I met Al Andrews, founder of Improbable Philanthropy, while attending the Quitter Conference where he was a speaker.  Improbable Philanthropy blends crowd-funding with charitable giving.

Improbable Philanthropy has successfully funded the start-up costs to build two child survival centers for Compassion International and funded the cost to repair a utility lift at Thistle Farms, a social enterprise that provides training and employment for women in the Nashville, TN area who have survived lives of prostitution, trafficking, addiction, and homelessness.

They have a new project — The Restore Scholarship Project.  The goal this time is to fund scholarships for 25 recent graduates of the Restore Leadership Academy in Uganda.  The academy was started in 2007 by Bob Goff, author of Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary Worldand had 30 students.  Today, the academy teaches over 260 students and employs 19 teachers.

How can you help?  The way Improbable Philanthropy raises funds for their projects is by selling copies of Al Andrews children’s book, The Boy, The Kite, and The Wind.  The book has a great story about dreaming and the illustrations are fabulous.  The book is more than good enough to stand on its own, but your money does more.  The proceeds from each copy sold go directly toward funding the current project.  The goal for this project is to sell 2000 copies of the book.  That’s not very many.

You can read more about this project and purchase a copy of the book (or 10 copies, or 100 copies) here.