Civic Engagement Clearinghouse
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WIRES is an organization that centers around caring, preserving, and rescuing wildlife. They have been doing this for over 30 years as the largest wildlife rescue organization in Australia. They are involved in more than 90,000 rescues per year.
As stated on their website, “Goodwill works to enhance people’s dignity and quality of life by strengthening their communities, eliminating their barriers to opportunity, and helping them reach their full potential through learning and the power of work.” They provide people an opportunity to train for various jobs in certain industries as well as provide them a variety of supportive services like English Language training. Their efforts have had an impact at least 35 million people worldwide
Knit-a-Square is a Gauteng, South Africa based organization founded by Ronda Lowrie who wanted to help all the children she saw who were suffering during the cold South African nights and winters. The goal of this organization is to give blankets to orphaned or vulnerable children in South Africa where there is constantly a lack of blankets. Knit-a-Square created a website where they provide knitting lessons and tell the stories of the children in need of blankets. In order to contribute to this organization, Knit-a-square has asked for 8” knit squares to be sent to South Africa where volunteers combine them into blankets and give them to children. Other possible donations include hats, toys, and money to help fund the work of the organization.
The Kindness Rocks project was originally started to spread kindness throughout a small community. It quickly grew into a project that encourages people to leave painted rocks with inspiring and kind messages along all paths of life. The mission of the Kindness Rocks Project is,“One message At just the right moment Can change someone’s entire day, Outlook, Life.”
UNICEF’s mission is to provide health care, immunizations, safe water, sanitation, nutrition, education, and emergency relief to children all around the world. They work toward creating a safe and healthy childhood so no child dies from preventable causes. They support children through fundraising, advocacy, and education.
This organization donates 1 tree for every 1$. The organization has donated thousands of trees to multiple different regions all over the world. The whole goal of the organization is to bring awareness to solutions of deforestation.
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