The charities I’ve selected to run for are ones that have spoken to me or have touched the lives of the people I love. There are so amazing charities doing their part in helping others… and these are just a few. By clicking on the name of the organization, you’ll go to their official website. As I post about each charity on Mondays, I’ll link up that post next to it. Thank you for taking the time to read these!
East Meets West – East Meets West creates sustainable and catalytic solutions to difficult development problems. They “seek to transform the health, education and communities of disadvantaged people in Asia by building partnerships, developing opportunities and creating sustainable solutions.” One program in particular, The Breath of Life program, seeks to provide medical equipment, specifically CPAP machines, to hospitals in order to help save the lives of infants. Read the original post about East Meets West here. Help buy a CPAP machine and save babies’ lives by clicking here.
Ishahayi Beach School Foundation – A volunteer-led organization helping ensure Nigerian children in a remote fishing village have access to an education. Read the post here.
Born Just Right – Led by mom blogger Jen & her daughter Jordan, Born Just Right is fundraising money to pay for children born with limb differences or have limb loss to attend Camp No Limits. Camp No Limits is a limb loss camp for children and families. You can read the post here. Click here to donate to Camp No Limits.
The Fistula Foundation – With your help in raising $500, we can buy one fistula repair surgery for one mother. Read more about obstetric fistula and the efforts of the Fistula Foundation here. Click here to donate to The Fistula Foundation.
Cradles to Crayons – With two locations in Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Cradles to Crayons works with community partners to ensure that every child has basic necessities like warm winter jackets and a new back pack to start school in September. Read more about the amazing things C2C is doing here. Click here to donate to Cradles to Crayons.
The Fisher House Foundation has been working to ensure that military families have access to housing when a loved one is receiving care at a military hospital. Often these hospitals are far from home, and the Fisher House Foundation helps families feel more at home and at ease during difficult times. You can read the original post here, and can donate by clicking here to donate to the Fisher House Foundation.
Every Mother Counts – EMC is doing amazing work helping reduce maternal mortality through partnerships around the globe. Read more about EMC here. Click here to donate to Every Mother Counts on behalf of #13for13 and Jacki.
Clean Birth.org – Fellow World Mom Blogger Kristyn founded CleanBirth.org, a charity that strives to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Laos through the use of clean birth kits. To read more about Kristyn’s pursuits, click here. To donate to CleanBirths.org, click here and be sure to mention, “On behalf of 13for13 and/or Jacki.”
The Kanga Project – Located in Tanzania, The Kanga Project strives to fund and support educational programs for Tanzanian girls and women. The Kanga Project also offers micro-loans and specialist training for women to promote economic opportunities and financial independence. And they enable girls to have a secondary education by providing sponsorships and by building hostels near secondary schools. You can donate to The Kanga Project by clicking here.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) – Doctors Without Borders has been delivering emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters in more than 60 countries. On any one day, more than 270,000 MSF doctors, nurses, logistics experts, administrators, epidemiologists, laboratory technicians, mental health professionals and more can be found providing assistance to people in need all over the world. To read the original post, click here. Please click here to donate to Doctors Without Borders.
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition – The NOCC has been raising awareness and promoting education about ovarian cancer since 1995. More than 20,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, and approximately 15,000 women die annually from the disease. Please consider donating to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition by clicking here.
The Ronan Thompson Foundation – Maya Thompson founded the Ronan Thomas Foundation after losing her son Ronan to neuroblastoma. The Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer. You can read the #13for13 post on The Ronan Thompson Foundation here. Please consider donating to The Ronan Thompson Foundation… click here to donate.
