Fans of The Letters and Diaries of Queen Chipsa are encouraged to support the following three small charities. All of them are 501c3 non-profit organizations.
Thank you and be well, Alan Eddy.
The Bawa Health Initiative (BHI)
P. O. Box 432
Wallingford, CT 06492
www.bawahealth.org
This organization carries out health improvement projects for the village of Bawa (West Province, Cameroon, Africa) and surrounding villages in the French-speaking part of Cameroon. Bawa is in a mountainous rain forest region with an economy of subsistence agriculture. As of November 2019, the construction and furnishing of the new health clinic have been completed. Due to the decline in child mortality, villagers are sending their children to school. After the solar panels were installed, locals started coming to charge their phones (good PR for the clinic).
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)
124 Church Road
Sherburne, NY 13460
www.oursoil.org
“Transforming waste into resources in Haiti since 2006.” This organization provides composting toilets and agricultural development in several key locations in Haiti. A small but dedicated group of people in both Haiti and the U. S. have worked since 2006 to improve sanitation, waste recycling, and crop production. With additional support from individual donors, they could increase their programs.
TREE foundation
www.treefoundation.org
This organization supports tree research, education, and exploration at a global scale. All of our funds go toward urgent forest conservation priorities. They currently include: saving the last 5% of forests in northern Ethiopia; providing environmental education about forests to youth in developing countries; conducting citizen science expeditions to the Amazon; building canopy walkways for eco-tourism; and providing scholarships in conservation education for women from countries where forests are at greatest risk.