Christmas is a season marked with giving and sharing.  There really isn’t any reason to forget this theme this season.  We have listed 10 (ten)  ways to give back this season.  Merry Christmas!

1) Books forAfrica.org -  50 cents will send a book to a child in Africa.  Books For Africa. A simple name for an organization with a simple mission. We collect, sort, ship, and distribute books to children in Africa. Our goal: to end the book famine in Africa. Books For Africa is the world’s largest shipper of donated books to the African continent. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped over 24 million high-quality text and library books to children and adults in 46 African countries. Millions more are needed. It costs $9,800 to send a sea container to most major sea ports of books and computers to Africa. Your donation will enable Books For Africa to send even more books to children in Africa who are hungry to read, hungry to learn.

http://www.booksforafrica.org/



2)  Foodforthepoor.org  -   This organization aims to save lives, transform communities and renew hope.  It is is the largest international relief and development charity in the United States, feeding 2 million poor every day. Our Christian relief programs and projects are helping children and the poorest of the poor by providing food, housing, health care, education, water projects, emergency relief and micro-enterprise assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America.  http://www.foodforthepoor.org/


3) doctorswithoutborders.org –  With 5 dollars you can be part of doctorswithoutborders.  This is an organization that  is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.
Today, MSF provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF also reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols.

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org


4) cradlestocrayon.org –  Cradles to Crayons endeavors to provide homeless and low-income children with the essentials they require to thrive - to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued. With a 25 dollars donation you can help a child today. http://cradlestocrayons.org/boston/node/add/donation

5) operationsmile.org -  Operation Smile’s international missions are conducted throughout the year in hard-to-reach places throughout the world. International missions involve up to 60 medical volunteers who travel to partner countries to provide surgeries for children over a two-week period.
Operation Smile’s partner countries also facilitate treatment for facial deformities, either by conducting medical missions on the local level or by conducting year-round programs in existing health facilities or through the development of clinics.   http://www.operationsmile.org/ways_to_give/


6)sos children  village – This organization aims to  help improve the situation of vulnerable children internationally by working with multiple partners.  With a 25 dollars donation, you can help a child in need.
https://help.sos-usa.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=436


7) We play to win – This organization’s leader was featured on this site this year.   Please click link to read the interview -  This organization uses sports to empower, inspire, educate and develop disadvantaged youths globally with major emphasis on Africa.  You can get involved by clicking like on their fan page or by donating  to this organization. http://www.weplaytowin.org/#/our-mission

Interview:  Kasia Muoto


8) Girl Child Network –  This year, we also interviewed the Betty Makoni who runs this organization.  Girl Child Network aims to empower the girl child globally with focus on the girl child in Africa with  just 10 dollars donated monthly – you can take a girl child from zero to hero.  Click her to listen or read the interview with Betty Makoni.   You can also click here to go to her website. http://www.girlchildnetworkworldwide.org/about/
This year, we also interviewed the founder of this organization which aims to empower disadvantaged youths in Africa with emphasis on Ghana through film.  Please click link to read   the interview and click link to give back to the community.

Interview:  Betty Makoni

9) TKA Foundation:  This year we interviewed  Sam Kessie who runs the TKA Foundation. The TKAFoundation or (Tomorrow’s Kaleidoscope of Artists) is a huge supporter of the arts and embarks on contributing back to charities that encourage arts education.   Please click link to donate:http://www.indiegogo.com/AKOSIA

Interview:  Sam Kessie

10) You can volunteer in a soup kitchen or give away old coats.  There are just so many opportunities to give back.