100 Friends

This is a unique, person-to-person form of philanthropy.

The 100 Friends Project is a grassroots project dedicated to helping people in third-world countries facing myriad problems.

The project began in 1990, when I visited India for the first time. I met a Tibetan woman in the Himalayas who had a terrible ear infection, and I was able to help her get treatment for under $50 -- an amount her family could not have afforded -- saving her hearing, and probably her life. I was shocked that something so important could be accomplished with such a small amount of funds.

I began raising money among my friends, whatever they could give, as little as $1 or as much as people were able to donate. Then, in 1992, I traveled to India with over $2,000 in donations, with the goal of distributing it as directly and intelligently as possible. The rest, as they say, is history. I have now completed eight humanitarian missions and dispensed almost $50,000 directly to people in great need.

Breadcrumbs:
How To Change the World which I found through
Google Search for "Good People Do Nothing" I was prompted to do that by Vickie Haddock's essay on Biblical understanding of homosexuality

Comments

[kim]

I love the 100 friends idea! Are you still raising money? -- Kim