Unmerited favor is more than offering financial aid to the world's more poverty-stricken communities. It's the idea that through selfless giving, we can make lasting positive change in regions where opportunities are scarce and the means to give back are few and far between.

Fueled by empathy, illuminAid cultivates global friendships that enable changemakers like Golden Mhura to transform the lives of marginalized communities.

Cultivating gratitude through acts of kindness and appreciation not only strengthens relationships between organizations, volunteers, and communities but also generates happiness and positive change.

illuminAid is celebrating 10 years of partnership with Digital Green

Cutting corners in the end product is not an option at illuminAid.

Recently, I read a news story about someone very famous giving a large amount of money to help people who were in crisis. It’s easy to look at that situation and be in awe of large amounts of money and compare our own ability to give.

The first Giving Tuesday was the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, November 27th, 2012. An international day of giving, Giving Tuesday serves as a counterpoint to the excessive consumerism that immediately follows Thanksgiving. For several years, OMPT has been participating in this global coming together and we thought it might be time to look back at the history of Giving Tuesday and what the future might bring.

Effective altruism is a method of giving that uses quantitative evidence to determine the most effective places to donate. More and more, people are choosing to donate where they believe their dollars will have the most impact, whether that be in fighting animal suffering, protecting the long-term future of life on Earth through combating climate change or by providing aid and stability to underdeveloped nations across the globe.