Charitable Giving Programs
The results are in! Your votes have determined how global water programs will share the next round of donations from Disney. The "Plastics are Forever" straw paddleboard project received the highest percentage of votes cast. As a result of your votes:
A $100,000 contribution will help kids promote the reduction of disposable plastic waste on the U.S. West Coast.
Help kids promote the reduction of disposable plastic waste! As part of a Youth Summit focused on the impact of plastic trash on the marine environment, youth on the West Coast will be mobilized to prevent plastic waste in coastal habitats and will help launch "The Last Straw," a paddleboard made from 100,000 used plastic straws. (implemented by Algalita Marine Research Foundation)
$50,000 will help kids in Arkansas explore how trash affects our planet.
The "Talkin' Trash" program will help kids in Arkansas -- and across the country -- explore how trash affects water, wildlife, and habitat. And then they'll share their experiences through video campaigns and social media to get others to reduce, reuse, and recycle! (implemented by National Audubon Society)
$50,000 will help support local Colombian women's efforts to make cool eco-friendly tote bags.
Help local Colombian women make cool eco-friendly tote bags by recycling! Through the "Teens, Tamarins and Trash" program, local kids help protect Colombia's most endangered monkey, the cotton-top tamarin, by collecting and recycling plastic bags, over two million so far, that are then used to make totes, known as eco-mochilas. (implemented by Fundacion Proyecto Titi through the Wildlife Conservation Network)
A $25,000 contribution will help keep Indonesia's Angke River clean.
Help keep Indonesia's Angke River clean! Through this program kids living in Jakarta can participate in regular weekend workshops. Then they will put their new knowledge to use by volunteering for wetland waste clean-ups and helping to develop community waste-management programs to protect their rivers and wetlands. (Implemented by Fauna & Flora International in partnership with the Jakarta Green Monster volunteer network)
$25,000 will help spur the effort to keep China's sacred Meili Snow Mountain clean and green.
China's sacred Meili Snow Mountain, home to endangered snow leopards and red pandas, is spectacularly beautiful. But tourists are leaving behind a new mountian - made of ugly trash. Before Meili can become a protected national park, this program must help organize community volunteers to keep it clean and green! (implemented by The Nature Conservancy)
