Abaarso School of Science & Technology

Global - Somaliland

The story of Abaarso School of Science and Technology began in 2008 when founder Jonathan Starr embarked on a mission to “build a transformative school in a place the world had written off as hopeless.” Somaliland, an autonomous region of the West African country of Somalia, has been ridden by strife, war, and violence, ranking the region as one of the poorest in the world with a GDP per capita of $675.

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Amenuveve

Global - Volta Region, Ghana

Amenuveve, Inc., an NGO founded by NYU Stern professors, their undergraduate students and local Ghanaian leaders.

Amenuveve is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the U.S. and Ghana. Our mission is to uplift and empower deprived rural villages in Ghana’s Volta Region. These communities depend on subsistence farming and fishing to support their families; however, pollution has seriously depleted local fishing, irrigation is lacking and viable businesses do not exist. This non-profit arose from the NYU Stern course - Social Entrepreneurship in Ghana (SEG). For over 6 years (and ongoing) NYU Stern undergraduate business students have traveled, with their professors, to these villages incubating community owned enterprises that target economic development, food insecurity, education and health. This has led to the establishment of an artisan batik & tie dye center, a sewing unit, a vegetable farm business and an elementary school/computer lab. A scholarship program, spearheaded by NYU Stern alumni enables students to attend secondary/senior high schools and a bi-weekly SEG Virtual Reading Club – awarded the 2021 NYU Alumni Association Innovation of the Year Award - motivates student engagement through reading during the pandemic.

A new business enterprise - Reusable Sanitary Pads – “Volta Pads” – will provide women and girls with a safe, affordable and sustainable way to practice menstrual hygiene and create new employment opportunities for the community’s sewing apprentice program.

Target areas: economic empowerment, education, artisan business, vegetable farming, women’s health

Note: All donations directly fund projects – no administrative costs assessed.

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Breakthrough NY

Local - New York, NY

Breakthrough New York identifies promising low-income 6th grade students in the NYC area through recommendations from their teachers and guidance counselors. Selected students commit to a ten-year path that accompanies them to and through college, with the aim of helping promising NYC students break through the cycle of poverty in a sustainable manner.

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Coral Reef Alliance

Global - Fiji, Hawai'i, Indonesia, and Honduras

The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is a non-profit, environmental NGO that is on a mission to save the world’s coral reefs. We work collaboratively with communities to reduce direct threats to reefs in ways that provide lasting benefits to people and wildlife. In parallel, CORAL is actively expanding the scientific understanding of how corals adapt to climate change and applying this information to give reefs the best chance to thrive for generations to come. This combined expertise uniquely positions us to achieve our mission by rallying the conservation community around scalable and effective solutions for coral reefs.

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Environmental Defense Fund

Global - Worldwide

Environmental Defense Fund's mission is to preserve the natural systems on which all life depends.

Guided by science and economics, we find practical and lasting solutions to the most serious environmental problems. We work to solve the most critical environmental problems facing the planet. This has drawn us to areas that span the biosphere: climate, oceans, ecosystems and health. Since these topics are intertwined, our solutions take a multidisciplinary approach. We work in concert with other organizations — as well as with business, government and communities — and avoid duplicating work already being done effectively by others.

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One Acre Fund

Global - Eastern Africa

One Acre Fund helps smallholder African farmers boost productivity by delivering a bundle of services directly to their doorsteps, including start-up financing, high-quality farming inputs, agricultural training, and market facilitation to help maximize profits. These tools help farmers increase their yield per acre, sales, and household income.

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UNICEF

Global - Yemen

UNICEF is currently focusing much of its efforts on aiding children that are suffering from the urgent humanitarian crises in Yemen. According to recent reports, UNICEF estimates that more than 12 million children could be pushed to the “brink of starvation” by the end of the year. This comes as the organization has seen huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UNICEF is attempting to address this crisis by treating cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM), scaling up emergency water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance, providing educational resources to out-of-school children, and funding the Yemen Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) project.

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Food Bank NYC

Local - New York, NY

Food Bank For New York City has been working to end food poverty in our five boroughs for over 35 years. As the city’s largest hunger-relief organization, it employs a multifaceted approach centered on helping low-income New Yorkers overcome their circumstances and achieve greater independence. The organization claims that $1 donated helps provide 5 meals to New Yorkers in need.

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Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network

Local - United States

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. With victim and consulting services, public education, and public policy goals, RAINN has partnered with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. Their goal: to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and bring justice.

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Innocence Project

Local - United States

The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

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