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Thank you for considering a gift to the Population Council after watching NOW's "Child Brides: Stolen Lives"  on PBS.

The Population Council’s mission is to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources.

The Council’s program of work with adolescent girls is focused on the poorest communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Issues these communities face are:

• High levels of child marriage;
• An HIV epidemic increasingly selective of young women; and
• Persistently high levels of early school dropout, often linked to gender-based violence in communities and in schools.

The Council has projects in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Malawi, and South Africa. Work is now beginning in Sudan and Yemen.

Your contribution can help advance the Council’s efforts to protect girls at risk of child marriage, HIV infection, early school dropout, and gender-based violence, as well as partnerships with local organizations in these countries that are making a difference in girls’ lives.

The Population Council is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Your gift is tax deductible in the United States in accordance with Internal Revenue Service regulations.

You can support the Council's program of work with adolescent girls by making a contribution.

Online Click here to make a secure contribution. By mail or by fax Click here to access a printable form that can be completed and mailed with your contribution or faxed with your credit card gift.  By phone Please call +1 212 339 0547 during office hours (9 am–5 pm US Eastern time) if you wish to make a gift using your Visa, MasterCard, or American Express card. A gift at any level makes a difference.

 

The Population Council devotes 85 percent of its budget to program services, making the best use of your charitable contributions. The Council has been awarded the Independent Charities of America “Best in America” Seal of Excellence. This distinction is given to organizations that have, upon rigorous independent review, been able to certify, document, and demonstrate on an annual basis that they meet the highest standards of public accountability, program effectiveness, and cost effectiveness. These standards include those required by the US Government for inclusion in the Combined Federal Campaign. Of the 1,000,000 charities operating in the United States today, fewer than 50,000, or 5 percent, meet or exceed these standards, and, of those, fewer than 2,000 have been awarded this seal.

A brief overview of the organization's work is available here. (PDF) (PDF en español)

Please click here to access the Population Council's 2007 Annual Report.

The Population Council's Gift Acceptance Policy is available here. (PDF)

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The Population Council's latest financial report (as of 31 December 2007) is available here. (PDF)

A hard copy of the financial report may also be obtained by writing to:

James E. Sailer
Director of Corporate Affairs 
Population Council 
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 
New York, NY 10017 
Telephone: +1 212 339 0697 
Facsimile: +1 212 755 6052 
E-mail: jsailer@popcouncil.org

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