Micro Charity Company Supports Breast Cancer Awareness

Breast cancer awareness in Jordan has received a major boost from a micro charity known as The Jordan Micro Credit Company, also known as Tamweelcom. Created from royal roots, the Jordan Breast Cancer Program was designed and implemented by the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center. Early detection in breast cancer is critical to successful treatment of the disease. To that end, Tamweelcom and the Jordan Breast Cancer Program are teaming up to increase Jordanian public awareness of the need for early detection.

Jordan Micro Credit Company – a Micro Charity Increasing Social Responsibility

Along with breast cancer awareness, the Jordan Breast Cancer Program works to educate women on individual health rights and personal responsibilities. This particular agreement also focuses on education and has been designed as a “train the trainer” system. Selected female Tamweelcom clients will be trained on awareness and early detection techniques. Once trained, they will be able to launch annual campaigns, taking the information across women’s groups in their own communities. To further ensure the Breast Cancer Program’s success, Tamweelcom facilities located throughout Jordan will be available for use with the program.

Jordan Micro Charity Profile

A non-profit company, Tamweelcom fills a broad social responsibility agenda; they feel this agreement adds to that mission. Over the 11 years since its inception, Tamweelcom has financed 167,000 projects – over 93% of them have been for women. The organization’s primary mission is eradicating poverty and unemployment.

Microgiving welcomes the efforts of the Jordan Micro Credit Company to increase international breast cancer awareness. Like Tamweelcom, Microgiving’s primary mission is to impact poverty and make a sustainable difference across communities through micro charity. If you would like to work with Microgiving and make an online donation – or benefit from our assistance as a recipient – please visit Microgiving; the micro charity website.

Helping the Needy Is Caritas Communities’ Mission

Dedicated to helping the needy, Caritas Communities is located in the greater Boston area. With 25 locations across the city, Caritas Communities provides low-income housing to 600 of the working poor.

Caritas Is Helping the Needy With Affordable Housing

Established in 1985 by P. Leo Corcoran, a partner of Boston real estate firm J.M. Corcoran and Company, Caritas’ founder believed that homelessness could be eradicated. Starting with just one building which housed 11 people, Caritas now owns 25 properties that provide single room occupancies (SROs) to over 700 working poor individuals.

Caritas serves single individuals only, rather than couples and families. These individuals may hold low-wage, or perhaps, minimum wage jobs, or they may be retirees with a fixed income. Their rent is based on their own individual income, and ranges from $35 to $135 per week. All rent includes utilities and free laundry. Kitchens and baths are often shared, as the concept goes back to rooming houses with shared community spaces. Caritas is providing safe, affordable housing for those who work, but cannot afford to meet their basic living needs.

The agency enjoys improving neighborhoods through rehabbed housing and providing a safe living option for those who need help. Unfortunately Caritas must also fight the stereotype of the communal house. Too often people assume these homes provide shelter for substance abusers and the recently incarcerated. For Caritas, this is not the case. Each resident undergoes a rigid screening process, and drugs and alcohol are not allowed on site. Every Caritas property has an on-site manager.

Like Caritas Communities, Microgiving is dedicated to helping the needy meet their basic living needs – if you would like to work with Microgiving and join our list of people who donate online, or might benefit from our assistance as a recipient, please visit our website.

Grandparents in Need of Emergency Financial Assistance

Grandparents are in need of emergency financial assistance, according to the Pew Research Center. Across the US, one in ten children live with a grandparent. Of those children identified, 41% live permanently with a grandparent. Texas is a state that appears to be following the national trend.

Texas in Need of Emergency Financial Assistance for Grandparents

In fact, Texas is leading all other states. Over the past five years, the number of children in Texas living with a grandparent as their primary guardian has risen to 356,410. Of these families, 34% have lived below the poverty level at some point. Patricia Daniels is one such grandparent.

Ms. Daniels home-schools her grandson; she has cared for him since birth. But these are times of intense financial hardship for guardians like Ms. Daniels. Rather than focus on the negative, Ms. Daniels uses these moments to teach her grandchild how to prioritize needs versus wants. Her attitude is obviously infectious to her grandson, who knows how to joke, play and enjoy life.

According to experts at the AARP, situations affecting grandparents like Ms. Daniels are on the increase – a result of the rise in single parent homes, the poor economy, increasing substance abuse and incarceration. For a myriad of reasons, grandparents are facing second parenthoods and experiencing financial hardship as they struggle to both provide for their grandchild and make ends meet.

Grandparents throughout the nation who are currently in this situation should remember that they may qualify for TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). If so, they may receive a monthly stipend to help with the care of their grandchild. In addition, the children may be eligible for Medicaid or one of several Children’s Health Insurance Programs. For help with food, grandparents may also visit the local food pantries and apply for food stamps.

Microgiving applauds those grandparents providing primary care for their grandchildren, who are on a fixed budget and very often unable to work. If you can help provide emergency financial assistance as a donor – or you might benefit from our assistance as a recipient, please visit our website.

Micro Loan: Not All that Glitters is Gold in India

Women’s empowerment through a business micro loan may be losing its way in India. More and more women in business are accepting individual loans through non-banking micro finance companies (MFCs) operating in India. It should be noted that these lending programs are operating with the approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

A Micro Loan Becomes Difficult to Repay

Since the beginning of micro financing in 1994, approximately 80,000 groups representing one million business members have received micro funding. This lending program has been a success, to the extent that thousands of women have received much needed financial help.  However, with many non-banking MFCs entering the market simply to create profitability through exorbitant interest rates, the increased lending is NOT good.

Micro financing occurring through non-banking MFCs comes at a higher interest rate, often as high as 39%. MFCs lend to multiple individuals within a business group or company, versus lending to the group, or business entity. These individuals often become mired in debt as they borrow from one MFC to pay another. Women applying for these loans may be borrowing from four to six lenders at a time, with an average loan of $200 to $600 per lender. This debt load causes desperation among the borrowers, especially when the loans are being made without real income generation to support the micro loan.

Micro loans were developed to bring the very poor out of poverty. Microgiving encourages borrowers to be aware of MFCs operating to make a fast profit at the expense of the most needy.  Deal only with reputable lenders – or individual programs – that support micro financing for the purpose of helping the needy rather than creating the opportunity for profit.  If you are in need of short-term funds and would be interested in a micro loan, or would like to join our list of donors to help others, please visit our website.

Some Micro Credit Organizations Forgetting Mission

As micro credit organizations move to ensure their longevity through profitability, many tend to forget their original mission: to provide loan access to the very poor. That is, with the focus tending to veer more onto company profits, the hunt inevitably leads to a more “profitable” way of lending money, which often means that the poor ultimately lose out as organizations become more insular.

Extending Micro Credit to the Poor Costs More

The original micro finance concept was to fund business concerns for the very poor. If recipients are given access to these limited funds at reasonable loan rates, they can go on to create sustainable differences for themselves and their communities. Once the business concern is up and running, then repayment of the loan can take place and the next micro loan can be granted. New businesses and jobs are subsequently created by those who need help the most.

In 2007, Dutch economist Pim Engels determined to look at the profits of micro credit financing organizations as compared to the number of very poor customers receiving loans from those same financiers. Engels discovered that as the micro financing organizations grew in profits and looked more to their private operations, the number of poor individuals served subsequently declined – quite significantly. This is because, “It’s more expensive to finance poor business people: they borrow smaller amounts…and they pay the money back quickly.”  This ultimately equates to less profit for the credit organization. One way in which micro creditors have chosen to deal with the higher costs is to implement higher interest rates.

With these trends, Engels is calling for a return to responsible banking for micro credit lenders. That is, re-establish the basic mission: make loans available to the very poor at reasonable interest rates, and expect repayment quickly.

Despite the downward trend explained above, many such organizations are still providing funds to the very poor. According to Engel’s study, Mission Drift in MicroFinance, funding has not stopped but it has considerably slowed down. Unlike many of these organizations, Microgiving remains dedicated to helping the very poor. If you believe you can work through us as a donor, please visit us online today and see how our very own micro credit services are helping the poor.

Corporations Turn to Facebook Members to Direct Charitable Resources Through Crowd Funding

Major corporations are utilizing Facebook members to direct their crowd funding resources. Buddy Media Platform has identified five of the latest trends on Facebook, one of which involves Facebook members driving corporate charitable giving via a voting system.

Trend Viewed as “Crowd Funding” to Direct Charitable Resources

Buddy Media has described how more and more corporations are turning to this method of donating. As an example, in 2009, discount retailing store Target asked Facebook members to determine where its $3 million in charitable donations should be directed on a weekly basis.

This year, Chase’s Community Giving program turned to Facebook members for crowd funding ideas of where to send its donations. This campaign has since come to a close, but Facebook members directed $250,000 to HP Alliance in Somerville, MA, and this is only a fraction of the $5 million that Chase has pledged to donate to 200 charities, all of which will be decided by Facebook members.

Yahoo also recently utilized a similar concept to raise over $100,000 dollars for cancer charities. The company pledged a $1 donation to “Stand Up For Cancer”, for each “like” vote received on their OMG! Facebook Page.

Kohl’s, another firm that is turning to Facebook for its charitable efforts, is providing $20 million dollars to schools through the social media giant.

More and more corporations are using the concept to improve their own branding, while at the same time providing Facebook members with the ability to decide whom the recipients of each donation will be.

Microgiving fully supports the use of social media sites to prompt collective action, in order for corporations to direct corporate charitable resources in a responsible and democratic fashion. At Microgiving, we use your individual donations to collectively support, or crowd fund, those in need. If would like to take part in crowd funding yourself, please visit our website and donate online today.

Emergency Financial Assistance for Seniors

Additional emergency financial assistance will be provided to senior citizens by eleven California social service agencies, thanks to contributions from the SCAN Health Plan. SCAN is a Medicare Health Plan operating in Arizona and California.

Because the health plan focuses on seniors, SCAN is acutely aware of the growing and unexpected needs of the senior population. These needs often include financial assistance for senior citizens, required for any number of reasons, from job loss to unexpected illness.

Need for Emergency Assistance Will Rise as Joblessness Increases

Each agency will receive a grant of $15,000 that will be used to help establish funds for one-time emergency assistance to qualifying seniors. Payments can cover a myriad of expenses including transportation, food assistance, utility bills, rent, home repairs and necessary modifications for homes to help with mobility, such as hand bars. The total commitment amounts to $165,000, split between the 11 agencies. It follows a prior dedication of $225,000 in 2010 to the same cause across SCAN communities.

This need for financial assistance for seniors will surely see an increase. According to the Census Bureau, the incidence of poverty increased by nearly one full percent for people aged 55 to 64 between 2007 and 2009. In addition, the current unemployment rate for the over 55 group is 7.3 percent, representing a two-fold increase over this period last year.

As older workers and retired seniors become the new poor, their need for emergency assistance will inevitably rise. Microgiving.com is dedicated to providing relief to those in need. If you would like to donate online to seniors in need of emergency financial assistance, or you may benefit from Microgiving’s help yourself, please visit our website.

The Need for Homeless Shelters to Help People Rises

The need for homeless shelters to help people has risen dramatically from 2007 to 2009, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The increase in the number of families becoming homeless increased 30% during the two-year time period.

Stimulus Package Funds to Help People Regain Homes

There is hope that the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program, funded via 2009 federal stimulus funds, will aid people regain housing and reduce the number of families requiring homeless shelter. HUD began distributing $1.5 billion in late 2009, and more than 550,000 families have received aid so far. The question is whether the aid is enough to keep pace with increasing homelessness.

Will the Funding Help People to Combat Homelessness?

Whether the aid is enough to keep pace with increasing homelessness is doubtful, as shelters across the United States have reported an increase in the number of families seeking shelter.  Shelters in Arizona, Rhode Island and Ohio have reported increases ranging from 17% to 30% in 2010 for the same 2009 period. Some families have even shuttled between states to seek refuge, such as the Griffiths, who lost their housing while living in Florida. Unfortunately, shelters where were completely full, so the family returned to Rhode Island, where they had reassurance from the Rhode Island shelter that space was available and that they would be able to stay together as a family.

As families travel seeking shelter, jobs and financial assistance, Microgiving is working to help people through these difficult times. If you would like to donate online and aid people, or would benefit from assistance yourself, please visit our site and explore the avenues available to you.

AP Investigation Shows SBA Failed in Disaster Response

An investigation into the Small Business Association’s (SBA) disaster response for hurricane Katrina was recently carried out by the Associated Press (AP). Investigation results show that the SBA failed miserably in its response to overwhelming loan applications after Katrina.

Flood Response Was Income and Race Biased

Faced with over 300,000 SBA loan applications due to the ravages of Katrina, 55 percent of applicants were subsequently denied disaster response. The AP results show that not only did the agency falsely deny thousands of loan applications, but those that were approved showed evidence of bias based on income and race. Former SBA loan officers admitted that applicants with a higher income and better credit scores were processed first because their applications could be closed more quickly.

On the other end, applicants with lower income and less desirable credit scores were automatically denied to avoid the complexity of the loan process. Those in greater need of disaster response were ignored, forced to submit unnecessary documentation, subjected to shorter deadlines and ultimately declined so that loan officers could clear the queues of pending applications. Of the billions in loans approved, only 65% of loans were actually disbursed, often because by the time the SBA offered a final approval, the applicant had already given up with the process.

The SBA is the federal agency charged with helping small business and individuals recover from disaster events. The demand for organizations such as Microgiving begins to grow when SBA-like organizations fail to provide much-needed relief to victims.  Many victims of Katrina still require suitable disaster response, and many more are seeking financial aid due to the recent BP oil spill – donate online today and see what a difference you can make.

Why Do We Give To Charity?

Many would say that they give to charity simply because it “feels good” to help those less fortunate, which may be true at times. But why do we give more to some than others? For instance, the number of donations that relief agencies are receiving to help flood relief in Pakistan is lagging when compared to the Haitian earthquake relief efforts. The answer, according to researchers, is that giving to charity is heavily dependent on personal return and perception.

Personal Returns Improve Likelihood That we Give to Charity

According to a 2009 study by Yale economist Dean Karlan, people are more likely to give to charity when they will gain personally from the donation. For instance, alumni solicited by letters were more likely to donate when they knew they would be recognized publicly for their charitable act. An earlier study by University of Chicago economist John List, found that door-to-door fundraising was more successful if lottery tickets were sold with a portion of the ticket going to charity. The same study also showed that if the solicitor was an attractive female, donations actually improved past the lottery incentive. This was especially true if the donor was male.

Moving personal gain to one side, research at the University of Oregon has shown that donations were more likely to occur if a personal story was attached to the request. In one study, donations to Save the Children were more likely to occur when a picture and personal story was provided with the requests. With this in mind, perhaps the pictures of flooding in Pakistan have not been as telling as the pictures of Haiti after the earthquake.

Such personal stories can be found throughout Microgiving. Each of our recipients has a personal story to tell, and you are encouraged to search our site and familiarize yourselves with all recipients. We’re know you want to make the world a better place, so we’ve developed an innovative new platform designed to allow you to give to charity as you choose. Start donating today, and let the wave of positivity spread.

Stories of Good Deeds on National Public Radio

Stories of good deeds was the topic of today’s show on the regular National Public Radio piece known as Morning Edition. The point of today’s segment was to reinforce that very often one small gesture, no matter how miniscule it may seem at the time, can often have a significant impact on someone’s life.

Good Deeds Remembered

Several stories were relayed, and one particular tale touched on a daughter’s memories of watching her mother stop to feed a homeless man while their family enjoyed a park picnic years ago. That small deed set the daughter’s ongoing penchant for helping others and contributing to charitable efforts at every opportunity. If there’s one thing to be learned from those who give, it’s the associated air of positivity surrounding the act can spread far and wide, influencing others to do the same and make a difference.

In another story, co-workers helped out a fellow colleague at Christmas, who had been off work due to illness. His co-workers helped to give their fellow employee a Christmas for his family by donating their remaining vacation days to him, so that he could receive a full pay check. Other stories of good deeds highlighted children helping out other children – one simple but heart warming story focussed on a child befriending the new kid in class, and another story touched on a child who takes books to younger children and reads to them.

The people in receipt of these random acts of kindness were obviously touched by the actions of these inspiring individuals, prompting them to recount these stories on national radio. People are often reticent to give their hard-earned money to those in need, but the world would obviously benefit from more charitable acts across the globe. Ditch the trend of cynicism and start spreading hope in your neck of the woods. You never know, your actions may snowball into something huge and infectiously positive!

If you wish to give to charity, you too can have a lasting impact on the lives of people – visit Microgiving.com and see what good deeds are available for you to contribute today.

Disaster Response Requires Preparedness

Disaster response managers of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were prompted to advise coastal cities and states to have their “emergency response plans in place” due to Hurricane Earl’s threat against the eastern seaboard. FEMA repeatedly issues reminders that it does not issue evacuation orders. These are instead issued by local emergency managers. To minimize danger to all, local emergency managers must have sufficient plans in place in the event that evacuation is required.

North Carolina Disaster Relief

For North Carolina, it must consider that large surf, rip currents and tidal flooding on the Outer Banks of the coast may cut off the primary evacuation route, Highway 12. This means that local emergency managers may have to make an early evacuation call. If they wait too long, even if only to see how close Earl could get to the inland, evacuation could be too late.

While flooding is the primary concern, this obviously does not mean that winds travelling in excess of 135 mph are not a worry. Earl has shown the collateral damage he can deliver; he didn’t land in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, but his winds caused 200,000 people to lose power. For North Carolina and other areas in Earl’s northern path, disaster response must be prepared for winds and flooding.

And while federal, state and local officials must be ready with their disaster response, so too must organizations such as Microgiving. As the hurricane season prolongs, there will be a greater need to donate online as lives are touched by the damaging winds and flooded areas. Disaster response requires preparedness at all levels; federal, state, local and individual. Giving is truly the best gift one can bestow, and you can be sure your noble actions are making a difference.

Volunteer Opportunities Can Lead To Permanent Change

A tragedy that resulted in thousands of volunteer opportunities, this past week marked the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. As devastation slammed the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, but most particularly Louisiana, a nation of volunteers responded to the emergency. Some of those volunteers had their lives changed permanently as a result of what they witnessed.

Relief Aid in New Orleans

According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, in the first year after Katrina struck, over 550,000 volunteers headed to the Gulf Coast to fulfill volunteer opportunities and help victims and the area to recover from the massive devastation. John Burnap left his day job to serve as a Red Cross volunteer during the acute emergency of New Orleans in response to Katrina.

John’s role was to help prepare, coordinate and serve over 50,000 meals a day during the weeks immediately following Katrina. John was so inspired by his experience that he is now committed to disaster recovery. As an independent consultant, he often works for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). According to John, he was amazed at how many people came forward to work together and fulfill the volunteer opportunities that were created.

Perhaps you would like to contribute to volunteer efforts but are currently unable to give up your time to do so. Fortunately, the first crowdfunding website on the internet is here to help you make it happen. If you would like to contribute financial relief to individuals or families that may be suffering from the result of a personal and/or community disaster, please donate online; we can help you contribute to other individuals or families if you are unable to take part in volunteer opportunities.

Stories of Good Deeds Highlighted in Iowa

The Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) recognizes stories of good deeds at its annual Association meeting since 2007. The stories are to be included in a program called the “Iowa Hospital Hero Award”.

Employees Nominated for Good Deeds

Recipients of the Iowa Hospital Hero Award are chosen from a pool of approximately 70,000 employees each year. Such stories include individuals who have gone above and beyond their day-to-day work and those who have made significant contributions to their community.

One of this year’s IHA recipients, pharmacist Marlin Duren, was nominated by his coworkers because he has gone out of his way to care for patients at his hospital pharmacy. So caring is Mr. Duren, that he traveled through a particularly heavy snow storm just to pick up a patient’s medication that was left at home, after the patient’s wife was landlocked by a trapped car. He then shoveled the snow from their driveway.

Past recipients include employees such as Edra Fouts, a registered cancer care nurse who contributes significantly both to her job and community. Outside of work, Edra is devoted to breast cancer awareness activities.

Then there is Timi Brown. Timi is dedicated to her job and is also a volunteer grants writer. Outside of work, she has helped to successfully secure funds for child obesity programs.

There are many more inspiring stories, and each and every one of them provide a heartwarming insight into charitable work that is often overlooked in mainstream media.

Why not donate online and create your own stories of good deeds?

Site Update – Good News!

If you are one of our fantastic members, you’ll be pleased to know that we just released a new navigation structure in your member area. It’s cleaner, easier to use & less cluttered!

Funny Sketch

We’ve worked hard to listen to your feedback about what’s most important in the dashboard and organized things to allow you to focus on what’s important — your profile!  After tons of feedback and even more collaboration between the MicroGiving Team and everyone in the MicroGiving community we’ve taken the first major step forward in the MicroGiving interface since our launch back in January. Here’s a sketch of before and after.

This was only the first of many great updates to come, so stay tuned. September and October are going to be great months! Feel free to send us your comments and feedback, we would love to hear from you. Send comments to support [at] microgiving [dot] com. See you in the community!

Tiffin Family receives financial support from nationwide donors

Members of MicroGiving.com helped raise funds to help Tiffin resident, Sherri Ferstler, to pay substantial medical bills while managing daily expenses for her family. The site has currently raised $665 of the $2,300 that the family needs.

It has been extremely challenging for 35-year-old, Sherri Ferstler to financially support her daughters on her own. Struggling with a personal fight with Lupus, Ferstler is also caring for her husband who is living with stomach cancer and their two children. Intermittent insurance coverage and growing medical bills has made it difficult to for the Ferstler family to even manage their basic monthly expenses. Working hard to get ahead, Sherri has sought help on the web where she found financial support from the online community at MicroGiving.com.

“Our goal is to gain back our financial stability and enjoy the time we have together.” said Ms. Ferstler. “Being a part of the community at MicroGiving.com has helped my family to have a positive outlook and our friends on the site have been supportive in so many ways.”

MicroGiving.com is a direct charitable giving website where recipients in need of assistance create online profiles so that donors who would like to donate funds can browse through their personal stories and then select individuals who they would like to help. Recipients and donors can see the progress of funds raised for each individual and 100% of the donations are paid directly to the recipients through the site.

“The unforeseen challenges that the Ferstler family face each day are frightening and our purpose in developing MicroGiving was to let these families know that they are not alone and someone cares,” said John Ferber, Founder and CEO of the site. “Our online community understands that donations, even in the smallest denominations, makes a major impact when combined with other gifts,” Ferber added.

Donors, like the recipients, create profiles as well and can choose to donate anonymously if they wish. They can select from the thousands of recipients who need assistance in whatever denomination they choose.

“We want to go on to help others, even if it is just a little bit at a time,” said Ms. Ferstler. “MicroGiving has helped us to sustain hope and to have faith in our community.”

Give a little bit: A Success Story

Tuesday, June 3 @ 6PM ET- News 12 at 6 ran a great story about a MicroGiving member, Becky Raymond and her quest to independence and mobility.

BEECH ISLAND—A Beech Island woman who can’t walk on her own anymore didn’t take her disability lying down. In fact, she found a new way to get around, a scooter.

It’s called www.microgiving.com. You can give a little to help out someone in need. And in Becky Raymond’s case, she’d still be a shut-in if she hadn’t found it.

For Becky, walking is a challenge that most can’t relate to.

“I have osteoarthritis. The pain happened in one knee, the other knee, and then the hip. I fall a lot. Trip over things.” she said.

Crutches used to be able to get her around, but after some recent falls she needed something else.

“It came to a point where I needed to do something.” she said.

What she came up with is a scooter that can get her where she needs to be. But getting it wasn’t easy.

You see, many scooters cost around a thousand dollars. For someone on disability, that’s money that isn’t easy to come by.

So Becky dug deep to find a way and what she found was a website called www.microgiving.com.

“You put in a request saying what you need.” she said.

After some verification, your request is posted and people can make donations to help your cause.

The idea is everyone can make a small donation to help you get something you really need. All those small donations added up quickly for Becky.

“I had most within a week. Within 2 weeks I had all I needed.” she said.

Every cent from complete strangers who just wanted to help.

“It put me to tears cause people care and cared enough to donated a bunch every day,” she said.

It’s a way for people like Becky who’ve lost so much, to get what they need on their own and regain some independence.

“I had to do this that I had the power to do on my own.” she said.

The Power of Two!

A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR MATCHING DONATION CAMPAIGN

For a limited period of time, every dollar donation made to a recipient through www.microgiving.com will be multiplied by two as a way to build both awareness of this unique website and to help increase support for those individuals and families who find themselves in financial difficulties, particularly during this time of economic uncertainty when many people find themselves working harder yet still falling further behind.

As the people of a new generation, we inherit an imperfect world and it falls upon us now to use our creativity, our hope and our vision of a better future to help others in our communities, our countries and together we can change the world.

The “Power of Two” is all about helping our online donors experience the truly wonderful feeling of affecting the lives of others in a positive and substantial way” ~Stated the MicroGiving founder, John Ferber.

Join now & your donation will provide twice the charity & twice the impact!

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