Shelter, housing, land management and construction
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Spirit of America (SoA)
Spirit of America (SoA) provides support through American military and civilian personnel to people who call to them for humanitarian assistance.
Terre des hommes (Tdh) - Senegal
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is a private Swiss organization for international child relief, with active groups in Switzerland, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Tdh’s priority areas include child trafficking and exploitation, mother-child health and nutrition, child...
Diakonie Emergency Aid - Azerbaijan
The Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DK) or Diakonie Emergency Aid was established with the objective of providing humanitarian aid worldwide during catastrophes. It supports people who have fallen victim of natural disasters, war and displacement and who are not able to cope on their own in the...
Habitat for Humanity - China
Habitat for Humanity (HFH) is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to building "simple, decent, and affordable" housing for the needy. Homes are built using volunteer labour and through donations. These are sold to low income families at no-profit, and are financed...
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) - Indonesia
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International is an independent humanitarian agency established in 1984 for the specific purposes of individual and community development and disaster relief. ADRA helps people in need, especially those most vulnerable, such as women, children, and...
Habitat for Humanity Argentina
Habitat for Humanity (HfH) is a non-denominational Christian charity dedicated to eliminating poverty housing worldwide. HfH builds and renovates houses through volunteer labour and donations of money and materials. The organisation has been working in Argentina since 2003, building houses and...
Dubai International Humanitarian & Re-Development Conference & Exhibition (DIHAD) 1-3 April 2012
DIHAD is a humanitarian aid, disaster management and re-development event that takes place in Dubai every year. DIHAD is recognised as the leading humanitarian event in the region and aims to help facilitate a greater and more efficient relationship between aid agencies, NGO's, suppliers and needy...
World Bank - China
The World Bank is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. It is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and to...
Fauna & Flora International
Established in 1903, Fauna&Flora International (FFI) is a longstanding guardian of global biodiversity. FFI works with in-country partners to address locally identified issues in a sustainable manner, devising strategies that both alleviate poverty and conserve the environment. In addition, it...
Women And Children In Africa (WACIA)
Women and Children in Africa (WACIA) is a registered charity committed to the relief of poverty in Africa. In particular, it works to alleviate the hardship and distress of women and children affected by the war in Uganda. By funding and supporting projects that make a real difference to the people...
Solidarites
SOLIDARITES is a humanitarian organisation which provides aid and assistance to victims of war or armed conflict. For over 20 years the association has concentrated its action on meeting three vital needs - water, food and shelter - by carrying out emergency programmes followed by reconstruction...
Joining Forces for Change: Demonstrating Innovation and Impact through UN-Business Partnerships
Joining Forces for Change: Demonstrating Innovation and Impact through UN-Business Partnerships, a publication by the UN Global Compact Office, presents a case for partnering with the UN in addition to listing case studies of successful UN-business partnerships. The partnerships presented in the...
Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, a UN Millennium Project Report, recommends concrete actions toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The report presents an overview of the findings and recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. The document was co-authored...
Church World Service - Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A)
Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A), a part of the Church World Service International, works for the development and relief of marginalised communities. CWS-P/A's three main programmes are social development, capacity building, and disaster response.
Community Aid Relief & Development (CoAid)
Co-Aid is a consortium of faith-baed international relief and development organisations established as an NGO in Victoria. Co-Aid provides administrative assistance for the establishment of small Christian-based overseas aid agencies, together with ongoing assistance in regard to monitoring and...
Caring Heart Charity Foundation
Caring Heart Charity Foundation is a non profit charitable organisation dedicated to help improve living conditions and build a better future for disadvantaged people in Russia. It collects and distributes clothing and household goods among people in need and social welfare organisations such as...
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
The American Friends Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programmes throughout the world. In collaboration with local communities and neighborhoods, AFSC’s programs foster understanding and reconciliation, promote economic development and food security,...
Lanka Lutheran Church (LLC)
Lanka Lutheran Church (LLC) works in unchurched areas around the tea plantations in the hill areas of Sri Lanka.
Solidarity Against AIDS Organization
Solidarity Against AIDS Organization is a community-based organization offering HIV/AIDS services in Amuria and Soroti Districts in eastern Uganda. Its mission is to improve the health of the people of Teso region, through various programs of mitigation against the impact of HIV/AIDS on the...
Romania's orphans: Where are they now?
The images shocked us all. Romania’s orphans lay in their beds, staring unblinkingly through their cot bars at cameras: victims of physical and sexual abuse, their behaviour controlled by drugs. Some were lying in their own excrement. Some were tied to their beds. All had lived a sub-human...