Planet Aid, Inc.

Planet Aid collects and processes 50,000 tons annually of used clothes, shoes and textile in states from Maine to California.  Collecting unwanted clothes saves landfill space and reusing already manufactured clothing and other textile 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. Annually, Planet Aid saves 360 million pounds of CO2 through its recycling efforts - a significant contribution in the fight against climate change.

Planet Aid also conducts recycling and education programs in cooperation with public and private schools and through participation in events in communities where Planet Aid is active.

Child Aid

For children to grow up and fulfill their potential their families must understand the importance of nutrition and hygiene and be assisted in providing a healthy environment for their children. Planet Aid supports Child Aid community development programs in Africa and Latin America. As families enroll in the program they receive training in health and hygiene, they are assisted in generating more income, running pre-schools for their children and making general improvements to their communities such as installation of water points, latrines or repairing dilapidated infrastructure.

Planet Aid works closely with non-government organizations in a number of developing countries to assist them building staff capacity and move towards self-sufficiency and sustainability.

People must be mobilized to combat disease and take health into their own hands.

Poor communities are besieged by deaths and illness from preventable diseases. Planet Aid supports a number of programs that are fighting the spread and effects of epidemic diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Through education and simple community-based initiatives people learn how to protect themselves and their families. They create vegetable gardens for better nutrition; they clean their neighborhoods and are assisted in accessing health services that already exist.

Planet Aid helps subsistence farmers in Africa and the Americas form Farmers’ Clubs to increase their production and crop variety through improved farming methods, conservation farming and access to water.  The farmers and their families experience greater food security, better nutrition and significant higher income. The Farmers’ Clubs program train the farmers, organize them in self-help groups and assist them in developing and marketing their products. The whole community benefits from the higher yields and greater variety of products.