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OFC Charity

P. O. Box 4469,
Silver Spring
MD 20914, USA
Chess for Academics at: www.ourfamilychess.com
 

Pepsi Puts OFC’s Scholastic Chess Programs in Contest for a $50,000.00 Grant

The idea of scholastic chess programs integrated in school curriculums has been proven to have a significant impact in the development of a child’s mind. Chess is now recognized and included into elementary school curriculums of over 30 countries around the world. OFC has been a strong advocate of this unique and needed concept; using chess in innovative ways to help school-aged children acquire and harness learning skills development to instill and boost values generated from chess:

Ø Math Development  - Pattern Recognition - Science Achievement - Sportsmanship   -  Dealing With Undesirable Situations - Communication Abilities - Learning From Mistakes - Creativity - Responsibility for Actions - Concentration - Discipline - Logical Reasoning - Measurable Individual Accomplishments - Critical Thinking - Team Spirit - Memory - Commitment - Problem Solving - Academic Competition for All - Intellectual Maturity - Belonging to a Good and Diverse Crowd - Self Esteem - Cultural Enrichment - Analyzing Actions & Consequences - Social Skills - Planning Ahead - Empathetic Awareness - Complex Decision Making - Improved Attendance

 On May 1, 2010, OFC’s idea was approved by Pepsi Refresh Program for a $50,000.00 grant to advance its ongoing agenda to reach out to all school-aged children, at-risk kids and troubled youths. However the Pepsi grant process puts OFC in a contest pool with 1431 other ideas that are approved so votes are required over a period of 1 month, beginning May 1- May 31, 2010, and the first 10 contestants with highest votes wins the $50,000.00 grant money. As of today, May 23, OFC is in the 39th position with 9 more days to go. The organization is asking for support from the general public, asking all school officials, parents and students 13 years and older to vote for its cause on a daily basis as required; one vote per person per day up to May 31. Voting is at the page provided for OFC on the Pepsi Refresh Program website: www.refresheverything.com/ourfamilychess Your votes cast on a daily basis for the remaining 9 days would ensure that the organization acquire the funding necessary for advancement of its programs. 13 years and older are eligible to vote. Get you families, friends, colleagues and everyone you know to vote once a day until the end of May, 2010.

Voting details are as follows:

First Time Users:
1. Click on the link:
http://www.refresheverything.com/ourfamilychess
2. Click on: “Vote for this idea”
3. Select “No, I’m new here!
4. Click on “Sign In”
5. Fill out the sign in page and click “Done”
6. Click on: “Vote for this idea” and now you have cast your first vote;
    No need to repeat all 6 steps again when you return to vote once every day.

     Here is the process for subsequent voting:
1. Click on the link:
http://www.refresheverything.com/ourfamilychess
2. Click on: “Vote for this idea”
3. Fill your login info, sign in and,
4. Click on “Vote for this idea” and you are done. Always remember to finish casting a vote by click on “vote for this idea” before you leave the site. We would like to thank you for your votes.

 

 Resources: Survivor Information: U.S. Department of State            

To ask for or provide information about U.S. citizens in Haiti: email the task force at Haiti-Earthquake@State.Gov or, From the U.S. or Canada, call 888-407-4747 . Outside the U.S. and Canada, call 202-501-4444  

For U.S. citizens in Haiti seeking assistance or reporting their status / whereabouts: call the Embassy’s Consular Task Force at 509-2229-8942, 509-2229-8089, 509-2229-8322, or 509-2229-8672. You can also email the Embassy at ACSPaP@state.gov.                                                                                                                                   For all nationalities and locations: use the Person Finder tool available at http://www.state.gov/haitiquake to find and share information about missing persons in Haiti. 

U.S. citizens with pending adoption cases in Haiti: Contact the Department of State at AskCI@state.gov for information about their adoption case.
For answers to frequently asked questions about the Consular response please visit the State Department Website
Most agencies responding to disasters can make most use of cash donations.
For a list of agencies responding to the earthquake in Haiti and to learn more about how you can help their efforts, please visit:  UN Flash Appeal (via Relief Web): downloadable lists of needs on the ground and of NGOs and projects that need support, vetted by UN
Interaction : Information about NGOs delivering earthquake relief support in Haiti
UN Business Appeal : Information and resources on how businesses can provide assistance to Haiti
World Health Organization : Information for people who want to donate medical supplies and equipment

Information About the Earthquake and Relief Efforts                              White House: Information about the Federal response to the earthquake

One Response: A collaborative inter-agency website to enhance humanitarian coordination
Relief Web: A repository of public briefings on Haiti 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: A summary of U.S. private sector engagement on Haiti relief
Center for International Disaster Information: Situation reports and other information
Ushahidi.org: Incident and survivor reports from Haiti
                
The following organizations are providing aids to Haitians in the categories listed:  

Providing Basic Needs:
ActionAid USA
Adventist Development and Relief Agency
American Jewish World Services
American Red Cross
Beyond Borders
Care
Catholic Relief Services
Church World Service
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
Concern Worldwide
Episcopal Relief & Development
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Feed the Children
God's Littlest Angels
International Relief Teams
International Rescue Committee
Islamic Relief USA
Jean R. Cadet Restavek Foundation
Kids Alive International
Life for Relief and Development
Lions Clubs International
Love a Child
Lutheran World Relief
Mercy & Sharing
Mercy Corps
Operation Blessing International
Oxfam America
PlanUSA
Population Services International
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Project Hope
Salesian Missions
Samaritan's Purse
Save The Children
St. Boniface Haiti Foundation
UNICEF
United Nations Foundation/CERF
United Way Worldwide
World Concern
World Hope International
World Neighbors
World Relief
World Vision
Yéle Haiti

Providing Shelter:
CHF International
Habitat for Humanity International
International Organization for Migration
Organization of American States
Pan American Relief
Shelterbox
 
Providing Medical Aid:
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee        
Americares
Catholic Medical Mission Board
Child Hope International
Cure International
Direct Relief International
Doctors Without Borders
Friends of the Orphans
Haitian Health Foundation
Healing Hands for Haiti
Heart to Heart International
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
IMA World Health
International Child Care
International Medical Corps
MAP International
Medical Teams International
MedShare
MerlinUSA
Operation Smile
Operation USA
Pan American Health Organization
Partners In Health
Physicians for Peace
Project Concern International
Project Medishare
Real Medicine Foundation
Relief International
United Nations Population Fund
World Health Organization

Providing Food/Water:
Action Against Hunger
Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team
Compassion International
Convoy of Hope
Feed My Starving Children
Feed the Children
Food For the Hungry
Food for the Poor
Global Aid Network
Meds & Food for Kids
Stop Hunger Now
The Salvation Army
United Methodist Committee on Relief
Water Missions International
World Food Programme
World Water Relief

 

Organizations accepting international currencies:                               
British Red Cross
Canada: Plan International                                                                                       
Germany Red Cross
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Ireland: Concern Worldwide
Italian Red Cross
Oxfam Great Britain
The French Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross
UK: Merlin
UK: The Disasters Emergency Committee 
 

 Imagine being injured and trapped under massive concrete rubbles, praying and hoping to be rescued as the clock ticks. We encourage everyone to help with this situation. Contribution can be made with responsible relief organizations like the ones listed above..
We offer heartfelt thanks to contributors, rescuers and donors for reaching out to the people of Haiti at this difficult time. What we are offering is durable short and long term solutions for survivors. Our resources on this website can be used to showcase individual and community problems by video, text, photo or voice in a database called Global Problem Bank (GPB).  These problems are categorized in our database and become part of the resources open and available to charitable organizations and individual philanthropists free of charge to select any problem that they would like to solve. Selection of cases from the GPB is solely the choice of interest to organizations, groups and individual philanthropists.

The advantages of this system are: (1) that the individual or community that posted the problems and the charitable organization or individual philanthropist would have the opportunity to deal directly with each other, and (2), administrative costs usually incurred by organizations are diverted to solve as many problems as possible, maximizing benefits to beneficiaries. Our task is to ascertain that problems banked in our database are genuine and that the organization interested in solving any of the problems are also genuine in order to avoid wasting precious time and resources. We do not receive or hold gifts from donors for beneficiaries. Please read our disclosure policies for more information. Our prayers and desire is for the Haitian to get as much support as possible.

  

Humanitarian support in Haiti is vital as relief efforts gain momentum. These photos are just partial expression of the emotional pain and trauma  that Haitians around the world and those of us who stand by them would have to live with for a long time.

There are so much sufferings going on in record numbers around the world. Children, women, families and communities are caught in a web of poverty; state of constant destitutions; lack of healthcare incentives; lack of educational incentives and opportunities; environmental and many social problems leading many people astray; shortening life span in certain part of the world. Who i

   
 
   
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