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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Guyana
UNDP is one of United Nation organisations that has targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. In Guyana the UNDP supports the peoples of Guyana in pursuit of national goals and objectives as articulated by the...
Realsom Organization for Welfare & Development
Realsom Organization for Welfare&Development aims to provide the resources necessary to make Somali residents self-sufficient in health,employment,sanitation and education through developmental programs/projects. Realsom was partnered with Local, National and International NGOs Based in...
Civil Society International
Civil Society International (CSI) assists independent organisations working for democracy and civil society in countries lacking in these principles. The CSI is a source of information about projects worldwide that are committed to limited government, popular elections and free association and...
The Brokering Guidebook - a guide to navigating effective sustainable development partnerships
The Brokering Guidebook, produced by IBLF in collaboration with Rio Tinto, UNDP and the UN System Staff College, illuminates the critical role played by brokers in a cross-sector partnership, and outlines the many tasks that a broker may have to carry out during the life of a partnership.
Association Al Amana Pour la Promotion des Microentreprises
Association Al Amana Pour la Promotion des Microentreprises promotes micro-enterprise by offering credit and related services.
Better Poverty Eradication Organisation
The Better Poverty Eradication Organisation is a Kenyan NGO that works on community mobilisation. Issues tackled by the organisation include capacity building, advocacy, behaviour change, and the socio-economic impact of disease. Main activities include developing HIV/AIDS prevention strategies...
Calvary Chapel - Managua Nicaragua
Calvary Chapel - Managua Nicaragua serves one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Managua by providing free meals daily, jobs for the unemployed in their bakery, and elementary school education.
Mercy Corps - Niger
Mercy Corps is an NGO working as an international humanitarian agency involved in emergency relief, sustainable community development and assistance to communities recovering from disaster. In Niger, Mercy Corps works in rural and urban communities to promote health and nutrition, food security,...
Associacion par la Paz y Desarrollo (APD) - Nicaragua
Associacion par la Paz y Desarrollo (APD) is a Spanish based NGO committed to promoting gender equality, equitable redistribution of resources, and the improvement of life quality among men and women living in poverty. It runs projects and programs in 15 countries around the world to achieve ...
Fujairah Welfare Association
The Fujairah Welfare Association is a charity based in the United Arab Emirates. The Association assists widows and destitute families to set up small enterprises and to undertake retraining, for example, in IT. The Association also helps with donations of food and blankets in local relief efforts.
The Exchange Centre of Henan Foreign Economy
The Exchange Centre of Henan Foreign Economy in China organises economic and trade fairs to promote Henan’s foreign trade sector. In particular, the Centre coordinates Henan business delegations to meet with foreign investors from countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Russia. The Centre also...
World Bank - Pakistan
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...
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) is a consortium of 29 bilateral and multilateral donor agencies who support microfinance. CGAP's mission is to improve the capacity of microfinance institutions to deliver flexible, high-quality financial services to the very poor on a sustainable basis....
Gantsi Craft
Gantsi Craft is committed to improving the lives of SAN-communities by promoting and marketing craft for the benefit of rural producers. Gantsi Craft currently serves 15 remote settlements within the Ghanzi and Kalahari Regions by buying craft directly from the producers. Craft is fairly traded...
A Self-help Assistance Program - Africa (ASAP Africa)
A Self-Help Assistance Program – Africa (ASAP Africa) is an international NGO based in the US. The organisation aims to cultivate self-reliance in Southern Africa by empowering disadvantaged rural communities to effect fundamental and sustainable improvements in their own lives. In partnership...
Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust (NELT)
The Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust (NELT) is a New-Zealand based Trust that assists with the development of the Nelson City area by providing loan capital to enterprises and organisations in Nelson City or Tasman District. The main objectives of NELT are to: * Assist new and emerging...
Village Enterprise Fund (VEF)
Village Enterprise Fund (VEF) combines business training, seed capital grants, and ongoing mentoring to qualified rural entrepreneurs in East Africa to create sustainable income-generating businesses. Village Enterprise plays a unique role in the poverty reduction and microenterprise development...
African Relief and Welfare Agency Australia (ARWA Australia)
African Relief & Welfare Agency Australia (ARWA Australia) is an NGO operating from Australia specifically to Africa to contribute to poverty alleviation and assist African communities in need to gain hope and self-sufficiency. ARWA integrates development with aid relief, to relieve...
United Nations (UN)
Founded in 1945, the UN is a humanitarian agency dedicated to maintaining peace and security in the world, solving global problems, and protecting human rights. The UN funds projects that seek to reduce poverty and to make the world a better place for all people.
Reservoirs of Compassion (RECO)
Reservoirs of Compassion (RECO) is a Christian non-governmental organisation based in Kampala, Uganda. Organisational activities are broad in focus, and include community development (such as through micro-enterprise initiatives), assisting HIV/AIDS victims, running adult literacy programmes,...