First of all, I wanted to let you guys know that I’m fine after the Earthquake the other day. And I also wanted to thank you guys for all your concerns.
Here’s two more sites (similar to Freerice): The Child Health Site and The Literacy Site that let us all help donate to children in need. This company actually has six websites total benefiting hunger, breast cancer, rainforest, and animals. All you have to do is simply browse their site, and click on some of the ads. Revenue from the companies being advertised will benefit the children. This is a great way for us to help others regardless of our own financial situation. By the way, are any of you guys still playing Freerice.com? I’m at about 4000 grains of rice and a larger vocabulary.
I probably should have posted this earlier, but several states in the midwest are in desperate need of all the help they can get. In the last month, they’ve gone through several storms and tornados causing massive floods that have forced many people to evacuate their homes. I just read an article about how the American Red Cross has already depleted its national disaster fund, and will be taking out a loans to pay for the relief efforts going on right now. Feel free to link to any other relief organizations that you guys are aware of or involved with that are going strong with their relief efforts in the Midwest.
I know there are a lot of people that need help, but this is something that I think we all should really consider. Michelle is a woman in need of a bone marrow transplant. I don’t know too much about about bone marrow transplants but I do know that there is a cure. And the cure could be me or you or anyone out there. Basically the person in need could possibly have an exact match out there, but no one knows for sure unless they get registered. Everyone should get registered! If you’re not helping Michelle, you could be helping someone else. Its a safe and easy procedure to get registered. Its a good thing to do for the world. For more information about registering or what you can do to help, you can visit her website at www.projectmichelle.com.
Here’s a short video Michelle sharing her message:
Morning Tears another interesting charity that one of you fans actually referred me to. From their website, it sounds like they revolve themselves around helping orphans in China, no matter what their circumstances are. Whether they’ve been abandoned, or their parents are in jail, Morning Tears seems puts their effort towards supporting these children and their rights. He was also talking about how there are so many more orphaned children in China now after the earthquake in Sichuan. Not only that, but many of them are “unregistered,” thus they can’t even legally get aid from the government. I really feel for China and hope the rest of the world steps up in aiding them in these times of needs.
Here’s a cool little website I stumbled upon. I know it’s not my typical orphan non-profit, but they do have a great concept going. For every multiple choice question (english vocabulary) you answer correctly, they’ll donate 20 grains of rice to United Nations World Hunger Program. Now 20 grains of rice isn’t that much, but its creates a great way for any of us to give back, even if we can’t necessarily do so monetarily. I know the internet consumes huge amounts of all our time, so if we all just spend a couple minutes on freerice.com a day, combined we could make a huge difference.
A Child’s Desire is an interesting organization. They set up adoptions around the world for US parents. They also accept donations if you don’t want to be like Angelina. A Child’s Desire is also a non-profit that is solely run by volunteers, thus they are able to keep overhead costs to a minimum. I will continue to feature these organizations for they are important to me. If you personally know of any organizations that help orphans and are doing good work please share…
Orphan Foundation of America is another great charity supporting thousands of the foster teens throughout the United States. Now the Orphan Foundation of America is a lot bigger than Love Without Boundaries, yet it still seems to be run by people that truly do care. Based on their charitynavigator.com, they were able to operate with an overhead cost of about 1.2% in 2006. They primarily help foster teens to pursue their college and post-secondary education. There was one more thing on their website that caught my attention. If you donate to their Sponsored Scholarship Program, 100% of the money will go directly to the student. If you ask me, that’s pretty impressive.
Love Without Boundaries is a great charity that supports all aspects of orphans lives in China. Since the strict rules in China have been enforced due to population control, orphans have constantly been a problem in China. Luckily there are organizations like Love Without Boundaries, an organization comprised of volunteers that truly committed to making a difference in our world. Due to the dedication of these volunteers, Love Without Boundaries has been able to operate with an overhead as low as 1.7%, guaranteeing that your generous donations are being put to good use. If you guys enjoy reading my blog, are fans, or simply want to help me with my cause, please subscribe to my RSS feed or email subscription on the right.
