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What we do > How far can your money go? |
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The charts below provide comparisons of
what certain dollar amounts could buy for a resident of the
United States vs. someone in need in another country.
You'll also find examples of what your gifts to the World Hunger
Appeal provide. Please do not designate your gift to any
specific item as it would be too costly to administer.
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| 1-2 |
25-50
cents |
Food for a baby in a refugee camp in
Tanzania or Angola |
| 4 |
$1 |
"Daily bread" for an orphan in
Zimbabwe or Malawi |
| 40 |
$10 |
A small grove of trees to protect the
soil from erosion in Zambia |
| 400 |
$100 |
Cashew trees in a school garden in
Mozambique |
| 1,000 |
$250 |
A pair of barnyard goats in Uganda |
| 2,000 |
$500 |
A high-yielding cow in Kenya |
| 20,000 |
$5,000 |
A month's support for an irrigation
project in Ethiopia |
This chart is featured in the
"Quarters Save Lives" bulletin insert for congregation use, a
four-color insert that gives these real-life examples of what
multiples of 25 cents, from one quarter to thousands, can do to
help people through the ELCA World Hunger Appeal. It also
explains in practical terms how donations fight hunger.
To order copies of this bulletin
insert (free in packages of 50),
you may order
online or call Augsburg Fortress at 1.800.328.4648 and use
item number (ISBN) 978-6-0001-6662-5.
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| One or
two sticks of gum |
10
cents |
One feeding for a baby in a refugee
camp |
| The
Sunday newspaper |
$1-2 |
Food for a day for an AIDS orphan or
street child in South America or Africa |
| 3-4
video rentals |
$10 |
Ships quilts or health kits to a
family of five who lost everything in an earthquake or flood |
| One
day's vacation expenses |
$100 |
Helps introduce the "magic pea" in
Ethiopia |
| A new
computer |
$1,000 |
3-4 small business loans from the
"God-is-love Piggy Bank" in Peru |
| A used
car or motorcycle |
$10,000 |
Four months of building and training
in a comprehensive irrigation project in Africa |
Source: Lutheran World Relief, The
Lutheran World Federation
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McDonald's cheeseburger |
$1 |
Ships one sewing kit to a refugee
camp |
| Ticket
to a baseball game |
$10 |
Enough maize, bean, and groundnut
seeds for a Mozambiquan family to replant after floods |
| VCR or
DVD player |
$100 |
Protection for four acres of land in
West Africa (rock dikes for soil and water conservation) |
| New
living-room furniture |
$1,000 |
Complete pre-natal care for 125 women |
| Used
car |
$10,000 |
Nets and equipment for 60 fish
farmers in Tanzania |
Four-year education at
a private university |
$100,000 |
Tents to shelter 1,000 families of
four in an emergency |
| Any
luxury you want! |
$1,000,000 |
Land and building for a school for
blind Palestinian women in Jerusalem |
Source: Lutheran World Relief |
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