Dear Friend of AIDG,

I hope you had a happy Earthday last week. Let me begin by saying thanks so much for your support. Because of you, AIDG has been able to provide access to sanitation, clean water and electricity to rural villages in Guatemala. This type of infrastructure development is essential to alleviate poverty and improve health. You’re helping us make this happen.

This month, we’re kicking off our “AIDG 300” campaign, but we very much need your help to get it off the ground.

We’re trying to raise $300,000 by August 15^th (XelaTeco’s 2nd birthday) to fund three key projects: 

1. We want to take AIDG’s business incubation model to the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
   Unfortunately, we can’t move beyond the planning stages until we have the necessary funds: $92,000.  Your continued support can enable us to deliver life-changing solutions to the rural poor in Haiti and the DR, as you helped us do in Guatemala.
   
   
   
   
   
2. XelaTeco, our first incubated shop, desperately needs a truck.
   We’re looking at buying a used truck for $7500. Currently, our employees travel around the Guatemalan countryside on public or rented transportation, on foot or bicycle. A truck would let your donations go a lot further by allowing us to deliver projects faster and more efficiently. This has become essential due to the increased demand for XelaTeco’s products from local NGOs and community groups.
   
   
   
   
   
3. AIDG has done a great deal in the past two years on only $150,000. Learn about what you've helped us do in 2005-2006. We’ve been able to do all these largely because of our dedicated all-volunteer staff. To continue providing clean and green technologies to rural communities and to grow AIDG into a sustainable organization with full-time staff, we need to find support at a level that goes beyond anything we’ve had before. We have to raise an additional $200,000 in 2007. Can you help us? http://www.aidg.org/donate.htm
   
   
   
   
   
   

Your donation will allow us to promote affordable environmentally sound technologies in developing countries. Please know that any size gift would be a tremendous help. Thanks for all that you’ve done so far. Together, we’re making a difference in the lives of many families.

Sincerely,

Peter Haas

Executive Director

P.S.  We’ve already raised $42,000 this year. Help us get to $300,000 by August 15th.

P.P.S. If you’ve donated already, THANKS!! We really appreciate your commitment.