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Ways to Make the World a Better Place

Did you know we could be preventing much of the suffering in this world if we were following God's plan for providing for the needy?
Listen to Bono's Speech About God's Plan (21:40)

Tips on Giving Wisely and Charity Rating Resources
A Partial, Categorized List of 3- and 4-Star Charities
Free and Easy Ways to Donate
Host a party, watch a movie and change the world!
Kiva and Grameen-Style Microcredit
Random Acts of Kindness and Pay It Forward
Healthful, Simple, Ethical, Humane and Sustainable Shopping and Living Guides and Resources (Safe, Whole, Organic / Fairtrade, RED and Recycled Products)
Information on Social Issues
Campaigns to Pressure Leaders for Positive Change
More Ideas on What You Can Do to Help Others in Need

Be Careful Who You Give Your Money To!

Not all charities are alike. Some spend a larger share of your money doing good than others. Find out which ones have the highest rating for efficiency and financial stability. Then maximize your donation's power for good by supporting them. skip

3- and 4-Star Charities

The following is a categorized list of 3- and 4-star charities that are providing such a wonderful service, I feel they're worth every dollar we can give them. (taken from Charity Navigator's uncategorized list) skip

Microloans | skip
- Rating | ACCION International
- Rating | ADRA
- Rating | CARE
- Rating | FINCA International
- Rating | Floresta USA
- Rating | The Hunger Project (provides microloans in its African Woman Food Farmer Initiative)
- Rating | Oxfam America
- Rating | Trickle Up
- Rating | Unitus
- Rating | Women for Women International
- Hide the Microloans Category
Mediloans | skip
- Rating | TechnoServe (promotes the growth of small and medium businesses, which are too big for microloans, with migrant remittances and other sources of investment capital)
- Rating | Root Capital (formerly EcoLogic Finance)
- Rating | Partners Worldwide
- Hide the Mediloans Category
Children (in descending order of overall rating) | skip
World Relief and Services | skip
- Rating | American Refugee Committee International
- Rating | Food for the Hungry
- Rating | Christian Alliance for Humanitarian Aid
- Rating | Mercy Corps
- Rating | Samaritan's Purse
- Rating | United States Fund for UNICEF
- Rating | HOPE Worldwide
- Rating | World Emergency Relief
- Rating | Operation USA
- Rating | Project Concern International
- Rating | Globus Relief
- Rating | Healing Hands International
- Rating | Heart to Heart International
- Rating | Sabin Vaccine Institute
- Rating | World Vision
- Rating | Africare
- Rating | Project Mercy (helping Africans)
- Hide the World Relief and Services Category
World Health | skip
World Education | skip
Peace and Human Rights | skip
Medical Research (in descending order of overall rating) | skip
Cancer Research (in descending order of overall rating) | skip
Diabetes and Other Research and Services | skip
Charities for Americans | skip

Free and Easy Ways to Donate

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Protein Research Projects Seeking Cures for Diseases

Help find the cures for cancer and other diseases with your computer or Sony Playstation 3 when it's idle by joining one of the following protein research projects based on volunteer computing (similar to grid computing, a type of distributed computing). skip

Note: These protein research projects require installing volunteer computing software provided by the projects.

WARNING: If you haven't secured your operating system, network, if you have one, and private data, you'll be making them vulnerable to malicious use by going online. I strongly recommend securing your operating system, network and private data first.

Volunteer Computing Security: skip
Volunteer Computing Research Projects | skip
- Join World Community Grid to Help the Human Proteome Folding Project and the Genome Comparison Project, to Help Cure Cancer and Muscular Dystrophy and to Fight AIDS with FightAIDS@Home
  - Join a World Community Grid Team
  - Log In and Start Your Own World Community Grid Team
- Join Folding@Home (finding out how proteins fold - proteins that fold wrong cause all kinds of diseases)
- Join Genome@Home (has a new goal now to design new genes that can form working proteins in the cell)
  - Join a Genome@Home Team
  - Start Your Own Genome@Home Team
- Join Predictor@Home (predicts protein structure from protein sequence)
  - Join a Predictor@Home Team
  - Start Your Own Predictor@Home Team
- Join Docking@Home (aims to further knowledge of the atomic details of protein-ligand interactions)
- Join Proteins@Home (identifying the amino acid sequences that maximally stabilize a given proteing fold)
- Join BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing)
- Other Volunteer-Type Distributed Computing Projects
- Teams for Other Volunteer-Type Distributed Computing Projects
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Other Free and Easy Ways to Donate

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The Largest Collection of Click-to-Donate Sites That Appear to Be Working Properly (You click. Advertisers pay. Click every day to support worthy causes!)
Easy Donations
Join Windows Live Messenger's i'm Initiative and Use WLM to Support a Charity (with every conversation Microsoft donates a portion of its advertising revenue to your favorite participating charity)
- Watch mtvU's ''Cause Effect'' with Flash Player
Do Your E-Mail at Animail.com (6.5 GB - Powered by Gmail)
Send E-Cards at Smiles4All.com
Download and Install the FREE Care2 Toolbar
Search to Donate: skip
Tell the World ''What Kind Of World You Want'' and Raise Money for Charity
''...by making and uploading a video of yourself, your friends or your family--whomever and whatever--answering the question, 'What Kind Of World Do You Want?' ''
''Or, you can raise money for charities that John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting has personally selected. Watch any clip on this site and money will go to the charity listed with that video.''
Save 201 Square Feet of Rainforest Each Time You Write Your Senator or Representative
Surf 4 The Earth (donate to charities with credits earned from promoting your web site)
Get Your UK Internet Access from Waitrose and Support Charity (they donate all their profits to charity - broadband provider of the year 2007)
Walk, Run or Ride for Charity: skip
- Get Sponsors for Marathons, Bike Rides, Etc.:
  - EasySponsorship.com
  - FirstGiving.com
- Walk for a Cause
- Run for a Cause
- Ride for a Cause
Volunteer: skip
- Tips on Volunteering Wisely and Other Volunteering Resources
- Online Volunteering skip
- Be A Virtual Volunteer
- Nabuur.com (provide your skills and find a project that needs them)
Opportunities in the U.S. | skip
- VolunteerMatch
- 1-800-Volunteer
- USA Freedom Corps (promotes and expands volunteer service in America)
- Help in Disaster (a national campaign to educate, register and affiliate volunteers before disaster strikes)
- Medical Reserve Corps (establishes teams of local volunteer medical and public health professionals)
Opportunities Around the World | skip
- The UN's Online Volunteering
- Volunteer Abroad
- World Volunteer Web
- Idealist.org
- GlobalTribe (a new way to explore the world through volunteering and studying)
- Tweenangels and Teenangels (a volunteer safety ambassadors program for 9-18 year-olds founded by leading cyberlawyer Parry Aftab, Executive Director of WiredSafety.org, the world's largest online safety and help organization)
- Pledge an Hour: Volunteer to Repair the World

Other Ways to Make the World a Better Place

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''Do You Want To Change The World? Are you eager to find solutions to global problems? Are you moved by inspirational stories? Are you ready to jump from 'caring' to 'doing'? Then host a party, watch a movie and change the world!'' - NewHeroes.org

Note: Even though the campaign is over, you can order the DVD set from PBS and host your own house party. skip

Visit NewHeroes.org to Learn More
Learn More About PBS's New Heroes Series
Buy ''The New Heroes'' DVD Set
Throw an Oprah's ''Big Give'' Party
Give a loan to an impoverished small business owner at Kiva.org.
- Connect with Other Kiva Donors at KivaFriends.org
- Make an Investment in the Working Poor at eBay's MicroPlace.com (not rated)
- Note: Kiva and MicroPlace haven't been rated yet by the charity rating organizations. If you'd rather donate to a 4-star charity, donate to one of the following: skip
- 4-star Charities Providing Microloans for Single Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries
- 4-star Charities Providing Mediloans for Small and Medium Businesses in Developing Countries
- About Kiva and Grameen-Style Microcredit | skip
  - Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. Its staff members partner with local organizations to screen businesses and administer your loan. Their partners average a historical repayment rate of +96%.
  - Bangladeshi economist Mohammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his work in the microfinance field with his Grameen Bank in large part because microfinance changes the lives of the poor significantly for the better!
  - Explore the impact of microfinance with PBS Frontline's ''Uganda: A Little Goes A Long Way.''
  - The Evolution of Microfinance
  - Information on the Grameen Bank Created by Muhammad Yunus
  - Grameen Foundation
  - Book: ''Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty'' by Muhammad Yunus
  - Book: ''How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas'' by David Bornstein
  - RESULTS (''creating the public and political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty'' - Microcredit Summit Campaign is a project of RESULTS Educational Fund)
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Perform Random Acts of Kindness, Then Pay It Forward | skip
- What is Pay It Forward?
- Join the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation and Create a Kindness Site
- Join WorldofGood.com, an eBay Community
- Get Ideas at HelpOthers.org
- Get Inspired and Volunteer at BlossomInternational.org (inspiring humanity to make a difference in the world by implementing programs that increase understanding and kindness)
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Shop and Live Healthfully, Simply, Ethically, Humanely and Sustainably: Buy Safe, Whole, Organic / Fairtrade, RED and Recycled | skip
- Information | skip
  - Learn About Toxic Ingredients in Our Personal Care Products, Cosmetics, Foods, Water and Air
  - The Health Benefits of Whole, Unprocessed Foods
  - The Top 10 Reasons to Go Organic, Organic Myths and Scientific Articles on the Health Effects of Pesticides
  - Note: ''Ethical consumerism may be all the rage, but it won't save the planet,'' says Jess Worth. He argues that we need to ''embrace the idea that less can be more.'' And that for fair trade to work Seriously consider living simply as well as ethically, humanely and sustainably. - Less Can Be More
  - Learn About Affluenza
  - Learn About Anti-Consumerism
  - Learn About Simple Living
  - SimpleLiving.com (resources for simple living)
  - SimpleLiving.org: Alternatives for Simple Living (equips people of faith to challenge consumerism, live justly and celebrate responsibly)
  - SimpleLiving.net: The Simple Living Network (provides resources, tools, examples and contacts for conscious, simple, healthy and restorative living)
  - Learn About Ethical Consumerism
  - Learn About Sustainable Living
  - GlobalStewards.org (resources for sustainable living)
  - 8 Ways to Practice Product Stewardship
  - Quiz: Are you an ethical shopper?
  - Another Ethical Shopping Quiz
  - How To Be An Ethical Consumer (''ethical consuming includes and goes way beyond boycott actions against individual companies, and can include all of our purchasing choices.'')
  - Maquilapolis: City of Factories (''Thousands of women in Tijuana work at maquiladoras: massive factories owned by the world's largest multinational corporations, where each day they confront labor violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos.'')
    - Find out more about life on the border and how you can help end oppression and violence against women.
  - TreeHugger.com (a fast-growing web magazine, dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible - their goal is to make sustainability mainstream)
  - SustainableTable.org (an introduction to issues surrounding today's agricultural system, what is happening with our food, in particular the meat supply, and the exciting and hugely popular sustainable food movement exploding around the world)
  - HumaneGuide.com (a free version of the eBook ''A Guide in Humane Awareness'')
  - Buy ''The Rough Guide to Ethical Shopping''
  - Buy ''500 Ways to Change the World'' | skip
    - Meatrix Movies
      - (the following Meatrix Flash movies produced by Sustainable Table and Free Range Studios require Flash Player)
      - The Meatrix 1 (educates consumers about the problems with factory farming and promotes sustainable food)
      - The Meatrix 2: Revolting (exposes the dark side of the dairy industry)
      - The Meatrix 2 and a Half (takes us to a processing facility, where we learn how we feed our Fast Food Nation)
      - Hide This Section
  - EARTHLINGS (a comprehensive documentary that chronicles the day-to-day practices of some of the largest animal-dependent industries in the world)
  - In Hope: An Animal Shelter Story (a Flash movie about the homeless domestic animal problem - requires Flash Player)
  - Hide This Section
- Shopping Resources | skip
  - Ingredients in our personal care products, cosmetics, foods, water and air are dangerous to our health. Learn How to Be a Safe Shopper
  - Buy Whole, Unprocessed Foods
  - Buy Organic
  - Charity Auctions
  - Charity Malls
  - Other Charity Malls
  - Check a Corporation's Record for Responsibility or Abuse at Knowmore.org
    - KnowMore.org Firefox Extension (coming soon - get alerts of corporate abuses when you visit company / brand / product web sites)
  - Buy (RED)-branded products. (a commercial initiative teaming up with the world's most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT) RED-branded products to create awareness and a sustainable flow of money from the private sector into the Global Fund)
    - Join (RED) at MySpace.com
    - Send Free (RED) Holiday eCards
  - Buy Fairtrade-Certified Products
  - Help create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society at Co-op America.org
    - Learn About Abusive Companies, Take Action Against Them and Shop Green at Co-op America's Responsible Shopper (information on and shopping resources)
    - Find Humane, Ethical and Sustainable Businesses at Co-op America's National Green Pages (a directory of businesses that have made firm commitments to sustainability, sweatshop-free labor, organic farms, fair trade, and cruelty-free products)
  - Find Humane, Ethical and Sustainable Food Outlets at EatWellGuide.org (a listing of small, family farms that raise meat, poultry, dairy and eggs humanely and sustainably and stores, restaurants, and other outlets in the U.S. and Canada that provide them)
  - Buy Fresh Hemp Foods from Manitoba Harvest (processed from live / viable organic Hemp seed)
  - Ethical Junction's Directory of Ethical Products and Services
  - The National Geographic Society's Authentic Crafts Shopping Guide
  - Shop at the Global Marketplace
    - Featured Vendors from All Over the World
  - Shop at EthicalOneStopShop.com
  - Shop at GetEthical.com (for U.K. shoppers - lists the best ethical, Fair Trade and environmentally friendly products and services and brings them together in one easy-to-access online shop)
  - Find Ethical Products at EthicalConsumer.org (buyer's guides designed to help U.K. shoppers find the products which best fit with their own values)
  - Gooshing (the free British ethical shopping tool from The Good Shopping Guide)
  - At Guardian.co.uk
  - At Squidoo: Ethical Culture
  - At BigGreenSpace.com
  - At EnergySavingSecrets.co.uk
  - Ethical Shopping Blog
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Get Informed | skip
- Visit the United Nations' Web Site
- Visit Grassroots.org
- Visit OneWorld.net (the premiere global hub for groups and individuals who care about international issues - a town hall for today's interconnected world)
- Watch Link TV
- Watch PBS's Newshour on Social Issues
- Watch PBS's Frontline Reports on Social Issues
- Watch PBS's Point of View
- Watch PBS's Independent Lens
- Watch the BBC's This World
- Watch the BBC's Crossing Continents
- Watch the BBC's Panorama (the world's longest running investigative tv show)
- Hide This Section
Join a Campaign | skip
- Put pressure on political and industry leaders to cancel debt, create fair trade, increase and improve foreign aid, make education and medications accessible and allow and protect human rights.
- Tips for Effective Activism
- Join DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) (''aims to raise awareness in the public sector about, and spark response to the crises swamping Africa: unpayable debts, uncontrolled spread of AIDS, and unfair trade rules which keep Africans poor'')
- Join the Global Call to Action Against Poverty
  - Join the ONE Campaign (''a new effort by Americans to rally Americans - ONE by ONE - to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty'')
    - ''By joining ONE, you show our leaders that you want to do more to respond to the emergency of AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE is not asking people for their money - we are asking for their voices.''
- Join Oxfam's Make Trade Fair Campaign
- Join Oxfam's Control Arms Campaign
- Join Oxfam's Health and Education for All Campaign
- Join the Global Fund
  - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
  - Friends of the Global Fight (''encourages public leadership to support the global fight, particularly the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria'')
- Hide This Section
For more ideas on what you can do to help others in need, check out these sites. | skip
- Many Ways to Give
- So What Can I Do?
- Do Something
- The Action Blog (action alerts to save the environment, fight for human rights, etc.)

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