By David on Jun 21, 2008 in Asia - Pacific | 0 Comments
Give2Asia (San Francisco) has a presence in 21 countries in Asia and offers many services to help donors customize their giving. Special projects now support China’s earthquake relief efforts and aid to Burma (Myanmar) cyclone victims.
Donors can choose to give to:
Hosted Funds - select from a variety of hosted funds.
By David on May 24, 2008 in Asia - Pacific, Featured | 0 Comments
Rising Star Outreach (RSO), founded in 2002 by Becky Douglas, is an American charity with a mission to help Leprosy colonies in India become thriving, self-sufficient communities. In India, there are over 700 leprosy colonies, and an estimated 100 million leprosy-affected people worldwide are victims of social, educational, vocational and other types of discrimination.
RSO has [...]
By David on May 17, 2008 in Asia - Pacific | 0 Comments
Vibha is a U.S. based volunteer run nonprofit, founded in 1991, that works to ensure health, education and economic opportunities for underprivileged children in India. To date, Vibha has supported about 190 projects in India and the USA, and has a network of 825 volunteers spread across Action Centers in cities like Atlanta, Austin, Bay [...]
By David on May 15, 2008 in Asia - Pacific | 0 Comments
Burma Lifeline (Boulder, Colorado) is a nonprofit, founded in 1999, that is dedicated to helping refugees from the tyranny in Burma (Myanmar) survive in neighboring countries, mainly Thailand. There are over 1 million Burmese refugees hiding in neighboring countries.
A special donation fund and program for relief efforts for the victims of the recent Cyclone Nargis [...]
By David on May 9, 2008 in Asia - Pacific | 1 Comment
The Teluga Association of North American (TANA) is a nonprofit, founded in 1978, that has over 32,000 members in the USA and Canada. TANA has a mission of perpetuating, integrating and assimilating the cultural heritage of the Telugu-speaking people of the North American continent into the cultural heritage of North America.
TANA, through its TANA Foundation, [...]
By David on May 6, 2008 in Asia - Pacific | 0 Comments
The Cyclone Nargis which struck Burma (Myanmar) on May 3 has claimed an estimated 22,000 lives, with another 41,000+ missing and 1-million or more homeless. The country’s military rulers have been reluctant to let non-governmental agencies operate inside the country, but one U.S. nonprofit that is working currently in the country is Save the Children [...]
By David on Apr 12, 2008 in Asia - Pacific | 0 Comments
Serving Our World is a California-based charity which works to improve the lives of orphaned and abandoned children in remote communities around the world. An estimated 99 million orphans exist worldwide. Current projects are underway in Thailand and East Timor in Southeast Asia.
By David on Mar 31, 2008 in Asia - Pacific | 0 Comments
Tibet Justice Center (TJC) is a Berkeley, California based nonprofit that advocates, through legal action and education, to promote self-determination, human rights, environmental protection and peaceful resolution of the situation in Tibet.
In 1989, Dr. Michael van Walt van Praag brought together a group of human rights lawyers in the San Francisco area to work on [...]