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We empower African girls and young women with valuable skills to make them employable. We build their confidence and self-esteem and teach them how to use STEM to create solutions to the challenges they witness in their communities. Since 2014, The Visiola Foundation  has directly impacted over 12,200 girls and young women from 10 African countries through its high-quality hybrid programs, including After-School STEM Clubs for junior and senior secondary school girls (ASCG) attending poorly resourced government schools, residential STEM camps for teenage girls, and Coding Boot Camps for young women. Students learn the science and engineering behind renewable energy and how to leverage these resources for sustainable development; robotics, data structures, algorithms, computer programming, mobile app development, problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork, public speaking, and leadership. Graduates of our programs have secured: (i) scholarships to pursue training and STEM degrees at local and international universities; (ii) competitive internships; and (iii) jobs. They have additionally received prestigious awards and fellowships, including the World Science Fellowship, National Girls in ICT Competition Winners, MTN Hackathon, and the Diamond Challenge.

The Visiola Foundation

Since 1958, Children of the Mekong supports children’s education in Southeast Asia. 

In Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, we help children grow through [child sponsorship](https://www.childrenofthemekong.org/sponsor-a-child/) and [education projects](https://www.childrenofthemekong.org/get-involved/support-a-project/).

Our priorities of action are early childhood, girls' education, slums, rural populations, refugees, children with disability, and ethnic minorities.

Children of the Mekong

We are a volunteer-run non-profit celebrating the ideals of Islam thru education and charitable works in the developing world

Ibn Asheer supports international medical relief projects by collecting durable/reusable medical equipment and other donated supplies from health care entities in the US and shipping them to developing countries.  We also direct water development projects, primarily in the Middle East and Africa, to provide running water for small villages.  We do not spend any funds raised on administrative cost, so all of your donation goes towards the specified cause of the relief projects we run.

Ibn Asheer Institute Of Islam

Delivering unconditional cash directly to the world's poorest households via secure mobile transfers. 

Since 2009, GiveDirectly has delivered more than $580 million in unconditional cash transfers to families in need. These one-time cash transfers allow recipients to invest in what they need most and have been shown to improve their earnings, children’s school attendance, health, nutrition, and mental well-being.
 
GiveDirectly uses government data to target villages where most or all residents are living in extreme poverty, defined by the World Bank as earning under $2.15/day. In-country GiveDirectly staff enroll one member of each household in the entire village to receive a one-time transfer of about $1,000 USD sent in two installments using mobile money. Recipients can then withdraw the mobile funds as cash with local agents and use the funds to invest in what they need – whether it’s on starting a business, education, making their home safer/sturdier, healthcare, or livestock.
 
GiveDirectly uses rigorous experimental research (randomized controlled trials) to measure the impact of their unconditional cash programs and answer public policy questions, generating evidence on key design and implementation questions across varied contexts. You can find over 300 studies on the positive impacts of cash transfers in GiveDirectly’s Cash Research Explorer.

GiveDirectly

The Homeless Resource Center offers rest and resources to those experiencing homelessness in Lawrence, Kansas.

The mission of the Homeless Resource Center, operating as a program of the Coalition for Homeless Concerns, Inc., is to offer a daily refuge with basic services to provide physical and emotional comfort for people who are experiencing homelessness.

Homeless Resource Center / Coalition For Homeless Concerns Inc.

Ladli Foundation Trust is  Fostering gender equality, promoting Indian traditional practices for sustainable living globally.

​Ladli Foundation USA, A 501 (C)(3) registered charity organization, incorporated in the 2021 as NJ non-profit organization. It is an international wing of Ladli Foundation Trust India, a well-known non-profit organization. It is an International wing of Ladli Foundation Trust, India, a grassroots level organization known for implementing incredibly impactful & innovative social initiatives to uplift vulnerable people in urban & rural slums and directly impacted over **Two Million beneficiaries** through its action-research initiatives. It was granted the Special Consultative Status in Economic and Social Council since-2020 and conferred with the National Award by the Govt of India for its effective social development non-profit works across the India & also **working with USAID for enhancing the Coverage of Routine Immunization, Covid-19 vaccination & Eradication of Tuberculosis in India**.



**​Inception- Ladli Foundation, India**

Driven by concerns of health, education &amp; equality for vulnerable women as an integral and critical dimension of human rights, Ladli Foundation became a reality in 2012 as a grassroots social catalyst. It was founded by Devendra Kumar, whose incredible journey began as a child laborer in a poverty-stricken environment. Where he faced numerous hardships and atrocities during his orphaned and challenging childhood. Born in a crime-prone slum, he endured abandonment by his parents, who left him with his three-day-old infant sister when he was just two years old. Despite these adversities, Devendra's indomitable spirit and resilience led him to find solace and purpose in serving others.

Driven by his determination to protect his sister from child marriage and dowry, Devendra founded the Ladli Foundation with the noble mission of uplifting the oppressed and disadvantaged. His personal experiences as a child laborer and his encounters with delinquents and drug addicts further fueled his commitment to making a positive impact in the lives of those facing similar challenges.

Listed as a credible public charity organization by the Niti Aayog- the highest policy-making body of the Government of India and accredited with various union, states governments It has been and is known to bring positive reformative changes in society with a mission of building gender-sensitized inclusive society with equal access to basic, essential amenities and services, healthcare, education, work-force participation etc by women- the foundation has been diligently working in 50
districts across 12 states in India.

Ladli Foundation USA

Climate Emergency Fund

Lil BUB is a one of a kind space cat. Since landing on Earth, she's raised over $1,000,000 for homeless pets nationwide.

Lil BUB’s Big Fund exists to advocate for special needs companion animals and build a community that celebrates and fosters the human-animal bond. With a focus on animals that are the most difficult to adopt, the most expensive to care for, and are at a high risk of euthanasia. 

Lil BUB’s Big Fund provides access to care for special needs pets nationwide. We work with community leaders, shelters, and rescues nationwide to create special needs focused frameworks. We visit schools to promote kindness and inclusion. Through our work, we share BUB’s message of overcoming adversity and the knowledge that the things that make us different are worthy of being seen and appreciated.

Lil BUB's Big Fund

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Photo caption: At health centers in Sierra Leone supported by Helen Keller Intl, mothers who bring their children in for twice-yearly vitamin A supplemention can also receive comprehensive counseling about birth control options that are available to them free of charge. Combining family planning and children's healthcare services benefits both mother and child. 2019.

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Supporting highly-impactful, evidence-based solutions to the triple challenge of climate change, air pollution and energy poverty.

The Founders Pledge Climate Change Fund exists to leverage each dollar and fund the most effective, neglected climate solutions.
 
Climate change is an incredibly complex problem borne out of how we produce and consume energy; it's intertwined with challenges of economic development, energy poverty, and emissions-fueled air pollution. It is an environmental and humanitarian crisis we must urgently address. 

We aim to take a holistic approach that recognizes the global nature of this challenge and the fact that, despite its urgency, we are still in the early days of climate action. We address the worst-case scenarios of climate damage, and look for solutions that can reduce current carbon emissions and accelerate the transition to clean energy to meet global demand, especially in developing countries. Through the Fund, we:

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