Gifts for People Who Have Everything

What do you get for someone who has everything? How about assistance for people who don’t? I just found out about Changing the Present, a new website that offers you the chance to target your charitable dollars toward specific projects aimed at improving social justice around the world. Many of these are related to issues of agriculture.

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has a variety of programs listed on Changing the Present, ranging in amount from $10 (helping banana farmers organize) to $300 (enrolling a student in agricultural school for a year). The International Medical Corps has options that include providing seeds and tools for one woman to grow a garden ($25), training one woman to make a highly nutritional supplement ($25), and providing clean water to a family ($50). Action Against Hunger has a variety of options ranging up to $1,000 to dig a well that will provide water for $300 people. Each group listed on Changing the Present has a link to their own website so you can find out mroe about what they do.

We who have an abundance of food can do much to help those who don’t—especially because (as in the case of the banana farmers), it is sometimes through their efforts that our food comes to us.

One Response to “Gifts for People Who Have Everything”

  1. Lydia Says:

    Action Against Hunger is one of the organizations my company has supported for years. If hunger relief is a particular interest, you can find links to more organizations on my blog. Thanks for highlighting these wonderful agencies and the important work they do.

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