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You can get involved in lifesaving work in everyday ways, just like the United Nations. Every individual and organization can make a difference—what path will you take to help create a better future for the world? Join us and take action today!

Six ways you can make a difference right now:

ACTIONS

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    Tell Us How You Want to Work with the UN Foundation in 2010

    Help us help you -- take one minute to answer one question about how you’d like to work with the UN Foundation in 2010.

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    Tell Us What You'll Lose to Climate Change

    Action Area: Climate & Energy

    We're all in danger of losing people, places, and things we love to climate change. What will YOU lose to climate change? Take action now and save it!

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    Thank Secretary Clinton for championing women's rights

    Action Area: Women & Population

    Help us to commemorate World Population Day, July 11, by sending an eCard to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, thanking her for championing women’s rights around the globe. Her leadership has played a key role in obtaining much-needed funding for family planning and reproductive health services.

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    Thank our UN Peacekeepers

    Action Area: UN-US Relations

    Join us in thanking the 100,000 brave men and women from 118 countries serving as UN peacekeepers in 16 of the most volatile countries in the world, rebuilding societies wracked by violence, restoring confidence in people who have known little but war, and bringing peace to some of the tensest conflicts on earth.

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    Thank someone special who invested in you

    Action Area: Women & Population

    Is there a special someone who invested in you so that you could make a difference? In celebration of International Women’s Day around the world and our commitment to investing in adolescent girls, send a special note of thanks.

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    Support UN Ambassador Rice

    Action Area: UN-US Relations

    Welcome our newest member to the team!

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    Set President Obama’s Agenda

    Action Area: UN-US Relations

    What’s should be the top priority for Day One of President-elect Obama? Have your say and vote now!

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    Urge President Obama

    Action Area: UN-US Relations

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    Fight Climate Change

    Action Area: Climate & Energy

    Show your commitment to fighting climate change by using your personal, collective, and institutional power to bring the pledge from paper to the real world.

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    Test Your Knowledge: MDG Quiz

    Action Area: UN-US Relations

    The UN Millennium Development Goals are important steps toward progress - take our quiz and see how you do.

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