Here are two interesting charities I’ve learned about recently.  I’ve contributed a modest sum to the first one:

Heifer International: Among other things, gives food-providing animals to poor people around the world, with the condition that the recipients share the offspring of those animals with other poor people.  (They do quite a few other things…check it out for yourself.)

http://www.heifer.org/

Cleaning for a Reason: Provides free professional house cleaning to women undergoing cancer treatment

http://www.cleaningforareason.org/