Children International
Wouldn't it be great if you could do your part every single day? You can! Every sip you take of an Indonique tea helps aleviate a little bit of misery somewhere in the world through Indonique donations to worthy charities. One of our favorites is Children International. This is taken from their web site:

Children International's mission is to help children living in dire poverty. Through the generosity of contributors we provide needy children with a variety of programs and services to meet their basic needs, enhance their self-esteem and raise their physical and educational levels in a meaningful, lasting way.

Since 1936, Children International has been providing assistance to children and families struggling in terrible poverty.

MERCY Corps
Taken from the Mercy Corps web site:
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. The agency's programs currently reach 7 million people in more than 35 countries. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided over $1 billion in assistance to people in 81 nations. Mercy Corps is a nonprofit organization with headquarters in Portland, Seattle, Cambridge, Washington, D.C. and Edinburgh, Scotland.

Operation Smile
Taken from the Operation Smile Web Site:
Physcial deformities,something as simple as a cleft palete, can doom a child in the third world to a lonely shameful existence. For as little as $240.00, facial surgury can literally save their young lives. Please help us help the fine people at Operation Smile with a purchase.
Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together, we create smiles, change lives, heal humanity.

UNICEF
The heading of their web site says it all
"For every child
Health, Education, Equality, Protection
ADVANCE HUMANITY
They do it all, and well! We're thrilled to be able to support them.

CARE
Taken from the CARE web site:
"Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, resources and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility."

Save the Children
Save the Children is working with children from New Orleans to Pakistan and allpoints in between. Please support this worthy charity with a purchase.
From the Save the Children web site:
Many children are facing a life-or-death situation following the earthquake in South Asia. Save the Children is responding to urgent needs for shelter, blankets for protection from the weather, food, warm clothing for children, and first aid kits.

Angels Anonymous
A local group working in Mississippi to support citizens affected by Hurricane Katrina. As the FEMA tents fold, it's local organizations like this that continue the work.

American Breast Cancer Foundation
From their web site:
The American Breast Cancer Foundation is a registered 501 (c) 3 non profit organization. Our mission is to provide a fighting chance to every life threatened by breast cancer no matter what age, race, sex, or financial challenge through screening assistance programs, research, and support for breast cancer patients and their families.

Shriners
No parade in New Orleans wouldbe complete without these guys. Fez donned Shriners of questionable sobriety terrorize the routes with mini-motorized vehicles and extremely loud horns. We love 'em and the work they do!!
From their web site:
The Shrine's official philanthropy is Shriners Hospitals for Children, a network of 22 hospitals that provide expert, no-cost orthopaedic and burn care to children under 18. If you know a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help, call us toll-free at 1-800-237-5055 (in the U.S.) or 1-800-361-7256 (in Canada). We invite you to explore our Web site to find out more about these two special organizations.

Children's Hospital, New Orleans
Indonique's Cafe in New Orleans donated regularlyto this wonderfulinstitution. We're not going to let Hurrican Katrina stop us from doing so now or in the future. Please help us help them with a purchase!
From their web site:
Children's Hospital is Louisiana's only full-service hospital exclusively for children, offering a full range of inpatient and outpatient care. A not-for-profit facility, it is governed by an independent board of trustees made up of community volunteers. The hospital has no stockholders and no dividends to pay. Revenue generated by the hospital is used to operate the hospital and to expand and advance services.

Doctor's Without Borders
We had the pleasure of meeting some of these guys at our Cafe in New Orleans. Some literally risk their lives to help. We should do our bit for them with a purchase.
From their web site:
Doctors Without Borders/M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care in nearly 70 countries.

Feed the Children
We were amazed at quickly things turned desperate in New Orleans after the hurricane. Disrupting supply lines and lack of clean water rndered the entire region helpless. Organizations like Feed the Children were and are there. You can there with them with a purchase.
From their web site:
Feed The Children is a Christian, international, non-profit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Okla., that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disaster.

St. Jude Children�s Research Hospital (ALSAC)
You may have noticed that we tend to favor children's charities. Their web site says it all.
From their web site:
St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility anywhere. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

We are where some of today's most gifted researchers are able to do more science, more quickly. Where doctors across the world send their toughest cases and most vulnerable patients. Where no one pays for treatment beyond what is covered by insurance, and those without insurance are never asked to pay. We've built America's 3rd-largest health-care charity, with a model that keeps the costs down and the funds flowing, so the science never stops.

Vanished Children�s Alliance
From their web site:
The Vanished Children's Alliance is the oldest and second largest missing children's organization in the United States, and has been providing for the prevention, location, recovery and reunification of missing and abducted children since 1980 (incorporated as a 501(c)3 in 1981).