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A hundred years from now
it will not matter
what my bank account was,
the sort of house I lived in,
or the kind of car I drove.
But the world may be different
because I was important
in the life of a
CHILD.
~ Author unknown
Village Volunteers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all
donations are tax deductible. 100% of your contribution (minus the bank wiring fees) will go directly to the organization or program
of your choice.
There are many ways you can contribute to the sustainable development
of a rural village community. Let us know how you would like your
donations applied and we are committed to ensuring that it happens.
Below are just a few ways you can make a difference.
Sponsor
a promising young girl in East Africa to go to college.
$2,000 USD a year for three years can offer hope to a young
woman and her community. Any amount can be donated and will
be added to The
Butterfly Project scholarship fund.
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Any amount
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Provide
a meal for one class of 40 students in rural Kenya. The
food is purchased from women farmers who use bio-intensive
organic farming methods. To learn more, visit Feed
Villages.
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$20 USD
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Support environment and public health education for village youth by donating to VV's Environment and Public Health Education Project. Through a day-long workshop, village youth learn the hazards of improper disposal of batteries, burning plastics, and other environmental dangers, and community battery collection sites are organized. After completing the series, each youth receives a solar flashlight and mosquito net.
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$20 USD
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Donate
five library books that can be shared with an entire community.
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$25 USD
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Donate
25 fruit-bearing trees that will have a long-term benefit
for families as a source of food and/or income.
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$25 USD
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Donate
10 mosquito nets to help prevent malaria.
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$30 USD |
Provide
2 orphan-headed households in rural Kenya with ceramic water
filters that are crafted by local potters and provide clean
drinking water.
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$30 USD
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Support
Kick it with Kenya's week-long youth empowerment conferences,
and support youth health education. The conferences combine
health education and sports, teaching youth about subjects,
such as malaria, TB, sanitation, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS
during the day, and hosting soccer (football) tournaments
in the afternoon. $50 USD sponsors one participant, and
provides him or her with room and board for the week, a
jersey, and school supplies. For more ways to support Kick
it with Kenya, visit www.KickitwithKenya.org.
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$50 USD
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$50 USD
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$75 USD
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Donate
one bicycle, a key means of transportation needed for retrieving
medicine and supplies in remote areas.
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$100 USD
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Provide
seed money for a woman to start a micro-enterprise in areas
such as tailoring, weaving, poultry, dairy, milling, farming
and baking.
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$100 USD
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Donate
two goats for breeding that will provide nutrition and a
source of income-generation.
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$125 USD
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$200 USD
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Sponsor
an orphan's primary school (day school) books, uniform,
meals and basic health care for one year.
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$365 USD
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Sponsor
an orphan's secondary school tuition, books, uniform, room,
board and basic health care for one year.
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$800 USD
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Sponsor
a gifted young adult's college tuition and books for one
year.
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$1,400 USD
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Fund
vocational workshops and supplies for 50 women. Past workshops
have been about solar cooking, solar food dehydration, briquetting,
and organic farming methods.
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$2,500 USD
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Other important ways you can help is by contributing to the operations
- supplies, equipment, salaries and maintenance - of existing over-burdened
clinics and schools, or by funding much needed new construction
or expansion.
Village Volunteers facilitates the placement of volunteers
in rural villages to support the goals and objectives of the partner
village organizations. Volunteers contribute to the village communities
in many ways - helping in clinics, schools, and orphan homes; assisting
in agriculture and building projects; providing public health awareness;
providing bookkeeping and microfinance guidance; participating in
projects that empower girls and women; planting trees with youth;
leading children in a theatre projects; conducting research; etc.
To read more about why volunteers pay, click here.
To sponsor a volunteer's fee, follow the donation instructions below.
Your donation will be tax deductible. Please be sure to specify
the volunteer's name on the check memo line or in your online donation.
How to Donate
To donate by check, please make checks payable to Village Volunteers
and note the purpose in the memo line. Checks should be mailed to:
Village Volunteers
5100 S. Dawson St., Suite 202
Seattle, WA 98118
USA
You can also make a donation online.
Village Volunteers uses PayPal to securely process all online donations.
Or, if you would like to wire a donation to Village Volunteers,
please contact Kristin Ericson at kristin@villagevolunteers.org
or (206) 577-0515 for our account information.
Please note that your donation will be sent to the designated organization or program
in the month following the date of your donation. If your donation must be sent
immediately, a $40 USD fee will be applied.
Thank you for your generosity!
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