You’ll remember that back in April I told you about the New Futures Orphanage. Money was coming in so slowly that they had to eat it (as rice) and, especially with food costs being what they now are, they could never get together enough at once to buy farm animals and start sustainable agriculture. Their goal was $1000 to buy chickens and other sustainable food sources.

This goal has been met, and you can read about the resulting New Futures Farm here. Similarly, I mentioned the Sharing Foundation’s Khmer School in Cambodia, which is now fully funded.

It is entirely possible and really not very hard to give money directly. Direct giving means the money goes directly to the orphanage or micro-charity, and is not used up in advertising or overhead or administrative costs. A small processing fee is used to cover your payment transaction (just like a merchant is charged at a convenience store), and the rest, in its entirety, goes right to the micro-charity that uses it to feed, educate, and give a future to people who may otherwise be relegated to anguish, suffering, and despair. Direct giving is the antidote to pessimism and cynicism about giving relief to the poor.

The following two projects are not yet fully funded. Can you join in?