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Millions of abandoned children face the same problem: emotional neglect + hunger = vulnerability. Vulnerability + exploitation = angry children who completely lose the ability to love or be loved FOREVER.

Global Roots has found a solution: we work with local humanitarians in distressed places to create "children's gardens" — havens of tranquility where traumatized children can learn, heal and feel love.

A Children’s Garden, however, isn’t just about vegetables. Our gardens and chicken egg farms eventually blossom into vocational schools, medical clinics and foster centers. In East Africa, we have seen that families once too poor to take in an abandoned child suddenly do so if the child arrives with vegetables, eggs and a solar array (see below).

Global Roots is a “human-based” charity. No community leader has ever turned us away (we are one of the few western aid outfits currently active in both Gaza and Afghanistan) because we bring aid to children in the name of humanity – not politics or religion. We never talk God or Peace – we only SHOW love.

Please help us protect our planet’s most important asset: its children.  

 

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Learn about our heroes, history and our children's gardens. All video (except for Chinese television and Patagonia mountain footage) was captured by Global Roots volunteers in the field!

 
Global Roots provides grant for Tibet's first kindergarten for the blind
GR funds the first blind kindergarten in Tibet 
Global Roots builds school in Cambodia
GR rebuilds school in Cambodia after typhoon
The Mtito Andei Children's Garden
Our first Children's Garden in Mtito Andei, Kenya
Learn about the Global Roots Service Corps
The highlights of our 2010 Kenyan service trip
 

 

The Global Children's Gardens Initiative

A Global Children's Garden is more than just a garden. Once we have won the hearts of the local people, we expand our garden to include a chicken egg farm for protein, a vocational school, a medical center and a reliable foster care network. Our experience with Children's Gardens have taught us that there are loving locals everywhere who will take in abandoned children if they have food to feed them.

You can fund your own garden or join us on one of our next service trips to create new gardens in east Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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The Global Roots Service Corp – just how far are you willing to go to help children in need?
Global Roots Service Corps

2012 Service Trip to Mtito Andei, Kenya 

Is it your dream to help children who have nothing?


In July of 2012, our founder Rick Montgomery and James Odaba (Global Roots Manager, Kenya) will lead two teams of volunteers from Nairobi to the small village of Mtito Andei. 

Besides expanding our Children’s Gardens in the area (see below), we will also help Chairman Leva of the Matangini tribe develop Jipe Moyo (a Global Roots-funded safari camp) and our friend Rosina further develop a Foster Center that assists 1,800 orphaned or abandoned children.

Click here to learn more!

 

 
 
Pro bono thanks!

A special thanks to all of our hard-working volunteers! You are all the true engine of Global Roots.

  1. Thank you Noah Zentzis for agreeing to create two new aps for our home page. We can't wait to see the results!
  2. Sarah Tarvin-Tan – congrats on all of your Global Roots appointments. We know that you are a full time teacher  and that you're just finishing up your masters. That you have the time and energy to serve as our current Global Outreach Manager and Volunteer Services Manager means you are a super hero!
  3. James Odaba in Kenya -- you continue to amaze us with your on-the-ground managerment of Global Roots projects in Kenya. Thank you!
  4. Janagha Jaheed -- we thought we lost you! It's so good to have you back and we're so happy our children's garden in Northern Afghanstan is proceeding so well.
  5. Donna Montgomery -- thanks for all of your guidance with the Paul Wesley and Torrey Devitto raffle. Thanks to you each and every individual who donated wiil have their name put into the hat the accurate number of times (once per every $10 donated).
  6. Jessie Cathie -- Great to have you back in the office! Quick Books has been missing you!
 
The Global Roots Solar Light Campaign

We launched a pilot project two years ago to bring light to a few homes in an impoverished Kenyan village. The solar arrays we installed are still working and local children from many different homes come to the “house of light” to do their homework. We are now bringing light to 150 homes!
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A special thanks to our newest donors

Doug and Heidi Bowen – 150 of the poorest homes in Kenya will soon have light because of you.

Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto – Global Roots has received more than 20K thanks to your outreach work. We love you!
 

 

Transparency and Nonprofit due diligence
 
The Global Roots Method: we empower local people to help children but we take great pains to wipe out corruption in all of its forms. In 2010, we commited more than 92% of all donations to projects, not central administration. The engine of Global Roots is our hard-working team of pro bono volunteers.
 
Our 2011 990's will be released and posted on our website in two weeks. Furthermore, the Simpson Company, a Portland CPA firm, is currently conducting an independent review of Global Roots financial practices. Results will be available by tax day, April 15, 2012.
 
If you are a prospective donor and you would like to learn more about how we manage our projects and dole out funds, please contact our director, Rick Montgomery at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

BREAKING NEWS
 
The Blind Children of Tibet...
Mary Bente is a wonderful humanitarian who has been helping our friend Kyila take care of blind Tibetan children for years. Please click on Mary's blog to learn more about these children and what you can do to help. 
 

The following video link will tell you more about Kyila's boarding school. This school would not have opened last year without the direct financial support of Global Roots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GcekwTnsuKU

Global Roots Newsletter

Please send us your email and we will send you the first edition of the Global Roots Volunteer -- our monthly newsletter....

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Donations

Please help a child in need through a tax deductible donation.

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Global Roots is a 501c3 non-profit organization registered in the state of Washington. Our goal is to support local humanitarians in their efforts to improve the lives of needy children around the world. We strive to commit 90% of all donations to projects and less than 10% on central administration. We exceeded this target in 2010 with an all-time low 8% administration fees!

 
View our 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 financial statements here.

 

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Links to Visit & Learn
Green Empowerment: social justice * sustainability * local leadership
Defeat Poverty: A conversation on global economic issues, ideas & data to help us defeat the scourge of extreme global poverty
Solar Cooking Archive: How you cook with the sun
Christian Science Monitor: Tendol's Story

Books We Read

The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about itHalf the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Recommend a site or book here.

 

The Global Roots Juke Box

Under construction!

Very soon you can post your original music here to be heard by anyone who views this website. We are currently getting about 1,000 hits a day but this number spikes to 10,000 everytime Paul Wesley and Torrey Devitto shout out word about what we're doing on Twitter. We have heard from famous rockers young and old who are preparing tunes for this Juke Box. If someone makes a donation to download your song, your popularity will increase in our custom made popularity meter. Very hip -- and our children win!