternate way for donors to contribute in kingdom-building by donating motorcycles/scooters that might otherwise have little value. MISSIONmoto is also an organized group of believers living out their faith through works and is a presence for sharing Christ with a unique option for fellowship in the midst of true community.
MISSIONmoto is a volunteer-run ministry supporting global missions work by primarily accepting donated motorcycles and then reselling those donations. Profits are then distributed directly to missionaries. MISSIONmoto is a non-profit 501(c)(2) UBI# 602-978-570. MISSIONmoto operations are currently sustained through a core group of seven volunteers.
http://missionmoto.org
OrphanAid Africa is doing some great work in Ghana for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), working to reunite 'orphans' with their families, and then supporting those families to offer the best care and protection for the children. Highly recommended! www.oafrica.org
Kataba Youth Association is a CBO in Gambia, West Africa. We intervene in agricuture, forestry, water & sanitation, women empowerment projects etc. More than 20,000 poeple are benefiting from our activities. Currently we intent to initiate a water supply project, to benefit more than 15,000 poeple in the community of Kataba.
We have a membership of 542, all are volunteers. We are looking for potential development partners, such as ODW, to fund this water supply project. We work with various Village Development Commitees (VDC) in the Kataba Community so as to successful complete any project that we are running. So we involve the grassroot poeple from the project initiation to completion to sustainability.
I look forward to a positive reply from you, thanks.
Please contact
Lamin Bah
Secretary,
Kataba Youths Association
Telephone 002203132900
Email: ljbsenior@gmail.com
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