Send a Check to these Progressive Charities
Global Fund for Children, supports a large number of programs in education, nutrition, gender equality, etc., for the world's most needy kids. http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/ 1101 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite 420, Washington, DC 20005
Global Exchange, the most clever, fiesty, and persistent of social justice and anti-war groups. Code Pink is one of their projects. http://www.globalexchange.org/; 2017 Mission Street, #303, San Francisco, CA; t: 415.255.7296
Oxfam America, the old standby, but a very sophisticated operation helping many people around the world. Make up for America's paltry contribution to the world's well being. http://www.oxfamamerica.org; Oxfam America 226 Causeway St., 5th Floor Boston, MA 02114
U.S. Fund for UNICEF, another veteran agency, and a good one. http://www.unicefusa.org, 333 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016; 212.686.5522
Lambi Fund, a small group doing sustainable development work in Haiti, need we say more. http://www.lambifund.org/ PO Box 18955
Washington, DC 20036, 202-833-3713
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, the main donor to the effort worldwide. http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/; UN Foundation,
Attn: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Dept. 344,
Washington D.C. 20055-0344
Earth Island, among many environmental organizations worthy of support, always struck me as being principled and smart. http://www.earthisland.org/; 300 Broadway, Suite 28, San Francisco, CA, 94133-3312
Ocean Conservancy, is another smart and persistent group on an issue not getting enough attention. http://www.oceanconservancy.org; 2029 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
AlterNet, the best on the Web, and not just because they publish me. www.alternet.org; Independent Media Institute,
Dept. ALT06GEN,
77 Federal Street,
San Francisco, CA
94107
Democracy Now! Amy Goodman's radio and TV show, the best of its kind, and it needs money to reach a broader audience. http://www.democracynow.org/; PO Box 693 New York, NY 10013
For a good list of environmental groups, see this site.
Also see the many groups listed in my links page.
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