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Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation works to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democracy, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement by funding projects that build knowledge and strengthen organisations and networks. Grants must be for charitable, educational or scientific activities,...
Relief Spark
Relief Spark provides immediate disaster relief, rebuilding assistance and ongoing civic and community support to families in the United States that have lost their homes and/or businesses due to natural disaster. Relief Spark provides teams of trained volunteers to assess and clean damaged homes,...
First Hand Foundation
First Hand Foundation is a philanthropic, nonprofit organisation established by the associates of Cerner Corporation. First Hand helps the families of children with health problems address the financial aspects of their child's healthcare. By focusing on the individual child, First Hand reaches...
Centro para al Reintegrado y Atencion del Nino (CRAN)
Centro para al Reintegrado y Atencion de Nino (CRAN) is a Colombian NGO established in 1978 to work with abandoned and abused children between the ages of 0 and 7. CRAN uses a multi-disciplinary intervention model, providing physical, social and psychological help to the children in its care. CRAN...
United Nations Security Coordinator (UNSECOORD)
The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG) was formed in May 2000 to successfully advocate for a UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) on women, peace and security. This was achieved collaboratively with the unanimous adoption of SCR 1325 on 31 October 2000. Now, the NGOWG advocates...
Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP)
Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) leads projects with local communities to improve the eysight of those in need in the countries of HCP's operation. Today, HCP reaches the most unreachable patients wherever its services are needed through a combination of: teaching ophthalmic care at all levels,...
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) is a non-profit, non-partisan international network of elected legislators with over 1300 members in more than 100 countries around the globe. PGA aims to promote peace, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, sustainable development and population issues...
Partnership Assessment Tool (PAT)
Partnership Assessment Tool (PAT) is an assessment methodology developed by the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Insitute for Training and Research, United Nations Office for Partnerships, and the Global Compact Office to improve the impact and sustainability of UN-business...
Coordenadoria Ecumenico de Servico (CESE)
CESE is a philanthropic ecumenical organsation working with grass roots organisations throughout Brazil to strengthen social justice. CESE provides seed funding to community organisations to enable them to develop projects focusing on human rights, economic development, public health, education and...
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Brazil
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) provides finance and technical assistance to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. UN Women Brasil focuses on projects aimed at: poverty reduction among women and HIV/AIDS prevention, encouraging women's...
FORO JUVENIL
FORO JUVENIL promotes, investigates, and develops consultancy activities focused upon adolescence and youth. The organisation activities are directed towards vocational training, rural and urban youth, domestic violence, sexual abuse, culture, environment, and ecology.
Tentnology
Produces, rents and sells a variety of tents. Tentnology has much experience providing many portable fabric structures to disaster situations. Examples include mobile hospitals, command centres, portable storage&maintenance facilities, information kiosks and canteen tents.
Global Dental Relief
Global Dental Relief brings free dental care to impoverished children of Nepal, northern India, Vietnam, Guatemala, and beginning in 2013, Kenya. Volunteer dentists, hygienists, assistants and non-medical volunteers deliver treatment and preventive care in dental clinics that serve children in...
HumaniNet
HumaniNet provides technological assistance to humanitarian relief organisations and NGOs. As a network of over 100 organisations, HumaniNet refers field users to organisations who can assist them. HumaniNet provides services to the humanitarian community by: 1. Actively reaching out to...
German Corporation for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Chile
GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit or German Corporation for Technical Cooperation) is the agency which channels international aid from the Federal German Government to developing countries. GTZ currently works in 130 countries worldwide. GTZ resumed work in Chile in 1989,...
Red Cross Argentina
The Argentinian Red Cross is a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Founded in 1880, the organisation currently works with priority groups identified in its national plan developed in 2002. These groups include elderly people in day centres and homes,...
Fundación Operación Sonrisa Panamá
Fundación Operación Sonrisa Panamá, an affiliate of Operation Smile International, utilises volunteers to repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families.
Young Women's Christian Association of Jamaica (YWCA Jamaica)
Young Women's Christian Association of Jamaica (YWCA Jamaica), affiliated with the World YWCA, promotes the well-being of women and girls in all aspects of their lives and works to unite them in a worldwide Christian fellowship which seeks fullness of life through physical, mental, social and...
The Moises Bertoni Foundation (MBF)
The Moises Bertoni Foundation (MBF) is an NGO based in Paraguay. The organisation promotes an innovative approach towards conservation and sustainable development, working with private landowners, public authorities and citizens to develop nature reserves and to protect the environment.
Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR)
The Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) contributes to the resolution of international deadly conflict through research, education and practice. CICR aims to increase understanding of international conflicts through collaborative research and is committed to offering courses that...