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"Be the change you want to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi

Organisations to help you get involved

 

A Glimmer of Hope
A Glimmer of Hope

aglimmerofhope.org
A Glimmer of Hope is making a sustainable difference in the lives of the rural poor of Ethiopia. By the end of 2005, the foundation had completed more than 1,600 development projects and helped approximately 1.5 million people. It launched its national aid program in Ethiopia in 2001.

Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger

actionagainsthunger.org
Action Against Hunger has been a world leader in the treatment of malnutrition since 1979, and has programs that focus on nutrition, food security, water/sanitation, and basic health in more than 44 countries around the world.

Africare
Africare

africare.org
A specialist in Africa, the oldest and largest African-American led charity in its field. In 36 African nations since 1970, Africare has addressed AIDS, poverty and more.

American Jewish World Service
American Jewish World Service

ajws.org
American Jewish World Service is a not-for-profit international development organization that works on a non-sectarian basis, on behalf of the Jewish community, throughout the developing world and in Russia and Ukraine.

American Red Cross
American Red Cross

redcross.org
The American Red Cross helps prepare communities for emergencies and keep people safe every day thanks to caring people who support their work.

Americans for Informed Democracy
Americans for Informed Democracy

aidemocracy.org
Americans for Informed Democracy is a non-partisan, student-led organization that raises global awareness at more than 250 universities in the U.S. We seek to build a global generation that can lead America in our increasingly interdependent world.

Amnesty International
Amnesty International

amnesty.org
Working to Protect Human Rights Worldwide.

 
ASMA Society
ASMA Society (American Society for Muslim Advancement)

asmasociety.org
The ASMA Society, is an Islamic cultural and educational organization dedicated to fostering an American-Muslim identity and building bridges between American Muslims and the American public.

 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

gatesfoundation.org
Bringing innovations in health and learning to the global community.

Blood:Water Mission Blood:Water Mission

bloodwatermission.org
Blood and water represent a community-centered and integrated approach to AIDS that include establishing basic conditions necessary for health, addressing the constraints of poverty, and empowering communities to take ownership of their own long-term health development..

               Bread for the World Bread for the World Institute

bread.org
For more than 30 years, Bread for the World has been a Christian voice for ending hunger. It is a nonpartisan citizens' movement of 54,000 people of faith, including 2,500 churches.

                 CMAC CMAC

cmac.org.kh
Saving lives and supporting development for Cambodia

                  Care Care

care.org
CARE fights root causes of poverty in the world's poorest communities. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty.

Charity Navigator Charity Navigator

charitynavigator.org
Charity Navigator, America's premier independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities.

Child Fund International Child Fund International

childfundinternational.org
ChildFund International is an alliance of global, developmental child sponsorship organizations that implement lasting and meaningful changes in the lives of impoverished children and families worldwide. ChildFund International assures the highest standards in program work, governance, fundraising, and financial management.

CRWRC CRWRC

crwrc.org
CRWRC is a Christian non-profit organization present with 2,000 communities in 30 of the world's poorest countries where together we are addressing hunger and poverty through emergency disaster assistance, integrated community development programs, and justice education.

Church World Service Church World Service

churchworldservices.com
Church World Service, a global humanitarian aid agency and ministry of 36 Christian denominations, works to support sustainable self-help and development, meet emergency needs, aid refugees, and address the root causes of poverty and powerlessness.

Global Solutions Global Solutions

globalsolutions.org
Citizens for Global Solutions is a grassroots membership organization that envisions a future in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation can solve alone.

Concern Concern

concern.net
Founded in 1968, Concern's team of 4,000 personnel works in 30 countries providing life-saving emergency relief and long-term assistance (health, education, livelihoods, HIV&AIDS) for the poorest people in the least developed countries of the world.

Darfur Peace and Development Organization Darfur Peace and Development Organization

dpado.org
Darfur Peace and Development Organization is non-profit and non-sectarian. It seeks to restore reconciliation where conflict exists in the Darfur region of Sudan through humanitarian aid and services to the needy people in the region, without regard to race, religion, sex or national origin.

Data DATA

data.org
DATA aims to spark response to crises threatening hope in Africa: unpayable Debts, uncontrolled spread of AIDS, and unfair trade rules which keep Africans poor.

Engineers Without Borders Engineers Without Borders

ewb-usa.org
EWB-USA partners with developing communities to improve their quality of life through the implementation of environmentally sustainable, equitable, and economical engineering projects while developing internationally responsible engineers and engineering students.

FORGE FORGE

FORGEnow.org
FORGE brings teams of Project Facilitators to Africa to partner with refugees. By implementing and sustaining projects like HIV/AIDS education, women's empowerment programs, computer centers, and libraries, we create the beginnings of responsible social action by refugees.

FORGE Friends of the Earth International

foei.org
The world's largest grassroots environmental network, uniting 70 national member groups and some 5,000 local activist groups on every continent. With approximately 1.5 million members and supporters around the world, we campaign on today's most urgent environmental and social issues. We challenge the current model of economic and corporate globalization, and promote solutions that will help to create environmentally sustainable and socially just societies .

Genocide Intervention Network Genocide Intervention Network

genocideintervention.net
Have a hand in stopping genocide.

Global Health Council Global Health Council

globalhealth.org
The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. The Council works to ensure that all who strive for improvement and equity in global health have the information and resources they need.

Grameen Foundation Grameen Foundation

grameenfoundation.org
Grameen Foundation USA is dedicated to reducing global poverty among the poorest of the poor through microfinance. GFUSA partners with 52 microfinance institutions in 22 countries that provide financial services to empower the poor to start very small businesses to support themselves and their families.

Green Peace Greenpeace

greenpeace.org/international
Greenpeace exists because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.

Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity

habitat.org
Habitat for Humanity is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the eradication of poverty housing. Some 200,000 Habitat homes now provide decent, affordable shelter to more than 1 million people worldwide.

Heartland Alliance Heartland Alliance

heartlandalliance.org
Heartland Alliance's mission is to advance the human rights and respond to the human needs of endangered populations through the provision ofcomprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society.

Heifer International Heifer International

heifer.org
Heifer envisions a world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet. Their mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.

Instant Karma Instant Karma

instantkarma.org
"Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur," the new global "Make Some Noise" project from Amnesty International, seeks to mobilize millions around the urgent catastrophe in Darfur, Sudan. It combines the power of John Lennon's music recorded by some of the world's best-known artists, together with cutting-edge forms of instant activism enabled by Internet and mobile technologies.

InterAction InterAction

interaction.org
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. With more than 160 members operating in every developing country, we work to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all.

Crisis Group International Crisis Group

crisisgroup.org
Working to prevent conflict worldwide.

International Medical Corps International Medical Corps

imcworldwide.org
International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization that saves lives, relieves suffering and restores self-reliance through health care training and relief and development programs.

International Rescue Committee International Rescue Committee

theirc.org
The International Rescue Committee responds to the worldÕs worst crises, helping refugees running from the horrors of war and persecution. For 75 years, the IRC has been raising alarms with a global call to action and restoring hope, dignity and opportunity for vulnerable people the world over.

Japan International Cooperation Agency Japan International Cooperation Agency

jica.go.jp/english
Ensuring that millions of the world's most vulnerable people have access to education, healthcare, and a social safety net.

Jewish Council for Public Affairs Jewish Council for Public Affairs

jewishpublicaffairs.org
To safeguard the rights of Jews throughout the world, and to protect, preserve and promote a just society

Jubilee USA Network Jubilee USA Network

jubileeusa.org
Jubilee USA Network is an alliance of 75 religious, environmental, human rights, and community groups working for the cancellation of unjust debts to fight poverty in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Keep A Child Alive Keep A Child Alive

keepachildalive.org
Keep A Child Alive is a campaign that offers people the opportunity to provide lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) medicine and support services directly to children and families with HIV/AIDS in some of the world's poorest countries.

LIving Water International Living Water International

water.cc
Living Water International works in more than 22 countries to bring daily access to safe, clean water to over 5 million people. LWI confronts the global water crisis, as well as hygiene and sanitation development, through a community based approach of training, consulting and equipping.

Malaria No More Malaria No More

malarianomore.org
Malaria No More's mission is simple: to end deaths due to malaria. Malaria No More engages individuals, organizations, and corporations in the private sector to provide life-saving bed nets and other critical interventions to families in need. Together these investments will significantly reduce malaria infections and make malaria-related deaths a thing of the past.

Medecins Sans Frontieres Medecins Sans Frontieres

msf.org
MSF is an independent humanitiarian medical aid agency committed to two ojectives: providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people we help.

Mennonite Central Committee Mennonite Central Committee

mcc.org/makepovertyhistory
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a relief, service, and peace agency of North American Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. MCC seeks to demonstrate God's love by working among people suffering from poverty, conflict, oppression and natural disaster.

Mercy Corps Mercy Corps

mercycorps.org
Mercy Corps is a not-for-profit organization that exists to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people build secure, productive, and just communities.

Millennium Campaign Millennium Campaign

millenniumcampaign.org
The Millennium Campaign encourages citizens around the world to hold their governments to account for their promises in the Millennium Declaration and Goals.

MAG MAG

mag.org.uk
Saves lives builds futures

The National Aids Fund The National Aids Fund

aidsfund.org
The National AIDS Fund is a unique expanding network of Community Partnerships, supporting over 400 grassroots HIV/AIDS organizations annually.novations in health and learning to the global community.

National Association of Social Workers National Association of Social Workers

socialworkers.org
NASW is the largest organization of professional social workers in the world. NASW social workers provide humanitarian assistance for communities in transition, and develop policies to protect human rights both domestically and in international settings.

NetAid NetAid

netaid.org
NetAid educates young people about global poverty and international development, and provides opportunities for them to take concrete actions that make a difference in the lives of the world's poor.

Nine Million Faces Nine Million Faces

ninemillion.org
Nine million faces. Nine million names. Nine million stories.

Ninemillion.org is a UN Refugee Agency led campaign to raise awareness and funds for education and sport programs for refugee youth, many of whom are forced to spend years of their young lives away from home with little hope of returning. What happens to them now, during their years as refugees, is up to all of us.

Norwedian People's Aid Norwegian People's Aid

npaid.org
Solidarity in Action

The One Campaign The One Campaign

one.org
The ONE Campaign is an effort by Americans to rally Amerins Ð one by one Ð to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE is students and ministers, punk rockers and NASCAR moms, Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life, united to help make poverty history.

Operation Blessing Operation Blessing

ob.org
Operation Blessing International (OBI) assists the poor with medical, hunger and disaster relief. Since 1978, OBI has touched over 179.7 million people in 96 countries and across the U.S. giving goods and services valued at over $943 million.

Opportunity International Opportunity International

opportunity.org
For 35 years, Opportunity International has fought poverty through small business loans and other financial services. The worldÕs largest Christian microfinance organization, Opportunity serves 810,000 poor entrepreneurs in 27 developing countries.

Our Voices Together Our Voices Together

OurVoicesTogether.org
Founded by families and friends who have lost loved ones to terrorist acts, Our Voices Together works to counter terrorism by addressing international poverty and fostering cross-cultural understanding. Join us in building a safer, more compassionate world for all.

Oxfam International Oxfam International

oxfam.org
Oxfam helps poor and marginalized communities around the world harness economic opportunities and advocate for their rights (e.g., women's rights, labor rights, indigenous peoples' rights) through grant-making, campaigning, and emergency assistance.

Peace Corps Peace Corps

peacecorps.org
Peace Corps Volunteers travel overseas to make real differences in the lives of real people.

Plan USA Plan USA

planusa.org
Plan USA is a global partnership of caring people founded in 1937 to bring hope and help to the world's poorest children. Our community-based programs assist more than 10 million children in 45 developing countries.

RAC RAC

rac.org
The RAC educates and mobilizes the American Jewish community on legislative and social concerns, advocating on issues from economic justice to civil rights to religious liberty to Israel.

RESULTS RESULTS

results.org
For 25 years RESULTS Educational Fund has worked to create the political will to end hunger and poverty by training citizens in advocacy, working with the media, and building coalitions in their communities.

Save Africa's Children Save Africa's Children

saveafricaschildren.org
Save Africa's Children (SAC) is among the first and largest African-American church organizations providing direct support to AIDS affected and vulnerable children in Africa. SAC has directly assisted over 350 orphan care programs in 21 African nations, providing direct support to schools, day care centers, medical clinics, feeding programs and childrenÕs homes in some of the most remote areas in Africa.

SAVE DARFUR Save Darfur

savedarfur.org
Help bring an end to the senseless killing in Darfur.

Save the Children Save the Children

savethechildren.org
For more than 70 years, Save the Children has created real and lasting change for children in need in more than 40 countries around the globe, including the United States.

Sierra Club Sierra Club

sierraclub.org
Explore, enjoy and protect the planet

Stand Now Stand Now

standnow.org
A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition

Stop Global Warming Stop Global Warming

stopglobalwarming.org
This is a movement about change, as individuals, as a country, and as a global community.

The Cambodian Genocide Program The Cambodian Genocide Program (Yale University)

yale.edu/cgp/
The Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979, in which approximately 1.7 million people lost their lives (21% of the country's population), was one of the worst human tragedies of the last century. Since 1994, the award-winning Cambodian Genocide Program, a project of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University's MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, has been studying these events to learn as much as possible about the tragedy, and to help determine who was responsible for the crimes of the Pol Pot regime.

The Child Health Site The Child Health Site

thechildhealthsite.org
One of the suite of free "Click-to-Give" Internet sites affiliated with The Hunger Site, The Child Health Site, provides vaccinations, micro-nutrients, oral rehydration salts, HIV/AIDS tests for newborns, and prosthetic limbs to children. Clicking on the "Fund Healthcare for Children" button is free, with 100% of site advertisng being paid to site partners Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Helen Keller International, Prosthetics Outreach Foundation, and Mercy Corps.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Humanitarian Services The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Humanitarian Services

lds.org/humanitarianservices
For millions of people in need around the world, the humanitarian outreach program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offers hope and the potential for a life that transcends disease, poverty, and despair.

The Hunger Project The Hunger Project

thp.org
The Hunger Project empowers grassroots people in more than 10,000 villages of Asia, Africa and Latin America to achieve lasting progress in health, education, nutrition, family incomes and gender equality.

The Hunger Site The Hunger Site

thehungersite.org
The original "click-to-give" Internet site started in 1999 to combat hunger one click at a time. Each daily click is free to the visitor, and provides the value of 1.1 cups of staple food. 100% of site advertising is used to feed the hungry through partners Mercy Corps and America's Second Harvest.

UNA - USA UNA - USA

unausa.org
UNA-USA is the nation's largest grassroots foreign policy organization and the leading center of UN policy research. UNA-USA offers Americans thechance to connect with key issues like human rights, global health, development and international justice.

  UNESCO

unesco.org
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945. For this specialized United Nations agency, it is not enough to build classrooms in devastated countries or to publish scientific breakthroughs. Education, Social and Natural Science, Culture and Communication are the means to a far more ambitious goal: to build peace in the minds of men.

UNHCR UNHCR

unhcr.org
The UN Refugee Agency.

UNICEF UNICEF

unicef.org
UNICEF supports child survival, protection and development worldwide through education, advocacy and fundraising.

United Nations Foundation United Nations Foundation

unfoundation.org
Founded by Ted Turner, the United Nations Foundation acts to meet the most pressing health, humanitarian, socioeconomic, and environmentalchallenges, through advocacy, building innovative public-private partnerships and grant making.

United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

ushmm.org
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

USA for Africa USA for Africa

usaforafrica.org
United Support of Artists for Africa.

World Concern World Concern

worldconcern.org
A Christian humanitarian organization that provides emergency relief and community development in some of the most neglected areas of the world.

World Hope International World Hope International

worldhope.org
World Hope International is a faith based relief and development organization alleviating suffering and injustice through education, enterprise and community health.

World Hunger Year World Hunger Year

worldhungeryear.org
WHY attacks the root causes of hunger and poverty by promoting effective and innovative community-based solutions that create self reliance, economic justice and food security.

World Relief World Relief

wr.org
World Relief is a Christian relief and development organization focused on empowering the Church to relieve human suffering, poverty and hunger worldwide in the name of Jesus Christ.

World Vision World Vision

worldvision.org
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty.

World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)
World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)

panda.org
WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by: conserving the world's biological diversity; ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable; promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.


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