Water That Sparkles
Waterborne Disease kills 3 million people annually, making it the leading cause of death worldwide. For only $15, you can give a year’s worth of Sparkling Water to a deserving family. Join Our “Sparkle Initiative.”
Spread a Little “Solar-Powered” Light
In the Developing World, households spend $4.4 billion per year on deadly kerosene to light their homes.
Poverty implications are widespread for women, leaving many without access to basic medical care, schooling, transportation, childcare or decent employment.
Education and Opportunity
Let’s Keep It Clean
According to the World Health Organization, 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and 26 billion lack basic sanitation.
Wall of Words
“Investment in early childhood is the most powerful investment a country can make.”
www.who.int
Improving Sanitation
“Providing access to sufficient quantities of safe water…for sanitary disposal of (waste), and introducing sound hygiene reduce the burden of disease.” www.who.int
Micro-Grants Foster Small Businesses and Change Lives
Our Beacon Program
Shines a Light
(literally) on Female Entrepreneurship
Google This!
Our Solar-Powered Computer Labs!
Hurricane Sandy Relief
Light the way for storm victims with the gift of a
K-Light Emergency Kit
E-Health
“…Technology is changing the landscape of health care delivery across the Developing World by giving people who live in rural villages the ability to connect with doctors, nurses and other health care workers in major cities.” www.nytimes.com
Sharing Knowledge
“Higher levels of women’s education are strongly associated with lower infant mortality, as well as with higher levels of education and economic opportunity for their children.” www.unfpa.org
SOLAR
Got Light? Lucky you. 93% of the developing world relies on candles, kerosene, the moon and the stars. It's not as romantic as it sounds. We prefer solar power. It's super-bright, non-polluting, and most of all, safe.
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WATER
Can You Figure Out the World's Most Compassionate Math Problem? It involves subtraction, but ends up being a "plus" all around. Here's how: 1 Person (-) 15 Bucks = 1 Year of Safe Water for a Family of 4!
Join our "Sparkle Initiative."
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EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY
American University Undergrad and Graduate Students go from the Classroom to the Co-Op, as Interns in Koinonia's "Wall of Words," "American English and Speech," and "Beacon" Programs.
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