The Himalayan Cataract Foundation , Trachoma Control Program , Challenged Athletes Foundation, and Safecast. The team will match, up to $5,000 for each charity (a total of $20,000), any properly evidenced donations to these organizations to promote awareness and support them.

After you donate, please send us your evidence of the donation at voyageofinspiration@gmail.com for our record, we can match up to the amount.

THE HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT BRINGS WORLD-CLASS EYE CARE TO THE NEEDLESSLY BLIND and works to eradicate preventable and curable blindness in the developing world with a steadfast commitment to training local providers and working with partners to leverage impact. Of the more than 39 million people worldwide suffering from unnecessary blindness, more than half are due to cataract which can be surgically treated. Numerous studies have shown that sight restoration with cataract surgery is among the most cost-effective interventions in health care. http://www.cureblindness.org/

*For matching donations, please make sure to donate to HCP through our Crowdrise page: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/team-dream-weavers-voyage-of-inspiration/teamdreamweaver

The TRACHOMA CONTROL PROGRAM is marking its 20th anniversary in 2018. The program works with ministries of health in six African countries to eliminate blinding trachoma, the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness. Trachoma is a bacterial eye infection found in poor, isolated communities lacking basic hygiene, clean water, and adequate sanitation. https://www.cartercenter.org/health/trachoma/index.html

It is the mission of the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) to provide opportunities and support to people with physical challenges, so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics. The Challenged Athletes Foundation believes that involvement in sports at any level increases self-esteem, encourages independence and enhances quality of life. http://www.challengedathletes.org/

 

*For matching donations, please make sure to donate to CAF through our fundraising page: http://support.challengedathletes.org/goto/hiwamoto

SAFECAST IS A GLOBAL VOLUNTER-CENTERED CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT working to empower people with data about their environments that developed out of a dedicated group of individuals response to the March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan. We believe that having more freely available open data is better for everyone. Everything we do is aimed at putting data and data collection know-how in the hands of people worldwide. From the outset, Safecast has not sided with either the pro- or anti-nuclear camps, and has striven to demonstrate the advantages to science and to the public of having an independent organization devoted solely to providing the most accurate and credible data possible. https://blog.safecast.org/donate/

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