58: Project Finder

Sometimes we want to donate our time and money, but just don’t know a reliable and efficient organization to give to. 58: has made it easy. They have compiled a wonderful database of projects helping to change lives all over the world. You can filter them by Continent, Solution, or sort by Progress, Target, or Members.

As we have shared before, 58: is a global campaign of world-class poverty-fighting organizations working together to eradicate poverty. Learn more about 58: here.

Each project highlighted shares how many donors it currently has, the amount of money it has raised, the percentage of the amount of money it has raised, and its targeted goal. For example, Seeds are Life, which partners with ECHO, works with packaged seeds and how they can greatly influence a village. Currently, this project has only raised 58% or $5,114 of its targeted budget, which is $9,800. However, the cool thing is you can monitor the projects activity and see who and which groups are raising money for it; it creates a sense of community while raising support.

Check out the 58: Project Finder and see where you can help today!

To learn more or to donate to a 58: Project, click here.

 

The Starfish Story: Revised

Excerpted from pg. 18 of Fast Living by Dr. Scott Todd.

A man was walking along the beach when he saw a girl taking a picture of a starfish with her iPhone. Approaching the girl, he asked, “What are you doing?”

“Uploading pictures of these stranded starfish to my Facebook page and asking friends to Tweet the call to action,” she said. “The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I can get enough friends out here, we can get all these starfish back into the water before sunset.”

“Little girl,” the man asked, “what does tweet mean?”

The girl rolled her eyes. She bent down, picked up a starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then she gave the man a wry, twinkly-eyed smile and said, “If you want to help out, this is how you do it.”

Within hours, thousands of children stormed the beach and every starfish was rescued.