This month’s donations go to Friends of the Earth Japan & Tokyo River Friends, 2 wonderful groups doing environmental projects.

FEBRUARY’S CHARITY

This month’s donations go to Ashoka & ASHOKA Japan – a global organization which finds and supports social entrepreneurs, outstanding individuals with ideas for far-reaching social change.

This month’s donations will be given to  Abalimi Bezekhaya (Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA) :

This is an organization working with development and environmental restoration in Cape Flats. Cape Flats is an impoverished area outside Cape Town which was partitioned as a “Black” residential area under the apartheid regime. Due to poor management, overcrowding, and the unjust policies of the apartheid era, Cape Flats became environmentally devastated. Abalimi Bezekhaya is working to “re-green” the area by promoting gardening and tree planting efforts.

This month’s donations will be given to:

Ashinaga (Support for Orphans) –  Ashinaga provides care for children
and adolescents (especially children who lose their parents) hit by
disasters.

This month’s donations will be given to:

Save the Children –  JAMBO sponsors two children (one from the Philippines and one from Malawi in Central Africa) through this wonderful organization.  The proceeds will go towards financial support of these children.

This month’s donations will be given to:

African Wildlife Foundation – a group in Africa that works to protect the environment while, at the same time, promoting the development of the local people.

This month’s donations will be given to

• Global Greengrants Fund (a group that provides grants for local environmental work in Africa, Asia and other poor areas) and

• Global Giving (a group that provides grants for local environmentally friendly small businesses around the world).

This month’s donations will be given to

・Riasunomori (An organization in Ishinomaki which works for community development)

・ Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (An organization that supports sustainable transport around the world, especially in developing countries).

This month’s donations will be given to 2 Groups:

•   JEAN (Japan Environmental Action Network)
•   Kanagawa Coastal Environmental Foundation

This month’s donation will be given to

• Plant with Purpose – Environmental Solutions to Humanitarian Problems
• Rainforest Alliance – a group that promotes sustainability in farming, trade, tourism and areas of finance