ONE

This is not exactly an underpublished non-profit, but perhaps one overdue for mention here.

The ONE Campaign is an effort by Americans to rally Americans – one by one – to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE is students and ministers, punk rockers and NASCAR moms, Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life, united to help make poverty history.

The ONE Campaign derives its name from the belief that allocating an additional one percent of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs like health, education, clean water and food would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the world's poorest countries. We also call for debt cancellation, trade reform and anti–corruption measures in a comprehensive package to help Africa and the poorest nations beat AIDS and extreme poverty.

The goal of ending poverty may seem lofty, but it is within our reach if we take action together as one. You can start now by joining the ONE Campaign and pledging your voice to the fight against extreme poverty and global AIDS.

Here's what to do:

1. Sign the Declaration
Take ONE minute today to sign the ONE declaration and lend us your voice in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty.

2. Email A Friend
Send a friend an email and encourage them to sign the One Declaration!

3. Wear the Wristband
Wear the white band and show your support for the ONE Campaign and the fight against global AIDS and poverty. Worn by teachers, doctors, and homemakers. You've seen them in the pages of People and US Weekly on your favorite stars, get your band now! The white bands are part of a global effort to make poverty history.

4. Get Local
You can help by hosting an ad banner on your website. Go to the website for a selection to choose from and show your support for the ONE campaign.

5. Host a Banner
Take your involvement with the ONE campaign to the next level.

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ONE

One Laptop Per Child

Most of the nearly two-billion children in the developing world are inadequately educated, or receive no education at all. One in three does not complete the fifth grade.

The individual and societal consequences of this chronic global crisis are profound. Children are consigned to poverty and isolation-just like their parents-never guessing what the light of learning could mean in their lives. At the same time, their governments struggle to compete in a rapidly-evolving, global information economy, hobbled by a vast and increasingly urban underclass that cannot support itself, much less contribute to the commonweal, because it lacks the tools to do so.
It is time to rethink this equation.

Given the resources that poor countries can reasonably allocate to education-sometimes less than $20 per year per pupil, compared to approximately $7500 spent annually in the U.S.-even a doubled or redoubled national commitment to traditional education, augmented by external and private funding, does not get the job done. Moreover, experience strongly suggests that incrementally doing more of the same-building schools, hiring teachers, buying books and equipment-is a laudable but insufficient response to the problem of bringing true learning possibilities to the vast numbers of children in the developing world. It is instead a reliable recipe for going backward by standing still.

Any nation's most precious and valuable natural resource is its children. We believe the emerging world must leverage its children, tap their innate capacities to learn and share and create on their own. Our answer to that challenge is the XO laptop, a children's machine designed for "learning learning."

OLPC is not at heart a technology program and the XO is not a product in any conventional sense of the word. We are non-profit: constructionism is our goal; XO is our means of getting there. It is a very cool, even revolutionary machine, and we are very proud of it. But we would also be delighted if someone built something better, and at a lower price.

The One Laptop per Child Foundation is supported by individuals, businesses and foundations. Your contributions large and small are greatly appreciated and will be used to support grassroots learning innovations throughout the lesser developed world.

You can send your contributions to:

OLPC Foundation
One Cambridge Center
Cambridge Massachusetts, 02142
U.S.A.

Or log on below and donate by credit card:

One Laptop Per Child

Curriki

Curriki is more than your average Website; it is a community of educators, learners and committed education experts who are working together to create quality materials that will benefit teachers and students around the world.

Curriki provides an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. Our name is a play on the combination of 'curriculum' and 'wiki' which is the technology we're using to make education universally accessible.

Curriki is a nonprofit community that relies on the support of companies, foundations, and individuals to realize our vision of a truly global education and learning community. Your donation makes it possible for educators worldwide to develop, share, and access the highest quality curricula and learning resources with teachers and learners around the globe.

To find out more, click below:

Curriki

T-Post

Yeah I know I've already gone the t-shirt route recently, but t-shirts are really just the flyer or billboard of the next generation, so I can't pass up spreading the word about T-Post.

Swedish T-shirt-design company T-Post has found an easy way for you to draw public attention to important current events. Subscribe to their new service and every six weeks you’ll receive a new American Apparel T-shirt upon which the latest news has been graphically depicted (don’t worry, explanatory text is on the inside). As countless curious passersby ask what your shirt means, you’ll be raising awareness every time you leave your house. The price may be steep, but you'll be ultra fashionable, and consider the alternative: newspaper clothing would be neither practical nor comfortable.

T-Post

Freepledge

This Valentine's Day, with FREEPLEDGE, you can send gifts and flowers to your loved ones, and at the same time support your nonprofit organizations at no extra cost.

First choose a nonprofit to support, then watch shop for the gift that you'll get rewarded for, and that rewards others.

Freepledge