Featured Citizen Philanthropist: Spring 2009 Coprodeli Volunteer Groupby Jenny van der HeydeTuesday August 25, 2009 at 9:42am, EST
Meet the Spring 2009 Coprodeli Volunteer group! Brought together by an interest in philanthropy, the group, whose 14 members include an artist, an engineer, a doctor and his two children, and a web designer, spent several weeks volunteering in Peru. Read more Featured Project: Vera Childcare Centerby Minh PhanTuesday August 18, 2009 at 11:00am, EST
Vera Village sits in Anand District at the edge of Gujarat province in Western India. Vera relies on agriculture as its main source of income. The majority of the village’s residents work in nearby tobacco fields. As a result, mothers are forced to take their children with them to work in the field, which harms the children by exposing their skin to nicotine and hinders the mother’s employment opportunities. Read more Featured Citizen Philanthropist: Ariadne Scottby Jenny van der HeydeTuesday August 11, 2009 at 10:18am, EST
Meet Ariadne Scott, Bicycle Program Coordinator at Stanford University. Through 1Well, Ariadne partnered with Jogad Village in Gujarat, India to provide clean energy to salt farming families. Using bake sales and an e-card campaign to reach out to friends and colleagues, Ariadne raised $8,247 to provide 135 families with solar lanterns. Read more 1Well featured in Expressby Irene MoskowitzMonday August 10, 2009 at 1:46pm, EST
Featured Project: Subtanjalla CAE Cafeteria Projectby Irene MoskowitzTuesday August 4, 2009 at 11:45am, EST
Meet Subtanjalla, an urban community of 16,900 on the outskirts of Ica City, Peru. In 2007, almost 90% of the region of Ica was destroyed by an earthquake. Since then, Coprodeli, 1Well’s field partner in Peru, has been working to help fix the damage, focusing on one particularly vulnerable segment of the population: children. Read more 1Well is a nonprofit that facilitates the connection between socially conscious individuals, groups, and businesses – Citizen Philanthropists – with communities in high need areas of the world. Together, these Citizen Philanthropists and communities partner to build critical life-sustaining projects – wells, toilets, childcare centers – that address basic needs and create a more self-reliant future. PARTNER with a community in need and learn about the IMPACT our projects have made. Subscribe and Share 
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