Its for that reason that my "portfolio", as it were, has more international orgs in it than local ones. Here are a few selections:
Local Aid: The Greater Boston Food Bank - Exactly what it sounds like. ABCD - Local anti-poverty programs like career development, childcare, gas stipends, etc. Second Nature - Advocating the integration of sustainability principles into higher ed operations and curricula.
Worldwide Aid: Mercy Ships - An overtly christian, borderline evangelical organization, which makes me uncomfortable, but also one that is doing something unique. They've bought two cruise ships and turned them into state of the art hospitals, which they then sail to parts of Africa that would otherwise be hundreds of miles from such facilities. Doctors Without Borders - I'm pretty sure you know who they are Heifer International - Helping the rural poor worldwide become self-sustaining
And of course Kiva.org (described in other comments if you are not familiar with them).
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Local Aid:
The Greater Boston Food Bank - Exactly what it sounds like.
ABCD - Local anti-poverty programs like career development, childcare, gas stipends, etc.
Second Nature - Advocating the integration of sustainability principles into higher ed operations and curricula.
Worldwide Aid:
Mercy Ships - An overtly christian, borderline evangelical organization, which makes me uncomfortable, but also one that is doing something unique. They've bought two cruise ships and turned them into state of the art hospitals, which they then sail to parts of Africa that would otherwise be hundreds of miles from such facilities.
Doctors Without Borders - I'm pretty sure you know who they are
Heifer International - Helping the rural poor worldwide become self-sustaining
And of course Kiva.org (described in other comments if you are not familiar with them).