Sometimes, we answer, "No."
We realize we got caught up in the details of life, in the minutia. We didn't always act the way we meant to act, or give what we could have given.
On 2009's deathbed, there is yet chance for conversion. Anne Frank wrote, "No one has ever become poor by giving." So let's give.
For years now, I've been in love with an American organization called Global Giving (which kinda sucks for me, as a Canadian, since I don't get tax credits). If you haven't heard of Global Giving, it's an NFP that allows you to give money directly to worldwide projects doing things you care about. You know exactly where your dollars are going.
Here are a few examples of projects you could support:

The Transitional Living Center (TLC) is a quality aftercare program for about 20 girls each year that have been rescued from situations of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.

This project rescues 300 young Nepali girls from bonded servitude and provides them with six years of education, which will enable them to graduate from high school.
Survivors of Genocide: Cambodia, Rwanda, Tibet

Trust me, you could spend hours reading about all the ongoing humanitarian projects on the Global Giving website. And, as you read, I'm sure you'll want to give what you can.
Just a New Year's thought.
Bright Blessings for a Happy New Year,
Giselle Renarde