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92% of your donations are used to finance our empowering projects,

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When you shop at our store or donate to our organization, the profits are used to Empower a Projects such as those listed below.

STEM Education
$ 5 USD STEM education offers a tremendous opportunity for students to learn how to improve their lives, learn the necessary skills to enter a profitable job market, and combat climate change. Why? Climate Change poses one of the most serious challenges to reducing global poverty for the national and international community. Stay tunned to our blog, we will posting a series of reasons to build our case.

Empowering Workshops (Level 1)
$ 10 USD Scope: We established a partnership with the Cleveland Y (and other organizations) to provide workshops about sustainable development and science to 4^th to 8^th grade students. Cost: For each $10 donated we can provide a 2 hrs workshop for 1 student. Impact: Teach groups of up to 35 students. Create 5 internships, offer 4-6 volunteering opportunities to community members.

Empowering Workshops (Level 2)
$ 50 USD Additional Impact: The interactive workshop provide each student with a chance to learn about sustainable development while doing science. Outcome: Every student is given an opportunity to learn science by completing an experiment from beginning to end. Follow-up: Done by a Social Innovation Fellow and/or by the partnering organization. We publish the results on-line. Cost: For each $50 donated we provide a 2 hrs workshop for 5 students. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Clean Energy and Water (Part 1)
$ 250 USD Description: This is one of "Clean Energy" projects located in Rural Brazil. Cost: $250-$750 per family (vary according to family size and water demand). Outcome: The refurbished windmill is providing electricity and being used to pump underground water to a family farm. Geo location: Lakes Region in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Contact: website@microempowering.org __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Clean Energy and Water (Part 2)
$ 750 USD Potential: can be replicated in other rural areas in Brazil and Latin America. Depending on the assessments. Scope: 10-300 families. Impact: Measured based on the change in productivity, farm output, and savings. Scale: this project can be fully implemented in 6-12 months. For more information contact us at: website@microempowering.org ________________________________________________________________________________________________

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We are a 501(c)3 public charity based in the United States, all donations received by MicroEmpowering.org are tax deductible for federal income tax purposes. Depending of your state, you donation might qualify for a state tax deduction as well.

Donations help disenfranchised individuals create sustainable communities by funding projects that will help them be successful.