World Vision Australia is holding a Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser online! You can build yourself a digital snag for only $3.00 and the money goes to help families in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda who are facing starvation.
Malnutrition rates are rising while poverty and destitution are accelerating in communities across the world due to increased food prices and the impact of climate change. World Vision has launched an emergency appeal for the growing Global Food Crisis, focusing particularly on the urgent need for food in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Uganda (the Horn of Africa). This is a true crisis, it doesn't get much worse.
More than 12 million people across this region are affected, with 3 million children at risk of dying from starvation. There is a rising fear of famine if help doesn't reach those who need it now.
World Vision is actively working across these countries to provide: emergency food aid; supplementary feeding for malnourished children; water and sanitation facilities; seeds, tools and livestock for agricultural recovery. Your donation will help fund these vital projects.
To find out more about the Global Food Crisis and what World Vision is doing to help alleviate it click here.
This January YOU can help save the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. All it takes is $2 - and a few minutes of your time to spread the word.
Please Digg, Stumble and Twitter this post to help us get the word out for the Atlantic Forest. Your efforts will make a difference!
Why Save the Atlantic Forest?Image via Wikipedia In 1500, when the Portuguese arrived in Brazil, the Atlantic Forest stretched the entire 2,000 mile length of Brazil's eastern seaboard,covering an area twice the size of Texas. It was once the world's richest biological reserve; it has more plant and tree diversity in 2.5acres than the entire eastern seaboard of the United States.
Today, a huge 93% of the Atlantic Forest has been destroyed, largely in the last 50 years.
The Atlantic Forest and Amazon Rainforest really are the 'Lungs of the World'. Even with 93% of the Atlantic Forest destroyed the Atlantic and Amazon Rainforests produce 20% of the world's oxygen!
Scientists estimate 50-60 percent of plant and animal species found in the Atlantic Forest are only found in that region alone. Its an amazing treasure trove of biological diversity.
Who are SALVEASERRA?
SALVEASERRA are an NGO in Brazil working to restore degraded areas of the Atlantic Forest by promoting sustainable land use and agro-reforestation techniques through their 'Trees & Education Project' with GlobalGiving.
Since 1995 they have planted over 80,000 trees in the Atlantic Forest. They maintain a seed bank of local forest species to ensure that reforestation respects the original genetic profile of the forest.
SALVEASERRA also take groups of school children through the forest to help build awareness of its importance.
In addition to this they offer training courses tailored to the needs of local rural communities, farmers and others interested inorganic,ecologically sound farming and agro-forestry practices. In 2007250 students took part in these courses.
They also work directly to alleviate poverty in the area by training local communities on how to use forest resources to make handicrafts to help provide employment and increase local incomes.And they run a course teaching eco-friendly ways to produce organic food at home to supplement family diets and increase income from surplus production.They also prepare and donate vegetable gardens to local communities.
Donate $2 and WIN Everyone who donates $2 or more to SALVEASERRA before the 31st of January 2009 goes into the draw to win a fantastic We Add Up Organic Cotton 'Plant Trees' Tee.
WE ADD UP is an organic t-shirt campaign that counts you in the fight to stop climate change. Each tee is custom hand-printed with a unique number. YOUR number represents your position in the worldwide count of people doing something to do their part. No two shirts are alike. When you purchase a WE ADD UP tee and join the count, you help our number grow. Our goal is to show that small changes do make a big difference and WE ADD UP.
Are you using Twitter yet? Twitter is no longer just the domain of over sharers and social media gurus, its also a great place for non-profits to raise awareness - and MONEY for their cause.
In November Tweetsgiving raised $10,000 to fund a classroom in Tanzania in only 48 hours on Twitter.
Melissa at Operation NICE raised a fantastic $115 for Children for Children with her Comments for Charity! She had 115 people leave comments - and a wonderful anonymous donor who matched the $115 that Melissa raised - so in total she was able to give a fantastic $230. WOW!
Image by laihiu via FlickrReddit.com has launched its first Feed a Need project in time for the holiday giving season! But they aren't asking for monetary donations - instead they are asking you to donate your skills and your time to charity.
So head on over, fill out the form and vote for your favourite charity to be on the receiving end of Reddit.com's Feed a Need charity drive (if your favourite cause isn't on the list you can always submit it!).
Check out the NICE Assignment this week over at Operation NICE. All you need to do is leave a comment for Melissa at the bottom of her post and she will donate $1 to charity! How NICE is that?
The One Dollar Give is a website set up to help you discover great new charities to support. Each day of December 2008 The One Dollar Give will feature a different charity - complete with a link to donate to the cause. All they ask is that you donate $1. Its not much for you - but together all the $1 donations add up and really make a difference.
Mandi & Tara of The One Dollar Give plan to continue the project through 2009 introducing a new charity each week. What a great idea!!
If you have a charity that you would like featured on The One Dollar Give and you would like to write a guest post about it, contact The One Dollar Give at onedollargive@gmail.com
Image by carf via FlickrThe internet is swimming with opportunities to raise money for the causes that move you. Its easy these days to get set up with a donation page at the likes of fundable.com, to set up a social network, blog or forum . . . but how do you get the word out that you exist? It doesn't matter how flash your web presence is, if you want to raise money you need people. And for most small non-profit organisations or individuals working within a tight (or non-existent) advertising budget it can seem a daunting task. But rest assured - it can be done!!
Sign up to Twitter Twitter is a fantastic way to keep on top of what is happening in your area of interest - whether that be saving animals, ending poverty or stopping global warming. There is no end of interesting people to follow and its a great way to build a digital network of friends to spread the word for your cause.
Visit Twitip for everything you need to know about using Twitter for maximum effect!
Be an active participant in online forums Joining online forums and groups is another effective way to friendraise for your cause. Remember that its not enough to just join - you need to join in. Contribute to the conversation, share ideas, talk about the issues that move you. Don't be shy!!
Care2 is a great starting place for networking with other passionate activists and givers for a whole range of causes.
Link to other sites/blogs/fundraising pages Want to get your name out there? Comment on other people's blogs and websites in your area of interest, include links to other people's sites and articles, be a contributing member of the WWW.
It may sound mercenary and feel a little shallow at first, but its all about building community and you can't do that without participating in the conversations that are out there!
Image by louisa_catlover via FlickrCheck out the Give List - a place to share ideas on how to give in these tough times.
Times are tight. We know, we know. We’ve all seen the scary headlines. Too many of the scary headlines. And we’re all feeling the pressure in other ways too.
But, still, we want to contribute what we can to making the world the better place.
The GiveList gives you ideas and inspiration for just that: ways that you contribute without spending or buying. Or maybe giving while buying and spending a little less than usual.
From the Whole Foods Wooden Nickel Program that rewards shoppers who use re-usable shopping bags with wooden nickels for contributions to local causes that Whole Foods will fulfill to sites like Good Search that provide small contributions to causes of your choice when you use their search engines , there are lots of small things you can do that don’t cost you anything that can make a big impact on communities.
And you probably have some thoughts on this. Share it on del.icio.us, via twitter, in your own blog post. Just tag it GiveList and we’ll share help you share your idea with the world.
You can contact either Allison Fine or Marnie Webb if you want to ask more questions, get the inside scoop or if you just have an idea about making the GiveList better.
Image by Swamibu via FlickrWelcome to the December , 2008 edition of Carnival of Digital Philanthropy.
Kim Greenblatt presents profitable » Blog Archive » Charity Begins At Home posted at profitable, saying, "My apologies that my entry deals with Americans and not people from New Zealand or the rest of the world. It deals with the fact that a lot of Americans used to donate to charities for just the tax break and that particular window has been closed. Giving to charity should be for the purpose of giving!"
Good Thing presents A Million Good Things posted at A Million Good Things. From January 1st, 2009 Good Thing will begin broadcasting 1,000,000 good things - that's 1 good thing to his blog every hour until January 15th, 2066. Got a good thing to add to the list? Head over and suggest your good thing!
That's it for this edition. Please share your online fundraising story or expertise. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Carnival of Digital Philanthropy using our carnival submission form.
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