TOPIC: ACTION (64)
People United Kindness Calendar
http://kindnesscalendar.comA new website to capture, share and inspire acts of kindness. We want to celebrate the everyday and the extraordinary, and to inspire many more acts of kindness. So if you have a special story, have something you have been meaning to do for a while, or have a fabulous idea that would make someone’s day, you can submit your story to the calendar.
Doing Good Works
http://doinggood.worksDoing Good Works provides career and entrepreneurship training to foster youth through the sale of promotional products, print material and packaging. The idea is that businesses can buy those products through Doing Good Works and receive the corporate social responsibility value that comes with buying from a Benefit Corporation supplier.
Compass
http://jacompass.comCompass is a non-profit Junior Achievement company dedicated to making a lasting impact on the lives of as many of the incoming Syrian refugees as possible. Compass aims to enhance their experience as they transition into Canada by providing them with Welcome Packages sponsored by individual supporters and socially responsible corporations. Through its unique initiative, Compass seeks to create awareness and inspire social action amongst youth in the ongoing global refugee crisis.
The Good People Fund
http://www.goodpeoplefund.orgThe Good People Fund, founded in 2008 by Naomi Eisenberger, is responsible for finding and supporting grassroots organizations led by visionary people who respond to hunger, poverty, disability, trauma and other human suffering. There are currently 100 grantees throughout North America and Israel.
Jefferson Awards Foundation
http://www.jeffersonawards.orgThe Jefferson Awards Foundation is the country’s most prestigious and longest standing organization dedicated to powering and celebrating public service. JAF’s programs accelerate and amplify service, training and activating Americans to take action, and to be leaders in schools, communities, workplaces and the world. With celebration, JAF says thank you, shares the stories of America’s best citizens, empowering them to do more and inspiring all to take action.
Coffee Stories
http://www.coffeestories.coCoffee Stories is a pay-it-forward storytelling project offering a voice to everyday coffee shop-goers via gifted coffees. Coffee Stories was created to spread coffee kindness and create community, to offer a medium for our society to empathize with each other over common pieces -- coffee and stories. We're striving to make ordering a 'coffee stories' coffee' as ubiquitous and quotidian as ordering a coffee for yourself; to leave the coffee shop kinder, more hospitable than we found it, and to listen attentively to what others think, feel, and are moved by.
PeacePlayers International
http://www.peaceplayersintl.orgBased on the premise that “children who play together can learn to live together,” PeacePlayers International's mission is to unite, educate and inspire young people in divided communities through basketball. Since inception in 2001, PPI has impacted more than 69,000 youth and trained 1,764 coaches from 15 countries in a groundbreaking peacebuilding-and-leadership development curriculum. Through year-round sports activities, PPI is bringing together children from opposite sides of religious, ethnic and cultural divides to develop friendship and mutual respect.
Trust Future Uganda
http://trustfutureuganda.wix.com/tfugTrust Future Uganda, or TFU, was established to support disadvantaged youth and women by providing educational, health and economic services to the local community in the Wakiso District. As part of their initiative, TFU offers adult education, women’s empowerment, and community and reproductive health support, and domestic violence counseling. By doing this, TFU works to fulfill its overall mission: to better the lives of the less economically privileged population of the community.
Raise Hope
http://raisehope.orgRaiseHope.org is a crowdfunding site for everyday people to raise money for life events, personal pursuits, community initiatives & worthy causes. RaiseHope.org - the crowdfunding site for social good!
WASH United
http://www.wash-united.orgWASH United is an international non-profit organisation headquartered in Berlin, Germany, operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and at the global level. Combining the power of games, superstar role models, positive messaging and creative expertise, WASH United works to change attitudes around sanitation and hygiene and facilitate behaviour change at scale.
WorldOfHumanity.com
https://worldofhumanity.comWorldOfHumanity.com is geared towards creating a more consistent member engagement for non-profits and communities, by organizing good deed projects. This typically increases donations, and promotes single acts of kindness. The website can be used by non-profits, community leaders, celebrities, or any other individual who wants to organize a good deed campaign.
Your City Sports
http://www.yourcitysports.comThe idea for Your City Sports was born in 2013 - while volunteering at an event for the homeless we learned that socks were the #1 need for people on the streets. Our vision is to create a brand of high quality athletic socks that are fun to wear. With every pair of socks sold, we donate a new pair of socks to a homeless charity in your community.
Think Before You Type
http://tbytinc.orgTBYT is here to raise awareness about cyberbullying, promote positive self-esteem, and inspire other young people to use the internet for good. We spread this message through our work online and in the community.
CauseArtist
http://causeartist.comCauseArtist is a place of discovery, inspiration, and most importantly information - everyone is an artist, we all create things. The site makes the connection between how our creations are shaping our world in positive ways.
Globethics.net
http://www.globethics.netGlobethics.net is a worldwide ethics network that provides an electronic platform for ethical reflection and action.The aim of Globethics.net is to ensure that people in all regions of the world are empowered to reflect and act on ethical issues. Globethics.net has developed its online libraries with nearly 1.5 million full-text documents (articles, journals, books, reference works, etc.) all available for free. The founding conviction of Globethics.net was that more equal access to knowledge resources in the field of applied ethics will enable persons and institutions from developing and transition economies to become more visible and audible in the global discourse on ethics.
