This project builds wells for the 1 Billion people around the world who lack access to clean water. Women and children walk 2 hours each way to fetch water (hauling dirty water back to their families.) They have no time or energy left for education or small business, and many of them die. Preventable water-related diseases kill 4 children every minute. People can donate money or organize fund-raisers in their community. www.1000wells.com or http://www.bloodwatermission.com/.

As thousands around the globe die in violence every day, CPT embraces the vision of unarmed intervention waged by committed peacemakers ready to risk injury and death in bold attempts to transform lethal conflict through the nonviolent power of God's truth and love. Enlisting the whole church in an organized, nonviolent alternative to war, today CPT places violence-reduction teams in crisis situations and militarized areas around the world at the invitation of local peace and human rights workers. People can support CPT through donations, political means, and by going on delegations to conflict zones on a short-term, reserve corps, or full-time basis. www.cpt.org

ONE is committed to fighting extreme poverty, AIDS, and malaria around the world. They are a non-partisan political campaign to get people and governments in rich countries to commit more resources and energy to helping the plight of people in the world's poorest countries. You can join the organization online and receive periodic updates on ways to impact international decision-making. http://www.one.org/.

COF has been working with Compassion for some years now as individuals, families, or groups sponsor impoverished children helping them to receive educational, medical, nutritional, and spiritual care. Sponsors exchange letters with their sponsored child to build a relationship and share love along with financial resources. http://www.compassion.com/.