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The Center for a New American Dream promotes Americans shifting their consumption to improve quality of life and protect the environment. The Center works with organizations, governments, and individuals to help them conserve resources and support community engagement. The Center’s newest project is The Guide to Going Local—a free guide in the Community Action Kit that provides steps people can take to strengthen their local economy. Funds raised will cover research and development and design costs.
Junior is promoting youth self-empowerment in Liberia through teaching agricultural skills, and hence creating jobs and a source of sustainable income for them. He has been invited to attend the Dell Summer Social Innovation Lab, but he needs to purchase his own plane ticket from his home in Liberia to Boston, where the lab is being held. This lab is the opportunity for Junior to develop his venture idea and create lasting partnerships in the US that will help him on his entrepreneurial journey. He’s raising $1,600 to fund his round-trip plane ticket to Boston.
Reagan High in Austin, Texas is a success story—an example of a struggling high school where, after the threat of closure, students rallied against tough odds to raise test scores enough to save the school. The Brick family is determined to turn Reagan High into an inspiring example of success to rally students in struggling schools across the country. During their book release party for Saving the School: A Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch of Kids and a Year in the Crosshairs of Education Reform, they are trying to establish a scholarship fund for promising students at the school. The tipping point goal will help pay for the entire book release party and the total funding goal will go towards a new scholarship fund.
Spark International trains and empowers local changemakers who are working in some of the poorest areas of the world. The goal is to establish strong local leaders who are creating local solutions to local problems. This campaign, a dollar for a year of education, is supporting John Taka’s project, “Seed of Hope”. In each village, they raise a sweet potato farm and then sell the harvest. The money raised pays for school fees for children in the village. Spark International is providing one-third of the startup costs for “Seed of Hope” to John Taka, which is the funding goal for this campaign.
SPOUTS of Water just finished its campaign, raising $5,665 from 74 backers to help develop a ceramic water filter production center in Uganda. These funds will help officially launch SPOUTS of Water. The goal is to increase access to sanitary water in Uganda, decrease their dependence on foreign aid, and give Ugandans a sense of pride and ownership in personal water hygiene. The water filter design is durable, cheap, and easy to produce from materials already found in Uganda. The simplicity and low-maintenance requirements of this filter will result in it being more accessible and easy to get Ugandans using it in their homes quickly.
Dandelion Support Network collects and sorts pre-owned nursery equipment and children’s clothes and distributes them through local support agencies to families in need. Dandelion Support Network is creating a future where local communities support each other in an inclusive and nonjudgmental way—where families can accept help from the community, free of prejudices and shame. Dandelion Support Network is utilizing this campaign to officially launch and cover overheads for the first year. With just under two weeks left, Dandelion Support Network has surpassed the campaign tipping point goal, raising $7,280, and is striving to reach the total funding goal of $9,751.
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Help Launch SPOUTS of Water
Clean water is key to a healthy lifestyle. However, it is unfortunate that currently over 10 million Ugandans lack access to safe drinking water. As a result, water borne diseases are the predominant cause of death in Ugandan children under the age of five. SPOUTS of Water (Sustainable Point-Of-Use Treatment and Storage) has discovered a clean water solution, working to establish a ceramic water filter production center in Uganda.
SPOUTS of Water is a non-profit venture comprised of a team of Harvard University undergraduates, Boston engineers, and HBS consultants who have partnered with Kampala University to bring a ceramic water filter production center to Uganda. Through collaboration, team members have devoted their varied skill sets and expertise to provide a sustainable and cost effective solution to Uganda’s water problem through affordable, simple, and accessible water filtration.
The SPOUTS of Water solution is to construct a local factory in Uganda for water production. This will provide filters to individual homes, promoting a sense of responsibility and ownership—all essential aspects of global health technology.
A few weeks into the Launch SPOUTS of Water campaign, and $1,300 has already been pledged by a total of 23 backers. Upon achieving the $5000 tipping point goal, SPOUTS of Water will be able to provide the factory with the machinery necessary to produce the filters and provide for ongoing costs for the factory (such as transportation and utilities). Reaching the total funding goal of $10,000 means being able to supply125 households with clean water for 4 years. Please take a minute to help SPOUTS of Water positively change the lifestyle of Ugandans and save countless lives; share this campaign with your networks and consider making a pledge today.
Asibi Danjuma
I am a 23-year-old Londoner currently in law school. I have a BA in Politics and International Relations and an LLB in law. I have worked as a Student Facilitator for the British Red Cross, taught at local schools in Berkshire and have done a lot of pro bono legal research for Amnesty International and the Arizona Capital Trials Project. When I finish law school, I hope to start saving the world by working in developmental research and perhaps move to Paris to eat macaroons, dabble in photography and write stories. I’m also an avid reader, white wine drinker and world traveler.
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The Urban Seed Project sells a collection of heirloom seeds that can be used for container growing on balconies, rooftop gardens, and windowsills. This appeals to an urban market that has very little free outdoor space to grow their own food. It promotes local and sustainable food in urban areas where people typically have no choice but to patronize local big box grocery stores that sell food transported from all over the world. The main goal of this project is to create jobs in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in addition to helping develop sustainable food programs within Vancouver’s inner city. This campaign will help launch the Urban Seed Project, with funds going towards hiring workers, promotions, and the purchase of materials and seeds.
SPOUTS of Water is developing a ceramic water filter production center in Uganda. The goal is to increase access to sanitary water in Uganda, decrease their dependence on foreign aid, and give Ugandans a sense of pride and ownership in personal water hygiene. The water filter design is durable, cheap, and easy to produce from materials already found in Uganda. The simplicity and low-maintenance requirements of this filter will result in it being more accessible and easy to get Ugandans using it in their homes quickly. To launch SPOUTS of Water, equipment (a generator, a hammermill, a clay mixer, a press, and a kiln) needs to be purchased for the factory in Uganda.
Dandelion Support Network collects and sorts pre-owned nursery equipment and children’s clothes and distributes them through local support agencies to families in need. Dandelion Support Network is creating a future where local communities support each other in an inclusive and nonjudgmental way—where families can accept help from the community, free of prejudices and shame. Dandelion Support Network is utilizing this campaign to officially launch and cover overheads for the first year.
Adventures in New Giving raised over $10,000 from 150 backers, making an inspiring rally in the last few hours of its campaign to surge past the tipping point. Now, Nathaniel James can pursue his mission to research and explore the newest frontiers of the evolving altruistic community. He will be taking a 90-day, 10-city multimedia road trip to investigate the shifting landscape of giving. Follow along on his trip as he shares what he learns and discovers at adventuresinnewgiving.com.
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Social entrepreneurs, have these campaigns inspired you to start your own good? Do you have a social enterprise, a non-profit, or an amazing idea that needs some momentum to take off? Visit our site to find out how to start your own campaign today. Still have questions? We have answers—check out our FAQ section.
