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How Your Gift Can Help
$5,000 Can pay for a public health campaign of basic sanitation—including building latrines, organizing waste disposal, and safe pesticide use and disposal—in a village in rural El Salvador. $2,000 Can pay for 1 year's salary for a Community Mental Health Promoter to teach at a Center for Integral Child Development (CIDI—Centro Integral de Desarrollo Infantil) in rural El Salvador. $1,000 Can pay for one year's worth of the educational materials needed for the 180 children attending 5 Centers for Integral Child Development (CIDIs—Centros Integrales de Desarrollo Infantil) in rural El Salvador. $750 Can pay for 1 training for 25 Community Health Promoters in Nicaragua, including transportation from remote rural areas and educational materials for each. $400 Can pay for 1 teen to go to high school for one year in rural El Salvador. $300 Can pay for 1 year's salary for a Community Health Promoter in rural Uganda. $250 Can pay for a month's supply of medications for the Bughoye clinic in rural Uganda. $110 Can buy 1 botiquin (health kit) with a year's supply of basic medicines for a rural Community Health Promoter in Nicaragua. $100 Can pay 1 month's salary for a half-time pharmacist or lab technician in Nicaragua. $60 Can buy enough cloth and thread for all the members of the women's collective to make embroidered articles that they could sell to help provide for their families in Chiapas, Mexico. $50 Can pay for 1 Lorena stove for a family to reduce smoke contamination of the air and food, and use half the fuel of traditional stoves, in rural Central America. $30 Can buy 5 treated mosquito nets to prevent malaria in rural Uganda. $25 Can pay for a week of training (transportation and food) for the Autonomous High School in Chiapas, Mexico. $20 Can buy the medicines needed for one child a year in a Center for Integral Child Development (CIDI—Centro Integral de Desarrollo Infantil) in rural El Salvador. $10 Can pay for one-month's supply of fresh milk and vitamins for one low-weight infant or toddler whose mother is HIV+ in rural Uganda. $5 Can pay for 1 year of travel to and from high school for a teen in rural El Salvador.
Where Does DGH
Get Its Funding?DGH's funding comes mostly from individual donors that support our mission and goals. Some donate for work in a particular country, others support DGH in general. This general support is particularly appreciated as it allows DGH as an organization to continue making the work with the communities possible. It also allows DGH to allocate funds as needed among all its projects. DGH is also supported by private foundations, such as Atkinson Foundation and Mulago Foundation. DGH does not seek US Government funds, such as from U.S.A.I.D., which allows much more independence in our program decisions. For the same reason, we do not allow more than fifty percent of our funding to come from any one source.
DGH is very frugal with its funds. Board members and international volunteers pay all their own expenses, including airfare, and room and board. These in-kind contributions, which totaled more than $20,000 last year (not included in revenues), have allowed 95 percent of DGH funds to go directly to its program activities.
In 2000, the IRS officially awarded DGH permanent 501(c)3 non-profit status after the obligatory five-year probation period. If you would like to support our work, your tax-deductible donation would be much appreciated and, since DGH has very low administrative costs (see question number 10 on the DGH FAQ), goes a long way.
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Put Six Degrees to Work on Your Web Site or Blog
Donate Your Cell PhoneDGH accompanies marginalized communities around the world and to inspire people to become world citizens. To accomplish its mission DGH needs to raise funds. We need your help. This page contains some ways in which you can donate to DGH. Thank you for your support!
The old tried and true cash donation. Since DGH is a 501(c)3 organization, your contributions are tax-deductible. And as a result of DGH's volunteer structure, there is little overhead to dilute the impact of contributions in achieving tangible results. Your contributions to DGH go far!
You mail checks payable to "Doctors for Global Health" to:
Doctors for Global Health
P. O. Box 1761
Decatur, GA, 30031
U.S.A.
Or contribute by credit card now:
Please note that credit cards take 4.75% of every transaction.
Just Search the Web
It's simple. You use GoodSearch.com like any other search engine (they have partnered with Yahoo to ensure the best results), but each time you do, money is generated for DGH. Last year search engines generated close to $6 billion in revenue from advertisers. Just select DGH from the "I'm Supporting" list the first time you use GoodSearch.com.
Buy DGH Products
Help Doctors for Global Health spread the word about our mission and fund the improvement of health and other human rights in marginalized communities around the world. Check out DGH shirts, stickers, magnets, postcards, greetings, baby clothes, tote bag, caps and much more! Buy DGH products! Profits help fund DGH's work around the world.
Use DGH products for a fundraiser! If you buy 15 or more of a product (different sizes OK), you can get a low bulk rate. Sell them for more and donate the proceeds to DGH. For more information, e-mail us today.
Buy Online and Get Referral Fees for DGHWhile we encourage you to patronize your independent neighborhood stores that is not always possible. If you plan to purchase from online retailers, these commercial WWW sites have agreed to pay a referral fee for purchases made when entering their sites through these links. All proceeds are donated to Doctors for Global Health. There is no additional cost to the purchaser, but you must use the links provided here.
Why not ask your friends to help out by routing their purchases through the DGH web page?
10% Do Great Stuff!
T-shirts, sweatshirts,
yoga pants, etc.
Select DGH on checkout.7% CDNOW 5%
Amazon.Com 5%
CD Universe
You can also select Doctors for Global Health and follow the links to other retailers at GoodShop and DGH will receive referral fees for your purchases. Participating retailers include 1-800-FLOWERS, Apple Store, Best Buy, Bloomingdales, Buy.com, Circuit City, Drugstore.com, EBay, Fandango, Gap, Guess, Home Depot, Hotels.com, Hewlett Packard, iTunes, J. Crew, Macy's, Old Navy, Petsmart, Staples, Target, Zappos and many more.
Put Six Degrees to Work on Your Web Site or Blog
Do you have a blog or web site? Add a personalized badge from www.sixdegrees.org that lets you support the causes close to your heart, like DGH.You've probably heard of the Six Degrees concept. Any one person is connected to any other person through six or fewer relationships, because it's a small world. SixDegrees.org is about using this idea to accomplish something good.
Use Mission Fish with Your Online AuctionsIf you enjoy selling items on eBay, please consider supporting DGH at the same time. You can donate 10-100% of the proceeds at the time of sale to DGH projects and programs through www.missionfish.org.
Save the Environment and Give to DGH at the Same Time: Donate Your Used Cell PhoneAbout 130 million cell phones are retired annually in the US. And because of their small size they are more likely to be thrown in the trash and ultimately pose threats to the environment and public health. Donate your old cell phone to make sure it is disposed of properly and the value of the cell phone will be donated to DGH in your name.
Donate StockContributions to DGH are deductible on your 1040 and on state income tax returns. How much that amounts to depends on your tax rate. For example, if the combined federal and state rate at which your income is taxed is 40 percent then 40 cents of every dollar you give to DGH is money that you would otherwise be paying to federal and state governments as taxes.
The deduction allowed for gifts of an appreciated security (stock) can be much higher because it is usually the fair market value at the time it is donated, not at the time it was bought. Let's say you paid $5,000 for 100 shares of stock and that stock is now worth $7,500. If you cash it in, you'll have to pay capital gains tax on the $2,500 dollars the stock went up (28% of $2,500 = $700). But, if you give the stock to DGH, you can deduct the full $7,500 from your taxes without paying any capital gains tax.
For more information, e-mail us today.
Creative Fundraising IdeasDGH supporters have raised money for DGH in many creative ways. They have sold rice and beans and their photographs. They have held concerts, rock-climbing events and auctions. They have found that these are all great opportunities for fund- and friend-raising.
Use DGH products for a fundraiser! If you buy 15 or more of a product (different sizes OK), you can get a low bulk rate. Sell them for more and donate the proceeds to DGH. For more information, e-mail us.
If you have other ideas for fundraising, friendraising or grant opportunities, please e-mail us today.
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