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The Seattle International Foundation (SIF) is a proud sponsor of The Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG on May 2. SIF supports worldwide poverty alleviation efforts through grantmaking and other activities, with a strategic focus on Central America. SIF was founded as a supporting organization to The Seattle Foundation for the purpose of increasing and enhancing international philanthropy efforts from the Pacific Northwest. Since 2008, the Foundation has awarded over $6.5 million to nearly 60 local nonprofits, working in more than 30 countries.

 
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Poverty Alleviation »
Support direct services and resources that address basic needs around the world such as access to clean water, housing and health care.
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Capacity Building »
Local leadership development, disaster preparedness, stronger regional health systems—these are all ways to make a longer-term impact in communities around the world.
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Advocacy and Policy Reform »
Political, social and systemic barriers often prevent individuals and communities from creating positive change.
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Wilderness Awareness School »Wilderness Awareness School connects kids and adults with nature, community and self, through transformational Nature Connection programs — training and inspiring the next generation of Nature Connection mentors, environmental stewards and leaders.
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Woodland Park Zoo »Woodland Park Zoo is a cherished community resource and a unique urban oasis.
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Global Partnerships »Global Partnerships supports the expansion of microfinance by investing capital and management expertise in microfinance institutions in Latin America.
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Grassroots International Partnership Gives Access to Clean Water
Brazil has more than 10 million people without regular access to clean and safe drinking water. Many of these people live in Northeastern Brazil and for years have struggled to survive without support from national public policymakers. With the support of Grassroots International and Polo Sindical, an association of rural unions, the region now has hope for access to clean water through a community-driven project to provide low-cost water cisterns to families. The groups building the cisterns organized and lobbied and now the federal government is helping to finance cistern production. What started as a self-help movement with limited resources has now become a national policy – embodied in the Million Cistern Project that will provide drinking water to 5 million people.
The average lifetime risk of a woman in a least-developed country dying from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth is more than 300 times greater than for a woman living in an industrialized country.
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General Resources for Global Giving
General resources selected by The Seattle Foundation to help you learn more about international issues and global giving.
World poverty seen falling sharply but patchily
The share of the population of developing regions whose people live in extreme poverty is expected to fall to 15 percent by 2015, down from 46 percent in 1990, according to the United Nations. The gains stem largely from robust economic growth in countries such as China and India, the world's two most populous countries.
Getting Smart on Aid
How can we most effectively break cycles of poverty?
Learning the Lessons of the Millennium Development Goals
In September 2011, the UN general assembly will meet to discuss how the pace can be accelerated to meet the 2015 deadline for the millennium development goals, and what should replace the current framework after 2015. The task of ending poverty is far from over; one in four people in developing countries is still living on less than $1.25 dollars a day.
Interested in giving internationally? Contact globalgiving@seattlefoundation.org for more information.