I have $10.00
1.You may be familiar with mobile giving through the texting for Haiti campaign. There are legitimate ways to give $10.00 using your cell phone. The Mobile Giving Foundation has a list of charities and codes so that you can easily send $10.00. Take time to read about how it works, but here is a partial explanation taken from their website:
"The wireless carriers pass 100% of the charitable funds they collect through to MGF. The MGF also remits 100% of the donation to the recipient nonprofit within 30 days of receiving funds from the wireless carriers. The MGF charges back costs for short-code costs, reporting and messaging charges directly to the nonprofit organizations or their supporting service providers on a post-donation basis."
Click here for a list of charities and the keywords and shortcodes to give $10.00
2. Buy a bed net for a child in Africa. Malaria is a leading killer of children in Africa. For $10 NothingButNets will purchase, send and provide information and follow-up on using the net, which is a simple live-saving solution.
3. For $10 (or more) you could adopt a scientist. Really. AmFAR was founded in 1985 and is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research. Their Adopt-A-Scientist site profiles researchers and the work that they are doing.
4. Why not give your $10 to an organization that can make it go really far? Heart to Heart International knows how to do that. Their operating expenses are low and 98% of your donation goes directly to their humanitarian/health programs and services. They have strategic partnerships that enable them to transform every $1 cash donation into an average of $25 worth of medical aid for people in need. They have been ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the five most efficient charities. Click here to donate.
5. Libraries are dear to my heart, and perhaps dear to yours as well. That's why I am including the Lubuto Library Project which provides literacy and library services to Zambia's orphans and vulnerable children. It started with a "street kids library" at the end of the 1990s. They don't have a $10 category on the donation page, but you can enter it under Other. Or... you could give more....
