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Institute for Integrated Rural Development, Hong Kong (IRD)
The Institute for Integrated Rural Development, Hong Kong (IRD) was established in 2002 by the founding members of the China Education Association of the University of Hong Kong. The organisation assists people living in poverty-stricken rural areas to improve their livelihoods and raise their...
Sudar Academy and Charitable Trust
Sudar Academy and Charitable Trust is an Indian NGO that educates people with disabilities. The Trust started with 4 physically challenged children and now looks after 30 students between the ages of 7 - 30. Education and food are provided free of charge.
Women Environment Conservation Project (WECOP)
The Women Environmentalthr Conservation Project (WECOP) is a Ugandan NGO. The organisation aims to respond to the challenges of disease, poverty, and illiteracy. WECOP has set up village saving and credit associations, and is also involved in a range of other activities including...
Barapara Bijoyee Sangha
Barapara Bijoyee Sangha is an Indian NGO that aims to provide meaningful opportunities for poor and disadvantaged communities, with particular emphasis on the empowerment of women and other vulnerable sections of society in order to achieve high levels of sustainable social and economic...
Bundu Designs
Bundu Designs is a social venture and online marketplace that is transforming the awareness and consumption of contemporary African design products with a core philosophy of ethical, sustainable and fairly traded products. They currently work in collaboration with over 25 largely women's community...
Link Against Poverty (LAP)
Link Against Poverty (LAP) is a Tanzanian NGO. The organisation aims to fight against poverty and take action on health and the environment. To date, LAP has undertaken research for Transparency International of Kenya in 2010 and 2011, trained people during a voter education project, done ...
Middle East Council of Churches
Founded in 1974, the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) is an ecumenical fellowship of churches in other countries. MECC provides primary health and relief services, vocational training of youth, increased employment of women and youth, services to persons with special needs, basic...
Mankanali Netaji Subhas Social Welfare Society
The Mankanali Netaji Subhas Social Welfare Society (MNSSWS) is an Indian NGO based in West Bengal. The organisation works for economic development among rural communities and marginalised people on a range of issues including health, nutrition, education, agriculture, income generation, and women's...
CENIT- El Centro de La Niña Trabajadora
CENIT (Centre for the Working Girl) is an Ecuadorian NGO that supports child labourers, both boys and girls, providing educational, psychological, and medical programmes, as well as job training, for them and their families, thus helping to improve their quality of life. CENIT works in conjunction...
Brethren in Christ Church - Zambia
The Brethren in Christ Church is a church in Zambia that aims to provide comprehensive health services in addition to its faith-based activities. Currently the Church runs a hospital at Macha, a clinic at Sikalongo, secondary and primary schools in the Macha and Sikalongo areas as well as...
Glisten
Glisten is an organisation in Malawi that aims to help poor rural women to immprove their knowledge of farming, to provide seeds and fertilisers and to help them to care for the environment. The organisation also aims to provide clothes and other goods for the families of women they help.
Research on Development
Research on Development (ROD) is a Ghanaian NGO headquartered in Tamale N/R, Ghana. The organisation works in agro-processing, gender issues, health and education and aims to empower people in northern Ghana to engage in sustainable development.
Ladies of Substance International Network (LoSIN)
The Ladies of Substance International Network (LoSIN) is an NGO in Ghana comprising a fellowship of Christian career (professional) women who meet once a month to discuss a range of issues.
Centre for Girls and Interaction (CEGI)
The Centre for Girls & Interaction (CEGI) is an NGO in Malawi, primarily concerned with creating access to information on the rights of girls and young women and related issues through interaction, advocacy, documentation, education and networking for positive change.
Samadjite Fantamady Association
The Samadjite Fantamady Association is an NGO in Senegal that works on environmental issues, education and health. The Association also encourages women to engage in small business activity, e.g., reselling fish bought from fishermen, and is engaged in the fight against desertification by planting...
Rural Development Media Communication (RUDMEC)
Rural Development Media and Communication (RUDMEC) is an NGO in Uganda. RUDMEC's core focus is on the initiation of behaviour change by using media as a change agent to enhance improved livelihoods. RUDMEC is currently involved in promoting the adoption and use of environmental friendly...
Kuria Development Community for the Marginalised
The Kuria Development Community for the Marginalised is a Kenyan NGO working in rural areas for orphans and vulnerable children, many of whom have been affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The organisation helps children to access education, provides computer training for young people, and helps...
Kikumu Agriculture Research Centre
The Kikumu Agriculture Research Centre (KARK) is a women's organization in Kasese, Uganda. KARC promotes sustainable development through community education, and supports advocacy strategies relevant to marginalized rural women and slum communities. The organisation runs programmes including...
Uganda National Volunteers Link (UNVL)
The Uganda National Volunteers Link (UNVL) is an organization established to promote the spirit of volunteering in Uganda. The organisation works through the use of national volunteers in the following thematic areas: education (concentration on basic skills); health (advocacy and community based...
Somali Women Education Campaigners
Somali Women Education Campaigners (SWEC) is a women-led NGO working in southern and central Somalia on community development especially humanitarian protection, women's and children's literacy promotion, human rights advocacy and lobbying for women and children in urban and rural areas of Somalia.