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ACE is a small charity based in Newmill, Cornwall, UK. It believes that education is the key to conservation and poverty eradication. It is committed to supporting rural primary education in developing countries and it is currently assisting nine primary schools in rural Uganda.
A.C.T. was formed with the vision to relieve poverty and advance the education of the children of needy widows and orphans in Africa. Our aim is to give every child the opportunity to achieve their full potential in life so that they can support themselves and their family in future.
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.
Action for Street Kids is a small UK-based charity which works with local partner organisations in the UK and across the developing world to assist street children, homeless young people, and children affected by chronic poverty and violent conflict.
The Adam Cole Foundation is a charity established to help make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged children through the medium of sport.
Advantage Africa supports inspirational people in Africa to overcome poverty and disadvantage. Working in close partnership with determined individuals and community groups, Advantage Africa helps create new opportunities for people affected by injustice, poverty, disability and HIV/AIDS to improve their lives.
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.
The Afghan Reading Project (ARP) raises funds for books and educational resources for children and teachers in Afghanistan. With your help, ARP aims to support literacy, a love of reading and education - hope for a better future.
Asian Foundation for Philanthropy (AFP) facilitates a broad movement of engagement with development initiatives in India. Through three programmes of international volunteering, development awareness and donor programme it works at the grassroots level to ensure that the poorest people can improve their lives, livelihoods, and have a stronger voice in decisions that affect them.
AET helps Africans whose lives have been affected by conflict gain access to education and training to help them rebuild their lives and communities. In the UK AET assists African communities to access training for employment and to develop skills to support their communities.
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.
African Prisons Project (APP) is a young charity founded to improve the welfare, health and education of detainees in Africa. They aim to restore the dignity of prisoners by providing humane conditions and improving welfare, access to medical facilities and the opportunity to learn. Their principal projects are the creation or refurbishment of prison clinics and libraries.
African Promise is a UK registered charity working to develop five village primary and pre-primary schools in the isolated rural community of Kasigau in south-east Kenya. The initiative of 24-year-old graduate Charles Coldman, the charity has grown from a one-off pilot project which saw the transformation of one of the schools in early 2007. African Promise is committed to advancing education in the five schools and to building a brighter future for their pupils and initiates a number of programmes in order to successfully realise this vision.
Our mission is to assist promising children from poor homes to complete their education, by giving them encouragement and financial help.
Africa's Future is a UK organisation set up to fund sustainable development projects in Africa, and in particular projects that seek to provide education for impoverished children. Currently it supports the continuing development and day-to-day running of the Lady Heike Nursery Akatektya, near Cape Coast in Ghana. As the team are all volunteers, the charity has very low running costs which means that all donations go directly to the project in Ghana.
Aid for Chad is a small charity founded after severe famines 25years ago. Chad is one of the poorest African countries. Aid for Chad relies upon the generosity of others to provide the most in need with life-giving food, water, medicines & education. “Every penny goes direct to the poor”.
ASF is making community and international development issues, in particular those impacting on disadvantaged and vulnerable people, integral to the practice and teaching of architecture. <p> Our motivation for establishing ASF stems from an ambition to make architectural practice more relevant to the majority of the world’s population who are living in marginalised or poverty situations (both in the UK and worldwide). At architecture school students are taught to provide solutions to complex issues, however, often people in communities benefit more from being involved in the process of development than by being disempowered recipients of more often inappropriate solutions. It was these frustrations that lead a small team of dedicated volunteers to create ASF and in doing so establish an organisation that supports architectural education by teaching (and working with) the essential participatory tools and techniques required when working as a professional in community or international development projects.
ASET's aim is to provide relief, support, education and training to the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan. Recent projects include the building of 2 hospital clinics, wells and a water tower to supply water to communities, literacy programs, kindergarten, quilt making and distribution for poor women, English and computer classes.
We are a voluntary group of students and professionals committed to improving the lives of underprivileged children in India through education. "Asha", meaning "hope" in Hindi, is precisely what we wish to bring into the lives of these children.
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.
BEHT helps to educate children from under privileged backgrounds. It has helped to build 2 educational centres in Gujarat, India which are educating about 2000 children. It also helps towards the welfare of the sick and elderly in India and also helps towards any disaster relief operations.
Beyond Ourselves is a small Christian charity set up by local businesses (Stephen James BMW & MINI and Big & Red Storage) who desire to use their time, skill and profits beyond themselves both at home and abroad. <p> The current projects are in London, UK and Ndola, Zambia. Our heart is to build relationships within the communities we find ourselves a part of, invest in them practically and share our faith.
The Trust works with the people of South Africa to redress the many inequalities and injustices that remain as a result of apartheid. It supports community-based initiatives focusing on education, training and welfare in places of great disadvantage.
BLA aims to break the cycle of poverty in Southern Africa through supporting a range of projects focusing on varying needs including health,education and skills development.All projects funded by BLA are carefully monitored to ensure accountability,efficiency and effectiveness.
It gives food and support to people in Zimbabwe, especially the poor, AIDS sufferers,orphans and widows and prisoners.
Bridge2Aid provide dental care, education and training programmes in North West Tanzania, and run a community development programme for the poor and disabled living on the streets of Mwanza.
ORT is the largest Jewish education & training NGO in the world, providing Science & Technology based vocational education, teacher training and student support, complemented by outstanding academic programmes, to young men and woman in mainly deprived communities. In 58 countries, ORT gives students the skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency, which ultimately helps them to provide for themselves and their families.
Build A School builds schools in the developing world AND promotes sustainable development education.
Build Up St. Anthony's is a small UK registered charity that was set up in 2004 to improve the lives and education of the enthusiastic children of Thondwe, Malawi.
It supports secondary education in Malawi by providing money for buildings and equipment. It has built two community libraries which it runs with the national library service. It also runs a sports programme in Lilongwe and at the present time a new site is being developed to create a sports academy.
"Education is the door to freedom, democracy and development" (Nelson Mandela) BS4A helps rural communities replace dilapidated school buildings in Africa in association with SHUMAS Cameroon, each school has clean drinking water and segregated toilets to improve the children's health along with income generating projects for long term sustainability.
The Bujagali Trust supports educational projects in Uganda, East Africa. It has developed and now runs a nursery; it supports students in primary and secondary education; and is developing a vocational school. This will equip young people with practical, business and educational skills that can be used throughout the children's lives.
The Butterfly Tree supports rural communities, most especially orphans decimated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Zambia. We provide safe clean water, food, health, education and sustainable programs for schools and communites in the Mukuni Chiefdom. We are all volunteers both in the UK and Zambia, no personal fees are deducted.
Striving towards and actively assisting in the financial stability, educational fulfillment, physical well-being and cultural enrichment of the rural communities in Haryana.
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.
Cambodian Children's Education Foundation is a UK charity set up to support and give backup to FEDA (Friends Economic Development Association) in Cambodia. FEDA is a Cambodian NGO working to empower Cambodian people living in rural areas through education and income generation projects.
CAMEO-Aid delivers medical and educational aid to the poor in the third world. It promotes better health through the development of clean water and improved sanitation
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/>.
CAROM is dedicated to helping disadvantaged children in Romania: in particular, we support the Atelier Sacelean - a women’s self-help project that provides remedial education, play activities, and practical assistance with clothing etc to disadvantaged children and their families in the area of Sacele, in Transilvania. At the moment they have around 50 children on their books, but could do more if they had enough support. We are totally run by volunteers, and take no salary or expenses ourselves. Our aim for 2008 is to ensure the costs of the Atelier Sacelean – about £700 per month – are met.
Casa Reom Trust is a UK based charity co-ordinating fundraising to build a new centre and school for street children near Beira, the second largest city in Mozambique, Africa. Dormitories, classrooms, sanitary blocks, kitchen and communal meeting area are all planned for construction which commenced in 2005.
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.
The Changarawe Project supports a school for orphans in Changarawe, Tanzania. It is a small-scale charity based on the principle of sustainability. We also run and finance a number of local initiatives, including a micro loan scheme to assist women to establish small business ventures and HIV/Aids seminars.
Charlotte Wilson was killed in Burundi in December 2000. She had been working as a school teacher in neighbouring Rwanda. The Charlotte Wilson Memorial Fund was established by Charlotte’s family and friends and supports projects in Rwanda and Burundi, focussing on three key areas: Education, Health and Peace building.
Founded in 2003, ChildReach International is an innovative children's charity that works with communities in some of the world's poorest regions, helping them to give their children a brighter future. Thanks to our support children are able to escape a life of grinding poverty and reach their full potential. We believe that: *Every child has the right to enough food, clean water and shelter *Every child has the right to a good education *Every child has the right to a good health service *Every child has the right to live in a loving environment without fear of abuse or violence. Your donation will be used to continue our vital work. If you would like the money spent in a specific area where we work please get in touch
The children of Swaziland is a UK registered charity whose aims are to provide support to the women and children in Swaziland who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Chinthowa, Malawi,a village of approx. 900 people about 50 miles from Lilongwi. Over the last 7 years we have worked to make it self sustaining, supporting 84 orphans, providing wells, seeds and lifestock. We are in the process of providing a school for primary and adult education.
It supports a primary school and school for the deaf in Kamuli, Uganda; runs community development programmes in Kamuli District and runs volunteer trips to Uganda, including Dental Missions
The aims of Classrooms in the Clouds is to provide the equipment that local people in Lukla Nepal can build a three classroom school with sanitary and catering facilities; Equip the classrooms Generate electricity to provide lighting heating and power computers; Purchase text books and support a teacher for at least three years.
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.
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>
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
The Constant Gardener Trust, set up to support the communities in Kenya where the majority of the feature film, The Constant Gardener, was filmed, aims to improve the living conditions, educational prospects and health awareness of these communities by enabling both individuals and the communities to become self sufficient and independent through carefully researched, sustainable projects.
The Construction and Development Partnership (CODEP) is a British based charity established to meet the aspirations of the people of Waterloo, Sierra Leone by working in partnership with them to deliver a world class library and literacy facilty in their community.
Crossflow works with partners in Nepal and India to provide health and education to vulnerable communities and the excluded.
Cubafriend was set up in 2008 to help Cubans in the Holguin area of Cuba recover from hurricanes Gustav and Ike. It has since gone on to provide much needed help with resources for schools, housing, healthcare and sports and recreational activities.
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.
Devon Development Education aims to raise awareness of global issues with schools and the community in this country. In Uganda, DDE works with schools to train children in sustainable agriculture and to improve school buildings. DDE has 3 projects to which you can donate funds. These are: The New Build Uganda, Food For Thought School Linking Programme and The Global Centre. To find out more about these projects and to donate specifically to one of them, please go to the following link www.globalcentredevon.org.uk/justgiving
<p>Dr Graham’s Homes of Kalimpong, India, provides care and education for destitute mixed race children, mainly from Kolkata. Orphans and children from deprived backgrounds are brought together in the family environment of the Homes with the aim of enabling them to provide a more secure future.<p/> <p>To learn more go to www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk<p/>
Dramatic Need's core mission is to bring the creative arts to underprivileged children in the poorest parts of South Africa and Rwanda.
Education Action works with war torn communities across Africa and the Middle East to help rebuild their lives through education. We work with teachers and refugees here in the UK to help educate young people about the realities of war.
Our Mission - To advance and enhance the education of children in developing countries through support and provision of school materials, books, equipment and college sponsorship.
EDSA supports Saturday Schools and other educational initiatives which give disadvantaged young people living in the poverty-stricken townships and informal settlements around Cape Town the chance to fulfil their potential. EDSA believes that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and crime, the abiding legacy of apartheid.
Education For The Children Foundation educates extremely poor children in Central America and is also currently expanding its social programme.
EdUKaid aims to enable the children of the developing world to gain dignity and future prosperity for themselves and their communities by providing education. EdUKaid provides books, volunteer teachers, teaching aids, sexual health education, scholarships and much, much more...
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.
Enable Ethiopia helps rural villagers in Ethiopia by providing funding for projects such as water points and healthcare. It is run by volunteers to maximise all contributions to the region. It works with the local people who select the projects and provide the labour, and we raise the funds and pay for materials and technical assistance...simple, but effective.
The Esperanza Trust (Argentina) is a UK based voluntary Christian organisation seeking to meet, in collaboration with local evangelical churches and Christian groups, the immense material, social and spiritual needs of the poor in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
We’re a UK registered charity that helps disaster affected communities worldwide find long term solutions to the unique challenges of disaster recovery. Further, we believe that community based, survivor directed reconstruction is the best route to sustainable recovery and are committed to working with survivors every step of the way. We welcome all volunteers whatever their nationality, and don’t charge any form of registration or participation fee, so don’t hesitate to get involved.
FARM-Africa works at a grassroots level with rural communities in eastern Africa, providing long term solutions to poverty. By working with farmers and herders to introduce new and innovative ways to increase food production and manage natural resources, we aim to improve their food security in a sustainable way. We are reliant on voluntary donations to carry out our work.
To use the power of film to promote health, strengthen communities, and enrich the lives of the world's vulnerable and uprooted.
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.
Alchemy World works to eradicate poverty in the developing world, with special focus in ethiopia and East Africa. It does so by empowering extremely poor young men and women to set up their won business and employ other people from their community. Alchemy World is also actively involved in changing the culture of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and providing other forms of community support including medical care, fair trade, water and sanitation and food aid/nutrition.
Conakry Refugee School in Guinea educates refugee children who, deeply traumatised, fled from civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Education is their only hope. FCRS financially supports the school. Without this support it would be forced to close, it gets no other help.
Supports the work of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre "KCMC" (College and Hospital) in Moshi, Tanzania by raising funds and providing resources. Support has included providing sponsorship for students who cannot afford their tuition fees and by paying the freight costs of donated equipment.
Friends of Sudan exists to raise the profile of Christians in Sudan, especially those in the Africa Inland Church-Sudan (AIC-S), to assist in the training of church leaders and to channel prayer and financial support to the work of the church. We sponsor the education of more than 1500 children in 3 church run schools - where just £38 will give a child an education for a whole year - and support the training of church leaders. More information can be found at our website: www.friendsofsudan.net
We work within the UK to raise funds for projects that enable the women and children of East Timor to have a better future.
St James comprises a girls’ secondary boarding school; and a pre-school, church, clinic and primary school serving the local community in Nyamandhlovu, Zimbabwe. FSJMS funds bursaries, buys food for the primary school and medical supplies for the clinic, and funds capital projects and maintenance.
The FWBO Growth Fund is for people who want to contribute to helping the teachings of Buddha spread in the modern world, world-wide. Part of the ‘Friends of the Western Buddhist Order’ (www.fwbo.org), it’s a one-stop-shop where you can see what’s going on, decide what to support, and get active.
GardenAfrica establishes training gardens in schools and hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa. These gardens are used to teach people affected by poverty and disease to grow nutritious food and medicinal plants, using sustainable farming methods, to improve health and generate income. More than 90% of your donation will go directly to projects in the field
The GEN Initiative is a newly registered non-political UK-based charitable organisation. We work with Indian-based voluntary organisations to contribute to the elimination of poverty in rural India. Together we enable some of India's most disadvantaged villagers - those that live on less than £0.50p per day - to help themselves improve the quality of their lives.
Global Aid Trust (GAT) is determined to help save and improve the lives of millions of people in the poorest countries around the world. Global Aid is tackling the root causes of poverty and focusing providing quality education.
Global Footsteps links communities at a grass roots level through education for sustainability
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.
The aim of Good Karma is to improve the lives of children through better care and education. Our first project was in India; we have now broadened our horizons and with the help of the Better Life Cycle aim to support independently run orphanages across Africa. Our goal is to give these deserving children an education and a chance to build a better life for themselves.
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.
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.
We use sport as a force for good, hand-delivering sports equipment direct to children in some of the world's poorest communities, schools and orphan centres. Kicking a ball about is one of life’s most simple pleasures. Footballs can also help schools attract children into education, or bring those from war-afflicted countries closer together.
Founded by Emmanuel Jal, former child soldier turned international rap artist. Gua Africa’s mission is to “work with individuals, families and communities to help them overcome the effects of war and poverty”. Projects include educational sponsorships for former child soldiers, and the building of a school in South Sudan.
The Halimah Trust was created following the tragic murder of Halimah Ahmed. The Halimah Trust aims to continue the charitable work that Halimah was so committed to. The first project is the contruction of a The Halimah School of Excellence for 360 orphan and needy girls (total cost £108,000)
The HALO Trust is a non-political, non-religious NGO that specialises in the removal of the hazardous debris of war.
• We are a Christian Charity, based and founded in February 2007 at Cornerstone Community Church in Flitwick. • Our aim is to help change the lives of HIV/AIDS orphans in ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia. These orphans are in great need and we would love to enable them to change their future and have an impact on the world around them. • HandinHand helps 150 children currently.
Haven is a small, "hands-on" charity helping the poor in rural India. Made up of volunteers means no administrative costs. Funds go directly to villagers served by Haven's Community Centre providing free healthcare, nursery education, elderly day care. Clean water, sanitation, solar power installations by Haven now benefit local villagers.
The trust aims to support educational causes that were dear to Hazel Scott Aiton, who had taken a gap year in a school in Namibia. It aims to give financial assistance to people embarking on voluntary work overseas and help poorer countries help themselves in the long term through supporting better education.
Health Unlimited works with the world's poorest communities - those missing out on mainstream aid. We help mothers give birth safely and their children thrive, prevent the spread of diseases like HIV and malaria and challenge the injustices of poverty and poor health. <p> It is said that prevention is better than cure. That's why we believe in the power of education to stop health problems happening. Examples include our award-winning radio soaps educating people on issues such as HIV (one of which has become the most popular radio show in East Africa). <p> Poverty and poor health are inseparable. Our comprehensive approach strengthens health services and addresses underlying causes of poor health such as water, sanitation and nutrition. At the same time we campaign to change the systems that perpetuate poverty. We want to 'cure' the lack of healthcare - not just stick a plaster over the problem.
A charity who's objective is to help relieve poverty in Africa through distribution of clothing and educational materials.The charity is unique in that it's volunteers not only collect donated items, they also travel to Africa and personally distribute them directly to the people who need them most.
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 was set up in May 2008 to help restore the lives of those devastated by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy delta region of Burma. It has helped over 10000 people with food aid, rebuilt many houses, and aided farmers.
Hi-Cap works at the sharp end regularly to make sure that needs are met. They visit Nepal at least once a year and visit every family that support has been arranged for and those that they have listed that are in need. It works towards people’s real needs and makes common sense decisions with the help of their trustees to ensure Practical Action.
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.
ICYE-UK sends young volunteers to work in communities worldwide where they learn new skills and make a real difference to peoples' lives. It aims to promote peace and cultural understanding through the exchange system.
IBRO is motivated by the desire to alleviate suffering. We offer assistance and financial help to those suffering in natural calamaties and disasters as well as promoting and financing health care projects.
Islamic Help is an international charity, dedicated to helping those suffering from natural disaster and hardship around the world. Islamic Help encourages you to contribute towards this vital cause and help in *Reaching People In Need*
The Jane Goodall Institute runs several sanctuaries in Africa for orphan chimpanzees, victims of habitat destruction and the bushmeat trade. Through our global education programme, 'Roots & Shoots', young people are encouraged to take positive action to secure the continued survival of the planet. In Africa, we provide training in sustainable land use, tree nurseries, primary healthcare, family planning, AIDS education, water projects, scholarships for girls and micro-credit schemes for women.
JMT seeks to help serve the physical and spiritual needs of people in a very practical way, with a primary focus on supporting locally-initiated and run projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, and in doing so to demonstrate Christ's love. Projects supported range across care and education for orphans and underprivileged children, to supporting Christian leadership training and church outreach into the community.
The John John Trust was set up in 2004 in memory of John McGladrigan, its aims being to fulfil John's promises of supporting education in Kaleo (a village in the Upper West Region of Ghana)
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"
Working in nineteen rural communities around Blantyre, Joshua Orphan Care Trust (Joshua in Malawi) supports community-driven sustainable development projects to assist HIV/AIDS orphans, vulnerable children, and their families in Malawi. With its close ties to the communities and support from donors, Joshua Orphan Care has constructed 17 feeding centres, a secondary school, 4 classroom blocks, drilled bore holes and sponsors over 120 youngsters in education. Its staff live and work in Malawi and take great pride in working closely with local people and organisations.
There are 1,000 disadvantaged children at the Sakhisizwe School in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Some have HIV/AIDS. Some are orphans. All are unimaginably poor. Judy's Children raises funds to help feed and educate these children. Donate and you can help transform their lives.
The Juniper Trust began by supporting small sustainable projects in Nepal, helping mainly children and schools with Education and Health. Since those early days it has evolved, supporting similar projects across the globe, in countries such as Peru, Ecuador, India, Tibet, Kenya and many more.
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.
TKT supports the education and health of children attending three primary schools in Uganda. At Rock of Joy Children's Centre it provides funding to enable 350 children to receive free education and healthcare from its School Nurse. It also provides funding for developing self sustainable activities such as Poultry Projects.
Karuna supports educational, health and cultural projects throughout South Asia that are helping thousands of oppressed women, men and children to develop the skills, dignity and confidence to transform their lives and take their rightful place in society.
It assists in the provision of education and educational facilities in Zambia
Working in Ndhiwa (Western Kenya) it helps children and the sick including those affected by HIV / Aids. It has built schools, provided access to clean water and sanitation, provided services at the Acorn Community Hospital. Through an educational school exchange programme has facilitated the provision of a resource centre. It has built a nursery.
KEP invests in capital equipment within schools within Kenya
Kenyan Orphan project is an organisation to help the people of western Kenya in the fight against poverty and disease. It coordinates student volunteer groups to help the vulnerable and weak and organises free medical camps to assist the sick.
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.
The Kileva Foundation provides support and encouragement to underprivileged Kenyan children and their families. Its two major projects are the building of the Kileva Eastfield School in Mwakoma and the Kileva Medical Dispensary in Kirumbi which are remote villages about 15 km from the town of Voi in Kenya.
The Kilimatinde Trust assists the poorest region (Singida) in Tanzania in education, health and development. Thier current projects include water treatment and water pumps, building a hospital infusion unit, building an equiping a school computer room and supporting HIV/AIDS orphans. In the last 10 they have buiilt a dam and a number of school and hospital buildings and facilitate visits.
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.
A group of adults from King Alfred's - teachers, support staff, parents and friends. The team travel to some of the poorest areas of the world to support health and education based projects. All money donated is spent directly on the people who need it most and none is spent on administration.
LA VIDA - Vital Investment for Development Aid in Latin America has been established to raise money for specific health and education projects throughout Latin America. The charity aims to preserve and protect health, relieve sickness and poverty, and advance education.
The Langalanga Scholarship Fund supports the education of bright but very needy young people from the impoverished area of the Rift Valley around the town of Gilgil in Kenya. It provides the hope that poverty can be alleviated through education and the greatly increased chance of finding good employment.
Assisting local communities in poorer parts of the world to improve their educational facilities. Raising money to sponsor young people from Britain to work with local people to build classrooms or workshops and be involved in the life of the local community.
Latin American Foundation for the Future* is dedicated to helping young and vulnerable people who have been forgotten and abandoned by family or society, such as street children. LAFF offer grants and assistance to grass-roots projects - working at local level to achieve maximum impact. They only support projects that aim to be self sustaining, with the aim of creating independence from outside help not dependence on it.
LBMT, a Christian charity seeks to support the Anglican church in East Africa especially in Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. Projects supported include housing pastors, training pastors and leaders, church buildings, evangelism, schools, sponsorship of children's education and building guest houses to help generate income.
LearnAsOne help to fund community schools and their running cost throughout Africa. Stories, photos and videos are posted onto www.learnasone.org/blog so you can see exactly how your donation is spent. Please help.
Learning for Life works with regional partners in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, to provide education and opportunity to children and young people, in areas where there is none. It supports the development of innovative curricula, and programmes that increase the enrolment and retention of children in schools - particularly girls in rural areas.
LCD believes all children have the right to a good quality education. The charity works with schools and their communities in the most impoverished areas of Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, South Africa and Uganda. By sharing and developing skills its work is bringing about some remarkable, long-lasting changes in education, helping over a million children to have a better start in life.
Link Ethiopia is a charity dedicated to supporting education in Ethiopia and increasing cultural awareness between young people in Ethiopia and the UK.
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.
Love Is All We Need is raising funds to care for orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa, affected by poverty and HIV/AIDS. We save these children’s lives and give them hope so they can create a future without fear.
MaAfrika Tikkun works with communities in South Africa affected for decades by extreme poverty and subsequently the impact of AIDS. Their aim is to improve health through empowerment and education through Home Based Care and Community Centres, where local volunteers provide basic health and educational services at grassroots level.
The charity's aim is to promote education throughout the world
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.
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.
Mercyline Africa Trust appeals for funds for running projects that help improve livelihood within African communities both abroad and within Africa. The major target areas are in Health, Education, and economic empowerment. The current projects are building a primary care Hospital and a secondary school in a remote village in Mukongoro, Eastern Uganda
The purpose of the charity is to advance education, improve healthcare and relieve poverty in Malawi with a particular, but not exclusive, focus on children and young adults. The aim in year one is build a school which will be used to teach 1500 children, 503 of whom are orphans.
Moving Mountains is a principled, well run charity which has its overheads covered by Adventure Alternative. It has fully operational, dedicated NGO's in Nepal and Kenya run by teams of local Trustees who have now been with us for over ten years. In Kenya we build, renovate and run orphanages, rescue centres, schools and clinics. We support street kids and their families with a complete, long term strategy of relevant developmental aid which links in with other local self-help organisations and is really successful! In Nepal we have built a hydro-electric power station high in the Himalayas, two monasteries and a school, and we support children with their education. We have also enabled adults to become self-sufficient through income-generating businesses and created a model green village. We make a point of inviting people to come out and help our work, and we now have nearly fifteen years of solid experience behind us. We are registered in Northern Ireland and accepted as a charity by the Inland Revenue under reference XR62512. www.movingmountains.org.uk
Muslim Aid is an international relief and development agency that works to alleviate suffering among the world's poorest and most needy communities, regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality or political opinion. Set up in 1985, Muslim Aid currently supports projects in more than 50 countries around the world.
MGR provides immediate help in times of disaster whether caused by natural causes or conflict to help alleviate the suffering of the needy and destitute members of society anywhere in the world. MGR also helps rebuild local communities through self sustaining long term projects.
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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).
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.
Oasis UK was founded in 1985 by Steve Chalke MBE and now works in 10 countries across the globe with some of the world’s most disadvantaged people. Oasis delivers pioneering housing, healthcare and educational initiatives that bring transformation to both individuals and whole communities.
Out of Afrika - Advancing education to children and youth in Kenya Out Of Afrika is a charity founded in The United Kingdom that works at grass roots level with communities in Kenya to promote education to orphans and disadvantaged children to increase self-sufficiency and long term sustainability.
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 run by a volunteer Committee.
Papua Partners is committed to transforming lives in West Papua through tackling the causes and consequences of poverty and social injustice. Papua Partners works with local organisations and churches to empower and improve livelihoods in local communities. We do this through provision of technical support, organisational development and funding of innovative initiatives.
Our mission is to partner with disadvantaged communities, empowering them to implement relief and development projects, recognising culture as a key to their sustainability.
Its goal is the advancement of education among children and young people in Africa by the provision of such financial or material assistance to either individuals or schools as the trustees shall from time to time determine.
Patchwork Kids support marginalised children's education throughout their school years in remote areas of India and Africa. Patchworkids has also funded equipment, staffing and rebuilt class rooms to significantly improve resources of underfunded schools.
Path to Possibilities funds the education of disadvantage young people in Nigeria. It grants schorlarship funds to talented but poor students. Path to Possibilities also shares best teaching practice with state funded schools in Nigeria.
People First provides funds to run schools in a very poor part of India
Through education, Pestalozzi International Village Trust offers a long term solution towards improving conditions in the developing world. We educate exceptional young people aged 16-19 from developing countries (currently Zimbabwe, India, Nepal, Zambia and Tibet) who could not otherwise continue their studies due to extreme poverty and factors such as civil and political conflict. We bring them together to our international community in the UK for a fully funded two year programme, enabling them to go on to contribute to development in the areas that need it most, through for example medicine, economics, engineering and politics. We rely on donations to continue our work. Without your support we could not change the futures of these remarkable young people, and ultimately the futures of their home communities. Thank you.
The Philemon Foundation's aim is to break chains and restore lives. It does this by rehabilitating prisoners and former prisoners in Kenya, providing food, shelter, counselling, community, training and employment with the ultimate goal of reintegration into society. Philemon works with Government and civil society groups, local churches and international partners.
It raises awareness of and assists in traditional and dying crafts in poor regions. Currently in Galle in Sri Lanka concentrating on training lace and other craft workers.
It partners with the orphan community of Kabubbu in Uganda, their guardians, individuals and community groups meeting the needs of healthcare, education, welfare and sustainable work projects. 100% of donations received is used in full in Kabubbu to enable them to free themselves from the injustice of poverty imposed by others.
Rainbow Trust Africa works to improve the lives of people in Southern Zambia. Operating from a 12-acre site in Livingstone the Trust was established in 1996 and provides, amongst other things, education for 500 children, healthcare to five remote locations twice weekly and support for destitute grannies and their orphaned grandchildren.
Reach to Teach aims to 'reach the un-reached': providing education to children in remote rural areas of India. We believe that education provides a foundation to allow people to create better lives for themselves. We teach children in formal recognised standards and in ‘life’ skills such as health education and environmental awareness.
RTU serves the poorest families and communities in a remote area of southern India. Alongside healthcare and community development work, RTU cares for over 1000 children – abandoned or orphaned, often through AIDS. They live with foster mothers in four specially built “Children’s Villages” and are educated and supported to adulthood.
REACT stands for Refugee Education Across Conflicts Trust
READ is an almost entirely student-volunteer-led initiative comprising of regional university based READ Book Projects which collect, sort and ship disused educational resources from the UK to Tanzania (350,000 books to date). READ student volunteers also give school presentations in the UK to promote student volunteering, young social enterprise and global citizenship.
This campaign is run by The RISE Foundation, a UK charity that helps people in the developing world. 'We Are Together' is a film which follows the children of Agape Orphanage in South Africa on an incredible 3 year journey. Donations go to the children¹s education fund and help give them a bright future.
Rock Ministries (NI) Trust is a "kitchen charity" based in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. It rescues, houses and educates orphans and under-privileged children and adults in Uganda and Rwanda. Widows, single mothers and poor families are also helped to set up mini-businesses, enabling them to become more self-sufficient.
Rose Charities UK is part of the international Rose Charities. It supports the Rose Charities ideal of simple effective person-to-person projects based on needs identified by communities themselves with close-to zero administration costs.
The club is based around the concept of "Service above Self", and members devote their time to fund-raising for local charities, assisting others to raise funds, and providing services to the community at large. As part of Rotary International our work also reaches international vulnerable projects.
Rwanda Aid operates in the impoverished and isolated region of Cyangugu, southwest Rwanda. The charity seeks to help needy people post-genocide. Rwanda Aid provides education, training, livestock, micro-finance and health care. It builds houses and workshops. It encourages hard work, self-help and a spirit of reconciliation.
Salem Scotland develops support programmes for children and young adults in the UK. It also accepts donations for other humanitarian Salem projects around the world and has a special affiliation with an orphanage and hospital in Uganda.
Schools 4 Schools' mission is to advance the education and development of children in the Gambia, through the provision of schools, educational material, human resources and support of community infrastructure. The mission in the UK is to raise awareness amongst children here through school twinning
Schools for children of Cambodia (SCC) is a charity funding free education programs for children in Cambodia. We are a voluntary, non-profit organisation with all funds going directly to supporting local schools and education projects.
We aim to lift Ugandan farmers out of poverty & support self-sustainability by providing risk free loans in the form of agricultural inputs such as seed & fertiliser direct to farmers. 100% loan repayment so far & an amazing positive impact on the farmers, now working with 400 farmers
The organisation raises money for the support of health projects in evolving countries and educational projects are also undertaken. The organisation has an holistic approach and endeavours to raise the capacity of the recipients.
Shanti Microfinance provides technology, training and microfinance to grass roots entrepreneurs in slums in India.
Shared Interest Foundation's mission is to support disadvantaged producers. SIF works as part of the global fair trade movement supporting trade as a sustainable solution to poverty by: * Providing training particularly in business financial management * Widening access to fair finance * Supporting development of the fair trade movement
SHIVA Charity promotes education in Nepal and Sri Lanka. This usually involves improvement to buildings, equipment, the quality of teaching, and subsidising teachers' pay. It has built 20 nursery schools so far in Sri Lanka to replace those destroyed by the tsunami. It is committed to action, not words.
SIC works to help people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzanian communities. It provides testing, education and patient support services. SIC UK strives to help train leaders in international health in the UK, US and Africa.
SIFT is a Christian charity, committed to transforming the lives of the poor in Nicaragua, Central America. SIFT's projects include sponsoring children for education, supporting an orphanage, providing healthcare to local communities and building a new community for people dispossessed from their ancestral land.
The Skyline Foundation helps to improve the opportunities available to children growing up in Kenya. We work directly with local communities in the country to fund and manage the construction of much needed classrooms and school structures. Any help you can give would be much appreciated.
Smile International is a charity passionate about helping to relieve suffering and poverty through the distribution of humanitarian aid and long-term development projects.
Share has been working in Romania with disadvantage communities for 18 years. It works with Local Authorities in Health care, social care and educational support. Projects include ante-natal courses, family support, counselling, literacy and numeracy classes and national training programmes.
Sound Seekers aims to alleviate the disabling effects of ear disease leading to hearing impairments and deafness. It focuses on children and adults living in the urban and rural areas of developing Commonwealth countries. It achieves its aims by increasing awareness of and assisting in the prevention and treatment of hearing loss.
it helps people in zambia. it built a community centre in chainda, it supports visits by a doctor, eye specialist and dentist to the centre. provides school resources and runs a summer camp for the kids in the compound. it also supports bakery metalwork and woodwork units based in the centre.
S.A.F.E. uses theatre to deliver life-saving information about HIV/AIDS in the most under-served areas in Kenya. S.A.F.E.'s performances challenge the stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS, and promote compassion, honesty and open discussion. S.A.F.E. has performed before over 400,000 people, and encouraged hundreds to come forward for testing and treatment.
To promote and assist the work and purpose of the Church of England in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
Supporting Dalit Children is a small charity set up in 2008 to educate Dalit children (the 'untouchables') in Southern India. The charity has direct links with a school built for Dalits and other low-caste children.
We help the Nepalese Gurkha village of Tang Ting. We have built a Day Care Centre for the children, refurbished the electricity system and are raising money for an eco friendly tourist hostel to provide employment in the village
A lively aid & development charity that promotes understanding and friendship. It relieves poverty and sickness by funding educational, health and social service projects, improving water supplies and supporting self-help activities, especially among women's groups. Strong representation in Tanzania ensures local needs are listened to and communities encouraged to bring forward project proposals.
Tanzed is a small international development charity which works to improve primary school education in the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Its projects are designed and led by members of the communities in which it works, and include school libraries, nursery classrooms, HIV/AIDS education, secondary school scholarships.
Sri Lanka tea pickers live in poverty without many basic facilities (electricity, heating or running water). Education can increase work options and reduce poverty. The Tea Leaf Trust wants to raise funds for a community school that will provide free education for tea pickers and their families to help reduce poverty.
Temwa is an organisation that raises funds to implement community-based projects in Malawi, southern Africa. Temwa is based in an area called Usisya, on the north shore of Lake Malawi. This remote area has no electricity, no running water and is severely affected by the AIDS epidemic. Due to poor road and telecommunications infrastructure, public services and other relief efforts are very limited. Overseen by a project Manager in Malawi, Temwa runs a series of programmes that are aimed at proving sustainable, community-driven development in four key areas: Health education, Skills development, Agriculture and irrigation and Schools support. In the future Temwa plans to establish similar schemes in other parts of Malawi.
It promotes the unity and effectiveness of the Body of Christ and furthers the Kingdom of God through resources, mission, education, and prayer.
Teso Development Trust was set up in 1988 and registered as a UK based charity in 1991 to be an agency working with the Christian churches in Teso and its community. The aim is to help with relief and then to support long term recovery and development for the area, and also to act as a voice for the community to a wider world.
The Thompson Taraz Charitable Foundation raises funds for projects which improve the quality of life for rural communities in Malawi. We provide assistance in both financial and professional terms to various community based projects in areas such as education, health and the environment, working closely with a local team.
Tibet Foundation is a registered charity (no. 292400), founded in 1985, which works towards creating greater awareness of all aspects of Tibetan culture and the needs of the Tibetan people
"POWER TO THE POWERLESS THROUGH EDUCATION" - Please help TfS with its educational, HIV-AIDS and Eye Care projects which have empowered thousands of Sudanese women and children, who are suffering the effects of war and poverty. We believe in building peace through service: your support is vital!
Tree Africa works with small farmers, schools, businesses and governments, on a range of projects that improve livelihoods and protect the environment. Projects include tree nurseries, conservation farming, biodiversity protection, recycling and reducing pollution. At least 90% of income is sent overseas for projects in Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
The Foundation was established as a registered charity in 2005 to support activities which reflect its expertise in areas such as education and health, both in the UK and the developing world. It achieves this through both financial support and the sharing of its skills and expertise.
Turning Point works with street kids and their families in the Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya. It reconciles street kids with their families, supports them with food and sends them to school. There is also a microfinance scheme for parents in Kibera and a farming project for single mums.
Tzedek is a Jewish overseas development and educational charity based in the UK and founded in 1990. Tzedek works regardless of race or religion with some of the poorest communities of the world providing direct support to sustainable self-help development projects for the relief and elimination of poverty.
Uganda Development Services attacks poverty at grass roots by supporting their Ugandan partners to improve livelihoods and education in rural communities. They work through a Multipurpose Community Telecentre in Kamuli, from there informing and mentoring farmers (90% of the population), promoting a reading culture in scools and providing school books.