telepresence and videoconferencing CATALOG Nonprofit Fluoride Action Network
Bicycles for Humanity is a non-profit that collects unused bikes in North America, Europe, and elsewhere in the western world and ships them to developing countries, primarily in Africa, where they change lives by providing transportation for local entrepreneurs, charities, and deserving individuals.
The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) is leading the charge to broaden the understanding of the dangers of Fluoride and have it removed from public water supplies around the world. FAN has organized over 4100+ health, scientific, and environmental professionals including Nobel Laureates, Goldman Prize Winners, National Medal of Science Winners, and the current president and 6 past presidents of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology.
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Nonprofit Bicycles for Humanity
Some of the groups that benefit from Bicycles for Humanity include: Women, who typically spend more time walking than men by performing domestic duties like gathering food, water and firewood. Children, who face long walks to school and arrive too tired to learn, or simply don’t attend. Healthcare workers, who often walk long distances to provide medication and counseling to people living with HIV/AIDS and malaria in their homes.
www.fluoridealert.org
www.bicycles-for-humanity.org
Nonprofit Kiva
Kiva is a unique charity where donors support entrepreneurs in by making microfinance loans of as little as $25. Kiva “lenders” can choose from thousands of entrepreneurs and target their loan to a specific country, sector, gender, and/or attributes like green or higher education initiatives. A typical borrower might be a Peruvian woman who makes peanut butter by hand looking for $750 to buy a machine to quadruple her output. Multiple Kiva members fund the loan and a local charity (called a field partner) administers the loan and collects repayments. As the loan is paid back the money is deposited back into the lender’s Kiva account where they can lend again to another entrepreneur in need in a virtuous cycle that creates jobs and local economic development.
Nonprofit Vacation for Veterans
Vacations for Veterans provides recently wounded veterans of the United States Armed Forces with a well-deserved vacation. The organization collects donations of unused time in vacation homes which they then pair up with deserving vets. Occasionally, through the generosity of donors, they are able to provide amenities like airline tickets, a rental car, and even the occasional fishing trip.
www.kiva.org www.vacationsforveterans.org Telepresence Industry Professionals Kiva Lending Team www.kiva.org/team/tip
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