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Muslim Aid Australia

Muslim Aid Australia provides emergency, long-term assistance and other charitable services to alleviate the pain of those suffering and in need of relief. The organisation raises funds for various relief efforts and orphan aid programmes for some of the poorest countries of the world. MAA...

OptINnow

At OptINnow, supporters can look through client profiles and select an entrepreneur they wish to fund. The loans goes directly to the impoverished individuals these supporters designate, helping them to build retail, manufacturing, farming, or other businesses that support their families. When...

The Edge Connection

This organisation takes volunteers to work in microenterprise. Volunteers share their business expertise with students and clients. The mission of the organization is to promote economic self-sufficiency and self-determination through comprehensive entrepreneurial training targeting low-to...

Pro Mujer: Peru

Pro Mujer is a women's development organisation established to provide Latin America's poorest women with the means to build livelihoods for themselves - and futures for their families - through micro-lending, business training, and healthcare support. The Pro Mujer program in Peru currently...

Credito con Educacion Rural (CRECER)

Credito con Educacion Rural (CRECER)is an independent Bolivian NGO established with initial assistance from Freedom from Hunger. CRECER provides micro-finance and business training to poor women throughout Bolivia. CRECER also practices community banking in rural areas. In addition, CRECER is also...

Microfinance Gateway

The Microfinance Gateway is a comprehensive source of information for and about the micro-finance industry. It includes research and publications, discussion groups, specialised resource centers, organisation and consultant profiles, as well as the latest news, events, and job opportunities in...

Fondation Didé

Fondation Didé has programmes to improve the conditions of detention by supporting local initiatives and respecting local customs. Programmes supported by Didé include the creation of separate units of detention for women and minors, the provision of education in the form of literacy and...

CAUSE Canada (Christian Aid for Under-Assisted Societies Everywhere)

Founded in 1984, CAUSE Canada is an international relief and development organisation working to empower communities and individuals in disadvantaged regions to overcome poverty and improve quality of life. Their development priority includes primary health care, water and sanitation,...

Charities Advisory Trust

The Charities Advisory Trust is an innovative organisation, concerned with redressing inequalities and injustice in a practical way. The income generation of charities is seen as a way of effecting change. The organization helps other charities with their trading and equips graduates to work in the...

KHULA Enterprise Finance Limited

Khula Enterprise Finance Limited is an agency of South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). It was established to facilitate access to finance for small and medium size business. Khula provides assistance through various delivery channels including commercial banks, retail financial...

Janashakthi Kantha Sanwardhana Samithiya

Janashakthi Kantha Sanwardhana Samithiya is a Sri Lanka based NGO working to motivate women to be self-reliant and educate fatherless children. Key organisational activities include the establishment of a revolving fund for the use by members, the training of women in self-employment ventures, the...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Zimbabwe

FAO has 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 agriculture, forestry, fisheries...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Maldives

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...

Small & Medium Enterprise Developers (SMED)

Small&Medium Enterprise Developers (SMED) is committed to the development of Small&Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka. SMEs can obtain the latest global information on business, finance, competition or on any other economic indicator through the SMED website. The site aims to be a...

Clearinghouse for Volunteer Accounting Services (CVAS)

Provides accounting services to nonprofit organisations by matching accountants with organisations in need of accounting services. All accountants work on a volunteer basis, and offer their services free of charge to eligible nonprofits. This enables nonprofit organisations to obtain professional...

Tree Aid

TREE AID is a dryland/forestry-focused development charity unlocking the potential of trees to reduce poverty and protect the environment in the African Sahel. Its aim is to provide greater understanding of how best to manage and secure long-term access to natural resources as a means to alleviate...

Grameen Bank

Grameen Bank, a microfinance enterprise agency, provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh for economic projects of their own. Their website includes information on the program and models for microcredit lending.

Grameen Foundation China Microfinance Programme

Grameen Foundation China Microfinance Programme, an initiative of the Grameen Foundation, utilises microcredit and donor support to provide thousands of Chinese women access to financial services.

Triodos Bank

Triodos Bank is one of the world's leading sustainable banks. Triodos connect savers and investors who want to change the world for the better with entrepreneurs and sustainable companies doing just that. We are the only specialist bank to offer integrated lending and investment opportunities in an...

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...