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“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing”
- Helen Keller -
“Life Is A Journey, Not A Destination”
- Helen Keller -
“Life Is A Journey, Not A Destination”
Fina Bella encourages giving to charities. Because this is a women's website, we will
focus on charities that relate to women's and children's concerns. These area's are:
- Women's related issues.
- Children's related issues.
Fina Bella will give any donations received, to one of the charities listed below.
Please note that we cannot split donations between charities
The following are American & Canadian charities that address both these issues and
that have high ratings (received donations to spending).
For Women
American Cancer Society/Canadian Cancer Society
$63 (out of every $100 donated)
The American Cancer Society, perhaps the most visible health-related charity in
the country, never stops pushing. In 2001, it spent $130 million on research,
successfully pushed for passage and implementation of 127 new laws at the state
level (including laws mandating coverage for colorectal screenings), worked in a
coalition to increase tobacco excise taxes in 18 states, and answered 1.3 million calls
to a 24-hour information center. The ACS is widely respected as both a collaborator
and a leader among the legions of voluntary health organizations.
ANNUAL REVENUE $821.7 MILLIOn
416 - 961 - 7223, www.cancer.ca
800-227-2345, www.cancer.org
American Heart Association
$72 (out of every $100 donated)
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States. Nearly
62 million Americans are afflicted, and the goal of the American Heart Association
is to reduce that by 25 percent by 2010. AHA funds research and advocates for
legislation and funding to promote heart health. It develops courses to train the
public and health professionals in administering CPR and in using automated
external defibrillators, which can restart a heart.
ANNUAL REVENUE $502.7 MILLION
214-373-6300, www.americanheart.org
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
(613)569-4361, www.HeartAndStroke.ca
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
$81 (out of every $100 donated)
Knowing that fear of poverty is just one reason women stay in abusive situations,
NCADV developed an Economic Literacy Project. It also refers battered women for
free plastic surgery and provides them with cell phones.
ANNUAL REVENUE $747,000
303-839-1852, www.ncadv.org
Canadian Women’s Foundation
The Canadian Women’s Foundation is Canada’s only national public foundation
dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. We raise funds and grant them
to initiatives across the country that are working to:
End violence against women
Move low-income women out of poverty
And build strong, resilient girls
Toll Free: 1-866-293-4483, www.cdnwomen.org
For children
Child Welfare League of America
$96 (out of every $100 donated)
CWLA provides adoption and foster care services for abused and neglected children.
ANNUAL REVENUE $18.3 MILLION
202-638-2952, www.cwla.org
Child Welfare League of Canada
Many years before the Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC) was founded,
Canadians working in the field of child and youth services were active in the Child
Welfare League of America (CWLA), the oldest and largest North American
organization devoted to the well-being of children. Indeed, Canadian agencies and
government departments have been members of the CWLA since the late 1980's
(613) 235-4412,
www.cwlc.ca
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
$90 (out of every $100 donated)
When a child is missing, NCMEC speeds response and facilitates communication
among law enforcement agencies. It has helped find more than 67,000 children.
ANNUAL REVENUE $23.5 MILLION
703-274-3900, www.missingkids.com
Child Find Canada Inc.
CFC is a national charitable organization that educates and advocates for the
protection and rights of children and youth
Promote awareness of the issues relating to missing children. Believing “a missing
child is everyone’s responsibility”tm
CFC represents and supports the development of existing and future member
organizations in all provinces and territories to deliver programs that will reduce
the incidence of missing and exploited children. All children have the rights to be
safe
1-800-387-7962,
www.childfind.ca
Ronald McDonald House Charities/ Ronald Mcdonald House
Charities of Canada
$85 (out of every $100 donated)
Since 1974, members of the 18 million families with sick children being treated
away from home have found refuge in the 218 Ronald McDonald houses in 21
countries. RMHC also operates mobile medical units that give poor kids basic
medical and dental care and that link them to health and insurance programs in
their states. In two years, 12,000 kids in 11 communities have been helped. The bulk
of RMHC's spending, however, is in the form of grants to groups that directly
improve the health of children. All administrative and some fundraising expenses
for these various efforts are covered by McDonald's.
ANNUAL REVENUE $17.7 MILLION
(800) 387-8808, www.rmhc.ca
630-623-7048, www.rmhc.org
Facts and Figures
Women:
-27% of women will die of Heart Disease.
-22% of women will die of Cancer.
-40%-70% of female murder victims were killed
by their partners
Domestic Violence in the Workplace Statistics
National Cost of Domestic Violence:
The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking, and homicide by intimate partners exceed $5.8
billion each year.
Of this total, nearly $4.1 billion is for victims requiring direct medical and mental health care services.
Lost productivity and earnings due to intimate partner violence accounts for almost $1.8 billion each year.
Intimate partner violence victims lose nearly 8.0 million days of paid work each year - the equivalent of more
than 32,000 full-time jobs and nearly 5.6 million days of household productivity.
Your Corporate Peers:
68% of senior executives surveyed agreed that their company’s financial performance would benefit from
addressing the issue of domestic violence among its employees.
94% of corporate security directors rank domestic violence as a high security risk.
78% of Human Resource Directors identify domestic violence as a substantial employee problem.
56% of corporate leaders are personally aware of specific employees who are affected by domestic violence.
60% of senior executives said that domestic violence has a harmful effect on their company’s productivity.
The Human Factor:
85-95% of all domestic violence victims are female.
Over 500,00 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year.
5.3 million women are abused each year.
1,232 women are killed each year by an intimate partner.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women.
Women are more likely to be attacked by someone they know rather than by a stranger.
Domestic Violence in the Workplace
Homicide is the leading cause of death for women in the workplace.
Of the approximately 1.7 million incidents of workplace violence that occur in the US every year, 18,700 are
committed by an intimate partner: a current or former spouse, lover, partner, or boyfriend/girlfriend.
Of Battered Workers:
96% experience problems at work due to abuse
74% are harassed while at work by their abuser
56% are late to work
28% leave work early
54% miss entire days of work
Children:
Child Characteristics
Girls were sexually abused three times more often than boys
Boys had a greater risk of emotional neglect and of serious injury than girls.
Children are consistently vulnerable to sexual abuse from age three on.
There were no significant race differences in the incidence of maltreatment or maltreatment-related injuries
uncovered in either.
Family Characteristics
Children of single parents had a 77-percent greater risk of being harmed by physical abuse, an 87-percent greater
risk of being harmed by physical neglect, and an 80-percent greater risk of suffering serious injury or harm from
abuse or neglect than children living with both parents.
Children in the largest families were physically neglected at nearly three times the rate of those who came from
single-child families.
Children from families with annual incomes below $15,000 as compared to children from families with annual
incomes above $30,000 per year were over 22 times more likely to experience some form of maltreatment that fit
the Harm Standard and over 25 times more likely to suffer some form of maltreatment as defined by the
Endangerment Standard.
Children from the lowest income families were 18 times more likely to be sexually abused, almost 56 times more
likely to be educationally neglected, and over 22 times more likely to be seriously injured from maltreatment
defined under the Harm Standard than children from the higher income families.
Some Important Statistics
• 797,500 children (younger than 18) were reported missing in a one-year period of time studied resulting in an
average of 2,185 children being reported missing each day.
• 203,900 children were the victims of family abductions.
• 58,200 children were the victims of non-family abductions.
• 115 children were the victims of “stereotypical” kidnapping. (These crimes involve someone the child does not
know or someone of slight acquaintance, who holds the child overnight, transports the child 50 miles or more,
kills the child, demands ransom, or intends to keep the child permanently.)
• Over 2000 children in the US are lost every day.
Source: NISMART-2: US Department of Justice, 2002.
All Rights Reserved 2008
The Fina Bella Group
Women:
-27% of women will die of Heart Disease.
-22% of women will die of Cancer.
-40%-70% of female murder victims were killed
by their partners
Domestic Violence in the Workplace Statistics
National Cost of Domestic Violence:
The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking, and homicide by intimate partners exceed $5.8
billion each year.
Of this total, nearly $4.1 billion is for victims requiring direct medical and mental health care services.
Lost productivity and earnings due to intimate partner violence accounts for almost $1.8 billion each year.
Intimate partner violence victims lose nearly 8.0 million days of paid work each year - the equivalent of more
than 32,000 full-time jobs and nearly 5.6 million days of household productivity.
Your Corporate Peers:
68% of senior executives surveyed agreed that their company’s financial performance would benefit from
addressing the issue of domestic violence among its employees.
94% of corporate security directors rank domestic violence as a high security risk.
78% of Human Resource Directors identify domestic violence as a substantial employee problem.
56% of corporate leaders are personally aware of specific employees who are affected by domestic violence.
60% of senior executives said that domestic violence has a harmful effect on their company’s productivity.
The Human Factor:
85-95% of all domestic violence victims are female.
Over 500,00 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year.
5.3 million women are abused each year.
1,232 women are killed each year by an intimate partner.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women.
Women are more likely to be attacked by someone they know rather than by a stranger.
Domestic Violence in the Workplace
Homicide is the leading cause of death for women in the workplace.
Of the approximately 1.7 million incidents of workplace violence that occur in the US every year, 18,700 are
committed by an intimate partner: a current or former spouse, lover, partner, or boyfriend/girlfriend.
Of Battered Workers:
96% experience problems at work due to abuse
74% are harassed while at work by their abuser
56% are late to work
28% leave work early
54% miss entire days of work
Children:
Child Characteristics
Girls were sexually abused three times more often than boys
Boys had a greater risk of emotional neglect and of serious injury than girls.
Children are consistently vulnerable to sexual abuse from age three on.
There were no significant race differences in the incidence of maltreatment or maltreatment-related injuries
uncovered in either.
Family Characteristics
Children of single parents had a 77-percent greater risk of being harmed by physical abuse, an 87-percent greater
risk of being harmed by physical neglect, and an 80-percent greater risk of suffering serious injury or harm from
abuse or neglect than children living with both parents.
Children in the largest families were physically neglected at nearly three times the rate of those who came from
single-child families.
Children from families with annual incomes below $15,000 as compared to children from families with annual
incomes above $30,000 per year were over 22 times more likely to experience some form of maltreatment that fit
the Harm Standard and over 25 times more likely to suffer some form of maltreatment as defined by the
Endangerment Standard.
Children from the lowest income families were 18 times more likely to be sexually abused, almost 56 times more
likely to be educationally neglected, and over 22 times more likely to be seriously injured from maltreatment
defined under the Harm Standard than children from the higher income families.
Some Important Statistics
• 797,500 children (younger than 18) were reported missing in a one-year period of time studied resulting in an
average of 2,185 children being reported missing each day.
• 203,900 children were the victims of family abductions.
• 58,200 children were the victims of non-family abductions.
• 115 children were the victims of “stereotypical” kidnapping. (These crimes involve someone the child does not
know or someone of slight acquaintance, who holds the child overnight, transports the child 50 miles or more,
kills the child, demands ransom, or intends to keep the child permanently.)
• Over 2000 children in the US are lost every day.
Source: NISMART-2: US Department of Justice, 2002.
All Rights Reserved 2008
The Fina Bella Group
www.finabella.org (Lobby/Issues)
www.finabella.ca (The Fina Bella Coalition Against Domestic Violence)
http://www.facebook.com/fina.bella
The Fina Bella Group
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"I have found that among its other benefits,
giving liberates the soul of the giver".
Maya Angelou
American writer, she survived a tough childhood and early
adulthood to become a singer, actress, activist, and writer.
giving liberates the soul of the giver".
Maya Angelou
American writer, she survived a tough childhood and early
adulthood to become a singer, actress, activist, and writer.
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