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High-profile philanthropists-Bill Gates and Warren Buffett; Angelina Jolie; and Bill Clinton, with his Global Initiative--impress and fascinate us. But here's a surprising, stirring secret: the most significant charitable donor in the world, by far, is the American of modest means. In 2007, donations from individuals amounted to $229 billion, most of it coming in small donations from everyday citizens; that is, 114 times the amount the Gates Foundation gave away that year. When a Little Means a Lot contains stories of remarkable nonprofits and the inspiring ways they use our affordable contributions to make a major impact: a 28 cent delivery kit that saves mothers and babies; a bed net for $10 that prevents malarial infections; a llama for $20 that generates income for an entire family. Giving toward such inexpensive simple things--a filter, a bike, a pump, a pig--not only solves one person's crisis but can cause a ripple effect that lifts a whole family, a town, a region, and, astonishingly, even a nation or continent out of poverty. In When a Little Means a Lot, Wendy Smith shows quite seriously and clearly how easily we can dip into our pockets and with just a few dollars, get that ripple started.
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Smith reveals that the most significant charitable donor in the world is the American of modest means. "Give a Little" contains stories of remarkable nonprofit organizations and the inspiring ways they use these modest contributions to make a major impact around the world.
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-With open hearts and open hands, we gave what we could, and a little became a lot.- -from Give a LittleDimes destroyed polio. Five bucks can beat malaria. Give a Little: How Your Small Donations Can Transform Our World not only contains remarkable, inspi
About the Author
Wendy Smith has worked in the nonprofit sector for more than 20 years in direct services, program administration, development, consulting and board membership; she is a Certified Fundraising Professional. She also has a master's degree in education and a bachelor's degree in marketing. To write Give a Little and pursue its promotion and mission , she has taken an indefinite leave from her job as the Director of Foundation and Government Relations at Building with Books, an international organization that constructs schools in developing countries and runs youth development programs in the US. She is lives in Highland Park, Illinois, with her two daughters.