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Plan Canada
Plan is a global movement for change, mobilizing millions of people around the world to support social justice for children in developing countries. Plan is one of the world’s oldest and largest international development agencies, working in partnership with millions of people around the world...
Plan USA
Plan USA is a global partnership of caring people founded in 1937 to bring hope and help to the world's poorest children. Their community-based programmes assist more than 10 million children in 45 developing countries.
Mercy Ships Sierra Leone
Mercy Ships Sierra Leone, part of the Mercy Ships fleet, utilises ocean-going vessels to provide medical and dental assistance, food, agricultural skills, and relief and development services to the poorest of the poor in West Africa.
Air Partner
Air Partner plc is one of the world’s leading corporate aircraft charter companies with 20 offices, spanning Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia. We operate a full 24-hour flight operations centre providing clients with instant access to our private air charter services all year round. ...
Friend Ships
Friend Ships provides food, medicine, clothing, and other critical life support relief items to people in need. Operations in the U.S. include the distribution of more than 150,000 meals (in groceries) to needy people in Los Angeles every week. Internationally, Friend Ships has delivered over 100...
Africare
Africare's programmes address needs in the principal areas of food security and agriculture as well as health and HIV/AIDS. Africare also supports water resource development, environmental management, basic education, micro enterprise development, governance initiatives and emergency humanitarian...
For the Love of Children Society of Alberta
For the Love of Children Society of Alberta assists children with special needs in Alberta with medical equipment, supplies or services that are not covered under provincial health care. For the Love of Children Society of Alberta also brings school supplies, toys, medicine, entertainment and funds...
Africa Muslims Agency
Africa Muslims Agency provides social services and poverty relief developmental projects to Muslims and Muslim communities throughout Africa.
Permanet
Permanet is a product of the Vestergaard Frandsen Group, which specialises in complex emergency response and disease control textiles. With offices worldwide, it has a very short response time to emergency needs. Their three major products are 'Permanet'(a long lasting insecticidal mosquito net),...
Rotary World Community Service Resource Network
Rotary World Community Service Resource Network (WCSRN) is a global network of Rotarians with special expertise who can provide comprehensive information and advice to clubs and districts on successful approaches to carrying out international service projects.
Missions Ablaze
Missions Ablaze is a group of missionaries that aim to help the poor and needy, especially children, with food, clothing and shelter. They are involved in the preparation and distribution of food to the poor through a number of soup kitchens. They lead Bible studies among children and youth and...
KM CORP.
KM Corp is a Korean company that manufactures "cleanroom" consumables. The company has expanded its range to industrial and medical items.
Tibet Aid
Tibet Aid is a not-for-profit organisation providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Tibet, primarily by locating sponsors for homeless, impoverished, and destitute Tibetan refugees. Tibet Aid also promotes Tibetan cultural preservation and supports educational and medical relief programs...
World Vision - India
World Vision India is a child focussed, community based development organisation that works for the upliftment of the poorest of the poor in India. Children, being the future of nation, are the main focus of their work that is aimed at building up the community around them so that they step to a...
Aid Agency To Work With Corporate Donors On Disaster Relief
International aid agency Oxfam launched a new, unique alliance for corporate donors, Aviva and Vodafone, to fund its initial response operations which will enable it to deal immediately with disasters whenever and wherever they occur.
2010-2011 World Disaster Reduction Campaign
Cities and local governments need to get ready, reduce the risks and become resilient to disasters. For the next two years and beyond, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) will campaign together with its partners for this to happen.
Edison International contributes to Asian Tsunami disaster relief
It is not often that the world’s collective sense of solidarity and compassion is captured by a single event. The earthquake-spawned tsunami that ravaged so many countries in southern Asia and eastern Africa in December 2004 was one such event. Proving once again how committed they are to making a...
Kohl's Department Stores Donates $250,000 to Support Hurricane Irene Relief Efforts
Kohl’s Department Stores has donated $250,000 to the American Red Cross toward Hurricane Irene relief efforts.
Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) encourages communities to talk about disaster reduction
The "Our Community Disaster Reduction: Map Simulation" activity conducted by the Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) in 2007 is a workshop-style program to promote disaster reduction.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Chile
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...