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- Gina Dettmer is fundraisingAminatu (above) starved to death last month. There is a crisis across Northern Nigeria. Food prices are skyrocketing, causing families who were once able to provide for their children to now be faced with days on end without a meal. Children are dying at an alarming rate.
My name is Gina. I met my best friend Yvette while I was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. It was her dream to make education accessible to girls in her village. The nonprofit we started originally focused on doing just that, but now children are dying all around us and we can't look away.
Given the crisis, our team began using local ingredients to make an emergency therapeutic food used by Doctors Without Borders. This high-protein supplement can bring a dying child to a healthy weight in just three months.
For just $375, we are able to provide lifesaving nutrition to a malnourished child, connect them with care at a local health center, AND help their mother launch a small business to provide for the family. Every dollar donated here will go directly to saving lives of malnourished children and empowering their families.
How often do you have the opportunity to directly SAVE A LIFE? Anything you can donate will make a difference. Your donation is tax-deductible through the charity Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, the fiscal sponsor of our nonprofit Bright Minds Africa.
No child should starve to death in 2024. Thank you for joining us in helping as many children as possible survive this crisis.
All my gratitude,Gina0 supporters - Talia Ringer is fundraising
Computing Connections Fellowship Fundraiser
My name is Talia, and I'm a computer science professor at UIUC. When I was a Ph.D. student, a research visit at another university saved my life and stopped me from dropping out. But it was expensive, and I was lucky to be able to pay for it. My goal is to make this kind of thing possible for everyone in my field.
This is why I recently started the Computing Connections Fellowship (CCF), which provides institution-independent funding for computer science Ph.D. students who need help escaping an unsafe or unhealthy environment. The two-year pilot is in programming languages research. We are looking for funding to keep the pilot going so that we can later expand to reach all of computer science!
Why donate? Economic and academic freedom are tightly coupled—depending on particular funding can make it prohibitive for a student to leave and find a healthy work environment. And unhealthy work environments are sadly common. A 2019 Nature survey of over 6000 Ph.D. students found that 21% had experienced bullying, with the majority coming from the impacted student’s advisor; a recent instance of this in computer architecture was fatal. In the same Nature survey, 21% of students (and 25% of women students) surveyed reported experiencing harassment or discrimination. Institution-independent emergency funding like CCF can save careers and even lives.
How does CCF help? CCF funds Ph.D. students who need help getting away from unsafe or unhealthy environments for research visits lasting a semester to a year. Having a semester to a year away can help a student reset from an unhealthy situation while working to set up something more sustainable. We also help the student find a host for the research visit—a strong research match who is also a good and trustworthy person. And we help the student navigate the process of setting up the visit and communicating with their university. We have personalized check-ins at regular intervals to make sure students are doing OK, and to help them look for more sustainable long-term solutions going forward. The whole time, we keep confidentiality and safety at the forefront of the process.
Has CCF already helped students? Yes! We awarded two fellowships this past semester, during our initial launch. But we want to fund many more students, which is why we need your help!
Where will my money go? Money will go directly to student fellowships to help us keep CCF afloat while we look for more sustainable funding. Donations small and large are welcome; every dollar helps. Fellowships support student stipends when necessary, but also support incidental costs incurred by the visit, like travel and housing. So, $20 could be a taxi to the airport for a student who needs to get away from their hometown. $500 could be a domestic flight. $2000 could be enough to cover rent for a student forced to pay for housing in two locations at the same time. Every dollar helps us get closer to our goal of being able to support every student who needs this. And the need is sadly high.
We'd love a world in which CCF is not necessary at all. But until then, we need your help with our pilot!
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28 supporters - Rachel Nicks is fundraising
Birth Queen - Empower Black Families
When founder Rachel Nicks met Jyesha Wren in 2020 and learned of the incredible work she was doing with BElovedBirth Black centering she knew she wanted to support this work in her hometown of Oakland, CA. Birth Queen is thrilled and honored to announce we have partnered with BElovedBirth Black centering with the goal of pouring resources into the program to help scale this model locally and nationally. Thank you Jyesha for allowing us to come on this journey with you.
BElovedBIRTH Black Centering, aka Beloved:
Beloved is a revolutionary new “by us for us” group perinatal care program in Oakland California, designed to honor and celebrate Black birthing people while preventing racism from harming our health in pregnancy and beyond. Launched at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and grounded in the birth justice movement, Beloved provides a holistic and comprehensive “Gold Package of Black Love”. As a powerful collaboration between Alameda Health System and the Alameda County Public Health Department; Beloved is transforming Black perinatal care from within our safety-net healthcare system.
BElovedBIRTH launches a new Centering group of 8-12 mamas every 2 months, and has served over 100 families so far. Early evaluation of the program’s impact on participant experiences and birth outcomes shows…
- Lower rates of pre-term birth, low-birth weight & NICU admission
- Reduced stress in pregnancy and postpartum
- Greater understanding of rights and self-advocacy; & lowered concerns about experiencing complications due to racism
- Experience of feeling heard, seen, respected, and honored as a Black birthing person
- Greater sense of community & more support with lactation, resources + supplies & family bonding
Cost of Programming:Total Budget 3.4M
Please see below for more information on BElovedBirth Center and why you should support this cause.
What's included in the program:
- Prenatal care designed to honor and celebrate you, while preventing racism from harming you or your baby's health
- Midwifery-led group prenatal & postpartum visits, providing you with a village of support
- 1 on 1 appointments, lab tests & ultrasounds as needed
- Hands-on empowering healthcare
- Consultation with a Maternal Fetal Medicine doctor for high-risk pregnancies, and 1 on 1 appointments with OB/GYNs as needed
- Childbirth education, by & for us, with a birth justice focus
- Awesome virtual program home so you stay connected to your group and support resources 24/7
- Wrap-around support & care coordination with our family support advocates
- Holistic & natural wellness supplies & support
- Access to 1 on 1 mental health care with our Black psychologists
- Fitness classes with local Black personal trainers
- Pregnancy photo shoot
- Doula care (labor support/coach)
- Access to 1 on 1 lactation support in your home, on Zoom, or in the office
- Fresh fruits and vegetables in pregnancy and yummy restaurant prepared meals delivered to you for 6 weeks postpartu
Our team:
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All of our links in 1 place on Linktr: https://linktr.ee/BElovedBIRTHBlackCentering
I hope you can see why Birth Queen is so incredibly excited to support this work. Our founder, Rachel Nicks knows how challenging it can be to do incredible work, fundraise, amplify, grow, and create lasting change. She founded Birth Queen to support organizations such as BElovedBirth Black Centering. We are just getting started and have an intricate and robust plan for change. We are confident that with our passion, commitment, and 360 degree approach we WILL end the Black maternal health crisis and ensure every Black family and Black birth worker feels supported and empowered to not only survive but thrive.
Donation Tiers
Here are some examples of how your donation can support Beloved’s “Gold-Package of Black Love” wrap-around perinatal services.
Supporting Individual Beloved Mamas:$20: Pays for 1 box of fresh produce for a Mama
$80: Pays for one complete line of holistic wellness supplies including belly butter, boobie balm, aromatherapy roller balls, and an herbal sitz bath blend for postpartum healing
$150: Pays for 1 lactation specialist visit
$250: Pays for 1 virtual prenatal/postpartum fitness class, accessible to all 100+ Mamas
Supporting groups of Beloved Mamas:
$1000: Pays for 12 Mamas to get complete line of holistic wellness supplies.
$3,000: Pays for all 12 Mamas to get a box of fresh produce at all 15 group visits.
$5,000: Pays for all 12 mamas in a Beloved Black Centering group to get an initial and a follow-up visit with our lactation specialist, when and where they want it (home, virtual, or in office)
$12,000: Pays for 6 months of our fitness class service; providing all 100+ Mamas
$24K: Pays for all 12 mamas in a Beloved Black Centering group to get home deliveries of nourishing restaurant prepared meals for 6 weeks postpartum.
Birth Queen is proud to partner with Philanthropic Ventures Foundation (PVF), a 501(c)3 public charity dedicated to supporting outstanding charitable work, customizing giving programs, and initiating new dimensions in grantmaking. As the official fiscal sponsor of Birth Queen, PVF helps us make all donations 100% tax-deductible.- A
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39 supporters - Team SFOA is fundraising
SFOA 2020 Sustainability Scholarships Program
Join us in offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to kids from low income families in the Bay Area to attend Sustainable Future Outdoor Academy. By sponsoring just one camper, you'll be helping to create a more sustainable world by fostering the next generation of sustainability leaders, and the camper you sponsor will participate in an unforgettable 3-day sleepaway camp experience.
About SFOA
Sustainable Future Outdoor Academy teaches middle and high school students about sustainability in a fun, outdoor camp environment. We make learning about sustainability and environmentalism engaging through educational modules with hands-on activities, field trips to local sustainable farms and hikes exploring local natural destinations.
For much more information about the SFOA experience and to see our video, please visit our website at https://www.sfoa.earth
One $500 scholarship provides the funds for food, lodging, transportation and camp staff for one camper in our 3-day/2-night SFOA program.
Donors who contribute $500 or more will be listed on our 'Friends of SFOA' poster during 2020 sessions, and will receive a report after the next session so you can see the impact of your support. Donors who contribute $1000 or more will also receive a custom commemorative plaque as a thank you for going above and beyond to offer this impactful experience to more campers.
Thank you in advance for your support! We couldn't do this without you.
Best,
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20 supporters - Eric Dijkhuis is fundraising
Po Paraguay! One hand, a thousand stories.
We are a non-profit organization that changes the lives of people using technology. We seek to enhance the individuality of people and demonstrate to the world the beauty of being unique. That's why we design and create the POs, high quality 3D printed prostheses, customized according to your tastes and needs.
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About Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
PVF is a public charity based in the Bay Area that was founded in 1991 to test new approaches to creative grantmaking. We work with donors to create customized giving plans to maximize the impact of the philanthropic dollar.
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