Doing Well by Doing Good
At Arabesque Wealth Advisors, we have a firm belief that people should support their values. The needs of society can seem overwhelming. However, if we all do our part, we can have a positive impact on the lives and causes around us. Below are just a few organizations that have crossed our paths, that we think are worthy of a closer look. Most are non-profits, but some are not. Each person should do their own due diligence to make sure any cause you wish to donate to is worthy of your time and attention. One way to research non-profits is to use Charity Navigator. In addition, a good idea is to visit the organization, if you can. Talking with the people actually doing the work can give you a good feel for what the needs are and how well they are meeting those needs.
Glad Tidings India
India is one of the most difficult places on earth to be born a woman, due in part to infanticide, child marriages, and girls being married off at an early age and dying during childbirth.
For over 50 years Glad Tidings India founded by Drs. William and Joyce Scott have been helping indigenous partners to bring literacy faith and self empowerment to women in the villages of India.
Stand up for kids
Stand Up for Kids is a non- profit organization, helping to end the cycle of youth homelessness in cities across America, by one youth at a time.
Stand Up for Kids strive to build communities where all youth know care, feel loved and have a support system to help them move quickly from surviving to thriving. Children are actively mentored by the volunteers, and are provided accommodation and career opportunities.
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental issues of our time, impacting more than 600 marine species, and also impacting our health and economy.
The Ocean CLeanup
“Big problems require big solutions.” The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization that is designing and developing the first feasible method to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. A significant percentage of this plastic drifts into large systems of circulating ocean currents, also known as gyres. Once trapped in a gyre, the plastic will break down into micro-plastics and become increasingly easier to mistake for food by sea life. Plastic pollution does not only impact sea life, it also carries toxic pollutants into the food chain – a food chain including us humans. By utilizing the ocean currents to our advantage, our passive drifting systems are estimated to clean up half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 years’ time.
Every year, 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in our oceans.
4 ocean
4ocean is a global movement actively removing trash from the ocean and coastlines around the globe. Ocean plastic is a global problem but some areas are severely impacted than others, and so inspiring individuals to work together for cleaner oceans and improve living conditions of million. The only global ocean cleanup operation stopping plastic pollution at the source by removing thousands of pounds of plastic every day.