Next in our series of posts about new Charitocracy nominees, we have nominee National Public Radio. It was recently nominated by donor Maurice, who previously nominated winning cause Children's Hospital Medical Center. So let's welcome NPR to our charity of the month club! You can find their web site here.

Firstly, for newcomers: the cause with the most votes each month wins the pot. No matter how much or how little you contribute, each donor at Charitocracy gets one vote. This is where charity meets democracy. So share this post and ask your friends to vote! That's how we spread the word and, as a result, grow the monthly pot. Yay!

Overview of nominee National Public Radio

National Public Radio is a mission-driven, multimedia news organization and radio program producer. It is a network with a strong base of member stations and supporters nationwide. NPR employees are innovators and developers — exploring new ways to serve the public via digital platforms and improved technologies. NPR is also the leading membership and representation organization for public radio.

In a time of media fragmentation and sound bites, NPR has succeeded by focusing on its core: in-depth, quality news. NPR has evolved from a secondary to an essential news source, with dozens of bureaus around the world and the nation. Drawing on more than 340 news staff (reporters, correspondents, newscasters, editors, producers hosts and bloggers) in the United States and abroad — from Washington, D.C., and New York City, to Beijing and Dakar, we have the capacity to stay on top of breaking news, follow the most critical stories of the day and track complex issues over the long term.

On-air and online, National Public Radio presents fact-based, independent journalism that examines and airs diverse perspectives. NPR's journalists strive for mastery of the narrative form, telling stories in ways that transport the audience to the places where news is happening and introducing the people affected.

So visit National Public Radio's page on Charitocracy to vote for, like, or discuss this cause! And finally, check out this example of NPR's non-radio work, Eclipse 2017: One Nation Under The Sun, a short film about August's solar eclipse:

Next in our series of posts about new Charitocracy nominees, we have nominee Days for Girls. It was recently nominated by donor OBXHubands, who previously nominated winning cause Comfort Cases. So let's welcome Days for Girls to our charity of the month club! You can find their web site here.

Firstly, for newcomers: the cause with the most votes each month wins the pot. No matter how much or how little you contribute, each donor at Charitocracy gets one vote. This is where charity meets democracy. So share this post and ask your friends to vote! That's how we spread the word and, as a result, grow the monthly pot. Yay!

Why Days for Girls?

Every girl and woman has inherent worth and dignity. Days for Girls celebrates this by providing washable menstrual hygiene solutions, health education, and social enterprises to help them reach the last mile in their own communities. Starting at just $10, you can provide a girl with a Days for Girls Kit that keeps her from missing up to three months of school each year.
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When we mobilize girls and women through health and education opportunities, their communities and our world grow stronger.

Every school day matters to her.

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Without a solution to manage her monthly cycle:​

• 1 in 10 girls in Sub-Saharan Africa...
• 113 million adolescent girls in India...
• 30% of girls in rural Brazil...

will miss school this year.

Days for Girls is changing the status quo, through menstrual care solutions, health education, and income-generation opportunities. In less than 10 years, we’ve reached one million women and girls in 110+ countries.

So visit the page of nominee Days for Girls on Charitocracy to vote for, like, or discuss this cause! And finally, check out this video showing how their geographically diverse volunteers and donors have impacted 1 million women and girls around the world so far: