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Connecther General Fund

Connecther is a web platform that matches donors with projects that are providing services to women and children in developing communities. Thank you for considering donating to th
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MRC Refugee Artisan Program

The Multicultural Refugee Coalition Artisan Program teaches refugee women and youth settled to the Austin area how to sew so that they can make clothes for themselves and their fam
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Microcredit PLUS education for women in poverty

To complement the microcredit component that DiscoverHope funds, we seek to offer approximately 300 educational trainings each year to maximize women's entrepreneurial, financial,
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Centering Palestinian Women in Aid Work

With your help, MECA is excited to start putting women at the heart of aid programs in Gaza! This innovative new project will be piloted in Beit Hanoun, one of the most marginalize
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Water Filtration System for Primary School in Rural Kenya

Well Aware will provide a UV filtration system to provide clean drinking water for the Mutaki Primary school in Kooi, Kenya. Every 15 seconds, a child in Africa dies from water-
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Teacher Training for Unemployed Women in Hyderabad

There is big shortage of trained teachers in India. There are very few trained teachers available in schools that are operating in low income localities of Hyderabad city in India.
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Embroidery Project

Creating jobs and supporting the independence of Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon and Palestine through the Women Empowerment Project Target Population: Palestinian Women
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Train 1000 Midwives

Following a bitter civil war with Somalia, the newly-independent Republic of Somaliland was left with, basically, no health care professionals. One goal of the Edna Hospital is to
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Computer Education for Afghan Girls

Although more Afghan girls are attending school than ever before, many girls graduate or leave school without any marketable skills. Because many Afghan families are poor, those d
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Youth-led Bee-keeping Social Enterprise

Our vision is to evolve into a youth-led social enterprise that combines income-generating projects with skills training and workforce development for youth aged 14-22 who are head
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Expansion of surgical services in rural Nepal

Achham lacks adequate surgical services. Currently, the nearest Cesarean section capacity is over 5 hours away from Bayalpata Hospital. However, for most other surgical services, p
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Project Artemis

Project Artemis is a 2-week business education program that aims to build the entrepreneurial skills of promising Afghan businesswomen. Mentors assigned to each participant provide
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Orphan Sponsorship

Our first project started in 2005 with 50 orphans who are survivors of the deadliest Tsunami in recorded history. We are currently sponsoring 150 orphans and our goal is to get to
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The Maia Project: Bringing Clean Water to the Children of Palestine

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Providing Solar Power for Lighting and Refrigeration in Southern Chad

CRF in conjunction with CSSI, a Chadian NGO, has initiated a program to provide solar power for lighting and refrigeration at rural and UNHCR refugee health centers in southern Cha
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Lycee Malick Sy High School

Lycee Malick Sy is among the largest high schools in Senegal. It serves over 4,000 urban and rural students. With a 39.3% national literacy rate (29.2% for girls), this project i
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Kibera School for Girls

The Kibera School for Girls, a tuition-free school currently serving 64 students grades pre-K through 2nd grade, plans to follow students through 8th grade. By providing a superior
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Skillz Street

Skillz Street is an unprecedented program that gives girls in South Africa the chance to play in girls-only soccer leagues while giving valuable life skills and life-saving HIV pre
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Credit Plus Program

The Credit Plus program combines economic and educational opportunities for women in Gulu, northern Uganda, to create sustainable development and self-determination. Women in the C
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Agricultural Union Project

Gulu Women's Agricultural Union is working towards creating a self-sustaining Women's agricultural union among women farmers and farm workers in the WGEF program and the northern r
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Empowering girls in Mali through education

In early 2011, Caravan to Class built a school in Tedeini, Mali to give children in the village the opportunity to receive an education. In the first year, school enrollment in Ted
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Microcredit PLUS Training

Since 2008, DiscoverHope has provided 717 loans. We have funded over 1,800 development trainings related to business assistance, literacy, computer, and artisan skills. Through ou
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Maternal Mortality Reduction Project

In the small southern African country of Lesotho, high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity threaten the country's young mothers. Lesotho is one of the few countries in the wo
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dreamfly Rwanda

In 1994, Rwanda suffered through a horrific genocide, costing over 1m Rwandans their lives. The small village of Cyingwa lost 132 members, tearing families, neighbors and the entir
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latest news

Progress at Lyc�e Malick Sy!

So much progress at Lyc�e Malick Sy! We met our $15,000 goal (and then some!). Here are a few milestones I am excited to share: 1. The lab has been painted, secured, and is ready to go! 2. We shipped 300 lbs of equipment, including 30 microscopes

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Celebrating the Joy of Motherhood in Cajamarca, Peru with a Fiesta!

Mother�s Day is always a big event at DiscoverHope! 97% of the women we serve are mothers (or grandmothers) and May 13 is a revered Peruvian holiday. Family members from near and far will gather at Mom�s house on Sunday afternoon for a big shared fea

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Help PIH win a $500 grant!

Thanks to Connecther's 25@$25 campaign, Partners In Health has the chance to receive an additional $500.00 grant for our maternal health project in Lesotho! The first organization to receive 50 donations of $25.00 or more on Connecther wins. Please

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Connecther General Funds at Work!

Our first 25 @ $25 Campaign was a big success! And the winner of the first competition in the fall of 2011 was LyCee Malick High School. The winner of the second competion was GiveLight's Orphan Sponsorship program. We were delighted to give $500 in

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donor spotlight

Connecther General Fund

We do fund raisers for the Connecther General Fund AND to give matching funds to Connecther projects!

I am the co-founder and Executive Director of Multicultural Refugee Coalition- empowering refugees settled to Austin from around the world towards self-sufficiency through education, community and reconciliation. I am also passionate about local farming

Stacey Miller

Gabrielle Eggleston

Malikah Abdullah-Gill

Katherine Durham Oldmixon

Free agent looking for opportunities that make a difference within the nonprofit sector.

Established Montez PR to work with athletes to develop their brand, publicize their foundations, and deliver their message to the community. Passionate about giving back to those that need a helping hand.

Social Entrepreneur in residence!

Lila Igram

I'm passionate about family and helping people! I founded Connecther with the vision of helping women and children in their quest for becoming self-reliant. Thanks for joining in this quest!

Giving Totals:
Connecther Total Dollars Raised =
$19,949
Donors = 245
Nonprofits = 41
Projects = 24