Things You'll Need:
- Money
- Time
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Step 1
Help African children by contributing to a nonprofit organization that works in Africa. American tax payers who donate money to nonprofit organizations that are designated by the Internal Revenue Service as tax exempt, can deduct the value of the gift from their federal income tax. However, for the gift to qualify, you must save the record of the gift and the acknowledgment or receipt from the organization. You are usually asked to designate how you want the funds allocated. The nonprofits are legally required to respect the donor's stated intent for how their money is used.
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Step 2
Commit to sponsoring a child from a reputable nonprofit organization. This involves making a monthly contribution of $25 to $75, depending on the organization. You'll be able to correspond with the child--a more personal way for a person, family, or small group of people to help African children.
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Step 3
Travel to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer or to join a short-term mission trip with a religious organization. The possible activities that these opportunities allow include building wells, teaching school, helping in a medical clinic, and distributing food among many other ways to help African children.
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Step 4
Use your online network on Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn, and MySpace to raise awareness about the needs of African children. Monitor the news about African children, their problems and how they are being helped. Then blog about the news. Link your blog posts to a personal fund-raising page to circulate online to raise money for African children. First Giving, for example, is an online concern that helps people build online fund-raising pages to raise money for any tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in the United States. First Giving does deduct a 7.5 percent transaction fee for this service.
