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TEAR Australia Inc.
TEAR Australia Inc. supports the development and relief work of 94 partner organisations in 25 countries. TEAR Australia oversees the secondment of fieldworkers to partner organisations in the Third World, and runs Development Exposure Programmes, introducing participants to community development...
Australian Red Cross
The Australian Red Cross (ARC) is one of the 181 members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and works to improve the lives of vulnerable people in Australia and internationally. Their mission is to be a leading humanitarian organisation in Australia, improving...
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) is an agency of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). It channels grants to programme priority areas focusing on poverty reduction in accordance with Norway's development policy. Norad has focused on a number of areas: persons with...
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...
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Association of Australia Inc. (SMAAA)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Association of Australia Inc. (SMAAA) is an organisation which is dedicated to providing support to those suffering from all types of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) along with their families.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Colombia
FAO was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. Today, FAO is one of the largest specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for...
Bharath Abhyudaya Seva Samithi (BASS)
Bharath Abhyudaya Seva Samithi (BASS) works for the welfare of children, women, and persons with disabilities, the elderly and other vulnerable and marginalised groups in about 40 villages in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, including Edlapadu, Prathipadu, Nadendla Mandals and Cyclone Prone...
Need To India
Need To India focuses its services toward several themes including abused women and children, HIV awareness and care, disaster relief and rural development programs.
Equip Trust
Equip Trust is a UK humanitarian and educational agency working in Central Asia, with a primary focus on activities that will benefit the disadvantaged and young (notably through providing resources, developing training and encouraging partnerships). The organisation is currently running a number...
Vision Aid Overseas
Vision Aid Overseas is a charity that helps people in the developing world with poor eyesight, particularly where glasses can help. It works by sending abroad teams of volunteer optometrists and dispensing opticians who set up clinics, screen large number of patients and provide appropriate glasses.
Disability Sport Events
Disability Sport Events is an events agency that provides, develops and co-ordinates opportunities in sport and recreation for people with disabilities in the UK. The organisation also has opportunities for volunteers to assist at sporting events, and welcomes applications from volunteers with...
Handicap International
Handicap International aims to provide people with disabilities or vulnerabilities with the appropriate rehabilitation services and support for integration within their communities. Handicap International is an independent international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and...
Project Concern International - Hong Kong
This organisation aims to provide medical and charitable service to the low income sector of the community. Provides services for children, young people and the elderly. Project Concern is also involved in providing rehabilitation services and operating mobile dental clinics and eye services in...
New Life Foundation
The New Life Foundation was established in 1964 under the patronage of H.R.H. The Princess Mother. During the past 39 years, the Foundation's main activities have been to help underprivileged Thais with a physical or mental handicap in 3 villages located in Northern part of Thailand. The New Life...
Christian Blind Mission (CBM)
Christian Blind Mission (CBM) is an independent Christian development organisation dedicated to preventing and curing blindness, as well as to the education and rehabilitation of people who are blind or have other disabilities.
Better Life Organization (BELO)
Better Life Organization (BELO) works towards the self-development and medical, social and educational rehabilitation of disabled persons, with a focus on children ages 0-18. BELO promotes education for girls, and works with women’s groups to help women become economically empowered. One of...
Help-one Women's Organisation
Help-one Women’s Organisation is a philanthropic organisation aiming at improving women’s living conditions and social status in Uganda. Its projects focus on empowering women through socio-economic activities, providing vocational training for women, including tailoring, design, IT and poultry...
Mother Theresa Development Research Institute(MTRI)
Mother Theresa Development Research Institute (MTRI) works for the upliftment of the downtrodden and vulnerable sections of Indian society especially women and children, youth, disabled, aged, dalits, tribals and minorities. MTRI provides research and action programs in human rights, formal and...
Beam of Hope for the Disadvantaged (BEHOD)
The Beam of Hope for the Disadvantaged (BEHOD) is a registered Non-government Organisation, which started as a community based Organisation in 2006, with an aim of uplifting the education standard and the socio-economic status of the disadvantaged youths (Disabled and orphans) in Uganda. The...
One Just World
One Just World is a partnership that organises a national series of free, after-work speakers’ forums aimed at involving the community in conversation and debate on key international development issues facing Australia, the Asia-Pacific and beyond. It is a partnership between World Vision...