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Chain Avoidance & Link Reduction Through Good Works
`I wear the chain I forged in life,' replied the Ghost. `I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?'
Jacob Marley's Ghost
"Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For they all contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, her whole living."
Food For The Poor (FFP) ministers to spiritually renew impoverished people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1982 as a 501(c)(3)corporation, our goals are to improve the health, economic, social and spiritual conditions of the men, women and children we serve.
The International Justice Mission is a Christian ministry, led by human rights professionals, that helps people suffering injustice and oppression who cannot rely on local authorities for relief. The ministry documents and monitors conditions of abuse and oppression, educates the church and public about the abuses, and mobilizes intervention on behalf of the victims.
As part of our effort to recruit sponsors to help more children, Childreach engages in a variety of activities involving a broad range of people, organizations, and businesses.
PLAN is an international, humanitarian, child-focused development organisation without religious, political or governmental affiliation. Child sponsorship is the basic foundation of the organisation.
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
To provide vulnerable residents of Washington, DC, with comprehensive services, including food, clothing, medical care, legal and social services, in an atmosphere of dignity, respect, and peace.
The Little Blue House provides a loving shelter for, and attends to the basic human needs of, young children (under age 4) in our Metropolitan Washington, DC, community who do not have a suitable, safe home.
Dedicated to helping children and adults cope with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses by bringing caring gifts, thoughts and information to people fighting for their lives.
The goal of brain injury rehabilitation is to re-establish effective intellectual and social function both by strengthening the impaired abilities and by developing compensatory strategies for areas of deficit that remain.
Apostleship of the Sea Port Chaplains and Stella Maris Seafarers’ Centers. In 1920, Catholic port ministry was conceived and developed in Glasgow, Scotland, by Rev. Donald Macintosh, Arthur Gannon, and Peter Anson, who were concerned about the lack of witness the Church was showing aboard ship. The USA site Apostleship of the Sea - USA.
The Tarahumara Children's Hospital Fund was established in 1983 as an independent, non-profit, tax deductible organization, to raise money in the United States to support vital services provided to the Tarahumara Indians in Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico. Donation Center.
Dr. Catherine Hamlin, 79, is an Australian gynecologist who has spent the last 44 years in Addis Ababa, quietly toiling in impossible conditions to achieve the unimaginable. She has helped 24,000 women overcome obstetric fistulas, a condition almost unknown in the West but indescribably hideous for millions of sufferers in the poorest countries in the world.
A faith-based program that continues to be a symbol of devotion and hope for the troubled and despairing. We render a new lease on life through Christ to those that pass through our drug and addiction rehabilitation program. We have a seventy bed transient shelter and numerous soup kitchens. We take a "Total Life" approach to participants in our programs, striving to meet the spiritual, mental, physical and financial needs of the individual. Donate.
RUGMARK is a global nonprofit organization working to end illegal child labor and offer educational opportunities for children in India, Nepal and Pakistan.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training® is the world's largest endurance sports training program. The program provides training to run or walk a whole or half marathon or participate in a triathlon or century (100-mile) bike ride. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training® is the world's largest endurance sports training program. The program provides training to run or walk a whole or half marathon or participate in a triathlon or century (100-mile) bike ride.
The objective of CCSS is to provide free plastic surgery to children who are disfigured. Common disfigurements include: Cleft lip, Cleft Palate, Hemangeoma, Club foot, Hairy Nevus, and Ophthalmology surgeries.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.
The Remote Area Medical (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world.
The Cleft Palate Foundation (CPF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to optimizing the quality of life for individuals affected by facial birth defects. It was founded by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association in 1973 to be the public service arm of the professional Association.
Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together, we create smiles, change lives, heal humanity.
International FOP Association, or IFOPA, is a nonprofit support organization for families dealing with a rare genetic condition known as Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP). Simply stated, FOP causes muscles and other connective tissue to turn into bone, eventually causing immobility as FOP bone fuses joints.
There are many ways in which you can support the CF Foundation as we continue on our journey toward a cure. With your help, we can add "tomorrows every day to the lives of those with CF."
The Save Darfur Coalition's mission is to raise public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to mobilize a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of two million people in the Darfur region.
Missionary institute of the Syro Malabar Church. The Purpose of the Society is mission ad gentes, in India and outside. Remaining faithful to the liturgical, theological, spiritual and disciplinary heritage of the Syro-Malabar Church, the Society takes up missionary apostolates in territories and among peoples and groups in which the Church has not yet taken root. True to its purpose the Society also helps to establish "Churches which would be adequately organized and would possess their own proper strength and maturity."
America's Charities goal is to provide member charities with the necessary resources to meet needs impacting human service, health and education, civil and human rights, and the environment.
An easy-to-use guide to more than 240 accountable charities you can support directly, through the Combine Federal Campaign ( CFC ) or through the DC Area United Way.
Charity Navigator, America's premier independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities.
We examined 59 organizations' evidence that they can reliably and cost-effectively save human lives (or prevent extreme debilitation such as blindness and severe deformities) in Africa; below we recommend the 3 that best demonstrated this quality. A total of 107 organizations were asked to apply, and 59 submitted applications, including many household-name charities including the American Red Cross, UNICEF, and World Vision. We start with our recommendations, followed by a brief summary of our reasoning, followed by a more detailed description of our reasoning.
