Donate When You Celebrate

International Day of the Girl Child

On December 19, 2011, the United Nations declared 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. The theme for 2014 is Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence.

Awareness is being raised about the importance of education and ending sexual violence and a lot of work is going on. The UN has launched a non-formal education curriculum to engage young people in efforts to prevent and end violence against girls and women. You can download a handbook here.

In recognition of this day, we are raising money to support girl education. Please write to hemangi[dot]gc[at]gmail[dot]com for more information. We suggest a donation of $5.

Here are the donations made till now :

1. HCI - $5

2. PCI- $5
3. QDY- $10

4. XYZ -$10
5. SHK -$5
6. HEH-$50
7. SCI - $10
8. KVI-$10
9. AKI -$5
10. Group - $65
11. DKR -$20
12. DMI-$15
13. VSM-$5
Total : $215

Where is this money going?
After some thought, a core group decided that money should go to organizations where we have a personal contact so that we know our donations are being put to good use. Vijay Human Services, Chennai, is run by a group member's uncle. Its an NGO that works with mentally handicapped children. They don't have a website and we have started working towards putting one together.

How to donate?
I (Hemangi) am accepting donations at my Bank of America account. I haven't set up payment getways because there are always transfer charges. Since "Donate When You Celebrate" is all about making small donations, paying fees doesn't make sense. However, we can work something out, in the US or in India, if you do not have a Bank of America account. In either case, contact me at hemangi[dot]gc[at]gmail[dot]com.

What is the number 10 donation (Group)?
As a part of this campaign, some of us got together and discussed how to help NGOs in India. This money came from the group in St. Louis. Future posts on the blog will have details about the discussion and what came out of it.

Which other organizations did you consider?
http://www.aaifoundation.org/
http://www.yuwa-india.org/
http://www.careindia.org/

Fundraisers so far

1. Charity Water : $1511 March - June 2013
2. CRY India : $250 March 2013
3. Asha for Education : $200 March 2014

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The purpose of this community to create awareness and make the donation process easier. Here you can get and share information about organizations that accept small donations. You can also join forces with other members and get involved with projects that require significant monetary commitments, like sponsoring a child.

About : Donate When You Celebrate

About 22000 children die every day because of poverty. It is horrifying to imagine how much they suffer before that. So let us do what we can, every small step counts.

Donate when you celebrate. Donate when you spend money on non-essentials. You don't have to donate it all to make a big impact. Even if you set aside 10% of the money you would spend on dinners, clothes, gifts, movies, game nights and such; you would be saving many many lives.

The purpose of this page to create awareness and make the process easier. You can find the associated facebook group at : http://www.facebook.com/groups/DonateWhenYouCelebrate/. Here you can find trustworthy organisations to donate to; especially those which will accept small donations.

Please use this page to promote any organisations that you know of or are involved with. Please share with everyone how you raised money for your donations and inspire them. You can also join forces with other members and get involved with projects that require a significant monetary commitment, like sponsoring a child till she finishes elementary school.

Please ask your friends, family and colleagues to join follow the blog and join the fb group. Spread the message. The children need all of us.

Happy World Water Day!

Hi Everyone! We are launching our first group fundraiser today, on World Water Day!!

http://www.mycharitywater.org/waterday-holi

The goal of this fundraiser to raise a thousand dollars for water projects through charity:water. Why water? Because it is a basic necessity and impacts many people all over the world. Also, the Indian festival Holi (http://bit.ly/YJx1fE) is next week. Lets celebrate World Water Day and Holi by raising awareness about the water crisis and donating. Lets help make water more safe and accessible to people around the world.

So how do we raise the money for this campaign? Host fundraising dinners, give up a muffin, run a marathon, or don't buy that packet of chips! We can easily achieve this goal if each one of us donates only $5. Share the campaign link (http://www.mycharitywater.org/waterday-holi) with your friends and family and spread the message. All donations starting from $1 are welcome.

Read more about the water projects that this campaign will fund here :
http://www.charitywater.org/projects/

Happy World Water Day!

NGOs

UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN

1) Child Relief and You (CRY) : http://america.cry.org/
http://www.cry.org/

2) ChildFund International : http://www.childfund.org/

3) World Vision : http://www.worldvision.org/
http://www.worldvision.in/

AIDS

1) Keep a Child Alive (KCA) : http://keepachildalive.org/

STREET KIDS

1) Ashraya Initiative for Children (AIC) : http://www.ashrayainitiative.org/

2) Salaam Baalak Trust : http://www.salaambaalaktrust.com/

Charity Evaluators

1. BBB : http://www.bbb.org/us/charity/
2. GiveWell : http://www.givewell.org/