Archives: Fundraiser

Refugee Students and Awards $3500 annually provides special awards  (1) to collegiate mentors who have demonstrated extraordinary, sacrificial volunteer work among refugee youth, and (2) to outstanding refugee students who have demonstrated hard work and commitment to the refugee mentoring program in exemplary fashion among their refugee community. $3500. Designated donor contributions facilitates incentivizing awards […]

Refugee Youth: Language/Life Skills/Education $1000 undergirds materials, supplies, activities each semester for up to 10 refugee youth being mentored by Rice University students in SW Houston. In 2012 Rice students reached out to 90 refugees! $1000 MAKES IT HAPPEN! A donor contribution moves the needle toward helping 10 refugee youth from at risk countries around […]

Haiti: Broken Medical Equipment Crisis Thousands of pieces of critical medical equipment go unrepaired due to no repair training school ever in Haiti. Caring Friends partnered with Houston and Haiti Rotarians to start a medical equipment training school in Haiti. In 2013, forty-five Haitian techs are in training from 23 public and private hospitals serving […]

The Sick: Preventive Healthcare and Hispanics Bilingual Hispanic women are trained to work with indigenous populations regarding general healthcare education, how to access healthcare in local communities and the necessity of exercise and diet in avoiding major health concerns. $500 Makes It Happen. A donor contribution moves the needle forward by undergirding an hourly healthcare […]

Haiti: Biosand Filters for School, Clinic or Orphanage Thousands of school children drink unfiltered, contaminated water in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Water borne diseases like Cholera produce devastating health issues, and created epidemics in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in parts of Haiti. Donor designated contributions of $1500 put biosand filters and […]

Haiti: Water Well When donors collectively contribute $2000, a water well will be dug for villagers in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Cholera and other water borne diseases contribute to high death rates in Haiti.
Donor designated contributions totaling $2000 produce a water well in Haiti! Sustainability: Wells are dug only if the villagers […]