A Good Cause

Here at para mi we feature not-for-profit organizations begun by Latinos or enhancing the lives of Latinos. Generous readers just like you can support these wonderful organizations help Latinos all over the world.

Child Care, Inc.
www.childcareinc.org
Child Care, Inc. works directly with parents, employers, child care providers, and policy makers in an effort to connect families with the child care they need and to create a public will to systematically improve and expand early education and child care.

Latino Organization for Liver Awareness
www.lola-national.org
L.O.L.A. is a bilingual/bicultural voluntary organization dedicated to raising awareness, prevention, education and treatment referral services to the Latino\American community and other underserved populations who suffer from liver disease in the United States.

L.O.L.A. provides culturally appropriate counseling information on liver transplantation and encourages the promotion of organ donation within the Latino\American community.


The Point Community Development Corporation
www.thepoint.org
The Point is a nonprofit organization dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. They work with neighbors to celebrate the life and art of the community, an area traditionally defined solely in terms of its poverty, crime rate, poor schools, and substandard housing. The Point believes the area's residents, their talents and aspirations, are their greatest assets. Thier mission is to encourage the arts, local enterprise, responsible ecology, and self-investment in the Hunts Point community.

Hispanic Professionals Networking Group (HPNG)
www.hpng.net
The Hispanic Professionals Networking Group (HPNG) holds monthly networking events to bring people together from every industry and increase their visibility in the business world, not only as Hispanics, but as professionals as well. HPNG encourages networking within the Hispanic business community as an additional resource for professional development and advancement.

The Breast Cancer Site
www.thebreastcancersite.com
Your click on the "Fund Free Mammograms" button helps fund free mammograms, paid for by site sponsors whose ads appear after you click and provided to women in need through the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation to low-income, inner-city and minority women, whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited.

Children's Hope Foundation
www.childrenshope.org
The Children's Hope Foundation, a volunteer driven organization, improves the quality of life for children, youth and their families affected by HIV and AIDS by meeting their social and medical needs.

Dress for Success
www.dressforsuccess.org
Dress for Success is a not-for-profit organization that offers services to help clients who enter the workforce and stay employed. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and a week's worth of separates when she gets the job. The Dress for Success Professional Women's Group program then provides ongoing support to help the client build a successful career.

GreatGood.com
www.greatergood.com
The GreaterGood shopping village belongs to a family of cause-related Web sites dedicated to making it free and easy to support good causes through everyday online activities. You're busy, but you care about the world you live in. GreaterGood makes it easy and convenient for you to regularly make a tangible difference.

The Latin American Youth Center
www.layc-dc.org
The Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) is a multicultural community-based organization that supports youth and their families in their determination to live, work, and study with dignity, hope, and joy.

National Women's Health Network
www.womenshealthnetwork.org
The National Women's Health Network improves the health of all women by developing and promoting a critical analysis of health issues in order to affect policy and support consumer decision-making. The Network aspires to a health care system that is guided by social justice and reflects the needs of diverse women.

Pan American Development Foundation
www.padf.org
The Pan American Development Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization that creates public-private partnerships to assist the least advantaged people in Latin America and the Caribbean. PADF engages community-based groups, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), municipal governments, and the private sector in the process of implementing appropriate solutions for sustainable development. Through these partnerships, PADF seeks to achieve excellence and lasting programmatic impacts in creating economic opportunities, promoting social investments, strengthening communities and civil society, and responding to natural disasters.

Robin Hood
www.robinhood.org
Robin Hood targets poverty in New York City by finding and funding the best community-based groups and partnering with them to maximize results. Their board underwrites all administrative and fundraising costs so 100% of donations go directly to programs helping New Yorkers build better lives.

The Slade Child Foundation
www.sladechild.org
The SladeChild Foundation provides the five essentials of life: food, clothing, shelter, education and medical care to destitute children worldwide. The Slade Child Foundation applies 100% of thier donation towards the care of the children.