Organizations involved in providing humanitarian aid or support (e.g. provision of food, shelter, medical relief, disaster relief) and training for these services.
United Nations website providing information to humanitarian relief organizations. Updated daily. There is also a directory of non-governmental organizations. The website is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affai http://www.reliefweb.int/
Nominates awards for acts of bravery and provides funds to those disadvantaged or physically handicapped by their gallant actions. http://www.rhsa.org.au/
News and information about the Combined Federal Campaign, a workplace giving network of US federal government employees which supports local, national and international charities. http://www.cfctoday.org/
A social service organization serving the northwest side of Chicago. Emergency services offered are energy payment assistance, food pantry, and holiday gifts. Other services include after-school youth programs, AmeriCorps, fine arts, resident camping, and http://nush.org/
Organization requesting donations to provide female factory workers in Mexico's "Killing Fields" with safety items & self-defense at the maquiladoras where missing women used to work. http://www.savejuarez.org/Index.htm
Volunteer organization bringing clothes, food and toys to needy Oklahoma County, Oklahoma residents at Christmas time. Contains donation form, event listing and contact information. http://www.christmasconnection.org/
Features articles on early warning and emergency provision, as well as post-conflict peace-building and the transition to development. http://www.jha.ac/
The mission is to provide assistance to poor and needy families in rural farming communities and to draw attention to the needs of such families and to raise funds to relieve those needs. http://www.farmaid.org/
The national 2-1-1 initiative seeks to reserve these three digits nationwide as quick, easy to remember telephone number for finding human services answers. http://www.211.org
Community organization which aims to win power for low and moderate families. It's aims are to gain better housing for first time homebuyers and tenants, securing living wages for low-wage workers, more investment in communities from banks and governments http://www.acorn.org/
Membership-based service organization for young adults between the ages of 20 and 39. Provides young adults with an opportunity for personal growth, friendships, and leadership development while improving the quality of life for the special needs children http://www.active20-30.com/
Hunger emergency is a consortium of poverty relief groups and public officials whose goal is to mobilize the public to end the poverty crisis in L.A. County. http://lapoverty.org/
Secular international movement of solidarity for justice based on communities that take in people who are marginalized or wounded by life. Multilingual english/french/spanish. http://www.emmaus-international.org/
Facilitates volunteering to charities all over the world through fabric arts. Free patterns, free advice and lists of agencies in need of hand made donations. http://www.allcrafts4charity.org/
A foundation working to communicate the ethical values that it believes make a difference such as such as honesty, caring, optimism, hard work, and helping others. http://www.forbetterlife.org/
Founded by Californians of Portuguese ancestry in honor of compatriot, John Rodrigues Cabrillo, discoverer of California. The Clubs have many charitable activities including blood drives, fund raising for polio and cancer research, assisting candidates fo http://www.cabrillocivicclubs.org
Site for people to thank those that have helped. Read stories of heros and give to charities that help them. Let us all receive gratitude! http://www.InGratia.org/
A Thai registered charity, and called in Thai "Ruamkanpattana Foundation" was established 1985 to provide a vehicle for the Karen hill tribes of Thailand participate and manage their own socio-economic development. work covers following areas: Provision http://www.karenhilltribes.org.uk/
A movement in Sri Lanka involved in development and reconstuction, active in thousands of villages in all regions of the country, commanding the services of hundreds of thousands of volunteers and trained workers. http://www.sarvodaya.org/
Aid to Southeast Asia is a people-to-people, international aid project contributing to world peace and respect for human rights. http://www.aidtoseasia.org/
Directories of health, development, environmental, volunteering, education and other charity/activist causes. Includes links to resources. http://www.workerants.com/
Information about a foundation enabling opportunities for emloyeees as volunteers in the community. Site also has information on a programme to give grants to organizations who have employees who have given over a certain number of hours of voluntary time http://www.mgmmiragevoice.com/
Aimed at socio-economic uplift of poor and disadvantaged people, especially women, from backward rural areas in Pakistan, through their technical education, skill development and vocational training. http://www.freetocharities.org.uk/phrdo/
Promotes cross-cultural understanding through journalism and music. Provides overviews of current initiatives, projects, and events along with organization leadership information. http://danielpearl.org/
An online venue for NGOs and NGO professionals around the world to provide equal opportunity to publish their news and discuss related issues. http://www.ngonews.org/
Enables individuals and companies to find and support high-impact, grassroots social and economic development projects around the world. http://www.globalgiving.com/
Mission is the social and political advancement of women and men from diverse cultural, ethnic, and national traditions, fostering increased economic empowerment through promotion and development of entrepreneurial excellence, technology training, network http://www.dialogueondiversity.org/
