Goods 4 Good

This holiday season Goods for Good is teaming up with Merck to bring new school uniforms to 20,000 orphans and vulnerable children. Until December 31st, Merck is generously matching all donations up to $10,000. That means that your gift will help twice as many children this holiday season!

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Soccer is the favorite sport of the children we serve, yet more often than not, they have no sports equipment to play with. When they don’t have a proper soccer ball, they either play with a makeshift ball made from bundled plastic bags or don’t play at all.

Waterfront Montessori School in New Jersey raised over $1,800 for Goods for Good through a student-run carnival.Each student created his or her own booth, which featured such awesome games as Splish-Splash, Wack-a-Mole, Beanie Bowling and ring toss. Sounds like a great time for a good cause!

From a small village in central Malawi, William was forced to quit school at age 14 because his family could no longer afford his school fees. Fascinated by science, he decided to continue his education by reading at a nearby library. ...

Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

The Blue Sweater is the inspiring personal memoir of a woman who has spent her life on a quest to understand global poverty and to find powerful new ways of tackling it. From her first stumbling efforts as a young idealist venturing forth in Africa to the creation of th...e trailblazing organization she runs today, Jacqueline Novogratz brings us a series of insightful stories and unforgettable characters -- from women dancing in a Nairobi slum, to unwed mothers starting a bakery, to courageous survivors of the Rwandan genocide, to entrepreneurs building services for the poor against impossible odds. She shows, in ways both hilarious and heartbreaking, how traditional charity often fails, but how a new form of philanthropic investing called "patient capital" can help make people self-sufficient and change millions of lives. More than just an auto-biography or a how-to guide to tackling poverty, this book challenges us to grant dignity to the poor and to rethink our engagement with the world. The Blue Sweater at once is a deeply personal coming-of-age story of a young idealist determined to change the world, and a call to action to all those concerned with growing inequality around the globe. Novogratz relates her experiences over two decades, first in Africa and later in India and Pakistan. Her story is a true testament to the indomitable quality of the human spirit and the power of hope and optimism to create real change. Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a nonprofit venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs bringing affordable and sustainable healthcare, water, energy and housing to those without access in South Asia and East Africa. She travels frequently and currently resides in New York City.