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Because ODW comes alongside good work that is already happening in the field, we are able to increase the scale of our impact.
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32 projects with carefully selected partners in 2021 alone. Our partners go through a rigorous vetting process to ensure your gift is invested wisely.
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Donations are matched up to $75,000 by an anonymous donor through the end of the year. With your help, we’re one day closer to our goal of ending extreme global poverty.
Meet Reyna
Reyna (not pictured) and her family have clean, safe water now, thanks to the new water systems provided by our partner El Porvenir in Nicaragua. Reyna says, “I feel very excited because I have waited a lifetime for nearby water, and that wait is over.”
Join us in celebrating stories of dignity and hope this holiday season!
Meet Reyna
Reyna (not pictured) and her family have clean, safe water now, thanks to the new water systems provided by our partner El Porvenir in Nicaragua. Reyna says, “I feel very excited because I have waited a lifetime for nearby water, and that wait is over.”
Join us in celebrating stories of dignity and hope this holiday season!
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Project #269 | Zoe Empowers: Empowering Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Malawi
Our Partnership with Zoe EmpowersMalawi is one of the most economically challenged countries in the world, with 50.7% of the population living below the poverty line and 25% living in extreme poverty. In Doya District, these numbers are even higher. Large scale...
Project #268 | Mali Health: Women-Led Financing in Peri-Urban Bamako
Our partnership with Mali HealthThroughout Mali, women are expected to fill traditional roles, staying at home to care for their families. However, they often lack the education and resources to contribute to healthy decision-making for their households. Women are...
Project #267 | Dark Bali: Indonesian Anti-Trafficking Coalition
Our partnership with Dark BaliThere are 1,220,000 Indonesians enslaved today in labor and sex trafficking. Females are particularly vulnerable, and the Women’s Institute in Java reports that 43% of the quarter million people exploited in Indonesia’s sex industry are...
Project #266 | BHECO: Safe Birth in a Box
Our Partnership with Better Healthcare Organization (BHECO)In South Sudan, 80% of the births take place at home using traditional practices that tend to contribute to high maternal mortality rates. Home births increase the risk of maternal sepsis, newborn infections,...
Project #265 | Empower Tanzania: Same Learning Center for Underserved Students
Our Partnership with Empower TanzaniaTanzania has a young population. Half of its 54 million citizens are children. It is estimated that up to 71% of children in Tanzania suffer two or more instances of severe deprivations of basic needs. These challenges are complex...
Project #264 | Ugandan Water Project: Clean Water on School Grounds
Our Partnership with Ugandan Water ProjectAfrican children miss 50 million days of school every year due to waterborne illness. Tragically, these illnesses are often contracted in schools that have no clean water for children to drink and no way for children to wash...
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