ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN  The $100 Thousand Campaign is intended to help raise money to provide simple sanitation and sustainable clean water facilities to over fifty schools in five different states in India. More than ten thousand poor students in villages will benefit from this campaign.
100% of your donation will go towards building latrines and clean water facilities in deprived schools in rural India, and 100% of your donation is tax-deductible. WHY SANITATION AND CLEAN WATER
Almost fifty per cent of the developing world’s population – 2.6 billion people – lack improved sanitation facilities, of which, more than 620 million people live India. Over 1.1 billion people have no access to any type of improved drinking water source, of which, more than 250 million live in India. Inadequate access to safe water and sanitation services, coupled with poor hygiene practices, kills and sickens thousands of children every day, and leads to impoverishment and diminished opportunities for thousands more.
Poor sanitation, water and hygiene have many other serious repercussions. Children – and particularly girls – are denied their right to education because their schools lack private and decent sanitation facilities. Women are forced to spend large parts of their day fetching water. Poor farmers and wage earners are less productive due to illness, health systems are overwhelmed and national economies suffer. Without water, sanitation, and hygiene, sustainable development is impossible.
To learn more about how water, sanitation, and hygiene are linked to health, education, and development, click here.
WHAT CAN YOU DO
We have launched an ambitious $100 thousand fund-raising campaign to help raise money to achieve our goals. Though ambitious, we know it's doable, and this can only happen if each one of you support us in this cause. So click the "Back this project" button above to join the campaign.
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100% of your donation will go towards building latrines and clean water facilities in underprivileged schools in rural India, and 100% of your donation is tax-deductable. Donors can claim tax benefits by donating money to our campaign. We strongly recommend to take advantage of the gift matching scheme offered by your employers.
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$100 Thousand Campaign | Two Cents of Hope Two Cents of Hope is a federally recognized non-profit organization in the US under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations are income tax deductible under section 170 of the Code.  OTHER WAYS TO HELP
We think we can do it! But it's going to take all of us. Check out www.causes.com, a website that hosts causes like ours, to see how we're doing so far and get involved. Donate right now by going to http://bit.ly/4j7XS9 HOW WE DO IT
By the end of every month, we receive a check from Network for Good for funds raised in the previous month. Network for Good is an independent 501(c)(3) organization that has partnered with Causes in bringing together donors, volunteers and charities like ours online to accomplish good. Funds we receive are then disbursed to our partners in increments of $1,000 based on individual project's needs. Our partners use these funds for material supplies and labor, and send us pictures and stories from the ground, which are posted in our "Recent Updates" section.
To see our most recent updates, click here. If you are a grass root organization working towards poor children's education in rural India, and would like to partner with us in building simple sanitation and sustainable clean water facilities for their schools, please contact us. We would love to work with you! ABOUT US  The $100 Thousand Campaign was launched by Two Cents of Hope (TCH), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization commited to creating a responsible and self-sustaining society. We hope to achieve this by rendering education to the youth, creating opportunities to realize their potential and providing them with a spring board to scale newer heights. The fundamental problems that India faces today are interlinked. The exponential growth of population coupled with lack of education has left many a dream unfulfilled and talents buried. Two cents of hope dreams of an India where every Indian dares to dream, rekindling the hidden potential.
OUR PARTNERS
 Gram Vikas - Gram Vikas, which literally means 'village development' is a non-profit organization that has been working since 1979, to bring about sustainable improvement in the quality of life of poor and marginalised rural communities - mostly in the state of Orissa. The core group of Gram Vikas had come to Orissa as student volunteers of Young Students' Movement for Development (YSMD), Chennai to serve victims of a devastating cyclone in early 1970s. Registered as a society on January 22, 1979, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, Gram Vikas currently serves more than 295,800 people in 851 habitations of 22 districts in Orissa.For more information, please visit http://www.gramvikas.org/  For more information, please visit http://www.nirmaan.org/ © 2009-12 Two Cents of Hope is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization |
