SS: Money

It doesn’t take much money to improve someone’s quality of life.

The transportation cost to get this little boy and his grandmother to and from Beijing was around US$500. He had a hole in his heart repaired. Another organization paid for the heart surgery.

It cost US$25 to make and modify this wheelchair-tricycle for a woman with Big Bone Disease.

For less than US$2,000, this local-style Tibetan house was built and furnished -- 3 sides are thick mud walls, and the front is wood. The cave that this woman lived in for 20 years is on the right.

And for only US$25, you can buy a solar-powered flashlight like this one. If you buy one, we will get one for free to give to people with disabilities. This woman has lived in a ditch on the Tibetan plateau for more than 16 years. We want to raise enough money to build her a house, like the one above. We found her just as we finished building the other house.

Please let me know if you want to help support medical and development projects on the Tibetan Plateau, such as these. Thanks!

For more stories about money, go here.

Comments

[gautami tripathy]

I try to do my bit. I know it not enough.

[paisley]

this was amazing.. and enlightening and thought provoking.. i feel compelled to act and yet a part of me cries out for the underprivileged in my own country to come first... where is the balance?? i have to think on this a bit....

[Crafty green Poet]

Excellent perspective on money, good to have these concrete examples of how donations can help

[Just Jen]

Wow, here I am on blog complaining about buying a pair of shoes. I feel guilty now. That's amazing. The bike is really neat, I'd love one of those! lol

[Robin from Israel]

We drop $25 on a meal without thinking twice, but look how that same $25 could change someone's entire life.

I do some, but I will strive to do more.