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  Room To Read believes that world change starts with children’s education. According to CEO Geetha Murali, “ We are not giving up on educating the world's most vulnerable children.”   And their commitment to this mission is demonstrated by their accomplishments ngoadvisor.net   So far 14.3 million children globally have benefited from the nonprofit’s literacy programs ·          26 million books have been distributed ·          15,000 teachers have been trained ·          They have published 1,582 children’s books   They have a robust network of global chapters made up of volunteer groups of passionate and committed leading local outreach, fundraising and activism in their communities. Each chapter adds to the nonprofit’s ability to create world change by bringing Room to Read to their communities and raising the critical funds ne...

whatgives365.com That answer to changed Adam's life. Pencils Of Promise asks a simple question, “Can you imagine note being able to read this sentence?” And then points to the fact that 250 million children cannot.   In other words, 250 million children of primary school age lack basic reading, writing and math skills.   The organization was founded by Adam Braun. He recalls that while traveling he asked a young boy begging in the streets of India. “What do you want most in the world?” Adams recalls the boy replied, “A pencil.” And Adam reached into his backpack and gave the boy his. A smile erupted and his eyes brightened. Adam said it was then he saw the profound power and promise brought through something as small as giving a pencil to just one child. Over the next five years, he backpacked through more than 50 countries, handing out thousands of pens and pencils across six continents. In 2008 Pencils Of Promise was founded. The nonprofit builds schools and provides q...

  whitefeatherfoundation.com Let’s start by saying you have to checkout Sarah Peck’s risqué fundraising campaign, She swam naked from San Francisco to Alcatraz upon meeting her donation target for Charity: Water.    The nonprofit is bringing clean safe drinking water to people in developing countries.Sarah's birthday swim was featured on huffpost.com, consumingcultures.net and a ton of other places. She raised $29,000. Surely you can come up with something equally spectacular to help out this worth cause!   After a decade of indulging his darkest vices as a nightclub promoter, Scott Harrison declared spiritual, moral, and emotional bankruptcy. He spent two years on a hospital ship off the coast of Liberia where he saw the effects of dirty water firsthand. He came back to New York City in 2006 on a mission and set up a core group in his tiny Manhattan apartment.   Since its founding in 2006, Charity: water has had one goal: ending the global ...