Millennium Development Goals

Candlelight is celebrated anually in more than 1,000 communities in 65 countries. Run by volunteers, these events are forums for advocacy, knowledge sharing, community building and remembering. Your gift will provide a coordinator in the U.S. more

Your gift will assist farmers to organize themselves into farmer's organization and gather enough quantities of bananas to sell in bulk and consecutively buy their own trucks to transport bananas to bigger markets. more

When you help IMC vaccinate children against diseases like measles, tetanus, and meningitis, you enhance their chance for survival. You also reduce the likelihood of an epidemic, especially in crowded, unsanitary conditions such as refugee camps. more

Your donation will pay travel costs for farmers to join in the discussion of the future of our food system, side-by-side with representatives from large national and multi-national food companies (wholesalers, retailers), NGO's and government representatives. more

Help determine a “fair price" for produce from family farms in developing countries selling to global markets. Forward thinking companies that want to do the right thing need to know how their business practices impact on poverty. more

Malaria is transmitted through mosquito bites. Until an effective method is found to stop malaria transmission, sleeping under a mosquito net treated with a recommended insecticide is the best way to prevent mosquito bites. Your generous gift of $25 will provide treated anti-malarial bed nets for a family. more

Your donation will provide a mobile phone (and a year’s service fee) or a radio to a farmer to enable him to communicate with his peers, researchers, or agriculture advisory services. more

Condoms save lives and they are a vital tool in our efforts to prevent HIV infection. They are also essential to the maintenance of other elements of sexual and reproductive health, such as the prevention of unwanted pregnancy and of sexually transmitted infections. more

Your gift would help remove 35,000 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: the equivalent of that which would be created on 6 plane trips across the United States! How? The microbial communities that exist in organic soils transform carbon from organic debris into biomass, thereby “sequestering" the carbo... more

Your gift will help return 10 square meters of land to productive use by clearing it of landmines. more

For just $75 you can help IMC educate an entire village for one month. Participants learn about hygiene, sanitation, malaria nets, ways to clean water, and how to recognize the symptoms of common ailments. By focusing on mothers and caregivers, IMC ensures that this knowledge is passed down through generations. more

$36 ensures that women like Helene learn the importance of breastfeeding. more