See It: The Community being helped

The Rural Agency for Sustainable Development is based in Nkokonjeru, Uganda and envisions "decent life for all." RASD works to train local community members in technical skills related to agricultural practices, woodworking, masonry, welding, tailoring, and computer-use. Seminars on sanitation are also led by RASD staff; Nkokonjeru residents are shown clean and safe pit latrine designs and methods of water purification via WaterGard and ceramic filters.

Donations to this cause will greatly improve RASD's ability to affect local change in Nkokonjeru, Uganda. Investments will provide more tools for RASD's workshop, allowing the organization to provide better training. Your contributions will also allow RASD to establish its own income-generating opportunities, like completing an internet cafe, manufacturing coffee shellers, making biofuel from jatropha (a locally available seed), and producing charcoal from agricultural waste.

See It: The Community being helped

Positive Foundations is an student group that is dedicated to ending extreme poverty through the Millennium Development Goals. Although we were only founded in 2005, we have gained respect as one of the most active and successful social change groups on our campus, with our largest event to date having drawn over ten percent of the undergraduate body. We are spearheading the organization of the Millennium Campus Network, a Boston-wide collaboration of college groups that support the Goals. Our activities have included fundraisers to buy bednets and school lunches for impoverished communities through the NGO Millennium Promise, rallies on “Stand Up, Speak Out”, an international day of action, and educational events including an "MDG Week" which featured a video-conference with economist Jeffery Sachs. Our long-range goal is to sponsor a village in sub-Saharan Africa through the Millennium Village Project.