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Disasters and humanitarian affairs

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Saudi Arabian Red Crescent Society

The Saudi Arabian Red Crescent Society provides emergency medical services to citizens and residents in the Kingdom in normal circumstances and following disasters. It also participates in raising the level of health awareness and contributes in relief work in the Kingdom and abroad.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

FEMA is part of the US government's Homeland Security Department. FEMA's aim is to prepare the United States for emergencies and hazards such as floods or terrorist attacks. It also manages responses to all hazards facing the nation.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Jordan

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations’ global development network. Through its 166 country offices, UNDP is engaged in reaching the Millennium development goals of reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination. UNDP connects...

Center of Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance

The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance is a US Department of Defense organization dedicated to international disaster preparedness and management capacity building for the purpose of decreasing the impact of human suffering. Its mission is to educate, train,...

Hungarian Baptist Aid

HBaid's core activities are the provision of humanitarian aid in times of natural disasters, development, and human and civil rights protection. The foundation is involved in humanitarian and development programmes in 17 countries. In cases of catastrophes HBaid sets up orphanages, provides food,...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Jordan

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...

All Things New Ministry

Focused primarily on the recovery phase of disaster relief, All Things New Ministry aims to assist churches and communities in the development of disaster ministry. It does so through a variety of avenues: equipping churches to meet the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of those affected by...

Terrebonne Readiness Assistance Coalition (TRAC)

Terrebonne Readiness Assistance Coalition (TRAC) is a faith-based, community run non-profit corporation which has been serving Louisiana parishes since 1992. Focusing on client advocacy, disaster recovery, and preparedness education, TRAC assists individuals, families and communities to rebuild...

Eastern Europe Aid Association (EEAA)

The Eastern Europe Aid Association (EEAA) provides aid to Romanians both in Romania and throughout Eastern Europe. The organisation’s main activity is in sending shipments of basic goods to an orphanage in Iasi, Romania. Five or six containers are sent from Pennsylvania, USA, to Romania each year,...

Oxfam - India

Oxfam International is a development and relief agency that helps people worldwide in the struggle against poverty. It is a confederation of 12 organisations working together with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice. Oxfam...

Bulgarian Child

Bulgarian Child offers humanitarian aid, vocational and academic education, and hospice care to orphans in Bulgaria.

ActionAid - India

Action Aid is one of the UK's largest development agencies, helping to fight poverty in more than 30 developing countries. Action Aid works alongside poor and marginalised communities to help them recognise, promote and secure their basic rights, enhance their control over development work, and...

Great Commission Air

Great Commission Air (GCA) is a non-profit air transporation and humanitarian relief organisation. GCA organises a number of fundraising events including auctions and leisure activities, and receives a number of donations from the public and corporate bodies.

Kenya Red Cross Society

The Kenya Red Cross Society is an affiliate of the worldwide Red Cross movement. Created on the 21st December 1965, the society previously existed as a branch of the British Red Cross (1939 to 1965). Activities of the society are fashioned to meet the needs of communities country wide - programmes...

Missouri Interfaith Disaster Response Organisation(MIDRO)

The Missouri Interfaith Disaster Response Organisation (MIDRO) is a state-wide organisation of faith-based groups involved in disaster response. MIDRO coordinates the resources of its members to aid long term recovery in communities affected by disasters.

Oxfam Canada - Ontario

Oxfam Canada is a member of the international confederation, Oxfam, which consists of 15 national agencies that together work in 98 countries. Oxfam Canada supports long-term development, advocacy and emergency programs in 28 countries around the world. Our core programs are located in the...

Oxfam Canada - BC and Yukon

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)

NVOAD is a network of US-based voluntary organisations responding to disaster. Member organisations aim to provide more effective service and less duplication by communicating prior to and during disasters.

Oxfam - Canada - Halifax

Oxfam is a development and relief agency that helps people worldwide in the struggle against poverty. Local shops, found on regional sites, receive goods to raise money for Oxfam. They aim to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice by working with the local people, including the...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Vietnam

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Vietnam is organized around the UNDP global practice areas of democratic governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, energy and environment, and HIV/AIDS. In each of these practice areas, UNDP Viet Nam prioritizes gender equality and...