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We received this amazing expression of gratitude and were moved to show you the difference we are making with your  support.  The slides, when viewed in order, tell a moving story.

In developing countries where many villages are off the electrical grid, and fossil fuels for generators are too expensive, water wells operated by solar powered pumps are the only viable alternative to gaining a clean, healthy water supply.  Because the water is so far underground, these wells need pumps, powered by solar energy, to bring […]

Dear Michael, I want to thank you again for all your support for the Nurses for Edna team who worked in Somaliland this fall.  Your support of this project has been invaluable and we at One Nurse At A Time can’t thank you enough. In August 2013, Wanda Chestnut, Kim Law and Kerra Plesko, three […]

This story is from a report we received from ReSurge International showing the impact of our contributions to their efforts.  We found it inspiring and delightful. For these two young girls, recovering from free reconstructive surgery did not have to be serious business. After spending a week in the pediatric recovery ward together, Thi Lien […]

Our grandchildren Dylan, 10, and Mia, 7, were inspired at the recent Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times gala to do something special for each of the 600 children who will be attending the 2014 summer sessions.  They are working together to make a bracelet (below) for each of them, which they will personally deliver […]

At its first Gala in 25 years, Camp Ronald McDonald’s For Good Times honored Michael and Frida Donner and Barco’s Nightingales Foundation for our ongoing contributions. Since beginning to support this exemplary organization in 2009, and with your help, Barco’s Nightingales Foundation has provided “camperships” that enabled 300 youth who are battling cancer to attend […]

Did you know that according to World Health Organization “water scarcity affects one in three people on every continent of the globe. The situation is getting worse as needs for water rise along with population growth, urbanization and increases in household and industrial uses.” At Barco’s Nightingales Foundation we are committed to bringing new solar […]

Did you know that according to water.org: More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes.   Nearly all deaths, 99 percent, occur in the developing world. Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every four hours. 780 million […]

Barco’s Nightingales Foundation is delighted to report that our Facebook campaign supporting ReSurge International over the past few weeks helped raise $1,725 to provide almost six surgeries for children. Read more about this on ReSurge’s blog.  

We are delighted to see the progress on the holding tanks that will provide tens of thousands of gallons of clean, fresh water to the people of Recife, Haiti. We are eternally grateful to those who work tirelessly to build these wells, and especially thankful for your continued support.