Today, provisions were completed to make possible the offering of WaterBrick projects on Global Giving’s network of humanitarian project offerings.  This is a major milestone for WaterBrick International as it allows the organization to accept tax deductable donations for humanitarian projects thorugh Global Giving.  With Global Giving’s tenure, experience, and presence in this field, WaterBrick has the capacity to reach a broader set of donors in order to fulfill its mission as a humanitarian leader offering clean water, and permanent housing.

WaterBrick’s projects can be found by going to the Global Giving website and selecting the active project desired at:

http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/haiti-emergency-water-relief/

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Our Mission

Build an efficient, open, thriving marketplace that connects people who have community and world-changing ideas with people who can support them.

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GlobalGiving is changing the way people give, offering donors a transparent, high-impact giving experience. You choose where you want your money to go, and we get it there, quickly and efficiently. Locally-run projects with creative ideas that would never be funded through traditional structures also have access to new sources of funds. And finally, we make sure donors get feedback about how their contributions have been put to work and the results achieved – with satisfaction guaranteed through the GlobalGiving Guarantee.

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Our history

In 1997, World Bank executives Mari Kuraishi and Dennis Whittle were asked to develop innovative ways to combat poverty. They created the Bank’s Development Marketplace, a first-of-its-kind event where people from around the world competed for World Bank funds. The event’s success unveiled the enormous potential of a global marketplace for philanthropy, and participants asked for a real marketplace that was open year round and operated virtually. Mari and Dennis saw the brilliance of this idea, left the World Bank and launched GlobalGiving.

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