July 2011
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Fund a Solar Pump for Purified Water to Reduce...
The Progressive Youth Initiative for the Advancement of Baie de Henne (IJPABH) needs a loan to purchase a solar pump to provide clean water to 300 families in the community of Baie de Henne.
In addition to providing clean water (and better health!) for these 300 families, the new solar pump with create 2 new jobs for members of the community.
Click here to learn more about IJPABH and the solar...
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Art + Jobs + Recycling at Epple Seed Arts Haiti...
The artisans at ESAH need a loan to fund the purchase of discarded steel drums for use by metal sculptors and their apprentices working at the Artistic Village of Noailles in Croix-des-Bouquets, a city located 8 miles to the northeast of Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince.
These projects have a proven history of employing multiple apprentices on each piece. In addition to the artisans and...
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Invest in Goats to Help Fruit Farmers Diversify...
It’s a smart plan: Fos Pou Oganize Setyem Seksyion Diondion (FOSED), an organization of fruit farmers near Jean Rabel, want to purchase 50 goats.
The goats would allow them to diversify their incomes, improve the local diet and prevent destruction of local forests as farmers sometimes are forced to resort to alternative income sources such as cutting down trees in order to make charcoal...
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Help this once thriving bakery recover their...
We’ve passed the halfway mark in funding a loan for this bakery in Carrefour, which is still recovering from the quake. Just $1,300 $1250 (getting closer!) more will enable its owners to buy new equipment, rehire 3 employees and get back to the business of delivering low-cost breakfast packages to schools. Learn more about this opportunity here.
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Create a Team: Work together to change people's...
Have you ever volunteered together with friends or co-workers? Participated in a walk-a-thon or some other community activity to raise money and awareness for a cause you support?
Now you can build a team for Zafen and work together with your team partners to raise money to support the projects you care about.
You can help rebuild a once-thriving bakery, support computer training for high-school...
