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War Child

War Child is a network of independent organisations working across the world to help children affected by war. Different projects are being coordinated by country offices in the UK, Canada and the Netherlands. War Child aims to alleviate suffering by bringing material aid into war zones, to support...

Global Standards

Global Standards specialises in corporate social responsibility consulting in respect to international labour, environmental and safety standards for export manufacturers in Asia. On its website, the organisation posts resources in respect to the Vietnamese Labor Code, local Vietnamese labor laws,...

Good Neighbors

The Good Neighbors (GN) works toward the restoration of humanity and ethical virtue through its "loving neighbors" campaigns. It strives to build a global community where people live together in harmony and endeavors to solve the problems of poverty in all of its diverse dimensions. GN's projects...

United Way Worldwide

The United Way Worldwide is a global network of nonprofit organisations operating in 45 countries. They gather money, goods and volunteer services from donors and distributes them to the strongest local projects and charitable organisations. United Way Worldwide also work closely with companies,...

International Association for Religious Freedom

The International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) is a registered charity based in the United Kingdom which has the aim of working for freedom of religion and belief at a global level. A key part of its agenda is to encourage interfaith dialogue and tolerance - and has been doing so for...

One World Trust

One World Trust aims to achieve the eradication of poverty, injustice and war. It conducts research on practical ways to make global organizations more responsive to the people they affect, and on how the rule of law can be applied equally to all. Its guiding vision is a world where all peoples...

Foundation Rwanda

Foundation Rwanda provides funding for the secondary school education of children born from rape during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and promotes awareness about the consequences of genocide through advocacy and education. The organization also collaborates with those local NGOs in Rwanda that help...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Burkina Faso

UNDP is one of United Nation organisations that has targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. On the ground in 166 countries, UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners to raise awareness,...

World Food Programme (WFP) - Iraq

Set-up in 1963, WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. WFP uses its food to: meet emergency needs and support economic and social development. It also provides the logistics support necessary to get food aid to the right people at the right time and in the...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Iraq

UNDP is one of United Nations organizations committed to targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. On the ground in 166 countries, UNDP uses its global network to help its partners to raise awareness, track...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Uruguay

UNDP is the UN's global development network - an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. It currently operates in 166 countries. In Urugauy, UNDP is helping the country to develop programmes and solutions...

United Nations Conference On Trade And Development (UNCTAD)

UNCTAD serves as an international agency dedicated to furthering international trade and fostering enterprise and economic development worldwide. It hires experts to help with international issues, attempts to alter public policy to bring about development, and offers technical aid. UNCTAD works...

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is a tripartite UN agency that brings together governments, employers and workers in common actions to promote opportunities for women and men to engage in decent productive work. The ILO campaigns to promote social justice and the recognition and...

Trocaire

Trócaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland. It was given a dual mandate: to support long-term development projects overseas and to provide relief during emergencies; and at home to inform the Irish public about the root causes of poverty and injustice and...

Asia Pacific Social Development Research Centre (APSDRC)

Asia Pacific Social Development Research Centre (APSDRC) is an independent research centre at the City University of Hong Kong. APSDRC publishes a bi-monthly newsletter that includes news reports, sectoral analyses, regional surveys, profiles of funding institutions, summaries of donor activities...

Irish Aid

Irish Aid is the Government of Ireland’s programme of assistance to developing countries. Irish Aid works in cooperation with governments in other countries, other donors, NGOs and international organisations as part of the global effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Its main...

Bethel China

Bethel China is an NGO registered in Hong Kong. The organisation serves children with visual impairments in China through two projects: the Love Is Blind project runs four homes for blind orphans, providing high quality care and education; while the Outreach project provides regular training for...

Children In Crossfire

Children in Crossfire raises the awareness of the causes and effects of poverty with a particular focus on children. The oranisation's key activities include delivering presentations and workshops in schools, parishes and community centres in Ulster and the West of England, and organising...

World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations specialised agency for health, aims to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely...

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland

The World Economic Forum is an independent non-profit organisation committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders from the public and private sectors and from wider civil society in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Its annual meeting attracts over...