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As the world becomes more interconnected, individuals are increasingly in tune with global needs, and companies find themselves with workforces that span the globe. Global Impact’s charity and corporate partners are making significant contributions to improving the lives of vulnerable people in the U.S. and around the world through their programs. For this campaign, we asked some of our partners what giving global means to them, why it is important, and to share some of their successes.
Giving globally has a vital, far-reaching impact on reducing poverty, improving health, boosting economies and helping create a better world. Progress is being made and you too can have an impact on the lives of people in need globally by donating, advocating and volunteering for the causes you care about most.
We invite you to explore the content below and then let us know why you think it is important to give global through our “Why Give Global?" contest—you could win $250 to open your own Growfund account and start making your giving more strategic and impactful today.
This fall, we hope you’ll follow us on social media and join in the conversation using #GiveGlobal, and that you will be inspired to donate, advocate and volunteer.
The United States is one of the most generous nations in the world, but even more individual and private sector philanthropy is needed if we are to achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Check out our infographic below, and consider how you can further maximize your global impact by donating, volunteering with charities working on causes you care about, becoming informed about issues, and sharing your opinions with elected officials, family and friends.
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We want to know what giving global means to you and why giving global is important. Answer these two questions in 250 words or less, and email your response to whygiveglobal@charity.org by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, November 30, 2018. Please also include your name, phone number and email with your submission.
We will award the writers of the top three responses with $250.00 each to open and seed a Growfund account. Growfund is Global Impact’s no minimum contribution donor-advised fund that operates like your own personal foundation—helping you donate strategically and with more impact.
Please note some or all of your response and name could be shared publicly on social media and/or Global Impact (charity.org) websites. Only citizens of the United States 18 years of age and older are eligible to participate, and employees of Global Impact are not eligible. Only one entry is allowed per person and winners have no right to directly receive any money.
What our clients are saying about working with Global Impact:
Anera: Global Impact has allowed us to focus on the implementation of our important work while helping Anera take care of administrative costs and compliance. The team at Global Impact has helped us widen our circle of generous supporters and donors by highlighting us to people who might have otherwise never known about our important work in the Middle East.
Sean Carroll, President and CEO, Anera
Compassion International: Partnering with Global Impact has enabled us to generate greater awareness for our mission and the long-lasting impact of our child sponsorship model. The need for more supporters is immense: According to the World Bank and UNICEF, there are nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty, including one out of every five children under the age of 5 in the developing world. With Global Impact, we’ve been able to share Compassion’s story with people across the country and get them involved as supporters and sponsors.
Jeanne Wilkinson, Director of Corporate Relations, Compassion International
FINRA: Global Impact is a valuable conduit of information about global issues. We gain access to reliable data regarding active campaigns and disaster relief efforts as they relate to charities on the ground. This supports our employees in directing their charitable dollars toward organizations that generate maximum impact.
Tracy Johnson, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, FINRA
GE: Global Impact helps with our fundraising efforts by streamlining our giving process for employees and partner organizations.
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Global Health Council: Global Impact serves a number of similar international organizations, so by working together we are able to amplify the voices of those we serve even more.
Elizabeth Kohlway, Senior Manager, External Affairs and Operations, Global Health Council
Habitat for Humanity International: Partnering with Global Impact has helped us reach more individuals across the globe, allowing us to spread our mission of service even further. Through our partnership we have been able to grow our year round engagement and bring even more awareness of the need for affordable housing around the world.
Allison Green, Director Cause Marketing and Workplace Giving, Habitat for Humanity International
Health Volunteers Overseas: Just as our volunteers benefit from the partnerships they have formed overseas, so, too, does our organization benefit from partnering with Global Impact. We are a group of different types of organizations and work in different fields but there are lessons learned that are applicable to all of us and the information sharing and mentoring among the organizations allows all of us to think in new ways, try new approaches and thrive.
Nancy Kelly, MHS, Executive Director, Health Volunteers Overseas
International Monetary Fund: Our long-standing partnership with Global Impact has produced successful fundraisers, corporate donations and volunteering events through reputable nonprofits to myriad of beneficiaries worldwide.
Camille Raymond, Sr. Communications Officer and Team Lead, Giving Together Program, International Monetary Fund
International Relief Teams: Global Impact helps share our mission with people who otherwise might not know about International Relief Teams. Through Global Impact, we reach new donors who are passionate about helping vulnerable children and families living in forgotten corners of the world.
Jenna Montgomery, Communications Manager, International Relief Teams
JPMorgan Chase: When it comes to driving inclusive economic opportunity, business must lead by example while also working closely with partners, such as Global Impact, to leverage their expertise and relationships, key to effective change.
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MSR: Global Impact provides MSR with a creative method to deepen our participation in global philanthropy. It takes more than just smart technologies to affect change—that’s why MSR partners with other world-class organizations from development to implementation to ensure sustainable, lasting impact. A partnership with Global Impact helps our company speed up the rate at which we provide technologies that give communities the independence to control their futures and their health.
Patrick Diller, Business Development Manager for Global Health, MSR
Operation Smile: Our partnership with Global Impact allows us to connect our mission and vision to hundreds of public and private sector workplace giving campaigns, while giving us the freedom to focus on what we do best: creating solutions that deliver safe surgery to people where it’s needed most. Together, we have healed the smiles and changed the lives of thousands of patients in more than 30 countries worldwide.
Victoria Rusu-Ebert, Development Officer, Community Partnerships, Operation Smile
Philanthropy University: Global Impact was one of our founding partners, distributing our free courses to its networks and providing in-kind marketing support. Our partnership has grown over the prevailing months, and now Global Impact is supporting our fundraising and financial operations. Their support has allowed us to focus on the programs and partnerships required to scale our efforts in more meaningful ways.
Connor Diemand-Yauman, CEO, Philanthropy University
Rise Against Hunger: We have partnered with Global Impact with many of our corporate partners, engaging their teams in our meal packaging program around the globe. Global Impact supports our efforts to end hunger by encouraging both hands-on service for employee volunteers and employee giving to fund our work to end global hunger. We are grateful for their work to help people in need around the world.
Ashleigh Kincaid, Manager of Individual Giving, Rise Against Hunger
WaterAid: Working with Global Impact has helped WaterAid amplify our voice and collaborate with colleagues across the public and private sector to end the global water crisis. From generous employees who give through their workplace to individuals who participate in our many engagement programs, like #Winnovators and #Blue4Water, Global Impact helps WaterAid build and mobilize a movement of passionate individuals.
Sarina Prabasi, CEO, WaterAid
World Bicycle Relief: Partnering with Global Impact amplifies World Bicycle Relief’s reach into various supporter communities such as the federal, state and local government employee giving campaigns and private sector corporate employee giving and matching giving campaigns; and increases our exposure to supporters interested in a simple, tangible and impactful solution, through the Power of Bicycles, to “tackle the barrier of distance” so many are faced with to access education, clean water, healthcare and economic opportunities.
Dave Neiswander, CEO, World Bicycle Relief
Here are some easy steps you can take to #GiveGlobal and support the causes you care about most:
DONATE
1. Give to one of Global Impact’s charity partners to advance their impact around the globe.
2. Check out our High Impact Funds, a simple way to give to critical humanitarian issues by theme or geographic region, or donate to one of our active disaster relief efforts.
3. Open a Growfund account. Growfund is Global Impact’s no minimum contribution donor-advised fund (DAF) that operates like your own personal foundation—helping you donate strategically and with more impact.
VOLUNTEER
1. Find a volunteer opportunity through a tool like VolunteerMatch or with one of Global Impact’s charity partners such as Feed My Starving Children.
2. Join with your co-workers and host a volunteer event at your office.
3. Consider skills-based volunteering to support a nonprofit through board service or through organizations such as Taproot Foundation.
ADVOCATE
1. Share about causes important to you with family, friends and on your social media profiles. Don’t forget to use #GiveGlobal!
2. Write or call your elected officials to voice your opinion about issues that are important to you.
3. Host a movie night to educate friends and family about the causes you care about. See example movies.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
Anera works in the Middle East and our focus from the beginning has always been "People, not Politics." For 50 years, we have been helping communities and individuals find hope through relief work, education and development. Giving global means that we partner with the grassroots of communities in the Middle East, and recognize that programs and projects can only thrive with support and investment at the local level. Anera's staff come from the communities they serve. At our core, we recognize that our world has become more integrated than ever before, and by helping vulnerable individuals and families in the Middle East, we, in turn, benefit ourselves, our world, our globe.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
Given the dire situation in the Middle East, we work with vulnerable communities throughout the region on high impact projects that elevate the life of many families. Giving global provides everyday families with both the moral and financial support to have their basic needs met, and allows them to flourish and be active participants in their communities.
Read a success story from Anera.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
Giving global is at the very heart of Compassion International. We were founded in 1952 with a global mission of releasing children in developing countries from poverty. What began as a small child sponsorship effort for 35 war orphans in Korea more than 60 years ago, has grown to encompass more than two million children in 25 countries from Bolivia to Uganda.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
Compassion International serves the children living in poverty around the world who desperately need our love and support so they can forge better, brighter futures. When individuals give globally to children in need, that impact is absolutely life-changing. Independent research shows that Compassion-sponsored children are more likely to complete their education, secure jobs and become community leaders.
Read a success story from Compassion International.
Why does your company support global causes?
FINRA’s support of global causes is a reflection of our employees’ desire to make a positive difference in our communities—whether they are local, national or international in scale.
Why is giving global important?
Giving global is important because it is a reflection of who we are as an organization—mission-focused and committed to enriching the communities where we live and work (and beyond). With social media, we have instant access to what’s going on in the world, and can respond quickly when the need arises.
FINRA’s giving global efforts in action:
Our employees showed their desire to join a global campaign by coming up with unique and creative activities and fundraisers to support the annual Red Nose Day effort in May 2018. Not only did our employees take the opportunity to put their “Noses On” and have some fun, they reached into their hearts and pockets by donating more than $24,000 to Comic Relief.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
Gates Philanthropy Partners is the philanthropic initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We believe that giving can fuel innovation, eliminate disease, and empower women and girls. We believe that giving is about better outcomes and bigger impact. About opportunity and optimism, acceleration and transformation, promise and results. And that together, we can accelerate progress on must-solve issues to improve the lives of the world’s poorest people. We believe that by investing in solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, we can—together—impact the lives of millions of people in some of the most impoverished and hard-to-reach places of the world. Success will take ingenuity and rigor. Optimism and grit. To us, giving global means we come together for a shared vision of a world where children and families everywhere are safe from disease, are empowered and educated, and are able to live healthy, productive lives regardless of where they live.
Gates Philanthropy Partners in action:
Over 1.6 billion people around the world are affected by neglected tropical diseases – which are illnesses that have historically been neglected by the global community without many resources directed at them. Investing in and advocating for these diseases is one of our commitments, but with so many diseases needing attention, we focus on interventions that are the most promising or have a proven track record. One of the most impressive interventions is mass drug administration, coordinated by grantees like the END Fund, which coalesces organizations to distribute treatment at schools or community events to reach thousands of children and adults. It costs around 50 cents to deliver an integrated package of neglected tropical disease treatments, so every dollar invested can have massive ripple effects in communities. Together, we can make a massive improvement in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
What does giving global mean to your company?
The idea of giving global reflects GE’s commitment to transforming communities around the world through innovation, leadership and action.
Why does your company support global causes?
GE is a global company with offices/facilities in 130 countries. Supporting global causes is essential to the sustainability of business operations, but more importantly, to the welfare of the thousands of GE employees across the globe.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
Giving global is very important for Global Health Council’s international member organizations, those whom GHC serves, who are on the ground implementing life-saving global health programs—from providing bed nets to families in malaria-stricken regions of India to delivering vaccines to children in rural Uganda that prevent disease and sickness. Ongoing support for these essential global health programs allows individuals to thrive both physically and emotionally, and enables them to give back to their own communities.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
Giving global enables Habitat for Humanity to further our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat has grown to become a leading global nonprofit working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in more than 70 countries around the world.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
Habitat for Humanity relies on financial support from individuals, corporations and other groups to help families in need of decent and affordable homes around the world. These generous funds allow us to partner with more people around the world to help transform lives and communities through affordable housing. People all over the world partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes and pay an affordable mortgage. With our help, homeowners and communities achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and their families.
Read a success story from Habitat for Humanity.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
People everywhere essentially have the same goals in life. They want a healthy, happy family, they want to provide for their family, and they want to be able to send their children to school. These seem like basic goals, but if you don’t have access to vaccines, prenatal care, emergency surgery, or you can’t work as a result of an accident which left you with a disability, they can be insurmountable. Giving global allows people to develop the tools they need to improve their lives.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
HVO cultivates partnerships with institutions, local providers, volunteers and professional associations, connecting people with one another and with the resources necessary to bring education and training to health workers in low- and middle-income countries. Giving global allows HVO to connect with health workers, many of whom serve in facilities where they are the lone provider in their field. They have few if any opportunities for additional training and professional support. Partnering with HVO allows these professionals to remain in their home country, providing essential medical care while also giving them access to additional training and to a network of colleagues so that they can provide the best care possible.
The training HVO provides does more than just benefit those being trained. The patients served by trained health workers are the ultimate beneficiaries—able to access prenatal care, consult with a doctor about a skin rash, vaccinate their children, have a broken leg set properly, or learn how to maneuver a wheelchair and be able to return to their job after an accident.
There is a wonderful reciprocity that occurs as the highly qualified volunteers HVO sends abroad, who work alongside their colleagues in these difficult environments, return home and bring additional knowledge with them. HVO volunteers learn how to do more with less and develop new skills. They also gain new respect and empathy for their overseas colleagues, learning what it is like to “walk in another’s shoes.”
Read a success story from Health Volunteers Overseas.
What does giving global mean to your company?
As an international organization with 189 member countries, our annual and corporate giving are extended to our members worldwide. Whether our giving reaches victims of humanitarian needs such as floods, earthquakes, famine or disease, promotes education and economic opportunities, or helps meet basic needs of the poor, the homeless, the hungry, the refugees, the IMF’s Giving Together program aims to provide relief to those most in need, wherever they are located.
Why does your company support global causes?
Our donors—staff and retirees—support causes in their home countries, or where they see the need, guaranteeing our reach is global, fair and inclusive.
Examples of giving global through the IMF’s Giving Together program include:
What does giving global mean to your organization?
At International Relief Teams, we believe we live in a global community and humanitarian aid should be available to anyone, no matter where they live. We believe it is important not only to help people who are suffering in our own country, but to extend our reach to forgotten corners of the world.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
The people we serve around the world do not have access to many of the basic necessities we provide: food, water, shelter, medicine, surgery, and education. Through our work, malnourished infants and young children have access to lifesaving nutritional supplements; children in Honduras with chronic infections can have life-transforming surgeries; families in Niger escaping terrorist violence have basic medicines; children and families in poor countries around the globe have food, water, and shelter following devastating natural disasters. And so much more…
Read a success story from International Relief Teams.
Photo Credit: JPMorgan Chase
What does giving global mean to your company?
We are using all of our firm’s resources and capabilities, such as our capital, data and talent to support people who are still being left behind despite today’s thriving economy. We are focusing our efforts where we believe we can have the greatest impact: building job skills, expanding small businesses, revitalizing neighborhoods and promoting financial health.
Why does your company support global causes?
As an engine of economic growth, business has a critical role to play in expanding economic opportunity and putting it within reach for everyone.
Why does your company support global causes?
At first glance, the outdoor gear industry and global health markets may seem far removed. But food, water, and shelter are primary concerns for us all, whether we’re scaling high peaks in the Cascade Range or living day to day in a remote village in Kenya.
MSR was founded in 1969 as one man’s mission to make climbing gear safer, and grown into a dedicated team intent on engineering reliable, high-performance equipment that solves real-world challenges. In MSR Global Health, we’re channeling this passion and nearly 50 years of technical expertise to develop technologies that improve the lives of people living in low-resource settings of the developing world.
We support global causes because we believe the same trusted engineering that keeps backcountry enthusiasts safe in the outdoors can be adapted to help these communities gain greater access to life’s most basic human needs -- we believe in the power of technology to transform lives.
As a leading innovator and manufacturer of low-cost, field proven products that improve access to basic needs for people living in low-resource communities around the world, MSR Global Health develops technologies that increase access to vital needs, such as safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. By using our technical ingenuity and our manufacturing expertise, we believe we can develop meaningful solutions that improve global health—and, in doing so, create true and lasting change.
Why is giving global important?
MSR is fortunate to have a world-class team of top scientists and engineers and decades of experience as an innovator and manufacturer. We believe it is our duty to utilize this expertise to develop meaningful solutions that improve global health, empower communities, and create lasting change for those who are living in low-resource communities of the developing world.
Read a success story from MSR.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
It is estimated that there are more than half a million cases of unrepaired cleft conditions globally[i], yet 9 out of 10 people in low- and middle-income countries cannot access the basic surgical care needed to repair a cleft[ii]. This simple surgical intervention can greatly improve the lives and long-term productivity of patients and their surrounding communities. When you give globally and support organizations like Operation Smile, you are helping to change the lives of our patients, their families, and their communities across the globe.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
The tragic truth is, more people die every year from lack of access to surgical care than from malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV combined[iii]. To our patients, your gift could be the difference between receiving surgery or living a life of shame and isolation. Five billion people in the world do not have access to safe, affordable, and timely surgical care[iv]. At Operation Smile, we have the ability to address this global crisis. With proven, scalable models for care and an international network of medical volunteers, we have the proficiency and adaptability to operate in austere environments around the world.
Read a success story from Operation Smile.
[i] Source: Carlson, L.C., Stewart, B.T., Hatcher, K.W., Kabetu, C., VanderBurg, R., Magee Jr., W.P. A model of the unmet need for cleft lip and palate surgery in low- and middle-income countries. World Journal of Surgery. 2016; published online July 14.
[ii] Source: Meara JG, Leather AJM, Hagander L, et al. Global surgery 2030: Evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development. Lancet. 2015; published online April 27. Accessed March 7, 2016: http://bulletin.facs.org/2015/06/global-surgery-2030-the-lancet-commission-on-global-surgery-report/
[iii] Source: Meara JG, Leather AJM, Hagander L, et al. Global surgery 2030: Evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development. Lancet. 2015; published online April 27. Accessed March 7, 2016: http://bulletin.facs.org/2015/06/global-surgery-2030-the-lancet-commission-on-global-surgery-report/
[iv] Source: Alkire BC, Raykar NP, Shrime MG, et al. Global access to surgical care: a modelling study. The Lancet Global Health, 3(6), e316–e323. 2015. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15701154
What does giving global mean to your organization?
Our name is derived from Philanthropos, Greek for love of humanity. At Philanthropy University, we believe that Global South civil society leaders embody this love in meaningful, measurable ways. A promising—yet urgent—opportunity lies before us to enrich local changemakers with the knowledge and resources needed to better serve their communities. Global philanthropy is at the heart of this enrichment. Our global donors allow Philanthropy University to continue to offer free online courses, vibrant communities of practice and access to capital opportunities to deepen the impact of civil society where and when it is needed most.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
We view our work through the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By connecting the SDGs to local civil society organizations, we better enable them to solve the world’s most pressing challenges—often at peril to their own wellbeing. And while local leaders are uniquely positioned to address the challenges in their communities, they often lack resources and capacity they need to thrive. This is where we focus. By focusing our giving on the capacity of local organizations, donors strengthen communities and, ultimately, the on-the-ground solutions that are moving the needle on human rights issues, government transparency and accountability, the sustainability of the planet, and other issues threatening our future. A pledge of support for local leaders is the most effective way to give globally—and secure a better world for us all.
Philanthropy University in action:
Philanthropy University provides free world-class online courses and vibrant online communities to locally-led organizations so they can build their capacity and grow their impact. Consider Elvis Nshimba, a learner from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Elvis was interested in learning how to make a greater impact in his community, so he signed up with Philanthropy University to learn about leadership, global entrepreneurship and scaling social impact. After engaging on our platform, Elvis reported that Philanthropy University had changed his way of seeing the world. He eagerly shared the University with his colleagues at Malaika—a grassroots nonprofit that empowers Congolese girls and their communities through education and health programs—so they too could improve their methods of teaching, communication and management.
With his newfound skills, Elvis shined at his organization. Soon enough, he was promoted to a project leader, and given the opportunity to supervise the training of 47 women in literacy, entrepreneurship, sewing and embroidery. These women now generate an income for themselves by producing and selling bags.
And Elvis has no plans of stopping. He continues to enroll in Philanthropy University courses, like countless other learners, to deepen his commitment and contributions to his community. In the near term, he plans to use his learnings from Philanthropy University’s Monitoring & Evaluation course to expand the sewing project in its second year.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
Giving globally means recognizing the importance of helping our neighbors all over the world. Giving globally to Rise Against Hunger provides the funding we need to serve the world’s most vulnerable populations, as we work in some of the most disadvantaged countries. Rise Against Hunger is committed to working with our partners to address hunger and malnutrition in the most strategic way possible through the distribution of food and in-kind aid, as well as building the capacities of agricultural and rural communities. Currently, Rise Against Hunger has 20 different partners in 32 countries, where we are working to combat malnutrition in children, mothers, skilled workers, and more.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
Addressing hunger isn't just a nutrition problem, it is a key strategy to increasing education rates and providing a way out of poverty in developing countries. Providing meals in schools increases enrollment. As education levels rise, birth rates and disease rates fall, and communities begin to sustain themselves. The food resources needed to eradicate life-threatening malnutrition are sustainable, and hunger experts agree that school feeding programs are the most effective tool for increasing access to education and improving the nutritional status of children.
Read a success story from Rise Against Hunger.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
UNICEF’s outreach is globally recognized for putting the most effective and innovative ideas to work for children in more than 190 countries and territories. UNICEF USA is committed to its mission to put children first, and we invite all Americans to join us. Whether it’s by giving time or money, through education, awareness-raising or advocacy, everyone has something to contribute to make this world a better place for all children.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
UNICEF has helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization, by providing health care and immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. UNICEF USA supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States. Together, we are working toward the day when no children die from preventable causes and every child has a safe and healthy childhood.
Read a success story from UNICEF USA.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
At WaterAid, we’re determined to make clean water, toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Giving global means helping the most marginalized and poorest populations around the world. We’re working with the most vulnerable and in the hardest to reach areas to ensure that no one is left behind.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
The water crisis is global and we count on the generosity and compassion of supporters to continue our lifesaving work. For some, the work we do may seem far away and unimaginable, but when supporters give to WaterAid, they begin a journey to understand the transformative power of clean water. For many of us in North America, living without clean water seems incomprehensible, but the reality is that over 844 million people around the world live without clean water every day.
Read a success story from WaterAid.
What does giving global mean to your organization?
At World Bicycle Relief, we strongly believe that giving globally we are able to help those burdened by the barrier of distance. The bicycle can serve as a tool for development, and as a means not just of transportation, but also of access to education, healthcare and livelihood.
Why is giving global important to those you serve?
Giving globally, a bicycle can support improved health, education, and economic opportunity in the developing world through last mile mobility solutions. A low investment generates a high return. Across the developing world, more than one billion individuals live in rural areas—more than 600 million individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. In these communities, distance and lack of mobility constrain access to health care, education, and economic opportunities. For example, nearly 40 percent of women in Zambia cited distance to health facilities as their single greatest challenge in accessing health care. In Uganda, the secondary school net attendance rate is just 16 percent in rural areas, whereas the rate is 34 percent in urban areas. Distance is often cited as a leading reason for depressed rural school attendance in developing countries.
Read a success story from World Bicycle Relief.
