Donate
How to Donate
All donations to MEPO go through our long-term partner organization, Lantern Projects, a 501c3 organization. Donations made to MEPO via Lantern Projects are tax deductible, and will receive a receipt.
Lantern Projects sends MEPO 100% (minus the Paypal fee) of donations designated for MEPO’s projects. Lantern Projects takes no fees, and MEPO uses no donations for overhead, staffing or administration costs. This means one hundred percent of donations goes directly to people.
On the Lantern Projects website, MEPO has two projects which can be donated to:
- #222 – Garden of Flowers Montessori Preschool “Classroom Supplies” (provides for fully operating the Garden of Flowers)
- #433 – Afghanistan Food and Supplies (provides for social support such as medicine, food, clothing, etc directly provided to families and individuals in need in Afghanistan)
Click here to go to Lantern Project’s Donation Page or read below for details on how to donate:
Donations can be made by credit card or check:
1. CREDIT CARD.
This Donate Now button below takes you directly to our Garden of Flowers project (#222) on the Lantern Projects website, where you can donate easily through Paypal:
You can go to Afghanistan Project #433 (“Food and Supplies”) to make Paypal donations for Afghan Aid for Food and Supplies (Social Relief).
Please note: Paypal charges a 2.5% fee for credit card transactions.
2. CHECK – If you would like to avoid the Paypal fee or for your own ease, here’s how you can send a check:
Please make checks out to Lantern Projects, note the project number on your check (#222 – Garden of Flowers, or #433 – Afghan Food and Social Aid) and send to this address:
Lantern Projects
51 Glen Alpine Rd.
Piedmont, CA 94611
**And please include your email address. Thank you! A receipt for your tax-deductible donation will be provided to you.
Please do NOT send checks to our Ohio address.
WANT TO BE IN TOUCH? If you wish to send a letter or other correspondence to us at MEPO, you can always write to us at:
MEPO (c/o S.Schardt)
5800 Forest Hills Blvd. B-107
Columbus, OH 43231
If you have any questions at all about donations, such as needing bank details for wiring money or anything at all, please email us at mepo.hope@gmail.com
Thank you very much for your gift to the children, and to the future of Afghanistan. We could not do this work without you.
