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Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Canada

Mission Aviation Fellowship is a Christian non-profit organisation which has a fleet of aircraft which they use to transport missionaries, relief supplies and telecommunications to countries which may otherwise be hard to travel to.

Mercy Ships Southern Africa (MSSA)

Mercy Ships Southern Africa (MSSA) operates a fleet of ships which provide medical and dental assistance, food, agricultural skills, and relief and development services.

World Vision - Malaysia

World Vision is a Christian relief and development organisation working for the well being of all people, especially children. Through emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and through raising public awareness they seek to promote the situation of the needy and provide for...

Help Africa Relief and Development, Inc. (HARD Relief)

Help Africa Relief and Development, Inc. (HARD Relief) provides humanitarian assistance, health care and education to vulnerable populations.

Red Cross Costa Rica

The Costa Rican Red Cross is a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The organisation works with the national authorities to improve the lives of the most vulnerable groups in society, including young people and people stricken by disaster. Programmes focus...

Oxfam Canada

Oxfam Canada is an international development agency which focuses on the root causes of poverty, injustice and inequality, with the stated intent of creating self-reliant and sustainable communities. The agency believes that to end global poverty women's rights must be secured. In addition to food...

Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) - Azerbaijan

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...

United Network for Universal Aid (UNNET)

United Network for Universal Aid (UNNET)is a global network connecting and coordinating humanitarian and development aid resources with the primary purpose of disaster prevention and preventive development. UNNET dispatches special missions to disaster areas to advise local authorities about...

Iranian Red Crescent

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organisation, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) - Uzbekistan

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)is a organisations for medical humanitarian aid, giving quality medical care to people caught in crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation. Every day, more than 27,000 MSF field staff provide assistance around the world to people whose survival is...

Agency for Technical Cooperation & Development (ACTED)

The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) is an international non-governmental humanitarian relief agency, assisting countries in crisis. Activities include water and sanitation projects, economic revitalisation programmes in agriculture and fishing, and distributing mosquito...

Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains is a Chinese NGO which provides resources for development work. The organisation collects and distributes goods to projects throughout the country involved with disaster relief, medical and health related issues, environmental conservation and education.

Canadian Red Cross

Canadian Red Cross works with governments and other humanitarian organisations during disasters, emergencies or war to provide people with the basic necessities--food, clothing, shelter, first aid, emotional support, and family reunification. The organisation supports and manages development and...

Red Crescent Society - Kyrgyzstan

Mata Amritanandmayi Math

Mata Amritanandmayi Math is a charitable humanitarian organisation operating in the culture, education, healthcare and social services sectors for the poor in Indian society. The organisation accepts monetary donations and gifts in kind for its operations in India.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Laos

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has worked in Laos since 1957 and currently the primary objective is to eradicate poverty. Focus areas for Laos include democratic governance, poverty reduction, energy and the environment, the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme (UXO),...

Children of Fiji (a.k.a. St Christopher's Children's home in Fiji)

The charity 'Children of Fiji' was formed on humanitarian grounds and has no religious or political affiliation. Its goals are to advance education, health and welfare and to relieve the poverty of children in Fiji. It provides various schools with essential resources such as reading and reference...

Logistics Cluster

The Logistics Cluster fosters partnerships among the broader humanitarian community to improve delivery of humanitarian relief to communities affected by disasters and conflicts. The Cluster approach provides a unique opportunity for the humanitarian logistics community to benefit from the shared...

Mediq Norge AS

Mediq Norge AS is a wholesaler with healthcare as only focus area. The company provides pharmaceuticals, medical devices and the associated care servicing hospitals, care institutions, general practitioners/specialists, as well as pharmacies and bandagists. The products are related to...

Aldeas Infantiles SOS - Venezuela

Aldeas Infantiles SOS – Venezuela, as part of SOS Children's Villages International, builds families for children in need, support them to form their own future and participate in the development of their communities. Aldeas Infantiles SOS – Venezuela works with families at risk in areas of...