Day 14: Medical Care for Street Children in India

Today is my last day on my blog, and I decided to write about street children in India. There is an organization that provides medical care for Indian street children. This organization is called the Charities Advisory Trust. This British charity organization says that, "dedicated to finding practical methods of redesign inequalities and injustice, our method is to unleash a charity's entrepreneurial impulses and curb its excesses." The actual charity isn't really as important as the work they are doing.

In India, there are high levels of poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy and a growing HIV/AIDS problem, just to name a few things. These detriments of the high Indian population have contributed to India's 18 million street children. According to the Child Health Site, "Among children with no safety net, no fixed address, and no money, infections, broken bones, and other simple, easily corrected health problems go unprevented and untreated." Basically, these street children face much more difficulty than they are currently facing when something bad happens to their health and/or well-being.

Luckily, your $10 donation to the Charities Advisory Trust through the Child Health Site will cover a child's medical coverage for a year. Please consider donating.

Personally, I am not very familiar with the cost of health care, but I'm positive that I have it, and if I didn't, and something happened to me, I would be in bad shape and it would be a serious financial hardship for my family to pay for my expenses, if we had to have something done to me. It is really important that these children can at least receive basic medical care. '

To donate, please click here. You will be taken to the donation site.

This is the last day that I'm writing an entry for my blog, and I would like to thank you personally for reading. It means a lot to me that you care enough to see what's going on in the world, and hopefully, I've inspired you to try to donate or spread awareness for these causes. I don't think that this project should be viewed as looking at the bad things in the world; I think that you should view this as a global community facing adversity together. Thank you for reading.

Day 13: Clean Water for Children

Today, while I was looking through GreaterGood.org, I came across a link to The Child Health Site that surrounded clean water for children around the world.

There is an organization called A Child's Right, that gives clean water to children everywhere. The mission statement claims that, "Our mission is simple: To change the lives of vulnerable children in impoverished urban areas by providing clean, safe drinking water to orphanages, schools, children’s hospitals, street shelters and rescue homes." According to the website of A Child's Right, 266,453 children are drinking safe water thanks to ACR's donors.

The Child Health Site claims that every day, 4,000 children die due to diseases caused by drinking filthy water. Fortunately, A Child's Right is giving hope to children everywhere. Your $35 donation to The Child Health Site to children in Cambodia, China, Nepal, Ethiopia, or where most needed (A Child's Right decides), gives water to 8-10 children in Cambodia, 2-4 Ethiopian children, 5 children in China, or 10 children in Nepal. Please consider donating.

Personally, I knew that children aren't given the proper amount of water in the world, from watching a UNICEF "Trick-or-Treat for Halloween" video every October. However, the fact that 4,000 children die every day, just because of the lack of clean water, is baffling. How many avoidable deaths occur in a day? What about in a week? I could imagine that the amount of people that die in a year that could have been saved is much higher than what I originally thought possible. One year, the Darfur TASC Force donated water to a camp in Darfur, so I am familiar with the difficult task of receiving clean water in certain areas.

To be taken to the donation site, please click here. I found the ACR official website rather interesting, so please, if possible, take a quick look. Thank you for reading!

Day 12: Lights for Students in Rural Africa

Today, I am continuing my theme of literacy. There is an organization, called Lights for Life International, that provides the opportunity for children in Rwanda to learn and prosper through reading.

The mission statement of Lights for Life states that, "Lights for Life (LFL) International is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing rechargeable lights to school-aged children in impoverished areas allowing them to read and study after dark."

When darkness falls in a place similar to Rwanda, the darkness is just about complete. the light sources are sometimes limited to fires, or kerosene lamps, which burn expensive fuel. These current lighting sources cause severe respiratory illness; the World Bank estimates that breathing kerosene fumes is the equivalent of smoking two packs of cigarettes each day. For the students of the camps in Rwanda, the national exam is the only way out of poverty, so it's important that these kids are given as much time as they need to study, and without light, a student's chances of doing well are extremely limited.

LFL gives small, clean, rechargeable lights to students in the camps. Each LED provides 37 hours of light after just 20 minutes of charging. Up to 5 lights can be recharged at the same time with a pedal generator.

Personally, I don't think that this small problem should be able to hold a student back form being able to succeed in life; if a student has enough ambition to dare to get out of one of these camps, I think that child at least deserves a somewhat fair chance. I don't think I've actually ever thought about how nice it is that I can turn on my bedside lamp whenever I want to. Maybe that shows how sheltered I am, or maybe that shows how bad the kids in Rwanda have it. It's probably part of both, but I doubt you've ever been grateful for having a light at night, either. It actually seems very simple; if a student wants to learn, every effort possible should be made towards helping that student succeed, especially when the student is facing as much difficult as he/she already is.

To donate, please visit this page on the Literacy Site. Thanks for reading!

Day 11: Give Books to US Children in Need

Today, I was reading Catching Fire, the second installment of the very popular Hunger Games series. While I was reading, I realized just how much I enjoy reading my book. I realized that reading is a gift, and that's why I decided to do today's cause about books.

There is an organization called First Book. According to their website, "First Book provides access to new books for children in need. To date, First Book has distributed more than 85 million books and educational resources to programs and schools serving children from low-income families throughout the United States and Canada. First Book is transforming the lives of children in need and elevating the quality of education by making new, high-quality books available on an ongoing basis." It's pretty amazing that the hard workers from First Book have done so much to help children acquire a desire/habit of reading. A $10 donation to the Literacy Site gives 10 books to children in need. It seems like a small price to pay for something that could potentially get a future President of the United States on their way to success.

According to First Book, "While children from middle-class U.S. families have engaged in an average of 1,000 to 1,700 hours of one-on-one reading time, children from low-income families have been exposed to an average of only 25 hours.And while in middle-income neighborhoods the ratio of books per child is 13 to 1, in low-income neighborhoods the ratio is 1 age-appropriate book for every 300 children." For more statistics surrounding reading in low income families, you can visit First Book's Impact.

Personally, I know the value of books; they can change someone's day, as well as someone's view on life. If I hadn't been motivated by reading Catching Fire, I wouldn't have written about the topic of reading in the United States. I think I finally learned the worth of books, and the value of the simplicity a good book can bring to your life.

To donate, please click here. Thanks for reading!

Day 10: Teach a Woman in Darfur to Read & Write

Today, I found a charity that helps Darfurian women learn to read and write. On the Darfur Peace and Development Organization's website, the charity states, "Darfur Peace & Development is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization with headquarters in Washington, DC and offices in Khartoum and El Fasher Sudan. DPDO works to foster reconciliation, to facilitate just governance and to enable Darfurians to rebuild their homeland in effective, sustainable ways. DPDO also promotes awareness of the crisis in the United States."

The site associated with the DPDO, the Literacy Site, which I found through GreaterGood.org, offers a $30 donation to pay for the tools that a woman needs for a 6-month literacy training program, including textbooks, school supplies, and a literacy teacher. According to the Literacy Site, Women and children comprise approximately 80% of the displaced population encamped throughout Darfur and Eastern Chad. They have suffered loss of homes, livelihoods and possessions. As a matter of survival for themselves and their children, economic recovery is a primary concern of the displaced women. Farming has been their traditional livelihood, but they currently have no access to their lands. They have lost husbands and brothers who were income earners. Now they must support their surviving children and, in many cases, parents. Few opportunities to earn income exist in the camps." It is extremely difficult for a woman that can read and write find a job or source of a living in Darfur, and it's nearly impossible to find a job while being illiterate.

For three years now, I've been involved in helping the people of Darfur through the Darfur TASC Force, a section of The Agents of Social Change, or TASC, an organization run by 6th, 7th and 8th graders in my school. Last year, I was a "co-clerk" or co-leader of the Darfur TASC Force, and this year, I am a co-clerk of TASC in it's entirety. It's a lot of recess that I have to spend inside, but I enjoy it, and it's an honor to be able to help serve the Darfur Human Rights Organization, and Darfurians in general. It would mean a lot if you donated or if you supported one of our upcoming events.

To donate, please click here. It's a relatively small donation that completely changes a life. Thanks for reading!

Day 9: Protect Children from Malaria in Rwanda

Today, as I was looking through the "Children's Health and Well-Being" section of GreaterGood.org, I came across an organization that helps prevent children form being infected with malaria in Rwanda.

Partners in Health, the organization that helps the children in Rwanda, states that, "At its root, our mission is both medical and moral. It is based on solidarity, rather than charity alone. When a person in Peru, or Siberia, or rural Haiti falls ill, PIH uses all of the means at our disposal to make them well—from pressuring drug manufacturers, to lobbying policy makers, to providing medical care and social services.Whatever it takes. Just as we would do if a member of our own family—or we ourselves—were ill." Clearly, PIH is there to help for these people.

Malaria, a disease carried by mosquitoes, kills more than one million people a year, mostly African children. The Child Health Site, the donation organization, says that, "Insecticide-treated bednets are a proven, cost-effective way of saving lives, yet in Rwanda, one of the poorest nations in Africa, they are far beyond the reach of the overwhelming number of families, who struggle simply to survive in the face of malnutrition, AIDS, a shattered economy, and the legacy of civil war and genocide." It is not very expensive to purchase a bednet, and it saves a child from an almost inevitable disease without one. A $40 donation provides enough anti-malarial bednets to protect ten needy Rwandan families from malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

During the course of this blog project, I've seen a lot of major problems in this world that could be stopped easily with a donation. It's not like this is global warming, a much more difficult problem, due to the usage of gasoline from cars around the world; this is a disease that can be easily avoided with a cheap net. It almost seems ridiculous that these people haven't been taken care of, since malaria is so easily avoidable. This disease almost only attacks people that are poor, because for the rich, this is a somewhat easy disease to avoid, with the rich having homes to sleep in and roofs above their heads. I've learned that a poverty-ridden life, like one in Rwanda, is really tough, in more ways than most people realize. I don't think I've ever worried about getting malaria. I definitely have never had a problem finding clean water to drink. The only problems I've ever had going to school regard getting up earlier to go on the bus. I hadn't ever thought about all of the difficulties in life that I don't have to deal with.

To donate, please visit this website. Thank you for reading.

Day 8: Send a Girl to School in Africa

Today, I found an organization that helps African girls receive proper educations. The Campaign for Female Education fights poverty and AIDS in rural communities in Africa by educating girls and empowering women to become leaders of change.

According to Camfed, "when you educate a girl in Africa, everything changes. She'll be three times less likely to get HIV/AIDS, earn 25 percent more income and have a smaller, healthier family." Everyone knows that in almost all instances, it's better if you have an education, and this information from Camfed shows that an education is even more important for girls in Africa. According to the Hunger Site, "poverty forces many girls in Sub-Saharan Africa to drop out of school before they gain the knowledge and skills they need to improve their future life options. This problem is greatest in rural areas. The girls and their parents know the importance of education, but cannot afford the costs of school uniforms, tuition fees, and school supplies." Clearly, these girls are yearning for an education, to make their lives better, but obviously, it's not as easy as just working hard; it has a lot to do with being more fortunate than others.

Personally, I used to think that an education was a right, and even though I still believe this, I know that an education is impossible to receive for many children around the world. Hearing about how much these children want to be educated makes me feel sorry for complaining about any schoolwork that I'm assigned at all; these girls would do absolutely anything to go to school, and they would work hard and do well in their studies, but for them, it isn't that simple.

Please consider donating. $10 provides one girl with a year's supply of notebooks, pens and pencils, to support her learning and build towards a better life. $25 outfits one girl with sturdy shoes for school, protecting her feet for the long walk to and from school, giving her the opportunity to learn and build a better life. $40 outfits one girl with school clothes, also serving to invigorate the local economy as many of the uniforms Camfed buys are made by local women's cooperatives. $75 provides a three-month scholarship, giving one girl everything she needs--from uniform to school to supplies to athletic and exam fees--to attend school for three months. $150 provides a six-month scholarship. To donate, please click here.

Think about it: is an education really a privilege?

Day 7: A Bicycle to get to School

Today, I found a charity that gives new bicycles to children in Zambia, in order to get to school. It is really hard for children in Zambia to receive a proper education. Families in Zambia have to deal with economic hardship, the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS, and an increasing population of orphans. It makes it even more difficult for these children to receive an education when they have to walk three hours to go to school. This three hour walk in a poverty-filled country like Zambia can mean harassment, sexual abuse or exhaustion. According to The Literacy Site (the donation site), "Girls in particular spend more time working to support their families than any other Zambian demographic, collecting fuel, hauling water, caring for siblings, and supporting household businesses. As a result, they often drop out of school altogether. For Zambian girls, being unable to complete secondary education is disastrous — linked to early marriages, early childbearing, extreme poverty, increased infant mortality, and shorter life expectancy." Clearly, life isn't easy in Zambia, and the hardships aren't just limited to girls.

However, there is (sort of) a solution to the transportation problem for the children of Zambia. The following excerpt is a continuation of the same article in which I received the last quote: "A simple solution allows children to travel to school swiftly, safely, and with less fatigue: a bicycle. A typical child's two- to three-hour walk is reduced by a bicycle to a ride of just forty-five to seventy-five minutes, leaving the child less vulnerable to attack en route and also with more time and energy for schoolwork and household chores. The bicycle is also an asset to the family, improving access to markets and healthcare and enhancing the perceived value of the child's education." Even though this is still difficult for the child, a bicycle gives a Zambian family a huge break.

Last year, I went on a class trip to Costa Rica with my school. While we were there, we learned a lot about the agriculture in Costa Rica. We visited a coffee plantation, where we learned how they naturally grind the coffee beans. We were given the privilege of listening to the man's stories. One of his stories was very similar to (what I imagine) a child's story that benefited from this cause (would be like). He said that he had to walk 3-4 hours every day to go to his school. He was given a bike as well, and this allowed him to get to school with ease, and his family benefited/depended on this new way of transportation. Costa Rica is a much more developed country than Zambia, so you could imagine that the people living in a third-world country like Zambia without transportation must be very poor. A bike means a lot to these families, so I'm sure that a donation would be greatly appreciated.

This donation helps fund the purchase, assembly, and delivery of a sturdy new bicycle, and contributes to training and equipping a local bicycle mechanic so that the magic doesn't disappear with the first flat tire. You can either donate $14 to help buy a bicycle, or you can donate $134 to pay for an entire bicycle. Please consider donating. To go the donation website, please click here. Thanks!

Day 6: Protect Five Children in Burma with Immunizations

Today, I decided to look through the "Children's Health and Well-Being" section of GreaterGood.org. I found an interesting and surprising link to a charity that pays for immunizations in Burma. A $10 donation allows you to protect five children in Burma by immunizing them against some of the most devastating childhood diseases. The ethnic minorities along the Thai-Burma border suffer limited health care and a health status among the world's worst. With training from Dr. Cynthia Maung's Mae Tao Clinic, health workers from these minority groups are bringing the rudiments of modern health care, including childhood immunizations that are routine in the Western world, to over 120 remote communities deep in the Burmese rain forest. For the first time, the children in these villages can benefit from immunizations against some of the most devastating childhood diseases. Your donation will pay for 4 vaccinations for 5 children. These vaccinations will save each of these 5 children from tuberculosis, polio and measles. There is also an additional vaccination (named DPT) that covers diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus.

This is definitely a worthy cause, and a donation would be greatly appreciated. Personally, I knew that many people don't receive the vaccinations needed, mostly because of the UNICEF video my school watches in assembly every October to promote "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF". More and more, I'm discovering just how sheltered I am from bad things going on in this world. I would've thought that I had seen/knew about a large amount of bad things from visiting the Morrisville Presbyterian Church Food Bank, or going to Costa Rica last year, but I don't; not in the slightest bit. Seeing the bad things that are going on in our world has gotten kind of depressing, and my faith in G_d is becoming more difficult to keep at "healthy" levels. However, I know that this is a good thing to be doing, and I'm going to continue to do this project happily, because I know that it's good to learn about bad things in the world.

Please donate to the cause. You can click here to be taken to the donation page. Thanks for reading!

Day 5: 2 Years After the Earthquake in Haiti

Today, while I was looking through GreaterGood.org, I realized that are many donation sites for the victims of the earthquake and cholera outbreak in Haiti. Recently, there has been a lot of stories in the news about the 2-year anniversary of the earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12, 2010. A study by the Inter-American Development Bank estimated that the total cost of the disaster was between $8 billion and $14 billion, based on a death toll from 200,000 to 250,000. That number was revised in 2011 by Haiti’s government to 316,000; the government has never explained how it arrived at its death toll figures. An estimated 634,000 people live in displacement camps, according to the International Organization for Migration. International donors promised Haiti $5.3 billion at a March 2010 donor’s conference. But reconstruction involving better buildings and roads has barely begun. Officials’ sole point of pride six months after the earthquake — that disease and violence had been averted — vanished with the outbreak of cholera.

Many members of the 634,00 people in displacement camps, as well as other Haitians who can't live in the structurally unsafe buildings. These people need some form of shelter. You can give these people shelter by providing them tents. Partners in Help are asking for donations to give a large amount of victims shelter, and it costs as low as $10. Please consider donating.

Personally, I don't know how these people haven't been given their proper needs. I hadn't really thought about how bad things aren't limited to places like Darfur. It just seems simple to me that if the relief fund was promised over $5 billion, they should be given their money. I hadn't actually known that everything was so bad in Haiti. I don't live in a state where major reconstruction efforts have been made, which is probably why I didn't think it took this long. I'm astounded that I didn't know about all of these bad things happening to the citizens. When I began this blog project, I had no idea that I was so sheltered from all of the bad things going on in the world.

To donate a tent, please go to this page. The reconstruction process is still a long way away from being finished, and it is critical that the Haitian refugees are given their basic needs. There is an interesting video by CNN that I encourage you watch. You can also read this article surrounding the 2-year anniversary from the New York Times.

Day 4: Liberate Girls from Indentured Servitude

Today, I found a cause that surrounds indentured servitude in Nepal. Girls in Western Nepal are being forced into lives filled only with service. In the Dang District in western Nepal, many indigenous families from the Tharu ethnic group subsist as farm laborers. Unable to make ends meet, they have been forced into a desperate trade -- selling their daughters to work far from home as bonded servants in private homes or as dishwashers in tea houses. Some of these children are as young as six. As you can imagine life is very difficult for these girls, and many are forced into prostitution. However, there is still hope. Working closely with local communities, Nepal Youth Foundation (NYF) and its founder, Olga Murray, provides a creative, humane alternative for these families, by compensating the families for their daughters' lost wages and by supporting the girls as they attend school. Since the start of the program, around 3,000 girls have been saved, and there has been vigorous campaigning to end child bonding. Previously, hundreds of girls have been sent off to lives of service per year; last year, none were sent.

To tell you the truth, I didn't even think there was indentured servitude in the world any more. I knew there was still slavery, but I had no idea that our world still had indentured servants. More and more of my findings have shown me just how sheltered I am to be living in a safe place like Pennsylvania. Nothing can really harm me here that I would be safe from anywhere else. I had never actually thought about the life of a slave, being that slavery hasn't been in the United States for around 150 years. I just don't see how you can own a person. Thinking about this seems elementary in a way, but with this problem still existing, it is apparent that not everyone thinks the way I do.

It takes only $50 to rescue a girl from virtual slavery, bring her home to live with her family, pay her school expenses for six months, and compensate her parents for her lost wages. $100 pays these expenses for a year, while $350 rescues a girl and supports her education for six years, so that she can graduate from the 10th grade and have the necessary tools to support herself. Your donation covers her school uniforms, books, school fees, and a kerosene lamp and kerosene -- highly valuable items in a region lacking electricity.

Please consider donating to this worthy cause; think about the people that you love, and how you would feel if they were taken away from you. To visit the donation site, please click here.

Day 3: Send a Child to School in Darfur

Today, I decided to look into the "Literacy and Children's Education" section of the GreaterGood.org website. While I was visiting this portion, I found a donation link that allows you to give a child in Darfur a years worth of schooling for just $36. In 2009, student enrollment in the Darfur Schools Program increased from 8,300 to 21,112. Girls made up 48% of the total student population and were enrolled in the same classes as boys. Before the Darfur Peace and Development Organization's involvement, teachers living in the refugee camps were volunteering their time to gather and teach children using any resources available. Students received their lessons sitting under trees or in the sun, writing in the sand instead of notebooks. Today, DPDO pays salaries for 160 Darfuri teachers and 56 support staff, provides materials to build classrooms, teacher and student supplies, textbooks, and allowances for school water delivery. DPDO Schools of Peace enroll children from all ethnic groups and encourage the attendance of girls, traditionally excluded from primary education. School enrollment and attendance are free for all students. DPDO is not religiously affiliated and does not promote any religion. The DPDO schools are very effective, and students are very successful. All DPDO schools reported at least 94% of their students passed their high school entrance exams.

Personally, I believe that every kid needs a quality education. I don't think that any American child deserves an education more than a Darfurian child. I was shocked to realize that most of the causes on the Literacy and Children's Education page on the GreaterGood website were to benefit children and adults in Darfur. Most of the adults are illiterate in Darfur, so the refugees don't really have any way out of the camps; the only direction left for the education of the refugees to go is upwards. It's important to realize that there is progress in Darfur. My school is closely affiliated with the Darfur Human Rights Organization, and we know a lot about the current situation. It is almost beyond my mental capacity to think about not receiving an education. I realize that I don't at all appreciate the education that I'm given, the supplies that I'm given to help me learn, and the teachers that I'm lucky to have. Please take a good look at this website before you move on to a different post.

To donate, please visit this link. I am personally passionate about this cause, so please think about donating.

Day 2: The Royal (New Year's) Resolution

Today, I was informed that The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Princess Catherine, have become more involved in their favorite British charities as a New Year's resolution. The Duchess has accepted honorary Patron positions for four charities. She has adopted a role as the Patron of Action on Addiction, the Royal Patron of East Anglia's Children's Hospices, the Royal Patron of the Art Room, and the Patron of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

I have never thought of charity work as a New Year's resolution, but it actually seems like a great idea; I find that it's more meaningful to help others than it is to help yourself, and usually, one can have an epiphany about their life while helping others. You can learn many things by helping someone else, so it is possible for you to help yourself while you're in the process of helping others. I think this theory is a key reason to why being a philanthropist is so important, as well as why it's a good idea to make your New Year's resolution about others. It's very refreshing to see a resolution of this type; I find it interesting that this resolution is so selfless, while most other resolutions surround making yourself more appealing, usually in a physical way.

I think this story from Britain is very important in promoting a three-dimensional view to charity. It's really nice to see people with so much power giving time out to help these worthy causes.

For a complete story about Princess Catherine's involvement in these charities, please click on this link.

Day 1: The Food Project in Boston

Today, while I was looking on GreaterGood.org, I found a donation link to the Food Project in Boston. It is really difficult for low-income families in large urban areas, like Boston, to find fresh produce, like apples or broccoli. Many low-income neighborhoods in Boston don't have supermarkets,which usually limits the residents to fast food restaurants and convenience stores, and I've never seen a fresh produce section in a Burger King or Wawa. These neighborhoods are called "Food Deserts". In a study of communities suffering from the greatest health disparities in Boston, 60% of residents said that they did not eat vegetables on a daily basis, and 14% reported no home consumption of vegetables at all. These facts prove that the produce shortage in Boston is nothing less than a crisis.

Fortunately, the Food Project is working to put an end to this shortage.The Food Project is transforming abandoned urban lots into verdant, productive farms that make nutritious fresh produce available in former food deserts. Diverse groups of teenagers from urban and suburban communities in the Greater Boston area are employed to help grow 250,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables on these farms each year—using organic methods. This is clearly good for the planet, as well as the community. Not only does TFP help the residents of Boston, but it also unifies a large community in their outreach towards their fellow citizens.

For 2 or 3 years now, I have been (occasionally) working at the Morrisville Presbyterian Church Food Bank I learned about this place when my advisor, Melissa, took my advisory to the food bank on a Wednesday. This bank is only open on Wednesdays, and depending on the amount of people and amount of income per family, residents of Pennsylvania and New Jersey are allowed to recieve free food. These people can only go once a month, so it might not be a huge help, but these people are grateful for the help they receive. There is fresh produce there as well, and the people always seem much more happy to be the recipient of fresh vegetables, compared to processed foods. I never really understood this, because they can keep the processed foods for much longer than they can keep a few tomatoes and a couple of carrots. Now, I understand that these people are deprived of a source of fresh produce. This makes me realize that in the area of Bucks County that I live in, people (possibly just me) are naïve about just how lucky we are just to receive an fresh apple for lunch. Next time I go to throw away a barely-eaten apple, I'll think twice.

To donate to the Food Project, please click on this link. Each dollar of your donation will support one square foot of The Food Project's farmland, where young leaders are cultivated, thousands of pounds of fresh produce are grown and distributed to those in need, and urban neighborhoods and backyards produce healthy food for local residents.