Gift Ideas for $5 and under

Your donated gift will fund planting of trees in Nicaragua. Every $0.55 will plant another tree. Tree seedlings representing over fifteen species will be grown in a community-run tree nursery. Local people will receive hands-on training to grow and care for the trees. more

A gift of $5 will allow a group like the Union for the Emancipation of Indigenous Women to provide school supplies and school fees for 10 indigenous girls, daughters of the displaced survivors of the Rwandan Genocide, in the South-Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. more

Your gift will help provide the equipment needed to best document DtM's field research. The research collected will be brought back to the design studios in order to develop innovative solutions. more

This gift will provide an 80 lb bag of concrete - our volunteers will mix it with water and use it to anchor a swingset, slide, or climbing structure for kids to play on! more

This gift will provide a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy with a journal, which is included in Chemo Comfort kits. This book can be a place to vent fears, frustrations, hopes and dreams. The book can also be used to keep track of symptoms and reactions to chemotherapy. more

This gift will provide the magic of two new books to a child in need, and help create a foundation of literacy in her life. more

This gift will help provide clergy people and religious leaders an opportunity to lobby elected officials in Washington, DC. more

$5 provides one student with water for up to 5 years This gift will be used entirely to fund the construction of deep wells at one of five schools in Kenya. Each well will serve over 400 students and their communities of over 2,500. more

Your gift will provide in-school breakfast to a hungry child for nine months and help the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) fight hunger in the most impoverished regions of Mauritania. more

Your life saving gift of $1 will provide a day's supply of anti-retroviral medication, as well as medicine to fight opportunistic infections to an HIV+ child, their HIV+ guardian or an HIV+ pregnant woman in Kenya, Uganda or Zimbabwe. Pre- and post-testing counseling is also given to everyone in our programs... more

Your gift will help us provide fresh, clean socks to those in need. Sock are more than just a fashion statement. They help keep your feet clean and dry. We also give out socks to clients who are heading out to interviews or who just started new jobs. more

Your $5.00 gift will help provide one NCOA conference attendee a full day of refreshing water, juice or coffee between sessions. Our annual conference includes lectures, workshops and special programs that offer an array of learning and networking opportunities that may begin as early as 8:00 a.m. more