A Way to Give Back

Yuvalla is a community dedicated to social and global transformation, and we strongly believe in the importance of sharing our blessings and giving back to make a powerful difference in the world we share.

When you participate in the Yuvalla community or purchase Yuvalla resources, 10% of your contributions go to the Yuvalla Foundation, where they better the world through the exceptional efforts of selected service organizations.

The Yuvalla Foundation encompasses a balance of world issues by supporting outstanding service organizations in the following six areas:

1. Children’s Well-Being
2. Microfinancing Programs
3. Environmental Preservation
4. Healthcare Programs
5. Poverty Reduction
6. Wildlife Preservation

Selected Service Organizations

These organizations have been chosen by the Yuvalla Foundation to receive donations for their outstanding programs and activities that have been shown to create dramatic improvements for the communities they serve:

1. Make-A-Wish Foundation

Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors and entire communities. wish.org

2. Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA)

The mission of FINCA International is to provide financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. FINCA's Village Banking Campaign was launched in New York by campaign co-chairs Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan and Academy Award-nominated actress Natalie Portman. The campaign will mobilize the people and resources needed to bring financial services to one million of the world’s lowest-income families through 100,000 Village Banks annually by 2010. villagebanking.org

3. Natural Resources Defense Council

NRDC works on a broad range of issues on its mission to safeguard the Earth; its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. nrdc.org

4. Doctors Without Borders

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or manmade disasters, or exclusion from health care, in more than 70 countries. doctorswithoutborders.org

5. ONE Campaign

The ONE Campaign is an effort by Americans to rally Americans – one by one – to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE is a union of students and ministers, punk rockers and NASCAR moms, Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life, joined together to help make poverty history. one.org

6. Wild Life Trust

Wildlife Trust is an international organization of scientists dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity. For more than 35 years, Wildlife Trust has focused its efforts on conservation. Today, Wildlife Trust is known for its innovative research on the intricate relationships between wildlife, ecosystems and human health. Wildlife Trust’s work spans the U.S. and more than 20 countries in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia to research ways for people and wildlife to share bioscapes for their mutual survival. wildlifetrust.org