the life you can save
WHAT YOU SPEND ON
A CUP OF COFFEE OR A
BOTTLE OF WATER IS MORE
THAN SOME FAMILIES HAVE
TO LIVE ON FOR A WHOLE DAY
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100 Friends

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A Child's Right

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A tu per tu

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A Well-Fed World

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ACCION International

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Act For Peace

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ActionAid

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African AIDS Foundation (Australia)

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AKDN

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Alola Foundation

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American Assistance for Cambodia/Japan Relief for Cambodia

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American Jewish World Service

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American Red Cross

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Amici dei Bambini

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AMKA

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AMMOR

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Ashoka

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Be A HERO

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BODHI

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Book Aid International

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Book Wish Foundation

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Bread for the World

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CAART

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Camfed

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Canadian Crossroads International

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Canadian Feed The Children

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Canadian Foodgrains Bank

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Canadian Red Cross

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CARE

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Caritas International

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Catalyst Foundation

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Catholic Relief Services

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CBM

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Central Asia Institute

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Chad Relief Foundation

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CHANGE

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charity: water

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Child Health Foundation

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Child Rights and You

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ChildFund

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Children International

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Children of Peru Foundation

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Children of Uganda

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Christian Aid

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Christian Children’s Fund

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Christian Fund for Children and Aging

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Church World Service

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CO-ID

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Compassion International

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Compatible Technology International

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Concern America

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Concern Worldwide US

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CUSO-VSO

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Deep Springs International

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Developing Indigenous Resources

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Development and Peace

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Diakonia

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Dignitas International

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DKT International

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Dollars for Change

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Domes for the World

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Edhi Foundation

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Education Generation

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EMAS Canada

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Episcopal Relief & Development

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Filter Pure

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FINCA International

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Food 4 Everyone

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Food for Life

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Food for the Poor

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Food Water Shelter

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Forgotten Diamonds

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Free The Children

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Fruit Tree Planting Foundation

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Gardens for The Gambia

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Global Basic Income Foundation

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Global Fund for Women

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Grameen Foundation

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Grassroots International

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Habitat for Humanity

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Hands With Hands

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Heifer International

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Helen Keller International

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HelpAge International

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Helping Hands

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Hope for Kabondo

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Hope for the Nations

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Hope for the Orphans of Burma

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Hope Ofiriha

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Hope Through Health

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HOPE worldwide

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International Aid

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International Fund for Africa

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International Women's Development Agency

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IRC

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Islamic Relief

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JBFC-Tanzania

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Kabissa

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KickStart

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Kiva

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Kupu Kupu Foundation

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LDS Humanitarian Services

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Light Up The World Foundation

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Lutheran World Relief

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MADRE

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Mahboba's Promise

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Malawi Children's Village

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MaMA

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Mazon

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Médecins Sans Frontieres International

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Meds & Food for Kids

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Mennonite Central Committee

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Mercy Corps

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MicroAid Projects

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Nabuur

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Nari Gunjan

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Nuru International

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One Acre Fund

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Operation OF

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PAADHAI

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Partners in Health

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PeopleAid

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Plan Australia

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Plan Canada

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Plan Sweden

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Plan USA

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Playing for Change

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PlayPumps International

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Plenty International

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Possible Dreams International

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Practical Action

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PRASAD

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Project Medishare

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Quaker Bolivia Link

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Refugees International

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Resplendent Hope

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RESULTS

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Rising Star Outreach

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Ryan’s Well Foundation

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SAFER

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Saint Anthony of Padua Mission Aid

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Samaritan's Purse

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Sanctuary Refugee Foundation

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Sauti Moja

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Save the Children

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SAWA-Australia

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Seva Foundation

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Shaleku Association

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SHARE Foundation

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ShelterBox

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Sightsavers International

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Sleeping Children Around the World

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sOccket

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Soroptimist International

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SOS Children

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SOS Children’s Villages

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StandProud

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Stephen Lewis Foundation

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SurfAid International

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Sustainable Harvest International

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Tear Australia

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Terre des Hommes International Federation

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The $10 Club

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The Blinknow Foundation

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The Christina Noble Children's Foundation

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The Fabretto Children’s Foundation

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The Kibera School for Girls

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The Prem Rawat Foundation

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The Salvation Army

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The School of St. Jude

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The Smile Train

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TreeAid

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Trees for Life

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Trickle Up

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UMCOR

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UNHCR

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Unifem

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Vessels International

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Village Water

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Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (VGIF)

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Vital Voices

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Vitamin Angels

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Voices of Hope

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VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas)

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War Child

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Water Charity

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WaterAid

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WaterCan/EauVive

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Watoto

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Wayanad Girijanaseva Trust

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We Advance

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WFP

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Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners of the Americas

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Women for Women International

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Women's Global Education Project

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World Bicycle Relief

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World Neighbors

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World Relief

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World Vision

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World Youth International

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Worldfund

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WE Are Making a Difference
See how much money is being generated by all of the pledges we have received. (This is a conservative estimate, assuming the average income in each bracket and that only the minimal amount is donated - many people give much more and give regularly.)
report

May Report:

$ 733 949.00

And the total since we set up this website in February 2009:

$ 64 901 387.00

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The Life You Can Save

How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty

Peter Singer

Random House,
New York, 2010

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