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Refugees and internally displaced persons

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Emergency IDPs Hygiene and Sanitation Improvement Project, Somalia

Since the collapse of the government, the hygiene and sanitation infrastructures and more specifically in the capital area have been very poor. The IDPs (internally displaced person) influx hosted by the capital have worsened the situation and as the camps are overcrowded the hygiene and...

Financial Assistance for the construction of Barr christian vocational center in Uganda

Help the youth, orphans, vulnerable children and women who have been in the internally displaced camps in Northern Uganda to train them to be self reliant in the community. Because of no classrooms, the training is always done under the trees in the compound of the church and the number of...

Equipment Needed for Orphanage, Nigeria

We, the management and trustees of Mgborie Wailing Orphanage and Widows foundation have taken a huge responsibility to cater for orphans, widows, and the underprivileged. Nowadays, we are helping 30 children and 15 widows. This widows and orphans are coming from different backgrounds. The orphans...

Identity Papers and Citizenship for stateless and abandoned Romanian Children

We are trying to help abandoned children and young families in Bucharest, Romania who have no papers, are not registered with the government, and are not considered citizens. The context is: Currently there are 2,000+ of these young people were left to fend for themselves after the fall of the...

Legal Aid for Indigenous People of Conflict Areas in Eastern Congo

With this project, LISVDHE would like to help vulnerable people like sexual violence's and tortures victims, orphans, old people, internal war displaced, widowers, and refugees. The problem in Congo is that with all the different conflicts, there have been a large number of human rights abuses....

Funding for orphanage in Kapedo, Kenya

The main goal of the Amani Orphanage and Community Center is to create a safe environment for internally displaced and orphaned children for the village of Kapedo, Kenya, and equip them with the skills to help them re-integrate into society. The orphan center will be used as a medium where peace...

Promoting local integration of disabled refugees and asylum seekers in Johannesburg South Africa

There are currently more than 700 refugees and asylum seekers living with severe disabilities in South Africa. They form the most marginalized and forgotten population in the wider disability community and tend to be overlooked or ignored by those supposed to render services to refugees and...

Integrate ex-quarry workers in the community through development of social, economic standards, India

The Association for Community Training - ACT is a non profit, non Governmental, secular Social work organization working for the cause of the weaker sections of the society for the past twenty three years in Villupuram District, India. ACT initially was promoted in the year 1983 by a Team of...

Ambulance and Emergency Medical Supplies needed in Myanmar (Karen State)

This project is about assisting the ethnic Karen people of Myanmar (Myawaddy) to develop a Emergency medical service of which presently there is none. The Karen people are 7% of the Burmese Population but have been persecuted by the Burmese Junta for decades. The KNLA (Karen Army) often engage...

Support Orphanage Development Centre in Congo

We are helping orphans and children from poor families to attend school in order to have a brighter future. After many years of war many children were orphaned and no one there to help them. In 2006, we decided to start a Centre for orphans at Rumangabo (45 miles from Goma) Fifty percent of the...

Transitional Shelters for Daadab Refugee Camp in Kenya

Because of the over population in the Daadab refugee camps that were originally meant to hold some 90,000 and instead hold 550,000, distribution of basic human needs has been a challenge even with a large number of international organizations. One of the biggest challenges other than food and...

Support expansion of services for asylum seekers in Senegal and throughout West Africa

ADHA is an NGO that promotes the essential human rights of asylum seekers, refugees, internally displaced persons and the youth of Africa whose opinions should be a driving force behind decision making processes. Unfortunately their voices remain unheard on many significant issues. It is thus...

Sports Equipment for Female Empowerment in Jordan

Reclaim Childhood is a non profit that seeks to extend the benefit of sport and play to young women in displaced and underserved communities in Jordan. Our mission is to empower young women through sport, and inspire a new generation of female leaders. Since 2008 we have offered organized sports...

Supplies for refugee families in Greece

One of the Hellenic Ministries' projects is about helping the refugees who are waiting or hiding in Greece. We provide for their needs during the cold winter months and throughout the year. We offer hospitality and develop relationships during the summer at our campsite. We offer meals, showers,...

Help Cyclone Thane victims in India

In the end of December 2011, Cyclone Thane struck the Tamilnadu state, India. Due to this huge disaster, many places have been damaged severely, particularly Cuddalore and Puducherry District. The struggle is not completed within two days or two months. This disaster will be there for another 20...

Meeting the surgical needs of children refugees in East Africa

BethanyKids is a medical NGO helping refugee children in East Africa who are displaced from their countries of Somalia, Sudan, and other parts of East Africa due to drought and/or conflict. Many of them end up with their families in very large UNHCR Refugee Camps such as Dadaab and Kakuma, both in...

Looking for corporate partner who can help survivors of trafficking

unseen(uk) was founded to give survivors of trafficking safety, hope and choice. We gather information to assess the level and scale of human trafficking in the UK and assist survivors directly in gaining access to the aftercare they need. Working in partnership with statutory organisations and...

Mercy Ships seeks for partners to support the Africa Mercy, the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship

Every day, over 20,000 African children die from diseases linked to poverty, malnutrition and correctable birth defects, such as cleft palates and lips (UNICEF – 2004). Most of these deaths are preventable. Those who survive often become outcasts, rejected by their family and society, denied even...

Multi-sectoral response to the influx of displaced people among rural communities in Ethiopia

Recently, Ethiopia has experienced severe climatic and political upheaval, triggering untold suffering among its people. Armed conflicts have triggered involuntary migration in many areas and an estimated 300,000 to 350,000 people remain internally displaced. Approximately 70,000 people are...

Financial support needed for schools for Internally Displaced Persons in Burma and Thailand

We are helping 700 children within 9 schools, 8 of which are for Internally Displaced Persons(IDP’s) within the Karen State, and 1 school for the children of migrant workers in the Thai city of Maesot. In a country still fighting a three generation old war, with little prospect for personal...