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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 #201 | Protecting Refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Our partnership with Tearfund In the world’s largest refugee settlement at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, there are nearly a million Rohingya refugees living in abject poverty and overcrowded makeshift camps. In addition to horrible weather conditions, COVID-19 increases...
Project #200 | COVID-19 Emergency Relief in South Africa
Our partnership with Zimele On March 26 2020, a countrywide lockdown in South Africa was enacted in an effort to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. During this time, the impoverished rural communities remained the most vulnerable, as the shutdown disrupted their...
Project #199 | Community Development Through Church Unity in Rwanda
Our Partnership with World Relief The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 pitted the Hutu and Tutsi tribes against one another and resulted in the deaths of more than one million people in just three short months. And rather than being places of refuge and sanctuary during the...
Project #198 | Safe Water Sources for Vocational Schools in Guinea Bissau
Our partnership with WAVSForty-five years of political instability in Guinea-Bissau deeply constrained socio-economic and human development: more than two-thirds of the population live below the poverty line. Additionally, while Guinea-Bissau has made large strides in...
Project #197 | COVID-19 Preparedness in Ghana
Our partnership with Ghana Health and Education Initiative (GHEI) COVID-19 was one of the most urgent health, economic, and social crises Ghana had faced in decades. As the number of people contracting COVID-19 continued to rise in Ghana, so did the risk to people...
Project #196 | Supporting Distance Learning in Kenya
Our partnership with Mwanzo Early in the Pandemic, when the Kenyan government mandated closure of all schools in March 2020, the Mwanzo Education Center (MEC) in Rabuor, Kenya, was forced to cease schooling and feeding programs (twice-daily warm meals) for MEC’s 220...
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