Giraffe Heroes!
Click here to read and view some great videos about Giraffe Heroes who are making a difference. Is there something you can do to be a Giraffe Hero?
Ideas for Giraffe research
Here are some ideas to get you started. You do not have to choose from one of these; however, your Giraffe must be an organization that assists PEOPLE in a developing country in Africa, South America, Asia, or Central America. If you choose your own, make sure that the website gives you information about the founder of the organization (person) or the history behind how the organization began.
We read about how one woman made a difference by picking up one plastic bag...then two....then a hundred in the book One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul. Explore Isatou's story further in this website. Then check out some of the other ideas below.
www.oneplasticbag.com
Isatou Cheesay is educating women in The Gambia, Africa to recycle plastic waste—one of the worst pollutants—into revenue for themselves. For 17 years, she has been empowering women, and contributing to one of the most important issues around waste.
We read about how one woman made a difference by picking up one plastic bag...then two....then a hundred in the book One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul. Explore Isatou's story further in this website. Then check out some of the other ideas below.
www.oneplasticbag.com
Isatou Cheesay is educating women in The Gambia, Africa to recycle plastic waste—one of the worst pollutants—into revenue for themselves. For 17 years, she has been empowering women, and contributing to one of the most important issues around waste.
Choose from one of the following organizations or do some research and find another that interests you. For example, if you are interested in learning about Central America and farming, you might do an Internet search for "literacy non profit organizations".
www.afghaninstituteoflearning.org
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi saw the need for education and healthcare and education about health to help desperate people improve their situation. She realized underpinning this you need quality training of all personnel such as teachers and medical staff but also in depth training of people in health, core values and human rights. Now the Afghan people are ready for more than basics and so the Afghan Institute of Learning has workshops on peace, elections, leadership and many other subjects enhancing the capacity of people.
www.maasaigirlseducation.org
The Maasai Girls Education Fund was created to improve the literacy, health and economic well-being of Maasai women in Kenya and their families through education of girls and their communities.
www.knit-a-square.com
Knit A Square was founded in October 2008 after a family reunion in Melbourne, Australia in June of the same year. It is based on the grim reality of 2.4 million children orphaned, abused or abandoned in southern Africa. They live in dire poverty. They lack love, shelter, food, education and warmth.
one.laptop.org
One Laptop Per Child aims to provide each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop.
www.ryanswell.ca
The Ryan’s Well Foundation is a Canadian charitable organization providing effective and sustainable solutions to the water crisis in the poorest regions of the worlds’ developing countries. The Foundation grew from the passion and courage of one 6 year old boy, Ryan Hreljac. Ryan was inspired to take action as a grade one student when he learned of the devastating consequences for people without access to safe drinking water.
www.charitywater.org
Nonprofit that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in 20 developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
www.water.org
Water.org works with local partner organizations to build wells and provide intensive training seminars on the importance of good hygiene practices and its link to better health. The nonprofit also created WaterCredit, an initiative that connects microfinance institutions to individuals and communities in developing countries who use their small loans to build themselves clean water mechanisms, from wells to toilets.
www.waterislife.com
Water Is Life developed a water filtration product called The Straw which provides clean drinking water when immersed into a water source. The innovative device lasts up to year and removes waterborne diseases with each sip. In the long term scope, the nonprofit teaches sanitation and hygiene education, as well as researches and implements sustainable long lasting clean water solutions that are tailored to each community, and monitored to ensure the longevity of clean water sources.
www.threeavocados.org
A social enterprise that generates funds for clean water in Africa through the sale of coffee.
www.nicaphoto.org
The mission of NicaPhoto is to empower disadvantaged children and their families living in the poorest barrios of Nicaragua, allowing them to reach their full potential, and in doing so, to break the cycle of extreme poverty. They do this through art and photography, technology, and gardening.
matadornetwork.com
List of 50 notable non-profit organizations.
www.littledressesforafrica.org
Volunteers from all over the world join together to make little dresses out of pillow cases or other simple patterns.
www.dropinthebucket.org
Our mission is to build wells and sanitation systems at schools throughout sub-Saharan Africa, enabling youth to fully harness the life-changing power of an education.
www.watertothrive.org
Dedicated to the mission of bringing clean, safe water to those who need it in rural Africa.