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Conservation Through Research, Education and Action (CREA)

Conservation Through Research, Education and Action (CREA) strives to conserve tropical rain forests through the building of sustainable livelihood for the rural poor, using the principles of science, education and community participation.

Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)

Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the global grantmaking Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundations Network, collaborates with advocacy groups, like-minded foundations, governments, and donors to create initiatives that enhance civil society. OSIWA’s program priorities...

VETAID

VETAID assists some of the poorest communities in Africa that depend on animals - cattle, camels, goats and chickens - for their survival. VETAID works with these vulnerable communities to secure food sources and reduce poverty through a range of actions such as providing animal health training and...

Stepping On Out

The aim of this British organisation is to empower people with disabilities to gain independence from disabling environments. This organisation produces its own greetings cards, bookmarks and other goods. They also provide second hand books, videos, CDs and DVDs which are sold at various venues in...

Department for International Development (DFID) Brazil

The Department for International Development (DFID) is part of the UK Government with responsibility for managing Britain's aid to developing countries. In Brazil, DFID aims to promote pro-poor economic growth and sustainable development through projects and programmes which help people in the...

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...

Tanga in Touch

Tanga in Touch supports projects in Tanga, Tanzania by sending recycled computing equipment to schools, and educates the schools on how to use the equipment. This organisation also helps local schools link with projects in different parishes in the community, supports a local leprosy care centre,...

Partners For Development

Partners for Development (PFD) is an American not-for-profit organization whose employees and volunteers work in partnership with local and international groups to improve the quality of life of vulnerable people in underserved communities. With its local partners, PFD addresses poverty,...

World Bank - West Bank & Gaza

The World Bank is an international financial institution based in Washington DC, USA, that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. Its official goal is the reduction of poverty. In 1993 the World Bank established the Trust Fund for Gaza and West Bank. Since then the World...

USAID Guatemala

With headquarters in Washington DC, USAID serves as an agency of the American government, carrying out U.S. foreign policy by promoting broad-scale human progress. It seeks to expand stable, free societies and create markets and trade partners for the United States. USAID has been active in...

Rafiki Foundation Inc.

Named after the Swahili word for "friend," Rafiki Foundation Inc. helps Africa’s orphaned and vulnerable children become contributors to their communities and the world. The Rafiki Villages provide living, educational, and medical facilities through Rafiki’s four programs: Childcare, Education,...

Project Father Heart of God for India

Youth With A Mission (YWAM), founded in 1960, is an international interdenominational Christian organisation, operating in more than 900 locations in over 140 countries, with a staff of over 11,000. YWAM aims to spread the love of God through helping with the practical and physical needs of people...

World Bank - Ecuador

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 in order to reduce poverty. In Ecuadar, the World bank focuses on anti-poverty reforms in the city and...

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

The objectives of SADC is to ensure that poverty alleviation is addressed in all SADC activities and programmes with the ultimate objective of eradicating it. SADC works towards a future within a regional community that will ensure economic well-being, improvement of the standards of living and...

OTF Group

The OTF Group is a consulting firm, dedicated to creating economic well-being around the world. OTF advises developing companies, regions, and nations to be more innovative, increase productivity and create competitive advantage through consulting services and software technology.

Engineers Without Borders UK

Engineers Without Borders UK (EWB-UK)is a student-led charity that focuses on removing barriers to development using engineering. EWB-UK runs training programmes that provide opportunities for young engineers to learn about the role of technology in development, promotes research and raises...

African Revival

African Revival builds, supports and sustains projects in Africa. The organisation works in marginalised rural districts to initiate projects in education, sustainability and school building. African Revival aims to empower families and communities to improve their health and wellbeing, with a...

Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP)

SSP is an Indian NGO that works for the improvement of living conditions of local communities through grass root women’s empowerment. It supports micro credit projects and networks of self-learning and self-help groups made by women. It also has a programme for disaster response.

Find Your Feet (FYF)

Find Your Feet (FYF) enables vulnerable families in poor communities to improve harvests, increase family income, and learn skills and access education services. This organisation also addresses women's needs and rights, the need to maintain biodiversity, increase understanding of economic, social...

ECIAfrica

ECIAfrica, an affiliate of Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI), is a consulting firm that provides social and economic development solutions to business, government, and civil society in developing and transitioning countries within Sub-Saharan Africa. ECIAfrica takes a multi-sectoral...