PLANET AID INC
47 SUMNER STREET, MILFORD, MA 01757 www.planetaid.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, REDUCE WASTE, AND INCREASE THE EFFICIENT USE OF VITAL RESOURCES. STRENGTHEN AND ORGANIZE COMMUNITIES, REDUCE POVERTY AND PROMOTE SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION, IMPROVE ACCESS TO TRAINING AND QUALITY EDUCATION, INCREASE HEALTH AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, FOSTER DIRECT COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG PEOPLE ACROSS THE PLANET AND HELP DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS OF THE WORLD CREATE LASTING POSITIVE CHANGE.

PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, REDUCE WASTE, AND INCREASE THE EFFICIENT USE OF VITAL RESOURCES. REDUCE POVERTY AND FOSTER DIRECT COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG PEOPLE ACROSS THE PLANET.

INTERNATIONAL AID: IN 2019, PLANET AID CONTINUED WITH ITS SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, ASIA, AND LATIN AMERICA. PLANET AID SUPPORTED PROGRAMS IN 12 COUNTRIES:ANGOLA: EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, VOCATIONAL TRAININGBELIZE: CHILD AID AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS.BOTSWANA: SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS.BRAZIL: ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS.DR CONGO: ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS, EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND CHILD AID AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.ECUADOR: CHILD AID AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS.INDIA: EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, BASIC EDUCATION FOR UNDERPRIVILEDGED CHILDREN AND GIRLS.LAOS: CHILD AID AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND TB EDUCATION.MALAWI: TB EDUCATION, EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.MOZAMBIQUE: EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOL MEALS AND LITERACY PROGRAM, PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, GIRLS STAY IN SCHOOL PROGRAM, SUPPORT FOR ONE WORLD UNIVERSITY, MALARIA PREVENTION, UPGRADE SORTING CENTERE CAPACITY AND NUTRITION PROGRAM.SOUTH AFRICA: HIV/AIDS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION, SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS, CHILD AID AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.ZIMBABWE: CHILD AID AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, MALERIA PROGRAM AND TRAINING OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS.

U.S. CLOTHING COLLECTION AND HABITAT PROTECTION: PLANET AID COLLECTED AND PROCESSED 47,000 TONS OF USED CLOTHES, SHOES AND TEXTILE IN STATES FROM MAINE TO MISSOURI. COLLECTING UNWANTED CLOTHES SAVES LANDFILL SPACE AND REDUCES PRODUCTION OF METHANE. REUSING ALREADY MANUFACTURED CLOTHING AND OTHER TEXTILES SAVES MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER AND REDUCES THE USE OF FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDES (IN COTTON PRODUCTION). RECYCLING OR REUSING ONE POUND OF CLOTHES SAVES ON AVERAGE 3.6 LBS OF CO2. IN 2019, PLANET AID SAVED 149,000 METRIC TONS OF CO2 THROUGH ITS RECYCLING EFFORTS - A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING: AS PART OF ITS COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PLANET AID UNDERTAKES PROGRAMS OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND TRAINING AS WELL AS INFORMATION AND EDUCATION OF THE US PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. PLANET AID WORKS CLOSELY WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN A NUMBER OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO ASSIST THEM BUILDING STAFF CAPACITY AND MOVE TOWARDS SELF-SUSTAINABILITY. PLANET AID ALSO CONDUCTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS IN COMMUNITIES WHERE PLANET AID IS ACTIVE.

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