Economic Development Projects

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End Hunger for Rural Families in Bangladesh

Poor people have limited capacity to recover from crises. This project will encourage savings, provide credit, adopt sustainable agriculture and diversify risks using multicropping and aquaculture.

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	$22 - 100 women can gain access to vital medicine
	$50 - 1 woman can start a small trade or business which will increase her income.
	$150 - 100 women can receive pre and post natal health care for themselves and their babies
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	$ Other amount
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Smart Business Solutions vs. Poverty in Africa

Ghana,

Economic Development

5 high-growth, business development programs for African firms to help them maximize operations, train staff, create new jobs, spur innovation, inspire younger generations, and compete globally.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Provides a worker with on-the-job training
	$15 - Supports a business owner with bi-weekly mentoring
	$50 - puts the "want-ads" into the hands of 200 jobseekers
	$70 - Can fund a local pharmacy for a day
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Prevent Sex Trafficking of Women in Bangladesh

Bangladesh,

Economic Development

Provide indigenous women and girls in Bangladesh economic alternatives to prostitution and forced labor. Empower women with skills based education and rights awareness training to improve self-esteem.

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	$50 - 40 women and girls can learn about their rights and know how to protect themselves
	$75 - 1 teenage girl can start a successful business, avoiding sex trafficking
	$100 - 20 women can receive training in raising chickens and fish to improve their family income
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Help 35 Families Become Self-Sufficient with Honey

Haiti,

Economic Development

Beekeeping and selling honey can be a sustainable livelihood for struggling families in Haiti. Help 35 families out of poverty with the gift of a beehive.

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How You Can Help:

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	$43 - Half share of a hive
	$85 - Provide one beehive
	$150 - Provide one hive, veil and smoker
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Profit for Poor Farmers

India,

Economic Development

The creation of a cooperative dal (lentil) processing business to be owned by local farmers. This market-based intervention stands to improve incomes 50+% for over 1,000 tribal families

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Contribute towards the cost of a Splitter
	$30 - Contribute towards procuring a Grader cum Polisher
	$50 - Contribute towards the Machinery Installation
	$70 - Contribute towards the cost of Diesel Generator
	$100 - Contribute towards the Mill-House (infrastructure)
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Help Indian Rickshaw-Pullers Become Self-Employed

India,

Economic Development

The project creates a sustainable livelihood for poor, rural migrants living in urban India, helping them become self-employed through Rickshaw Bank. To date, 360 pullers have attained credit this way

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How You Can Help:

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	$200 - 1 rickshaw, insurance, uniform, card and license.
	$1,190 - Insurance coverage for 500 rickshaw pullers.
	$97,480 - Will fully fund this project
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Improving Food Security for Tribal Farmers

India,

Economic Development

Enable 5,000 poor tribal households of Udaipur region to shift onto better agriculture practices, and ensuring the resource-poor communities sustainable livelihood and enhance food security.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Support 2 vegetable nursery for 30 Families
	$15 - Support 1 vegetable garden for 1 housefhold
	$25 - Help establish 1unit of Vermicomposting (organic fertilizer)
	$30 - Support 2 vegetable garden for 2 households
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Help 100 Families Grow Food in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe,

Economic Development

This project provides 100 at-risk families with irrigation kits and training so that over 600 people are able to grow enough food to attain food security, plus have extra to sell.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Buys seeds and fertilizer for 4 families with drip irrigation kits.
	$50 - Buys 1/2 of a drip kit.
	$100 - Buys a complete drip kit with training.
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Give Ergonomic Benches to 200 Guatemalan Weavers

Guatemala,

Economic Development

This project provides 200 Guatemalan weavers an ergonomic bench and education to increase their income potential, while also preventing serious damage to their bodies and preserving weaving culture.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Helps educate one backstrap weaver to use the bench safely & to maximum benefit
	$70 - Helps bring the ergonomic bench to one backstrap weaver
	$2,500 - Helps provide a start-up kit & tech support for local carpenters to produce benches
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Prosperity Packages for Rural Bangladeshi Farmers

Bangladesh,

Economic Development

This project will impact 300 $1-$2 a day farmers. IDE will use over 25 years of experience to provide farmers with tools necessary to move from subsistence farming to commercial farming.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - 1 share of a prosperity package that will provide necessary training for farmers to increase income
	$50 - 2 shares of a prosperity package that will provide necessary training to farmers to increase income
	$250 - Prosperity package: farmer training in irrigation, seed and fertilizer quality and marketing
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Support Sustainability for El Salvadoran Farmers

El Salvador,

Economic Development

Enable one family in a new Agros village in El Salvador to increase its income through various economic and agricultural projects and, in turn, to buy the land that they are working.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Provides a tree for a reforestation project.
	$60 - Provides one composting latrine.
	$150 - Provides training for a group of eight in organic composting.
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Help Farmers in Nicaragua Move Out of Poverty

Nicaragua,

Economic Development

This project will increase the annual incomes of 1,500 small coffee farmers by promoting low-cost micro-irrigation technology, improved farming skills, and installing market systems.

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How You Can Help:

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	$30 - Help a small farm family access micro irrigation
	$70 - Help provide agronomic training
	$100 - Help provide equipment and training for a small farm family
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Help 500 Rural Haitian Families Fight Hunger

Haiti,

Economic Development

"Feeding Families" is a sustainable farm project to help 500 families address hunger in Haiti through vegetable gardens, fruit tree plantings, and the breeding of goats, rabbits and chickens.

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How You Can Help:

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	$10 - Provides seeds and watering can for a square foot garden
	$20 - Buys a rooster and a hen for a family to start egg production
	$25 - Plants two fruit trees for a family
	$30 - Buys two rabbits, supplies and training for a family
	$50 - Pays for a complete square foot garden with training
	$100 - Buys a goat, supplies and training for a family
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Building a Women's Center in Nebkit, Mali

Mali,

Economic Development

The World Food Program (WFP) is promoting self-sustainability by creating a Women's Center in Nebkit, Mali - one of the least developed and poorest countries in the world.

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How You Can Help:

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	$25 - Help purchase materials for the construction of the community center
	$50 - Feeds a child of one of the community women for a full year
	$92 - Provide nutrition to a pregnant or breastfeeding mother
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Give Ergonomic Benches to 100 Mexican Weavers

Mexico,

Economic Development

This project provides 100 Mexican weavers an ergonomic bench and education to increase their income potential, while also preventing serious damage to their bodies and preserving weaving culture.

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