Project - Keeping the Lights On.

Founded by Marion Little

Keeping the Lights On:   Threshold Housing Society (THS) provides long-term transitional housing for youth at risk of homelessness. Threshold receives about 40% of its funding from the Ministry of Children and Families, and the... read more

Current: $50 | Total Needed: $15,800 | Location Victoria, Canada

Tags: homelessness, housing, shelter, youth

Project - Give a Child an Address: Give a Child a Future!

Founded by Jennifer Beresford

Project Clocolan, Free, State, South Africa   Children of Africa orphaned by AIDS, some HIV positive, some suffering with AIDS, are resilient despite their tragic circumstances. Miraculously, many survive hunger, disease, the daily scavenge for food, the... read more

Current: $3,875 | Total Needed: $7,200 | Location Bloemfontein, South Africa

Tags: AIDS-orphans, education, entrepreneurial, housing, survival

Project - help women leave sexual exploitation

Founded by Monica Krake

Genesis Vancouver’s mandate is to offer a recovery program to women accompanied by children seeking to leave the sex trade. Our objective is to help each participant who comes through our doors transition into a long-term, self-sufficient, healthy... read more

Current: $11,620.17 | Total Needed: $74,880 | Location Vancouver, Canada

Tags: genesis, housing, prostitution, Vancouver

Project - Give homes and support to the "Witches" of Gushiegu.

Founded by Ann Thomson

Throughout Ghana, belief in witchcraft and the occult is widespread, in spite of the Christian and Muslim faiths of the majority of the population. Accusations of witchcraft are usually levelled against post-menopausal women, although sometimes younger women and... read more

Current: $22,795 | Total Needed: $25,000 | Location Chereponi, Ghana

Tags: Africa, Ghana, housing, prejudice, women

Project - Sweet 16 with a Purpose

Founded by Jennifer Gordon

My daughter Tessa is about to celebrate her 16th birthday this summer. This July Tessa will be travel