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Trees have many functions on small family farms. Their roots hold precious top soil in place, and the branches of some varieties provide vitamin-laden fruit--a ready source of both nutrition and income. more Your gift will leverage $1000 in microloans. This could be used by a seamstress in Bolivia, allowing her to buy a sewing machine and materials to start a business that creates two additional jobs and livelihood for three households. more Your gift will equip women like Francisca with all they need to catch fish every day for their families. She also receives the business education to turn her fishing skills into a self-sufficient, small business for her community. more Leading a women’s fund is never easy. Equipping an international woman to lead such an endeavor truly takes a global village. WFN prioritizes bringing leaders from the around the world to our Member Conference for several reasons. more Help determine a “fair price" for produce from family farms in developing countries selling to global markets. Forward thinking companies that want to do the right thing need to know how their business practices impact on poverty. more From bake sales to fundraising dinners, Millennium Promise is excited to support local efforts and initiatives to successfully raise awareness about ending global poverty. Your donation will provide an Action Kit for a new school or community to get involved in the fight to end extreme poverty. more Your gift will help TI-USA ensure that resources reach those who need them the most. We work with donor organizations, including multilateral banks and US foreign aid institutions, to ensure that the full potential of development aid is achieved. more Your donation will allow WaterAid to purchase one handpump to serve 10 households, thereby reducing the burden of collecting water. Helping people to build safe water supplies directly translates to improved health, more free time, and a better quality of life and is the first step in poverty reduction. more Your gift will provide new learning opportunities to impoverished children. This educational project helps train teachers in new teaching methods so they can educate children, especially girls, in poor areas of the Congo. more Your gift of Heifer International honeybees includes a bee package, the box and hive, and training in the lates beekeeping techniques. more This gift will provide a poor child with a chick to raise and the quality feed it will need to produce eggs. more Your gift will provide a loan for one woman to start a fruit stand at her local market, giving her a way to break through poverty, gain self-confidence and expand job opportunities in her community. Microfinance is one of the most powerful solutions to poverty in existence today. more |