Vision: A world in which people are empowered to succeed in the global economy.
Mission: To promote economic opportunities for cooperatives, enterprises and communities through the innovative application of sound business practice.
Vision: A world in which people are empowered to succeed in the global economy.
Mission: To promote economic opportunities for cooperatives, enterprises and communities through the innovative application of sound business practice.
Action Against Hunger fights hunger through the prevention, detection and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations of war, conflict and natural disaster. To tackle the underlying causes of malnutrition and its effects, we use our expertise in nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy. Integrating our programs with local and national structures helps ensure long-term sustainability.
ActionAid International works in partnership with poor and excluded people to eradicate poverty and injustice. Our programs focus on advancing women's rights, the right to education, the right to food, the right to security during conflict and emergencies, the right to life with dignity in the face of HIV/AIDS, and the right to just and democratic governance. ActionAid International USA is the US affiliate of ActionAid International, working in coordination with ActionAid colleagues in 50 countries to support the efforts of poor communities to secure their rights.
ADRA's overall mission is to: * Reflect the character of God through humanitarian and developmental activities. * Actively support communities through a portfolio of development activities that are planned and implemented cooperatively. * Provide assistance in situations of crisis or chronic distress, and work toward the development of long-term solutions with those affected. * Work through equitable partnerships with those in need to achieve positive and sustainable change in communities. * Build networks that develop indigenous capacity, appropriate technology, and skills at all levels. * Develop and maintain relationships with our partners and constituents that provide effective channels for mutual growth and action. * Promote and expand the equitable and participatory involvement of women in the development process. * Advocate for and assist in the increased use of communities' capacities to care for and responsibly manage the natural resources of their environment. * Facilitate the right and ability of all children to attain their full potential, and to assist in assuring the child's survival to achieve that potential.
Africare works to improve the quality of life in Africa.
Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. seeks sustainable solutions to long-term problems of poverty, with special emphasis on the needs of rural communities in mountainous and other resource-poor areas. Priority is given to integrated approaches that are community-based, participatory and innovative, and reinforce civil society and respect local culture. The geographic focus of the Foundation's work is in East Africa and South and Central Asia. The Foundation's activities are guided by the conviction that self-help brings dignity and self-respect, which in turn generate human creative energy. Key characteristics of the Foundation's programmatic approach are the promotion of integrated area development, solutions-oriented models, partnerships with local counterpart organizations, and long-term relationships with donor agencies and peer organizations. Aga Khan Foundation, a private, nondenominational, not-for-profit international organization, was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1967 by its Chairman, His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, which have a long tradition of philanthropy, volunteerism, self-help, education and social welfare. The Foundation currently supports over 100 projects in health, education, rural development, civil society and the environment. Aga Khan Foundation is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network, a group of private development agencies working to empower communities and individuals, often in disadvantaged circumstances, to improve living conditions and opportunities, especially in Africa and Asia. The Network's agencies have individual mandates ranging from health and education to architecture, culture, microfinance, rural development, disaster reduction, the promotion of private-sector enterprise and the revitalization of historic cities. The Network works for the common good of all citizens, regardless of their gender, origin or religion and its underlying impulse is the ethic of compassion for the vulnerable in society.
To build sustainable peace and security worldwide.
The American Friends Service Committee is a practical expression of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Committed to the principles of nonviolence and justice, it seeks in its work and witness to draw on the transforming power of love; human and divine. We recognize that the leadings of the Spirit and the principles of truth found through the Friends' experience and practice are not the exclusive possession of any group. Thus, the AFSC draws into its work people of many faiths and backgrounds who share the values that animate its life and who bring to it a rich variety of experiences and spiritual insights. This AFSC community works to transform conditions and relationships both in the work and in ourselves, which threaten to overwhelm what is precious in human beings. We nurture the faith that conflicts can be resolved nonviolently, that enmity can be transformed into friendship, strife into cooperation, poverty into well-being, and injustice into dignity and participation. We believe that ultimately goodness can prevail over evil, and oppression in all its many forms can give way.
Since 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. (JDC) has served as the overseas arm of the American Jewish community. Our mission is to serve the needs of Jews throughout the world, particularly where their lives as Jews are threatened or made more difficult. We sponsor programs of relief, rescue and renewal and help Israel address its most urgent social challenges. We are committed to the idea that all Jews are responsible for one another. Rescue: Whenever and wherever a Jewish community is threatened, JDC offers rescue. In the early 1990s, JDC helped sustain the lives and secure the rescue of 15,000 Ethiopian Jews. Relief: For Jewish communities in distress, JDC offers aid. For more than a decade, JDC has been providing food, clothing and medicine to some 250,000 elderly and impoverished Holocaust survivors in the former Soviet Union. Renewal: Since the fall of communist regimes in Europe, JDC has been helping Jewish communities rediscover their heritage and rebuild a vibrant Jewish communal life. Israel: JDC continues to provide assistance to the State of Israel as it addresses the social service needs of its most vulnerable communities: children-at-risk, struggling immigrant populations, the elderly and the disabled. Non-Sectarian Aid: JDC offers development support and humanitarian aid to non-Jews to fulfill the Jewish tenet of tikkun olam, the moral responsibility to repair the world and alleviate suffering wherever it exists. In times of crisis, (natural disasters, war, famine), JDC provides humanitarian relief and long-term rehabilitation to aid affected communities. Our Operating Principles: JDC adheres to three operating principles: * We are non-partisan and apolitical. * We seek to empower local communities by creating model programs and training local leadership to run the programs. During a project's formative stage, we handle the administrative responsibilities and evaluate the project for effectiveness. * We build coalitions with strategic partners who, ultimately, will assume responsibility for the programs.
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism's imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality. Through grants to grassroots organizations, volunteer service, advocacy and education, AJWS fosters civil society, sustainable development and human rights for all people, while promoting the values and responsibilities of global citizenship within the Jewish community.
ANERA advances the well-being of people in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan. Through partnerships and close consultation with local groups and communities, ANERA responds to economic, health and educational needs with sustainable solutions and also delivers humanitarian aid during emergencies.
The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization which provides immediate respose to emergency medical needs - and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs - for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion.
Americas Relief Team was formed by a collaboration of corporations and nonprofit organizations to expedite relief to the Caribbean and Latin America in response to natural disasters and human crises. Americas Relief Team focuses on coordinating logistics through guidance, education, and state-of-the-art techniques while planning and implementing effective distribution of humanitarian aid.
Amigos de las Américas (AMIGOS) builds partnerships to empower young leaders, advance community development and strengthen multicultural understanding in the Americas. Supported by a strong network of Pan-American chapters, teenagers and young adults from diverse backgrounds work successfully with host communities and partner agencies to address health and education priorities. AMIGOS Volunteers immerse themselves in the lives of their host communities and truly experience collaborative development work. During its 45-year history, more than 23,000 AMIGOS Volunteers have gained a life-long commitment to community service, while strengthening multicultural understanding and friendships in the Americas. The AMIGOS story began in 1965 when a visionary, 29-year-old youth pastor named Guy Bevil led a team of teenagers into rural Honduras to fight a growing polio epidemic. Their efforts protected thousands of lives from the crippling disease, while establishing new friendships between the people of Honduras and the United States. This first group of AMIGOS Volunteers returned home far more mature, appreciative of other cultures, and aware of the personal benefits of helping others. Their success underscored that young people can make a positive difference in the world. More than 45 years have passed since that first summer, and more than 23,000 young people have followed in Guy's footsteps. AMIGOS has remained headquartered in Houston, but has grown throughout the United States, with affiliated chapters in more than 2 dozen major cities. Today we focus more on skill-building for youth (from both the United States and Latin America) and have conducted a much broader array of health and education activities in response to priorities identified by our host communities. Even as our activities have evolved to meet the changing health and development needs of Latin America, our core values have remained the same. We still believe in the power of youth.
AMURT's mission is to help improve the quality of life for the poor and underprivileged people of the world, and to assist the victims of natural and man-made disasters. We believe that the best assistance is that which encourages and enables people to develop themselves. Hence we help individuals harness their own resources for securing the basic necessities of life and for gaining greater economic, social and spiritual fulfillment.
B'nai B'rith is an international Jewish organization committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, defending human rights, combating anti-Semitism, bigotry and ignorance, and providing service to the community on the broadest principles of humanity. Its mission is to unite persons of the Jewish faith and to enhance Jewish identity through strengthening Jewish family life and the education and training of youth, broad-based services for the benefit of senior citizens, and advocacy and action on behalf of Jews throughout the world.
Baptist World Aid (BWAid) works through Baptist communities around the world, mitigating suffering and providing long-range help for persons in need regardless of religion, nationality, tribe or class. BWAid also helps poor people avoid situations of famine and malnourishment and improve their capacity for self-help and wage earning.
Bethany Christian Services manifests the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by protecting and enhancing the lives of children and families through quality social services.
Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. By changing policies, programs and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to persist, we provide help and opportunity far beyond the communities in which we live.
The mission of Brother's Brother Foundation is to promote international health and education through the efficient and effective distribution and provision of donated medical, educational, agricultural and other resources. All BBF programs are designed to fulfill its mission by connecting people's resources with people's needs.
Tzu Chi’s missions focus on giving material aid to the needy and inspiring love and humanity to both givers and receivers. In addition to charity, the foundation dedicates itself in the fields of medicine, education, environmental protection, international relief work and the establishment of the world’s third largest marrow donor registry. It also promotes humanistic values and community volunteerism. Through helping those in need, Tzu Chi volunteers take on the path of bodhisattva practices, the way to Buddhahood.
Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) advocates on behalf of victims of armed conflict, working to ensure they receive recognition and assistance from warring parties.CIVIC persuaded the US Congress to establish programs for war victims in Afghanistan and Iraq, guides victims to assistance, brings the human cost of war to the attention of policymakers and the public, and is advocating a new global standard of conduct that warring parties should help where they have hurt.In 2005, CIVIC's founder Marla Ruzicka was killed in Iraq by a suicide bomber while advocating for families injured and killed in the crossfire. CIVIC honors her legacy and strives to sustain her vision.
Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, resources and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility. We facilitate lasting change by: Strengthening capacity for self-help Providing economic opportunity Delivering relief in emergencies Influencing policy decisions at all levels Addressing discrimination in all its forms Guided by the aspirations of local communities, we pursue our mission with both excellence and compassion because the people whom we serve deserve nothing less.
Catholic Relief Services was founded in 1943 by the Catholic Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and disadvantaged outside the country. It is administered by a Board of Bishops selected by the National Council of Catholic Bishops and is staffed by men and women committed to the Catholic Church's apostolate of helping those in need. It maintains strict standards of efficiency and accountability. The fundamental motivating force in all activities of CRS is the Gospel of Jesus Christ as it pertains to the alleviation of human suffering, the development of people and the fostering of charity and justice in the world. The policies and programs of the agency reflect and express the teaching of the Catholic Church. At the same time, Catholic Relief Services assists persons on the basis of need, not creed, race or nationality. Catholic Relief Services gives active witness to the mandate of Jesus Christ to respond to human needs in the following ways: by responding to victims of natural and man-made disasters; by providing assistance to the poor to alleviate their immediate needs; by supporting self-help programs which involve people and communities in their own development; by helping those it serves to restore and preserve their dignity and to realize their potential; by collaborating with religious and nonsectarian persons and groups of goodwill in programs and projects which contribute to a more equitable society; by helping to educate the people of the United States to fulfill their moral responsibilities in alleviating human suffering, removing its causes and promoting social justice.
CBM's goal is to find, rescue, and rehabilitate these forgotten people—giving children hope, taking whole families and communities out of grinding poverty, and building bridges between them and their communities.
Our mandate is based on the premise that it is the responsibility of U.S. organizations, connected to U.S. constituencies, to foster accountability of our government's policies abroad. Our overarching goal therefore is to ensure that U.S. international policies and programs promote sexual and reproductive rights and health through effective, evidence-based approaches to prevention and treatment of critical reproductive and sexual health concerns, and through increased funding for critical programs.
CEDPA's mission is to equip and mobilize women to achieve equality. The organization works through local partnerships to give women tools to improve their lives, families and communities. CEDPA's programs increase educational opportunities for girls, ensure access to lifesaving reproductive health and HIV/AIDS information and services, and strengthen women's leadership in their nations. With a growing network of 5,000 alumni and partners in more than 150 countries, CEDPA is building a groundswell of change agents for effective international development.
CHF International's mission is to be a catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping them to improve their social, economic and environmental conditions.
* To help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children living in poverty have the capacity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities.
* To promote societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting, and advancing the worth and the rights of children.
CRWRC's mission is to engage God's people in redeeming resources and developing gifts in collaborative activities of love, mercy, justice and compassion.
Church World Service works with partners to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice around the world.
Concern America is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, nongovernmental development and refugee aid organization that partners with materially poor communities in developing countries in projects to assist them to move their communities out of poverty. Nationally, Concern America infuses a global perspective into justice education and leadership programs; sells fair-trade handcrafted items; provides health student rotations in Bolivia and Guatemala; and strengthens community-based health care with a focus on nurses and minority communities.
CONCERN Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries. Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives which last and spread without ongoing support from CONCERN. To achieve this we engage in long term development work, respond to emergency situations, and seek to address the root causes of poverty through our development education and advocacy work.
CHC's mission is "fighting hunger by developing leaders" and we accomplish this mission through the following means: -To train leaders at the community, national, and international levels about the causes of and solutions to hunger, poverty, and humanitarian needs. -To facilitate collaborative efforts between those organizations involved with designing policy and those developing and implementing programs aimed at ending hunger in the United States and abroad. -To increase awareness and develop strategies in the public at large as well as among those engaged in anti-hunger activities by providing specific skills and issue training to bridge the gap between service and public policy.
Working in partnership to empower people, communities and institutions to drive and sustain their own development.
Creative Learning provides children and families around the world, especially in areas of conflict, with an array of innovative learning tools and activities that present them with new possibilities.
Both at home and abroad, we not only view our projects as a vehicle to create social change, but more importantly, as a way to enact a life change for the thousands of people we serve each year. We work with schools, teachers, non governmental organizations, governments and private companies to bring the best resources available to advance the cause of empowering children and citizens.
Creative Learning’s success is rooted in our investment of small-scale, viable projects such as those that promote youth programs, civil society development, human rights, school and classroom improvements, and entrepreneurship.
Development Gateway provides Web-based platforms to make aid and development efforts more effective around the world. It envisions a world in which the digital revolution serves people everywhere – creating opportunities through increased access to critical information; greater reliance on local capabilities; and more effective, better coordinated international aid.
Direct Relief International's mission is to improve the health of people living in developing countries and those who are victims of natural disasters, war, and civil unrest. We work to strengthen the indigenous health efforts of our international partners by providing essential material resources - medicines, supplies and equipment.
Easter Seals offers help, hope and answers to children and adults with disabilities and their families in the United States, Puerto Rico, Australia and Canada. Through therapy, education and support services, Easter Seals creates life-changing solutions so that people with disabilities can live, learn, work and play in their communities.
Through its research and development activities and creative partnerships, EDC harnesses the power of people and systems to address some of the world’s greatest challenges in education, health, and economic development.
Episcopal Relief and Development is a compassionate response of the Episcopal Church to human suffering in the world. Hearing God's call to seek and serve Christ in all persons and to respect the dignity of every human being, Episcopal Relief and Development serves to bring together the generosity of Episcopalians and others with the needs of the world. Episcopal Relief and Development faithfully administers the funds that are received from the Church and raised from other sources. It provides relief in times of disaster and promotes sustainable development by identifying and addressing the root cause of suffering. Episcopal Relief and Development cherishes its partnerships within the Anglican Communion, with ecumenical bodies and with others who share a common vision for justice and peace among all people.
FCI is dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safer around the world.We work to:* Ensure access to quality maternal and newborn health care;* Help women and girls to prevent and manage unintended pregnancy;* Promote the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people and other underserved groups;* Reduce the spread of HIV, especially among women and young people.
The purpose of this not-for-profit charitable corporation shall be to minister so as to improve the health, economic and social conditions of destitute persons throughout the world. As a part of achieving the objectives of such charitable purposes, this Corporation: shall collect and distribute food, clothing, money and goods for and on behalf of destitute persons and to utilize such means as shall further such charitable purposes; shall fund and oversee development /micro-enterprise projects that foster long-term self-sustainability; shall offer education and vocational training so as to promote eligibility of employment amongst the poor; shall recruit volunteers and educate the public regarding the plight of destitute persons and ways in which to improve the health, economic and social conditions of destitute persons throughout the world; and shall seek to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Unites States of America as it relates to destitute persons throughout the world, while empowering the church of the developing nations, through our material aid, to promote Gospel values amongst its people.
Freedom from Hunger brings innovative and sustainable self-help solutions to the fight against chronic hunger and poverty. Together with local partners, we equip families with resources they need to build futures of health, hope and dignity.
Our mission: to provide a response adapted to specific needs.
ACTED’s vocation is to support vulnerable populations worldwide and to accompany them in the construction of a better future.
The programmes implemented by ACTED (around 260 per year), in Africa, Asia, Middle East and Central America/Caribbean, aim at addressing the needs of the populations affected by wars, natural catastrophes and/or economical and social crises.
Our interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context.
Giving Children Hope is a faith-based nonprofit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty (domestically and abroad) through disaster relief, health and community development, vocational training and advocacy.
The Global Fund for Children’s mission is to advance the dignity of children and youth around the world. GFC pursues its mission by making small grants to innovative community-based organizations working with some of the world’s most vulnerable children and youth, complemented by a dynamic media program that, through books, documentary photography, and film, highlights the issues affecting children and celebrates the global society in which we all live.
The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. The Council works to ensure that all who strive for improvement and equity in global health have the information and resources they need to succeed.
Our mission is to go beyond charity to find real solutions where peace and security are in jeopardy. This mission is driven by an end vision of reconciliation. Relationships, respect, and reconciliation are the common threads that empower our cause. As we take stock of our struggles and triumphs, we reaffirm our pledge to help build a world in which every man, woman, and child realizes his or her full potential.
Global Washington is a broad-based membership association that promotes and supports the global development sector in the state of Washington. Composed of non-profit organizations, foundations, businesses, government and academic institutions, our members work collectively to build a more equitable and prosperous world. Global Washington convenes members to generate new opportunities for growth, strengthens member organizations to increase their impact, and advocates across key global development issues at the local, national, and global level.
Build an efficient, open, thriving marketplace that connects people who have community and world-changing ideas with people who can support them.
At Good360 (formerly Gifts In Kind International), our mission is to fulfill the needs of nonprofits with corporate product donations. We are driven by a vision that demands constant innovation, leveraging the latest technological and social networking developments to create new and engaging online solutions that strengthen nonprofits and expand corporate citizenship.We bring together the best practices in American corporate giving and the nonprofit world to multiply the power of charitable action by:• Providing product resources that help nonprofits succeed
• Helping companies give back to the communities where they live and work
• Helping individuals increase the impact of cash contributions that help ship donated products to qualified charities
• Creating corporate, nonprofit and environmental “win-win” outcomes for unsold products and excess inventory, facilitating donations to community charities, rather than destroying or disposing usable products in landfills
Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which every person can experience God's love and can live and grow into all that God intends.
Handicap International works to bring about lasting change in the living conditions of people in disabling situations in post-conflict or low income countries around the world. We work with local partners to prevent and to address the consequences of disabling accidents and diseases; clear landmines/UXO and prevent mine-related accidents through education; end the use of indiscriminate weapons that wound and kill the innocent long after the war is over; respond fast and effectively to natural and civil disasters to limit serious and permanent injuries and assist survivors with social and economic reintegration; and advocate for the universal recognition of the rights of the disabled through national planning and advocacy.
Heart to Heart International is a global humanitarian organization that inspires, empowers and mobilizes individuals to serve the needs of the poor in their communities and around the world. We accomplish this mission through partnerships that promote health; deliver resources, education and hope; and provide opportunities for meaningful service.
Heartland Alliance's mission is to advance the human rights and to respond to the human needs of endangered populations--particularly the poor, the isolated, and the displaced--through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society.
The primary mission of HIAS is to assist Jews and others whose lives and freedom are endangered. This mission is derived from the teaching of Kol Yisrael Areviv Ze ba Ze, (All Jews are responsible, one for the other), and is consistent with the Rabbinical imperative Pidyyon Sh'vuyyim, (redemption of the captive.) Since 1881, HIAS has been the worldwide arm of the American Jewish community for the rescue, relocation, family reunification and resettlement of and advocacy for refugees and migrants with a network of Jewish and non-Jewish agencies across the nation, Israel and throughout the world.
The mission of Heifer International is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth.
The mission of Helen Keller International is to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition by establishing programs based on evidence and research in vision, health and nutrition. Our vision is to strive to be the most scientifically competent organization in improving vision and nutrition throughout the world.
Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) is committed to serve humanity by integrating resources for people in need. We strive to provide immediate response in disasters, and effective programs in places of suffering; for the pleasure of God.
Humane Society International's (HSI) purpose is to work with national and jurisdictional governments, international treaty and trade agreement representatives, and humane organizations to find practical, culturally sensitive, and long-term solutions to common animal welfare problems. Disasters highlight the important relationship between people and their animals. HSI participates in international disaster relief to reduce the suffering of all victims, including a recognition that people's welfare and livelihood often depend on their animals. The Humane Society of the United States, HSI collaborates with local, regional and international organizations concerned about the living conditions and welfare of companion and farm animals as well as wildlife. HSI promotes local capacity building activities to counter illegal trade in wildlife, threats to endangered species, slaughter of marine mammals, and the use of animals in research and testing.
In Africa, Asia and Latin America, The Hunger Project pioneers low-cost, bottom-up, gender-focused strategies that empower women and men to achieve lasting progress in health, education, nutrition, family income and gender equality.
To provide essential products and services for emergency, health and development programs of interest to Members, which serve people in need without regard to ethnicity, color, gender, national origin, age, religious or political affiliation.
iMMAP coordinates, supports and implements humanitarian information manangement activities and landmine/unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys in post-conflict and developing countries around the world. iMMAP's work in the field forms the basis for setting priorities for humanitarian relief and development, economic recovery, landmine clearance and victim assistance.
InsideNGO is a collaborative community that strengthens the operational and management capacity of the international development and relief non profit community in the pursuit of global development.
The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) is a nonprofit organization that helps communities in existing and emerging democracies solve problems while building a better future for themselves and the world. We give communities--and the organizations that support them--the training, technical assistance, and grants they need to solve their own problems and shape their own destiny long after our work with them is finished. Since 1991, ISC has managed 66 projects in 19 countries. With a team of more than 70 highly trained professionals in five offices worldwide, ISC combines technical expertise and innovative leadership training with strategic investments in local organizations to spark creative solutions and lasting change. Our expertise includes environmental management, energy efficiency, public policy, institution building, leadership development, governance, citizen participation and sustainable community development.
The mission of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) is to serve uprooted people regardless of creed, race, nationality or ethnic origin. ICMC works with refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, and gives priority to the most vulnerable and marginalised among these groups. The work of the ICMC is inspired and guided by the Gospel imperative to "welcome the stranger". (Mathew 25).
ICNL promotes an enabling legal environment for civil society, freedom of association, and public participation around the world. ICNL has worked in over 90 countries, collaborating with civil society organizations (“CSOs”), scholars, government officials, and representatives of the business community.
ICRW's mission is to empower women, advance gender equality and fight poverty in the developing world. To accomplish this, ICRW works with partners to conduct empirical research, build capacity and advocate for evidence-based, practical ways to change policies and programs.
The Mission of IEDA RELIEF is to alleviate the suffering of vulnerable people by tackling the underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self-sufficient and achieve full potential. They work to empower communities in conflict torn and disaster affected areas to save lives, sustain human dignity and restore a healthy community. They serve vulnerable people in need, regardless of their belief, culture, language, custom, sect, ethnicity and/or political affiliation.
IFES promotes democratic stability by providing technical assistance and applying field-based research to the electoral cycle worldwide to enhance citizen participation and strengthen civil societies, governance and transparency.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) works to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting wildlife habitats, and assisting animals in distress. IFAW seeks to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote animal welfare and conservation policies that advance the well-being of both animals and people.
International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, IMC is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, IMC rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.
The mission of IOCC is to respond to the call of our Lord Jesus Christ to minister to those who are suffering and are in need throughout the world, sharing with them God's gifts of food, shelter, economic self-sufficiency and hope.
IRD's mission is to reduce the suffering of the world's most vulnerable groups and provide tools and resources needed to increase their self-sufficiency. We accomplish our mission by running targeted, cost-effective relief and development programs that improve the lives of these vulnerable groups. We work in regions of the world that present social, political, and technical challenges, and particularly specialize in helping communities going through and coming out of conflict and war to recover and improve. As a charitable, non-profit, non-governmental organization, we collaborate with a wide range of organizations to design and implement humanitarian relief and development aid programs.
International Relief Teams is a non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing critical assistance to victims of disaster, poverty, and neglect worldwide. International Relief Teams accomplishes its mission through four core activities: Medical Education & Training, Domestic and International Relief, Public Health, and Surgical Outreach. IRT performs its mission by utilizing the volunteer services of highly skilled, licensed and experienced medical, technical and construction specialists, while maintaining a small headquarters staff. IRT focuses on building the capacities and capabilities of local communities and organizations. Rather than establishing field offices, IRT works through and in collaboration with, community organizations, professional medical societies, and nonprofit organization in host countries. Since 1988, IRT has provided assistance to 41 countries in Eastern Europe, Central & South America, Asia and Africa.
The International Rescue Committee serves refugees and communities victimized by oppression or violent conflict worldwide. Founded in 1933, the IRC is committed to freedom, human dignity, and self-reliance. This commitment is expressed in emergency relief, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement assistance, and advocacy.
To mobilize local talent to create sustainable and accessible health care.
Islamic Relief strives to alleviate suffering, hunger, illiteracy, and diseases worldwide regardless of color, race, religion, or creed, and to provide aid in a compassionate and dignified manner. Islamic Relief aims to provide rapid relief in the event of human and natural disasters and to establish sustainable local development projects allowing communities to better help themselves.
In continuity with its quarter century of ministry to and with refugees and forcibly displaced individuals, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) affirms its mission to accompany, serve and defend the rights of these vulnerable and often forgotten people. It witnesses to the reality that God is present in human history, even in the most tragic experiences of persons driven from their homes by conflict, natural disaster, economic injustice, or violation of other human rights. JRS/USA is one of nine geographic regions of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), an international Catholic organization sponsored by the Society of Jesus. In coordination with JRS's International Office in Rome, JRS/USA provides advocacy, financial and human resources for JRS regions throughout the world. In the US it serves as the major refugee outreach arm of US Jesuits and their institutional ministries, facilitating and mobilizing their response to refugee situations both nationally and internationally.
Jhpiego enhances the health and saves the lives of women and families in limited-resource settings. For nearly four decades, we have put evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice to overcome barriers to high-quality health care services for the world's most vulnerable populations. From our origins as technical experts in reproductive, maternal and child health, Jhpiego has grown to embrace new challenges, including HIV/AIDS, malaria and cervical cancer prevention—reflecting the increasing interconnectedness of global health.
Latter-day Saint Charities helps people of all nationalities and religions by relieving suffering, helping people help themselves, and providing opportunties for service through 1) response to emergencies, 2) efforts developed and implemented locally, and 3) major programs for clean water, wheelchairs, neo-natal resuscitation training, and vision.
Life for Relief and Development (LIFE) is a nonprofit organization deeply rooted in the belief that saving lives should be a priority of all mankind. For this reason, we are dedicated to alleviating human suffering regardless of race, color, religion, or cultural background. LIFE works to provide assistance to people across the globe by offering humanitarian services such as health care and education, as well as catering to casualties of social and economic turmoil, victims of hunger, natural disasters, war, and other catastrophes.
Every day, Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) works to fulfill our mission: To support the efforts of Lions clubs worldwide in serving their local communities and the world community as they carry out essential humanitarian service projects. LCIF is a public charity (501c3) and the official charitable organization of Lions Clubs International (LCI), the world’s largest volunteer service club organization with more than 1.35 million members in 206 countries and geographic regions worldwide.
Affirming God’s love for all people, we work with Lutherans and partners around the world to end poverty, injustice and human suffering.
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization composed of nearly 1,300 people from more than 60 nations. Our mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with our partners, we are helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact.
The mission of Medical Care Development is to develop and operate service and education programs and to conduct research and health policy analysis for improvement of health and the delivery of health care worldwide.
Merlin USA's mission is to raise awareness, support and resources for Merlin programs throughout the world.
Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
Mercy-USA is a faith-based organization but all our programs are humanitarian relief and development work; we do not engage in any religious education or promotional activities. Our services are provided strictly on the basis of need and without regard to faith, creed, race, gender or any other discriminatory practice. MISSION STATEMENT M-USA's mission is to alleviate human suffering and to support individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient. M-USA's projects focus on improving health and promoting economic and educational growth around the world.
We aspire to be a leader in the global movement to end extreme poverty, and we are mobilizing a growing alliance of public, private and nonprofit partners who share our commitment to sustainable development and scaling-up effective ideas. Our mission is to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Together we are showing how the Goals are accessible and achievable, building momentum for success through advocacy, innovation and a practical, holistic approach to building sustainable communities.
To empower people with disabilities around the world to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development.
NASW is a membership organization that promotes, develops and protects the practice of social work and social workers. NASW also seeks to enhance the effective functioning and well being of individuals, families and communities through its work and through its advocacy.
The mission of Operation Blessing International (OBI) is to alleviate human need and suffering in the United States and around the world by providing hunger relief, medical aid, disaster relief, clean water, orphan & vulnerable children programs that will make a significant, long-term impact on those in need.
Operation USA helps communities alleviate the effects of disasters, disease and endemic poverty throughout the world by providing privately-funded relief, reconstruction and development aid. We provide material and financial assistance to grassroots organizations that promote sustainable development, leadership and capacity building, income generating activities, provide education and health services, and advocate on behalf of vulnerable people.
Outreach International has been working with the world’s most marginalized people living in poverty since 1979, helping each person create new and brighter futures for themselves.
We don’t give handouts, or believe in short-term fixes. Our mission is simple: we believe in long-term investments that bring about sustainable solutions and long-lasting change for the better. We call it Sustainable Good.
Outreach International is a humanitarian organization that currently works in 14 impoverished countries around the world, assisting hundreds of thousands of children, women and men to overcome the effects of poverty each year.
We work in four key areas: Children, Families, Communities and the Environment.
Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development. Pact’s vision is a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership over their future.
The mission of the Pan American Development Foundation is to increase opportunity for the disadvantaged in Latin America and the Caribbean. We seek to help people and communities achieve economic and social progress and respond to natural disasters and humanitarian crises. We do this through innovative partnerships with private, public, and nonprofit organizations in support of the priorities of the Organization of American States.
PAHEF works with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and other strategic partners in the Americas to mobilize resources and jointly address key health, education, and training priorities.
PATH's mission is to improve the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors.
Reproductive health is essential for creating better opportunities throughout life. When people take charge of their life choices such as when and how often to have children, they gain confidence and strength. They can better pursue their education, contribute to the local economy, and engage in their communities. Pathfinder International places reproductive health services at the center of all that we do--believing that health care is not only a fundamental human right but is critical for expanding opportunities for women, families, communities, and nations, while paving the way for transformations in environmental stewardship, decreases in population pressures, and innovations in poverty reduction. In more than 25 countries, Pathfinder provides women, men and adolescents access to a range of quality health services--from contraception and maternal care to prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. Pathfinder strives to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, ensure availability of safe abortion services, advocate for sound reproductive health policies, and, through all of our work, improve the rights and lives of the people we serve.
PCI (formerly Project Concern International)'s mission is to prevent disease, improve community health, and promote sustainable development.
Perkins International is dedicated to improving the quality of life for children who are deafblind or blind with multiple disabilities throughout the world. We collaborate with partners across the globe to:
Physicians for Human Rights mobilizes health professionals to advance health, dignity and justice, and promotes the right to health for all. Harnessing the specialized skills, rigor, and passion of doctors, nurses, public health specialists and scientists, PHR investigates human rights abuses and works to stop them.
Our research takes us to conflict zones, to AIDS-ravaged Africa, to US prisons and immigration detention centers — and our advocacy brings us to the offices of national and international policymakers. The courts, decision makers and the media have come to rely on our credibility and expertise. Motivated by moral urgency, based on science, and anchored in international human rights standards, PHR’s advocacy advances global health and protects human rights.
Through education and training, we work to increase the medical capability of underserved nations, thereby improving lives, and serve as an inspiration and model for better relations among nations to empower people to develop to their full potential.