The people of Zimbabwe find themselves fighting the AIDS epidemic in the setting of worsening poverty, a devastated health care system, gender inequality, and a stigma that creates a deafening silence. The Portland-Mutare Sister City Association/Africa AIDS Response program believes in the importance of supporting the vigorous grassroots efforts by... Continue reading

More than 24,000 children die everyday — most from preventable causes such as hunger, malaria, diarrhea, measles, and pneumonia. This is especially impactful in AIDS affected areas of Africa. As a sponsor, you could help provide a child with sustainable access to appropriate life-changing basics like nutritious food, clean water,... Continue reading

When late entertainer Danny Thomas opened the doors to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1962, he was not just changing the lives of those children who would walk through its doors. He was changing lives across the world. Ranked one of the best pediatric cancer hospitals in the country,... Continue reading

Microcredit or Microlending is the lending of very small loans to those in poverty, designed to spur entrepreneurship. These individuals lack collateral, steady employment and verificable credit history and therefore cannot even meet the most minimal of qualifications to gain access to traditional credit. Enter organziations like Kiva. As of... Continue reading