Links I Like
Blood:Water Mission
Clean blood. Clean water. Two very important things for survival. However, for many living in Africa, they constantly have to deal with the effects and pains of HIV/AIDS and unclean water. Blood:Water Mission is out to change this reality.
Call and Response
The first feature “rocumentary” to expose the world’s 27 million most terrifying secrets: victims of human trafficking.
Charity: Water
Most of us have never really been thirsty. We’ve never had to leave our houses and walk 5 miles to fetch water. We simply turn on the tap, and water comes out. Clean. Yet there are a billion people on the planet who don’t have clean water. Charity: Water exists to change this.
Compassion International
Compassion International is all about seeing kids released from poverty in the name of Christ. Sponsor a child today for just $38/month. I’m betting it will change your life in a pretty radical way, just like it has for me.
Cross Point Community Church
My church home in Nashville…you should come and check it out.
Dear Francis
Dear Francis puts a face to the AIDS pandemic as it chronicles the personal stories of two strangers and the Swazis they befriend. Through these relationships, they discover that the causes of this plague are much more disturbing and complex than they could have ever imagined.
International Justice Mission
These people are hard core serious about busting up human/sex trafficking rings, modern day slavery, and other forms of violent oppression around the world.
Invisible Children
The country of Uganda has been struggling with the effects of a civil…that has lasted for 20 years. Invisible Children is all about putting a face to the thousands of people affected by war, child soldiers, and the AIDS epidemic throughout the country.
Light Gives Heat
The mission: empower Africans through the encouragement of economic sustainability and creative endeavors and motivating people in the West to “be the change they wish to see in the world.” The vision: to see Africa rebuilt and renewed from the inside out and see people in the West living with hope.
Mocha Club
For the cost of two mochas a month, you can help provide clean water, support orphan care, promote education, battle HIV/AIDS, or love on child mothers/children at risk. Sounds pretty incredible for just $7 per month. It’s so ridiculously easy to bring about change. So just click the link above…you know you want to.
Not for Sale
Modern day slavery still exists. At an alarming rate. In this country. Not for Sale equips ordinary people like you and me with the tools to fight modern day slavery in our own backyards. Together, we can end slavery in our lifetime.
Nuru International
Working from the belief that the only way to end terrorism is to end poverty, Nuru works amongst the rural poor in the developing world. They’re currently working in Kuria, Kenya, and it is from the local language that they got their name: Nuru is a Kiswahili word meaning light.
The One Campaign
ONE is a grassroots campaign and advocacy organization backed by more than 2 million people who are committed to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.
OneChurch
If you’re in the Clarksville area, you’ll want to check out OneChurch. Some great people who love God with everything they’ve got and are all about loving other people in the same way.
One Million Can
On our own, we can each make a difference in our world. But collectively, we are a force for good that exponentially surpasses what we can do alone.
The Seed Company
While most of us can name 10 or even 20 languages, there are actually over 6,900 languages currently spoken in the world today. Of that number, less than half have any portion of Scripture in any accessible form. Of the remaining languages, over 2,200 need a translation and represent approximately 200 million people. Join the Seed Company in changing this today.
Stop the Traffik
Stop the Traffik is a growing global movement of individuals, communities and organizations fighting to prevent the sale of people, protect the trafficked and prosecute the traffickers.
TOMS Shoes
For every pair of shoes you buy, TOMS will give a pair away to a child who needs them. One for one. Yeah, it’s really that simple. Plus, they’re really comfortable.
