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Abigail Ministries provides hope and comfort to destitute families in Kenya by sponsoring children's education, teenage apprenticeships and college courses. It has also set up micro-businesses and workshops for group work for women. Abigail Ministries renovates homes to make them weatherproof and provides basic needs including beds, blankets, cooking facilities, lamps and food. See www.abigailministries.org.
APT works with churches in Burkina Faso, West Africa, to bring God's blessing to their communities through church planting, education, poverty relief, and community development. APT also partners churches in Burkina Faso with churches around the world.
Action Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organisation, working in 43 of the world’s poorest countries. Its vocation is to save lives, especially those of malnourished children and to work with vulnerable populations to preserve and restore their livelihoods with dignity.
Disabled people in Africa and Asia are amongst the very poorest of the poor. ADD helps them to take control of their own lives by providing training and funds for their self-help groups. ADD supports them as they campaign for basic human rights and rightful inclusion in society.
We’re ActionAid. We’re people who are dedicated to ending the extreme poverty that kills 28 children every minute of every day. We’re a charity and much more. We’re a partnership between people in poor countries and people in rich countries – all working together to end poverty for good. ActionAid is a unique partnership of people who are fighting for a better world - a world without poverty. As one of the UK's largest development agencies, we work in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, listening to, learning from and working in partnership with over 19 million of the world's poorest people.
ADRA beliefs in a world without poverty. And we¹re working in over 120 countries around the world to achieve just that. By giving poor people the resources, skills and opportunities they need to meet their basic needs, they can transform their lives.
Advance Aid is a new charitable initiative that will enable emergency supplies for Africa to be made in Africa and stored in strategic locations - in advance of any emergency. This time-saving new model for disaster relief will save thousands of lives when disaster strikes. It will also stimulate a healthy culture of trade, not just aid, on the continent of Africa.
Advocates for International Development ("A4ID") draws together the skills and expertise of the legal profession to combat poverty and inequality of opportunity worldwide. A4ID works to build the capacity and resources of developing countries/development NGOs, promoting awareness of social, economic and legal issues that affect development and stifle opportunity.
Adventures for Development was set up by The Adventurists to provide funding for small, locally managed charities in far flung corners of the world who find it difficult to receive multiple donations from abroad. The result is a combination of local expertise at a grass roots level and transparency at an international one.
Africa needs to create 8 million new jobs every year. Most of these jobs will come from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). AFFORD has developed innovative and effective ways of harnessing the resources of the African diaspora to create and maintain jobs in Africa.
The Afghan Training Foundation was formed in 2005. Working in Afghanistan and the UK, its main focus is on education, training and development.<p> Its wholly owned trading company, Afghan Action, is a social enterprise with a carpet factory and training school in Kabul, where young people learn how to weave carpets, read and write and receive a hot meal and basic health care.<p> In the UK, the Afghan Training Foundation works with Afghan groups in London to address issues of poverty, health, training and employment. In East Yorkshire, an awareness raising programme with local schools started in September 2009 and there are also two exchange programmes between British schools (in Hammersmith and Harpenden) and schools in Kabul and Mazar e Sharif.<p> The Afghan Training Foundation is also working on IT development in Afghan schools, partnering with Tribune Business Systems, a British company based in London, andNeda Holding, Afghanistan’s largest internet provider.
Africa Foundation works with local organisations (NGO's) in Africa to ensure that children have access to their basic necessities. We achieve this through sustainable development projects. It works with locally established homes and schools, for street and orphaned children of Uganda, on sustainable development projects that fit well in their community. These projects fund the provision of food, water and health care for the children. They also provide vocational training skills in farming and crafts and empower the staff and children with a feeling of independence.
Africa Now supports enterprising solutions to poverty in Africa, making markets work for poor people. It supports farmers and small businesses that produce marketable products, and ensures they benefit from trade by promoting ethical trade policies between retailers in rich countries and poor producers in Africa.
Our vision is of an Africa where all people are empowered with the skills and resources they need to lift themselves out of poverty. We aim to provide assistance to poor communities in East & Southern Africa through appropriate, effective and sustainable education and income generating projects.
AFRINSPIRE supports indigenous African initiatives in community development and poverty reduction. Engaging in children’s education, women's literacy, transferring technology, and income generation, AFRINSPIRE supports local community development initiatives at their own pace. People and projects are supported in Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Sudan.
The Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. The Foundation supports social and economic development projects designed to benefit disadvantaged communities in South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East irrespective of their race, religion, political affiliation or gender.
Akamba Aid works among poor rural communities in N.E. Kenya, relieving poverty by supporting primary and secondary education and affordable health care. It encourages self-help among local families, providing access to safe water and training seminars for the subsistence farmers, and assisting in construction of community buildings.
Amos is an international human rights organisation that works with local partners. These inspirational partner projects are: creating a future for street children in South Africa, working toward peace and reconciliation in Palestine and Israel, promoting human rights for Dalits in India and establishing education programmes in Nicaragua.
The Ampleforth Abbey Trust was formed to further the Roman Catholic religion. It undertakes as many activities as possible involving community and pastoral work particularly for the less advantaged, specifically in this case through FACE-FAW, (Friendship and Aid to Central and Eastern Europe-Friendship and Aid for the World).
AMREF, the African Medical and Research Foundation, is African's health development organisation. Headquartered in Nairobi, AMREF runs innovative health programmes across sub-Saharan Africa, fighting disease, training health workers, and strengthening health systems. <p> For more information, visit <u>http://www.amrefuk.org</u> or follow us on Facebook at <u> http://www.facebook.com/amrefuk</u>
AMURT is an international relief and development organisation. AMURT is significant for being one of the few global NGOs originating from the developing world. It has grassroots relief teams and development projects in over 30 countries. AMURT's greatest strength is its wealth of human resource, consisting of experienced, life-long volunteers and local community members.
620 million children do not have decent or safe housing to live in. Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the only article referring to the built environment. It says that adequate housing and shelter are a fundamental human right. Article 25 works to build better wherever there is disaster, poverty or need.
AACO, working in Ghana since 1989 and established as a charity in May 1999, exists to raise funds and apply them for the benefit of the people of Ashanti Akim, for the relief of poverty, sickness and distress, the preservation of public health and the advancement of education.
Ashanti's mission is to relieve poverty and promote health and development in and around the village of Gyetiase in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Our work is sustainable with villagers being consulted and taking part in projects. Every penny we raise funds our programmes. All UK staff are volunteers.
AURORA AFRICA TRUST AIMS DEVELOP, SUPPORT AND PROMOTE LOCAL INITIATIVES GEARED TOWARD POVERTY ALLEVIATION, IMPROVEMENTS IN LIVING CONDITIONS AND ADVANCEMENT IN EDUCATION, BETTER SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA.
Aviation Without Borders provide humanitarian services of an aviation nature to the disadvantaged of the world, irrespective of politics, religion, race or nationality. Please see website for details.
Blythswood Care combines the Christian message with practical help for those in need at home and abroad. Whether through filled shoeboxes at Christmas time, relief and development aid or social projects for young and old, we bring hope to thousands in Europe, Africa and Asia. In 2008 we delivered aid valued at £5.8m to 17 countries and also distributed over 132,000 shoeboxes in Eastern Europe and Asia including our millionth shoebox. <p> www.blythswood.org.
The main areas of focus are: programme implementation among diaspora communities in the UK, advocacy for southern led international development and fund raising for BRAC programmes in Africa and Asia.
BWA-UK supports grass roots projects and sustainable growth in Africa: One project farm grows and sells food for an orphanage, and educates farmers on feeding their whole family with one "model acre". Also including a school, this has become a resource hub for a povery stricken area in Kenya.
Build IT International works in Africa, training people in sustainable building skills so that they can go on and earn a living. It does this through community building projects such as schools, training centres and low-cost houses. Launched in 2006 Build IT has so far trained over 50 men and women and built 8 classrooms with three more in progress.
c4c means citizens4change and is a charity that assists children and young people living in Kisumu, Kenya. It currenlty provides shelter, food and training for those who were living on the street. It has over 124 children in its care and is looking to build a new school and rehabilitation centre.
Calcutta Rescue provides free medical care, education, and skills training for the poorest people in Kolkata and rural West Bengal (India), including people living in slums and on the streets. Founded by a British doctor, Jack Preger MBE, in 1979, Calcutta Rescue helps 100,000 people each year.
It has worked in Cambodia since 1990 with poor and disadvantaged people through projects in education, literacy, food security and income generation. It operates along with four other international NGOs through International Cooperation Cambodia (ICC). It also works to support and encourage the Cambodian Christian church.
Educating girls and women is widely recognised as the single most powerful weapon in the fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Since 1993, the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) has been supporting girls through school in some of the poorest rural areas of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and Malawi. More than 645,400 children have benefitted from Camfed's programme of educational support, helping them to leave behind a life of poverty. Find out more about Camfed's work at www.camfed.org<http://www.camfed.org/>.
We improve the quality of lives of young people and older people from the Black and Minority Ethnic communities who are facing social exclusion due to poverty, culture and language barrier. To alleviate hardship and distress caused by the break up of marriage. Poverty alleviation for street children of West Afica
CARE International is a global humanitarian organisation working with over 45 million disadvantaged people in 70 of the world's poorest countries. Whether supporting primary health care, promoting sustainable agriculture or developing savings and loan schemes, its programmes promote positive and lasting change and reduce long-term dependency. CARE also provides emergency food and shelter to survivors of natural disasters, wars and conflicts.
Carers Association Southern Staffordshire is the only organisation that focuses solely on supporting Carers in southern Staffordshire. We provide a wide range of essential support to Young and Adult Carers, from information, advice and training to emotional support and social activities, all of which are free and confidential. Currently the services are provided to around 4,000 adult and 450 young carers.
It promotes new ideas in voluntary action, focussing on user involvement, social entrepreneurship and young people changing the world.
Challenge Africa is helping people to help themselves, currently working with rural Kenyans to rewrite the future for their children. Our sustainable projects include orphan care, HIV/AIDS prevention and food and clean water provision, training and education. ‘Challenge Yourself’ our volunteer programme enables everyone to make a positive difference.
The Challenge Bolivia 2009 team aim to raise in excess of £10000 for the provision of basic amenities for hundreds of children in one of Bolivia's most isolated areas. OUR CHALLENGE is to climb 5 peaks, with a combined total height of over 30,000m in just 5 days... the equivalent of three Everests in less than a week.
Supporting children and families affected by the Tsunami and 30 years of conflict in educational and poverty reduction programs. Working at grassroots level with child by child we make a real difference with all donations going direct to the program.
It raises funds in the UK to establish small sustainable businesses in many parts of the developing world to enable individuals and families to break free from desperate poverty.
Working to promote and support women's economic empowerment in developing and transition countries.
Children in Crossfire exists to make a significant and lasting contribution towards the eradication of poverty. We do this not alone, but by working in a vibrant web of collaborating agencies, each of us contributing something valuable and unique towards our shared vision for a better world.
The charity is volunteer run and does excellent work providing clean water, food, agricultural development, basic education and basic healthcare in many of the less developed parts of the world.
Christian Aid works with the world’s poorest people, whatever their race or faith, in nearly 50 countries overseas. We tackle the causes and consequences of poverty and injustice. Inspired by our values of hope, justice, courage and honesty, we are committed to seeing a just world - now. Not just in the future. We believe in life before death.
CMS is an evangelistic mission community working to see a world transformed by the love of Jesus.
The CIFA Trust is a small but highly effective UK charity supporting the work of CIFA Kenya and CIFA Ethiopia to facilitate the promotion of healthy, peaceful, enlightened and self reliant communities. All donations received are sent overseas.
The COINS Foundation funds projects offering relief to vulnerable and disadvantaged people. We make grants to organisations that can demonstrate the investment tangibly improves the lives of many, in a sustainable way. In particular, projects focusing on construction, education and technically innovative projects for learning and enablement.
Comber has worked since 1992 to improve the lives of Romania’s most vulnerable citizens-young people with disabilities living in appalling conditions in its notorious institutions across rural Romania and other countries in the region. Comber works tirelessly to provide small family type homes for these young people and to integrate these them into the community.
Communitas International doesn't do its own thing. We believe that partnership with existing indigenous, passionate, innovative organisations who are fighting poverty within their own society is the most effective and sustainable way to confront poverty and marginalisation.
Community Projects Africa is a registered UK charity set up in 2003 to provide support for impoverished people living in south and east Africa, predominantly Tanzania. <p>Working with village elders and councils, we support community projects that provide schooling, vocational training, sanitation and safe water supplies. Integral to our mission and projects is the education of such communities on HIV Aids and assistance for families affected, as well as the promotion of environmentally friendly activities and conservation. <p> We raise funds through donations and fund-raising events and pride ourselves on not wasting money on unnecessary administration - your donations go directly towards the project you want to support. <p> CPA is currently running four active projects, all of which need your help to remain operational. At our vocational training centre, we have built the classrooms and health post and now desperately need funds to employ local teachers and start running our skills courses, including English language and tailoring, for vulnerable Maasai women. <p> * Laishene Primary School, Tanzania <br> * Choba Primary School and Nursery, Tanzania <br> * Arkwasyie Medical Project, Ethiopia <br> * Cypress Hill Vocational Training Centre, Monduli, Tanzania <br>
Computer Aid International refurbishes donated computers in the UK and sends them to where they are most needed for use by schools and non-profit organisations in developing countries. It works in partnership with local people to ensure that all of its computers are used effectively by communities in need.
Concern Universal works with local partner organisations to support practical actions that help some of the world's poorest communities to create a better future for themselves and their children. The organisation believes passionately that each person has the right to what they need to live a life of dignity.
Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to reducing suffering and ending extreme poverty. Since the beginning, over 40 years ago, our focus has been on improving the lives of the poorest people. <p> To achieve our mission we work in developing countries where our programmes comprise both long term development work and responses to emergency situations. We also seek to address the root causes of poverty through our advocacy and development education work. <p> Concern Worldwide works in 28 of the poorest countries around the world. Last year alone, we worked directly with ten million people to find long-term solutions to extreme poverty. <p> Concern focuses on five key programme areas: Emergency Response, Health and Nurtition, HIV/AIDS, Livelihood Security and Education. We work directly with poor communities, asking them what would be the greatest long term improvements to their lives.
Concordis International is a British peace-building charity, currently working primarily on Sudan, both nationally and for the Darfur and Eastern regions. It works alongside those affected by armed conflict in the world, building consensus on the issues that divide and enabling them to create lasting peace and hope for their shared future
Congo Action is offering support in the development of education, training and the relief of poverty in Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. <p> The mission is to help the people of Congo help themselves by offering resources that they can use to improve the quality of their lives.<p> Website: www.congoaction.co.uk <p> Email: congoaction@hotmail.com
CORD assists people to rebuild the lives of individuals and communities that have been displaced by conflict.
The Cred Foundation partners with people in pursuing 'Justice for the Poor'. It partners with 4 groundbreaking international projects: 2 in Ethiopia, 1 in India, and 1 in Colombia. They're all run by local people; since Cred has direct relationships with them, your money goes directly where it's needed.
The Cusichaca Trust works with poor, isolated farming communities in the Peruvian Andes. The centre-piece of its programmes are projects to restore systems of agricultural terraces and irrigation canals abandoned since the Spanish conquest, increasing the yields of agriculture and with a real impact on the lives of rural families
Cycle to Cannes is a grant making charity. We currently raise funds for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, The Sarah Matheson Trust, Article 25, Tom's Trust and Land Aid. Selected one-off grants to charities supported by our fundraisers are also made.
To support Sankwia a small Gambian Village by reducing poverty and disease and encourage economic and educational development. We currently provide education to 252 village children. Other projects include setting uo of a clothing manufacture co-operative and an adult literacy class.
Every penny of every pound donated to DAFA is put where it is needed with those who help administer the charity or are involved in facilitating any of its projects doing so entirely at their own expense. DAFA works predominantly in Zambia through a range of projects focusing on health care, education and self-help.
It provides support to the people of Darlington and the surrounding area by organising and running community events and by raising funds to help other charities, such as St Teresa's Hospice, in their work.
Our first project aims to provide a sustainable water source for a community of 5000 in Kenya. The community is facing severe water shortages and rely on dirty water in the rainy season and have to walk 20 km a day to collect water.
The Donald Woods Foundation aims to fight poverty in underdeveloped parts of South Africa, primarily through education, health and community-building programmes. Key partners in current programmes are: South Nottingham College's "Balls to Poverty" programme, Claygate Cricket Club's Feb 2008 Tour of the Eastern Cape and several government departments in Bisho, including the Depts of Education, Health, Social Development and Sport.
It is a grant making trust based in the UK. The Trust has a particular focus on aiding projects across the world that help to alleviate poverty as well as granting aid to Christian organisations.
Emergency Response Team - Search and Rescue is a charity and Non-Governmental Organisation that ulitises the many disciplines of Search and Rescue to provide a service of locating and saving lives in the UK and abroad. E.R.T. is also a national umbrella body for other Resilience SAR teams.
Supporting community, youth, vocational projects and local charities in the Eastbourne area and nationally where appropriate. Providing international relief, and supporting the Rotary Foundation and such other charitable purpose, as the club shall decide from time to time. Rotary is Humanity in Motion.
EGP was founded in 1990 by a group of students from Edinburgh University. The society was founded to encourage links between students in Scotland and communities around the world. During its 15 years EGP has grown enormously: it now has up to 80 volunteers participating in 8-10 projects across the world each year. Based at Edinburgh University, EGP is a student run charity that aims to assist in community development overseas. As a society its energies are centred around the active participation of members during projects in the summer holidays.
It helps villagers in India to make the transition from "Tribal" to the 21st Century by helping them to sustain themselves with projects and ,also , make their living environment healthy and safe.
EAP works in the extractive industries, public sector infrastructure and engineering education, to fight poverty and promote sustainable development. It helps deliver practical benefits to poor people through creating jobs, promoting enterprise development and providing training.
Epiphany Trust is a charity primarily concerned with helping disadvantaged and disabled children. It facilitates projects through trusted partners; enabling maximum cost-efficiency and taking advantage of local knowledge. Projects include: funding schools in Burma, supporting families in Sri Lanka, India & D.R.C., and numerous endeavors within Romania.
Equity for Africa invests in equipment for small businesses to create sustainable employment in Africa. We aim to fill a financing gap which exists for small businesses, who repay the investment as the equipment generates revenues. For every £1,000 invested we create on average one new job. So far, we've created over 100 new jobs.
Our principle activity is to alleviate poverty and promote environmentally sustainable development that benefits the poor through the collation,interpretation and dissemination of information about the factors that affect poverty and impact those in need
We help disadvantaged communities in Africa to sustainably transform their environment enabling farmers to improve water supplies, food production, health and incomes.
The aim of the Fairtrade Foundation is to encourage fairer, more sustainable trade for disadvantaged farmers in developing countries. It awards the FAIRTRADE Mark, an independent consumer label, to products as a guarantee that workers and farmers get a better deal.
Families Relief is an international humanitarian aid and development organisation based in London, UK. Established in 1994, they work directly in communities helping families and orphans become self-sustainable and lift themselves out of poverty and destitution throughout the world.
Find Your Feet works with some of the world's poorest communities to help them secure basic human rights - the right to food, clean water and a livelihood. Its programmes are based in India and Malawi.
It is geared to help improve the lives of people who have suffered psychological trauma as a result of direct and indirect hardship brought about by natural disasters.
Five Talents empowers the active poor in developing countries with business training and small loans - helping entrepreneurs to start and expand small businesses. Our motto is; "Fighting poverty, creating jobs, transforming lives" - using microfinance to give people a hand-up out of poverty rather than a hand-out! Thanks for supporting us.
Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) is established in Europe, North America and South and Central Asia. It provides emergency humanitarian relief, principally in the developing world and has over a decade's expertise in fostering disaster-resilient communities and disaster risk management. FOCUS is an affiliate of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
It is an international lay association, present in more than 20 countries, working with youth, professionals, couples and families, the elderly, poor and marginalised, and supports social projects in Africa, Asia and South America.
Foosteps is a Christian Charity which focuses on caring for children in need, supporting education and training and fighting poverty and disability. It works with trusted partners in Kenya to provide the Tumaini orphanage, Sunshine home for street boys, wheelchairs, technical skills training, school fees and feeding programmes.
FRRME works for peace in Iraq by bringing together senior religious clerics across sectarian and ethnic divides, exhorting them to use their considerable influence to persuade people to desist from violence. It also funds humanitarian relief through St George’s church and medical clinic in Baghdad.
The Freeplay Foundation is unlike any other non-profit humanitarian organisation in the world. Its mission is to enable access to information and education to the most vulnerable populations through appropriate and sustainable technologies particularly self-powered radios. The Freeplay Foundation is committed to promoting the importance of radio as a vital communication medium in the developing world and believes that, like education, access to information is a fundamental human right.
Friends In Action Northern Ireland are currently drilling water wells for remote people groups in Burkina Faso, West Africa. We work with other charities and missions to provide much needed clean fresh potable water supplies in remote village level environments.
We are a group of friends who are raising money to help our friends who work with impoverished communities around the world. We have a number of projects that you could invest in. Each has been selected because we know the people involved (and trust them).
The Friends of Kadzinuni is a UK based charity established in February 2003 supporting Kadzinuni Primary School and its rural community. It aims to advance the education of the young people in the district of Kadzinuni, near Vipingo in Kenya, and to advance the provision of local health care for the people of the district.
Friends support projects around the Commonwealth that bring a greater quality of life to those who live there. Friends work in partnership with others to give Commonwealth people a stronger voice and to improve their livelihoods,education and wellbeing.
FLEET is a charity which is provides emergency equipment of all the Frontline ambulances in Cornwall. FLEET has provided equipment,bags, boxes, bins and much more to standardise the Cornish FLEET. FLEET has instigated, invested in and equipped the motorbikes,cars,Search & Rescue helicopters and a bus in Cornwall.
Dhammaloka means 'Realm of the Dhamma', or the 'Land of the Teaching of the Buddha'. Dhammaloka is dedicated to helping Indian people revive Buddhism and Buddhist values - compassion, wisdom, and equality of opportunity - all across India. Dhammaloka supports social and Dhamma projects across India and also in Nepal
Gambians in Need is a small charity based in Leeds. It provides help for the Gambian people (education, health, relief of poverty etc.). The main achievement is providing free education for children at James Ogoo Nursery School.
Gencad aims to advance the education of vulnerable communities in the horn of Africa by providing teaching and learning resources, improving existing scholastic facilities in partnership with other stakeholders, linking schools in the UK to those in the area of benefit and supporting adult literacy and education of out of school children.
Gesture International is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the disadvantaged Its humanitarian and education projects, includes developing a Shelter and School for Street kids in India and Student aid in St Vincent. With your help we can make a world of difference, one person at a time
The charity aims to provide sources of water to underpriveliged children and adults in remote villages in Ghana through the construction of water boreholes and water tanks. By doing so it is hoped that villagers' health, education and lifestyles will be greatly improved and water bourne disease eradicated.
Global Action strives to meet the holistic needs of individuals and communities around the world through evangelism, training Christian leaders, and running compassion projects. It exists to meet urgent needs not being met by other Christian organisations, and works in partnership with national organisations and local grassroots ministries.
Please note that the GVI-CT is separate from GVI and CANNOT be used as a fundraising tool to attend a GVI Program. Working with local grassroots charities and NGOs in over 30 countries across the globe, the GVI-CT manages and fundraises for numerous long-term programs. These further the works of GVI and their partners and aim to alleviate poverty, illiteracy, environmental degradation and climate change through: education; nutrition; conservation, income generation and capacity building.
Globalteer works closely with local projects and communities around the world with the aim to alleviate poverty and environmental degradation. The main focus is through education, health care, nutrition, income generation and conservation.
Go Help runs projects all over the world. We use a volunteer base in the UK to minimise costs and local expertise to ensure your donations reach the people who really need the help. We raise money in many ways, our main project being the Charity Rallies website.
We provide support to people living in the district of Musoma in Tanzania. We offer a volunteering opportunity for people to use their skills to make a positive difference, by working with the local people. We also promote Christian faith in action.
Our Vision is of a world in which people can access technology that improves their wellbeing and livelihoods whilst preserving and enhancing their environment. We work to facilitate the adoption of high-quality, low cost environmentally sound, appropriate technologies for construction energy, water and sanitation.
Charities Advisory Trust is the charity behind the Good Gifts Catalogue. Good Gifts give practical help with long term benefits to poor people around the world by providing simple solutions to problems. Simple things but not little things.
Gorta’s mission is to work for a world free from the injustices of chronic hunger, poverty and disease, having special regard for the plight of children and the empowerment of women. Gorta establishes partnerships with local communities to ensure that their needs are met in a holistic and sustainable way.
Gospel for Asia is dedicated to reaching the most unreached parts of Asia with Christ's love. Since 1979 we've sent national missionaries and now see the Lord establish 11 fellowships daily. Giving hope to Dalits through Christ’s love has been our priority, teaching 48,000 children and broadcasting in 103 languages.
Grameen Welfare Smile Charity aims to provide clean running water in rural areas of Bangladesh through building deep tube wells. We also focus on providing Islamic Education and help the poor and needy. The Charity also provides medical aid.
It is committed to the relief of poverty throughout the world and the provision of healthcare and education in developing nations. It also supports UK based cancer charities and provides support to the elderly in need.
The Great Generation is an international charity which works closely with local organisations to identify volunteer projects that are community-driven and tackle real needs. Projects last two weeks and involve a team of volunteers whose skills, experiences and enthusiasm enable them to achieve a huge amount in a short time.
It aims to alleviate poverty and suffering around the world caused by natural disaster or as a result of people’s social and economic conditions. It does this through the development of education, health and other social services, the improvement of transport infrastructure, water supplies and other communal facilities and the promotion of self help activities.
The HALO Trust is a non-political, non-religious NGO that specialises in the removal of the hazardous debris of war.
Handicap International, co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, is an international development organisation focusing on issues around disability and inclusion. Our vision is of a world where all disabled people can fully access and exercise their human rights.
The Aim of HSOA is to link Harpenden with poor communities in sub-Saharan Africa to alleviate poverty there. Its first project has been the funding of staff salaries and maintenance costs of a slum area school in Uganda. Provision of school buildings to replace makeshift classrooms will take place soon.
HART aims to be a light in the darkness for voiceless and persecuted peoples worldwide. Working with local partners to develop projects that that are sensitive to both their cultural values, HART’s aid is designed to relieve suffering and sow the seeds of longer-term solutions, whilst its advocacy is designed to raise awareness of problems - and solutions - at home and abroad.
HEART - Harmonising and Empowering Africa to Regenerate Together - alleviate poverty by bringing hearts and minds together to empower the countries within Africa to help themselves through the synergy of a Global Collaboration
Support Helping Hands for a project which gives you most satisfaction. Help us install a hand pump (£175/£125) that will save a woman walking several miles, just to get a bucket of water. Or sponsor a student (£25/month) who has just passed primary school, to Hifz the Holy Quran while he completes his secondary education. Or you may choose to donate for Islamabad School complex in Pakistan. Indeed what a wonderful way of opening a Sadaqa Jariya account in your loved ones name. To request a leaflet or donate, get in touch at 020 85395353 or visit www.helpinghandsworldwide.com
The charity is focused on poverty alleviation, and believes that the best way to achieve this is to provide people with the means to earn a livelihood - helping people to help themselves. It provides beekeeping equipment and training to generate viable incomes for marginalised and agriculturally dependent communities.
It raises funds for a variety of worthy causes, most particularly it is supporting the Zimbabwe Victims Support Fund and three church members are running the Edinburgh Marathon as a special effort to raise money to help the people of Zimbabwe
Homeless International supports partners in Africa and Asia who are working with slum communities to reduce poverty and to improve living conditions. We believe that poor communities have a right to safe and secure housing, and that through working together to express their ideas and needs, they can play a central role in creating equitable cities.
Hope and Aid Direct delivers humanitarian aid directly into the hands of refugees, displaced persons or those at risk. Their focus is currently in Kosovo although aid has also been delivered to Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Zambia and Sri Lanka. They have no paid staff, only volunteers and are not affiliated to any particular organisation, religion or ethnic group. Their motto is simple: 'We take aid, not sides'
HOPE International Development Agency is a network of people who care about making a difference throughout the world. HOPE's national staff teams in Ethiopia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, the Dominican Republic and various other countries around the world work with impoverished communities, facilitating clean water supplies, education, health and sanitation training, and capacity development.
The aim of HOPE worldwide is a simple one - to bring hope to the world. The charity works in the UK, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal and focuses on the areas of health, orphans, HIV, education, homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction and education.
The Order of Malta is the world's oldest Christian charity; and Hospitaller Limited groups together the Order's charitable activities in Great Britain. These include pilgrimages to Lourdes & Walsingham, financial support for overseas projects, emergency aid in response to natural disasters and one of the country's largest care home organisations.
HoverAid hovercraft reach remote rural communities in the developing world, enabling aid, development, relief, and church organisations to reach people who are otherwise completely inaccessible. It's a vital link, bringing hope to communities along shallow rivers, through swamps, and during floods; transporting doctors, enabling education programmes, and supporting local initiatives.
Hue Help is a charity that runs a variety of locally developed program across central Vietnam that are designed to improve the standard of living for the poorest communities in the region, with a particular focus on the health and education of poor children!
Human Appeal International provides relief to victims of natural disasters, wars and social hardship. It improves the quality of life of underprivileged communities through our projects that aim to provide education, health and social development. It looks after the wellbeing of orphans.
Humanity First is a UK based charitable trust established to promote and safeguard the preservation of human life and dignity. It is a non-political, non-sectarian international relief and development agency that works with the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. All aid workers and management of HF are unpaid volunteers and our administrative expenses are negligible.
The Hunger Project works to end hunger in over 20,000 villages across 13 countries of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. It empowers local people to take effective, sustainable and strategic action themselves, through training, education and inspired leadership, reaching an estimated 35 million people, primarily through 275,000 trained volunteer leaders.
IcFEM is changing the lives of rural people in Western Kenya. There's evangelism; education; health; relief & welfare; agriculture; small enterprise; and other work. Over 15,000 IcFEM volunteers work in their own locality. Over 90 children are sponsored in education.
IDE-UK strikes at the roots of rural poverty in Africa and Asia using an enterprise-based strategy. It works with poor farmers to establish supply chains for low-cost water technologies that help them to grow high-value crops. IDE-UK then helps them to sell these crops for a good profit.
IF is a fundraising charity which organises fun, innovative and challenging fundraising events to help raise money for worthwhile causes it supports.
Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust (IPCST) collaborates and works with Indian tribal people in Brazil to develop appropriate and sustainable projects and help tribal communities to be independent and promote their traditional way of life. This appeal is for the development of a Tree Nursery with a Xavante Indian community. For more information and if you would like to actively support please visit the Trust web site: www.ipcst.org e mail: emily@ipcst.org <p> Completed development projects with this Xavante community include: Solar powered Health Centre. Training of a Xavante Nurse at the Federal University in Fortaleza in the cultivation of medicinal plants and subsequent implementation of medicinal garden adjacent to the Health Centre. Water wheel and piping supplying clean water to the village.
IWPR builds peace and democracy through free and fair media, undertaking training, reporting and institution-building programmes for local media in crisis areas around the world, and strengthening women's, human-rights and other local NGOs. Our website, www.iwpr.net, is an award-winning platform for local voices at the frontlines of conflict and change.
For over 23 years, International Alert has been the UK’s leading peacebuilding charity working in Africa, Asia and the Caucasus. We support local communities that have been affected by violent conflict to improve their prospects for a peaceful future and at the same time, work with governments and other decision-makers (e.g. EC, UN, the African Union) to improve policy and practice. <p> When a war ends, the threat of violence doesn’t go away. And while insecurity remains, development work alone is not effective; you can build a school, but while children don’t feel safe they’ll be too afraid to attend. Only when there is peace, can a country take steps to lift itself out of poverty.
International Medical Corps UK responds rapidly to emergency situations providing health care and relief at times of crisis. We remain engaged with communities for the long-term providing training to health workers and rehabilitating devastated infrastructure to bring health systems back to a point of self reliance
International Refugee Trust, founded in 1989, funds small projects for refugees and internally displaced people in Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea, Jordan, Thailand and DR Congo. We provide medical care, homes, food, education and training, helping women and children in particular.
The International Rescue Committee is a world leader in relief, rehabilitation, protection, post-conflict development and resettlement services for refugees and internally displaced persons. Working in over 25 countries, IRC delivers lifesaving emergency aid, rebuilds shattered communities, cares for war-traumatised children, rehabilitates health, water and sanitation systems, establishes schools, trains teachers, strengthens local organisations and supports civil society and good-governance initiatives.
We are an international development charity working in Latin America, West Africa and the Middle East. Dedicated to combating poverty and oppression, we have a special focus on human rights. Our mission is to support the most vulnerable communities so that they are able to guide or change their lives for the better. We work by sending skilled professionals to share their skills and expertise during long-term volunteer placements. Whilst we work with the most disadvantaged groups, we know from experience that disabled people, children, and women are most in need of support and solidarity.
The International Tree Foundation (ITF) plants, protects and promotes trees around the world in partnership with local communities, addressing three main areas of impact: • Poverty alleviation: through sustainable forestry. • Biodiversity conservation: protection of threatened forest ecosystems. • Environmental justice: empowerment and education of communities.
The mission of The ISIS Foundation (UK) is to make a positive difference to the lives of children in the developing world. Donor funds go directly to project-related work as the charity's parent – The ISIS Group, finance and consulting businesses - pay all head office and administrative costs. The ISIS Foundation (UK) achieves its mission largely through educational and health projects in Nepal and Uganda. Projects in Nepal range from supporting war-affected children in Kathmandu, to working with villagers to put solar power, latrines, stoves and safe drinking water into homes in remote NW Nepal. Projects in Uganda range from supporting a home for street kids in Kampala, to funding, training and advising a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a rural hospital. For more information please see www.isis.bm Charity Registration No 1098152
Islamic Relief is an international relief and development charity that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world's poorest people. As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, it promotes sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities - regardless of race, religion or gender.
Jeevika Trust is a registered charity that aims to tackle the roots of Indian poverty by revitalising rural communities. It works with people on the margins of rural society, low-caste and tribal people, especially disadvantaged women, to help them build and sustain their individual, family and community livelihoods.
The Jerusalem Interest-free Microfinance Fund is run jointly by Jews and Muslims in London and Jerusalem to alleviate poverty in Jerusalem through training and provision of micro-finance (loans etc.) for people from both communities wishing to start or expand small businesses who lack access to bank funding. The fund is compliant with both Islamic and Jewish law.
For those of us lucky enough to have known him, John-Henry was a pretty remarkable chap with an enviable zest for life and a truly contented approach to everything he did. The fund was set up by his family and close friends to ensure that these qualities would continue to be celebrated and be a legacy to him.
JAM (Joint Aid Management) is a Christian non-profit non-government humanitarian relief organisation, actively assisting African countries to develop.JAM focus on: Nutritional feeding-Assistance to orphans and vulnerable children-Provision of water sanitation-Skill development and community training-Agricultural development. JAM's mission is to "Help Africa Help Itself"
Joliba Trust supports grassroots development work with farming and cattle-raising communities in some of the poorest areas of Mali. Our particular focus is on projects to help women, and environmental work to sustain rural livelihoods.
Jubilee Action is a Christian based human rights charity, dedicated to protecting children at risk and combating poverty. Its vision is to be instrumental in changing the lives of those who suffer unjustly. Jubilee Action currently works in around 18 countries worldwide.
Jubilee Debt Campaign is a coalition of national organisations and local and regional groups calling for 100% cancellation of unfair and unpayable poor country debts by fair and transparent means. Member organisations include major aid agencies, local and national campaign groups, churches, other faith groups and trade unions.
JustAid works to empower communities in the developing world. JustAid enables communities to identify and voice their own needs. Through our work, some of the most marginalized groups are able to take ownership of projects designed to make changes in their lives.
Ka Tutandike Trust UK was set up in 2006 to support projects in Uganda around early childhood development, children's literacy and disability. Our sister office, Ka Tutandike (Uganda) which is based in Kampala is responsible for identifying, managing and developing programmes that will give children the best start in life, and which contribute to the inclusion of disabled people in society.
Karai Welfare Society (KWS) has been raising money to meet basic needs in northern Sri Lanka since 1990. Its welfare projects so far have included the daily provision of clean drinking water to communities, funding a local ambulance service and post-Tsunami reconstruction. KWS is a registered charity and is not affiliated with any political groups.
The Kenya Trust raises money to improve educational facilities in poorer rural areas where needs are great or in schools for disabled children. Last year the Trust financed the building of two new classrooms at The Salvation Army's school in Kibera, a vast township on the outskirts of Nairobi. Their current project is to build a 7 classroom school, along with an administrative block and toilets, at Irukose in western Kenya, an area with high levels of unemployment, illiteracy and poverty. The Trust is also involved in developing music and provides The Salvation Army with musical Instruments of all kinds and sponsors territorial music schools.
Kids for Kids is the only organisation helping children struggling to survive in remote villages in Darfur, Sudan. We are saving and transforming children's lives through the simple loan of 6 goats and a donkey to each family, installing handpumps and providing clean water, training midwives and first aid workers, teaching farming techniques and providing essentials such as blankets, mosquito nets and solar lanterns. Our tree seedlings are already giving fruit to children and holding back desertification. By teaching villagers to run the projects themselves, everything we do is sustainable. Each donation is a lasting gift of life to a child.
KIN (Kibera in Need) works to alleviate poverty in the Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya, where 700,000 people endure inadequate shelter and poor sanitation. KIN directly supports orphaned and vulnerable children and AIDS victims. KIN also provides assistance to small businesses, thereby generating employment and self sufficiency for Kibera residents.
The charity aims to advance the education of the poorest nursery and primary school children in the Urugero and Umutaka areas of Kigali, Rwanda. The project also works in these areas to relieve poverty by creating opportunities for the illiterate and/or unemployed adults and young people so they can acquire basic skills to enable them to earn a sustainable living.
La Fuente Foundation exists to build links between young people through art. By stimulating discussion on development and global issues, and offering the support of established artists, La Fuente provides a programme which inspires young people in different countries to create new art works and share their learnings with each other. <p> If you would like to make a donation to La Fuente Foundation, thank you, and please follow the simple Just Giving process.
It support older/elderly people, people affected with disabilities or ill-health problems, poor single parents families, children and young people, the unemployed, refugees and asylum seekers and people affected by wars, poverty, natural disasters and many other calamities.
Life Uplifted by Change In Africa (LUCIA), is a charity run entirely by enthusiastic volunteers. It aims to improve the lives of people living in poor areas of Africa. It does this using various methods including Self Help Groups, Sustainable Development programmes, Orphan Girls and Street Children Projects.
LightForce International works with children in Uganda, India, Kenya and Albania. Projects include feeding, shelter, informal education and assisting those with special needs. Meeting people at their point of need is only the first step. A sustainable future is the goal
The Trust is run by volunteers in the South-east of England, making donations to support various projects, both Local, National and International. The projects supported range from Children in Belarus, to Water Wells and Eye Camps in Africa.
Paignton Lions club was established in 1971. Part of Lions Clubs International. We are a non-profit making charity. ALL public donations and funds raised are passed straight to good causes. Just a club for people who want to give some of their free time to help their community.
The Trust was set up by Lord Deedes in 1997 to fund and raise awareness for development projects worldwide with particular emphasis on Africa. Lord Deedes' special areas of interest were women's development, people affected by war and conflict and HIV/AIDS especially in relation to orphaned children.
The Lotus Flower Trust raises money to build homes, schools and orphanages for poor children, whose parents often live on less than one dollar a day, and who live in the remote areas of India. The projects are chosen in conjunction with the local villagers. They are sustainable and have lasting benefit for the children, whose lives are changed for ever.
The Lotus Trust is an educational, relief and development agency seeking to transform lives and improve the environment both in the UK and overseas. It works with partners at times of crisis to combat poverty in the lives of individuals and communities, helping them to find hope in desperate circumstances.
The Mad Foundation helps people in some of the world's poorest countries to help themselves, by working at a grassroots level to develop much needed sustainable community resources. Their objective is to advance education and alleviate poverty in any part of the world. They have helped build and renovate hundreds of schools, built orphanages, clinics, workshops, water and sanitation systems, helped kids with educational scholarships and helped provide sports and health resources throughout Africa, South America, and South East Asia. Money raised for the Mad Foundation will always be used on appropriate projects with the most immediate need.
MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is a neutral and impartial humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants of conflict for the benefit of communities worldwide. MAG is co-laureate of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded for its work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), which culminated in the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty - the international agreement that bans antipersonnel landmines, sometimes referred to as the Ottawa Convention. MAG moves into current and former conflict zones to clear the remnants of those conflicts, enabling recovery and assisting the development of affected populations. MAG consults with local communities and works to lessen the threat of death and injury, while releasing reclaimed and safe land and other vital resources back to the local population, helping countries to rebuild and develop their social and economic potential. MAG has worked in around 35 countries since 1989 and currently has operations in Angola, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Lao P.D.R., Lebanon, Republic of Congo, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Vietnam.
Maidenhead Lions are charity fundraisers, part of Lions Clubs International.
Manchester Aid to Kosovo supports recovery in Kosovo by providing opportunities, resources, and developing partnerships. MAK works in the following areas: <p> * Construction of the Manchester Peace Park <p> * Art and Music <p> * Sport <p> * Education <p> * Promoting justice and equality <p> * Family support <p> * Collecting and Distributing Aid
Simple acts of kindness: we help local people throughout the world , people who take care of children at risk because of war, famine, violence or disease.
Mango helps charities all around the world strengthen their financial management so that they can work more efficiently and effectively and accountably and make the best use of their scarce resources.
MapAction provides a mapping information service at the scene of any major disaster. Using techniques including geographical positioning systems (GPS), satellite communications, geographical information systems (GIS), and personal observation, MapAction produce maps depicting the dynamic situation. These are freely distributed to relief agencies and are available on our website.
Medair brings life-saving relief and rehabilitation in disasters, conflict areas, and other crises by working alongside the most vulnerable. Its internationally recruited staff are motivated by their Christian faith to care for people in need, providing practical and compassionate support, regardless of race, religion, or politics. Founded in 1989, Medair has an unwavering commitment to bring hope to the world’s most vulnerable.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is the leading non-governmental organisation for emergency medical aid. It is dedicated to providing expert medical relief to victims of war, disasters and epidemics in 80 countries around the world, giving help to those who need it most, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or political affiliation.
Mercy Corps helps people in the world's toughest places turn the crises of natural disaster, poverty and conflict into opportunities for progress. Driven by local needs and market conditions, our programmes provide communities with the tools and support they need to transform their own lives. Our worldwide team of 3,700 professionals is improving the lives of 14.5 million people in 37 countries. For more information, visit www.mercycorps.org.uk
We work with local people in the Philippines and Myanmar to alleviate poverty and care for abandoned children. We sponsor over 300 kids through school and have facilities for 100 kids in our purpose built home, feeding programs for hundreds of kids living on a rubbish dump. Regular team challenges enable volunteers to take part in our work overseas.
Mercy Mankind is a British charity providing humanitarian help, AIDS awarenes, free education, health-care and much more for poor people currently in Bangladesh and Pakistan and also helps Burmese refugees. Runs monthly projects and all photos are updated monthly on it's website for you to see.
Mercy Ships is an international charity that provides free medical and humanitarian services to the people of Africa using its hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. In the developing world, lack of access to basic health care can have horrific results. Mercy Ships freely provides relief to the forgotten poor - saving lives, improving quality of life and restoring hope. <p> The Africa Mercy is the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship - staffed with volunteer doctors, nurses, engineers and agriculturists - that visits ports in some of the world's poorest countries. Doctors, surgeons and nurses onboard provide free medical and surgical services, while off ship teams help local communities develop sustainable water, sanitation and education programmes. <p> For further information on Mercy Ships please visit www.mercyships.org.uk <http://www.mercyships.org.uk/> or call 01438 727800.
Merlin is the only UK specialist charity which responds worldwide with vital health care and medical relief for vulnerable people caught up in natural disasters, conflict, disease, and health system collapse. Each year, Merlin helps more than 15 million people in up to 20 countries.
MRDF makes small miracles possible for those living in the world's poorest communities through: long-term development, emergency relief and campaigning against the causes of poverty.
The MicroLoan Foundation provides small loans of between £15-£350 to help people in the world’s poorest countries to become self-sufficient. Currently, 99% of the loans are repaid in full. The profits go to feed, clothe and educate extended families of typically 6-8 dependents, some of whom are likely to be orphaned by AIDS.
Mission Direct is an international Christian poverty relief charity. It specialises in taking volunteers from the UK, USA and Europe to work on community development projects in Brazil, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Moldova, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia. Projects include building school classrooms, new wards for hospitals and dormitories for orphanages.
Missionary Ventures helps poor people all over the world by working alongside indigenous people to target the real needs for the area. Projects are therefore varied and have included orphan feeding, medical clinics, boat building, health education and much more.
The MondoChallenge Foundation works directly with grassroots organisations, community centres and schools across Africa, Asia and South America. Its aims are: Provision of education, Relief of sickness, Relief of financial hardship. Mondo acts fast, with the help and support of local people, to make a difference to people's lives. We are the partner charity of Futuresense and support MondoChallenge and Gap Guru volunteer programmes.
Save lives in Zimbabwe through leveraging Zimbabwe diaspora skills and resources for home country development.
Muslim Hands is an international relief and development NGO, with the objective of providing relief from poverty and sickness and the provision of education in an ethical, effective, efficient and transparent manner. Muslim Hands works both directly and with partners in nearly 40 countries, carrying out emergency relief, short and long-term development projects.
my israel is a new UK charity that enables individuals to donate directly to specific, small-scale projects in Israel, simply, efficiently and with confidence. Individuals can select the project they would like to donate to or raise money for, from a selection of varied programmes across Israel.
We mainly provide practical support and hope to many orphans and families living in Zimbabwe through distribution of food and clothing, including an orphanage for some of the young people, through the ministry of Rob and Hilary Mackenzie.
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New Ways strives to promote human development in the poorest and most neglected parts of the world by supporting projects (mostly, health, education, agriculture and water resources) that enables local communities to take responsibility for their own lives. We work predominantly in Northern Kenya. Our primary project is covering the running cost of 22 Nutritional Nursery schools (feeding 1,600 children).
Nyumba Ya Thanzi - The House of Good Health - is a UK based charitable trust working in Malawi to support locally designed development initiatives. Nyumba works with Malawians who have ideas about how to improve the lives of people in their country but often lack the resources to put their plans into action. They work with people who are passionate, committed and have realistic, workable plans.
Oasis serves people and builds inclusive communities. Oasis is doing all it can to confront injustice in practical ways and it has been pioneering life-transforming housing, healthcare, education, computer training and youth work initiatives across the globe for over twenty years.
Omaleshe Projects supports the teaching of dancing and drumming to orphans and vulnerable children in Namibia, many of whom have been affected by the HIV pandemic. Dance is an effective approach to dealing with grief and sorrow and a way of building confidence and self esteem for the children.
Works to fund unique roundabout water pumps and assist with community health projects in Africa
One World Action is an international development agency and registered charity. We work with local partners in developing countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia to ensure that marginalised people have a voice in the decisions that shape their lives. We provide funding, training and capacity building, while challenging unjust international policies on aid and trade. We link our partners together and support them in speaking directly to decision makers because people are always their own best advocates.
One World Week has been organised annually for over 30 years, stimulating volunteers in their own towns and villages across the UK and beyond to raise awareness about global issues. OWW is a catalyst for change, inspiring people to consider how their life-style might affect others and have some fun in the process! The theme for October 2008 is Growing Together.
Open Arms is caring for orphaned children in Africa and India. It also works with families and communities ravaged by poverty, disease and injustice to bring hope for a brighter future, in part through building orphans' homes, and also running community feeding programmes and medical clinics.
Opportunity International UK gives people in developing countries credit, not charity. A small loan and training can enable a poor person with initiative but no access to formal banking to develop a microenterprise. 98% of funds loaned are repaid, so your gift can be lent again and again. While charity can create dependence, our clients achieve dignity and self-esteem by supporting their families through their own hard work.
Oxfam is a vibrant global movement of dedicated people fighting poverty. From saving lives and developing projects that put poor people in charge of their lives and livelihoods, to campaigning for change that lasts. Oxfam is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SCO 039042).
Oxfam Ireland works with people around the world to end the injustice of poverty. It is an independent and secular not-for-profit organisation. Oxfam Ireland is a member of Oxfam International, a confederation of thirteen independent members. The members work together to achieve greater impact by their collective efforts.
The Group provides funding for overseas aid projects in the developing world. Projects preferred are in education, income generation or health with a known contact organising each project on the ground. With 450 members, whose annual subscriptions more than cover administrative costs, the Group is