Girl Child Network–This Month’s Spotlighted Charity

Apr 30, 2022 by Janet Maker

Girl Child Network (GCN) is a National Non-Governmental network that seeks to promote the rights and holistic empowerment of the girl child in the home, school and community in Sierra Leone. Anita Koroma and her team established GCN in Sierra Leone in 1998.

Friends of Maternity Hospitals

Mar 31, 2022 by Janet Maker

Founded by Mrs. Isha Daramy in Lunsar, Sierra Leone, ‘Friends of Maternity Hospitals’ is a non profit organization that partners with all maternity wards around Sierra Leone to help reduce natal mortality.

Days for Girls

Jan 31, 2022 by Janet Maker

Days for Girls provides menstrual health education, increases access to menstrual products, trains social entrepreneurs, and advances menstrual equity globally through partnerships with governments and health coalitions.

WordMagic Global

Dec 29, 2021 by Janet Maker

WordMagic is a revolutionary form of wordplay created by verbal gymnast Laurel Airica.  Laurel’s mystic-linguistic perspective on English stirs the hearts and minds of people of all ages

World Wheel

Oct 31, 2021 by Janet Maker

World Wheel, Global Peace Through the Arts, is an artistic forum for global understanding consisting of stone sculptures, performance events, nature reserves, and wisdom centers circling the globe.

Soroptimist International

Sep 30, 2021 by Janet Maker

This year is the 100^th anniversary of the founding of Soroptimist International (SI), a global volunteer organization advocating for human rights and gender equality.  SI is a network of around 72,000 club members in 121 countries.

AIDRom–the Ecumenical Association of Churches from Romania

Jul 31, 2021 by Janet Maker

AIDRom–the Ecumenical Association of Churches from Romania-operates 3 regional counseling centers offering social assistance to vulnerable groups.

Taiwan Coalition Against Violence

Jun 30, 2021 by Janet Maker

Taiwan Coalition Against Violence (TCAV) is a leading nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to the prevention and elimination of gender-based violence (GBV) in Taiwan.

WomenSport International

Apr 30, 2021 by Janet Maker

WomenSport International (WSI) was formed in 1994 to meet the challenge of ensuring that sport and physical activity receive the attention and priority they deserve in the lives of women and girls.

Capacitar

Mar 31, 2021 by Janet Maker

Capacitar is an international network of empowerment and solidarity whose vision is: Healing ourselves, healing our world.

Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation

Jan 31, 2021 by Janet Maker

The mission of Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF) is to empower women and girls through education to help end gender based violence, most especially female genital mutilation (FGM).

Black Lives Matter

Dec 31, 2020 by Janet Maker

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.

A New Way of Life

Nov 1, 2020 by Janet Maker

Founded by Susan Burton in 1998, A New Way of Life is a reentry program for formerly incarcerated women, providing housing, case management, pro bono legal services, advocacy and leadership development.

MTC EDUCATE A GIRL INC–This Month’s Spotlighted Charity

Sep 30, 2020 by Janet Maker

MTC Educate A Girl Inc  empowers girls from marginalized communities in the Chimanimani area of Zimbabwe.

International Institute of Tolerance

Jul 31, 2020 by Janet Maker

The International Institute of Tolerance (IIT) provides religious, educational, and social services to advance justice and promote compassion.

CODEPINK

Jun 30, 2020 by Janet Maker

CODEPINK advocates for an end to U.S militarism and a move from a war economy to a peace economy, where tax dollars would be redirected to life-affirming programs.

Eritrean Satellite Television (ERISAT)

Apr 30, 2020 by Janet Maker

ERISAT is a non-profit digital platform dedicated to serving Eritreans inside and outside Eritrea.

Sue Speaks

Mar 31, 2020 by Janet Maker

SUE Speaks is a digital meeting place for high-minded people to be inspired and to engage with each other. Our goal is to help shift our worldview from being primarily about self-care to one in which caring about each other is just as important.

Tuskeegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation

Jan 31, 2020 by Janet Maker

Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation honors the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, one of the most recognized and decorated groups to serve in the Army Air Corps during World War II.

African Communities Public Health Coalition

Dec 31, 2019 by Janet Maker

African Communities Public Health Coalition (ACPHC) works to improve mental health and wellness in African immigrants.

Change to Humanity

Oct 31, 2019 by Janet Maker

Change to Humanity was founded by Giselle Malluche in 2007 to assist the homeless and communities living in food deserts and experiencing food insecurity in Atlanta and Clarkston GA.

Natural Deathcare Initiative

Sep 30, 2019 by Janet Maker

Natural Deathcare Initiative promotes natural deathcare as a compassionate choice, a human right, and an environmental imperative.

African Missions Empowering Network (AMEN)

Jun 30, 2019 by Janet Maker

African Missions Empowering Network (AMEN), was founded by Aman Berhe to help Eritrean refugees, both in Africa and in the U.S.

Nile Sisters Development Initiative

Jun 1, 2019 by Janet Maker

Nile Sisters Development Initiative (NSDI) is dedicated to educating, supporting, and offering training to refugee and immigrant women and their families in the San Diego area

Channel the Sun

Feb 28, 2019 by Janet Maker

Soula SAAD teamed with Channel the Sun Magazine to fund women’s art projects through crowdfunding and fundraiser events.

Muslims for Progressive Values

Jan 31, 2019 by Janet Maker

Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV) advocates for human rights, social justice and inclusion in the United States and around the world. Since its inception in 2007, MPV has been devoted to establishing and nurturing vibrant progressive Muslim communities worldwide.

The Santa Monica History Museum

Nov 30, 2018 by Janet Maker

The Santa Monica History Museum. is a “Santa Monica treasure.” It was founded in 1975 as the Santa Monica Historical Society and it...

Stop Organ Harvesting in China

Oct 31, 2018 by Janet Maker

Upward African Woman

Aug 31, 2018 by Janet Maker

Upward African Woman (UAW) was founded in 2014 with the goal of empowering women and children who are primarily the victims of cultural, mental, sexual, and physical abuse and neglect.

Global One Development Center

Jul 31, 2018 by Janet Maker

Global One Development Center provides permanent supportive housing to homeless young adults in northern San Bernardino...

Justice Law Group

Jun 1, 2018 by Janet Maker

The Justice Law Group of San Diego was co-founded by Cameron Gharabikiou, who is currently a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of...

Music Mends Minds

Apr 30, 2018 by Janet Maker

Music Mends Minds is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that supports the mind and spirit of people afflicted by neurodegenerative...

K9 Connection

Feb 28, 2018 by Janet Maker

K9 Connection’s programs in Los Angeles area high schools offer teens the chance to break through learning and life barriers by...

Homeless Not Toothless

Jan 31, 2018 by Janet Maker

Founded by Dr. Jay Grossman in 1992, Homeless Not Toothless is a 501C(3) non profit program providing free dental care to the...

Perfect Pet Rescue

Nov 30, 2017 by Janet Maker

Perfect Pet Rescue is a non-profit adoption agency for dogs, with mobile adoptions on Saturdays and Sundays in Santa Monica, CA.  In...

Green Wave

Oct 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

Green Wave (http://www.greenwavesofchange.org) is an environmental consulting non-profit inspired by regenerative thinking,...

Wright Way Organic Resource Center

Aug 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

In 1999 Mary and Eric Lloyd Wright, along with their friends and a group of dedicated volunteers started the Wright Way Organic...

Jewish Women’s Theatre

Jul 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

Jewish Women’s Theatre debuted in in 2008 the backyard of a home in Pacific Palisades, California with the expressed purpose of...

Nature of Wildworks

Apr 30, 2017 by Janet Maker

The Nature of Wildworks (www.natureofwildworks.org) is a celebration of all the remarkable, diverse creatures with whom we are...

Occupy Wall Street

Mar 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

Occupy Wall Street is a people-powered movement that began on September 17, 2011 in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District,...

Advocates for the Environment

Jan 31, 2017 by Janet Maker

Advocates for the Environment is a Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) non-profit law firm and environmental advocacy organization.  They...

Human Kindness Foundation

Jan 1, 2017 by Janet Maker

The Human Kindness Foundation (HKF), founded by Bo and Sita Lozoff, is a non-profit organization that promotes three common...

UCLArts and Healing

Oct 31, 2016 by Janet Maker

UCLArts and Healing, founded by Ping Ho, offers professional development training and programs for the general public in the use of...

Inner Outer Partnership

Sep 30, 2016 by Janet Maker

Danielle Levy has been teaching meditation and the values that accompany it for a number of years. and in 1995 she founded the Inner...

The Daddio Collective

Jul 17, 2016 by Janet Maker

The Daddio Collective is a Los Angeles Charity Dedicated to Changing the Lives of Children.Animals.Communities. Through our...

Earth Rights Institute

Jun 13, 2016 by Janet Maker

Founded in 2001, Earth Rights Institute (ERI) exists to support a culture of peace and justice worldwide by establishing dynamic...

Innocence Project

May 19, 2016 by Janet Maker

This organization has a tee shirt I proudly wear, which lists the names of all the exonerees and the number of years each one was...

SOS Children’s Villages International

May 19, 2016 by Janet Maker

SOS Children’s Villages International provides families for children needing care all over the world.  I support a little boy in...

Kiva

May 19, 2016 by Janet Maker

Kiva doesn’t ask for donations; instead they ask for loans for people who are borrowing money to improve their lives.  You start by...

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

May 19, 2016 by Janet Maker

IFAW’s mission is to rescue and protect animals around the world.  IFAW rescues individuals, safeguards populations, and preserves...