When you give, you're not distributing aid. Instead your providing tools and training to local leaders who bring clean water, healthcare, and nutritious food to their own neighbors.
Because what people want most is a leg up, not a handout.
Nearly 5 million children die before their fifth birthday each year, most from four causes we already know how to prevent. We call them the Core Four: hunger, unsafe water, preventable illness, and household air pollution. Together, we're creating local jobs that tackle each one, so lifesaving solutions last for years—not just today.
One in three wells in Sub-Saharan Africa is broken. Asia's isn't. She unlocks her community well at dawn, and 400+ neighbors drink safely because of her.
A fever doesn't have to become a funeral. Lamba visits families, treats illnesses early, and helps children get the care they need before it's too late. Where Community Health Workers like Lamba serve, child mortality can drop by 25%.
With irrigation and training, Joshua's yield jumped 400% in one harvest — enough to feed his children and sell surplus to 50 neighbors.
She builds affordable clean cookstoves. Less smoke in the home means fewer of the respiratory illnesses that kill young children.
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The people closest to the problem are closest to the solution.
We find remarkable local organizations already solving these challenges, most founded by women.
Not outsiders. Neighbors.
It's how our growing community of givers chooses to create change that lasts.
Since 2010, supporters like you have created more than 2,675 jobs reaching over one million people across Africa. Every local partner is carefully selected. Every job you create is tracked. Every impact report includes real people, real numbers, and real stories. So you know your gift is making a difference.
Create good jobs. Fulfill essential needs that save lives. Uplift entire communties with us.
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Fund one entrepreneur's job from start to finish for $1,200.
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We create jobs that help communities work their own way out of extreme poverty. Instead of handouts, you fund vetted local organizations who hire and train entrepreneurs — water well operators, community health workers, small-scale farmers, and clean-cookstove makers. Their work brings clean water, healthcare, food, and a cleaner climate to their neighbors. On average, each job helps 500 people locally.
Across seven countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Malawi, Rwanda, and Togo. The organization is headquartered in New York City and partners with proven local leaders in each region.
Every job is tracked from day one. We collect field data on services delivered — liters of clean water, health visits, harvests grown, and cookstoves sold — and report it back to you with the names and stories of the people doing the work. Our transparency is independently recognized: we're Charity Navigator Four-Star rated and hold Candid's Platinum Seal of Transparency.
Yes. The Adventure Project is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so gifts from U.S. taxpayers are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Our Tax ID (EIN) is: 27-3809595
The Collective is for people who want to do more than respond to emergencies — they want to build solutions. Every month, members create jobs that strengthen communities from the inside out. Reliable monthly support lets local entrepreneurs plan, grow, hire, and serve more people.
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People aren't problems — they're entrepreneurs.
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