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Libyan Red Crescent
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organisation, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable...
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) - France
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International is an independent humanitarian agency established in 1984 for the specific purposes of individual and community development and disaster relief. ADRA now works in 120 countries worldwide providing disaster relief and assistance to...
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Thailand
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is an international aid agency that works with communities and governments in 157 countries for the survival, development and protection of children worldwide. UNICEF's priority in Thailand is to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT...
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) - Bangladesh
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International is an independent humanitarian agency established for the specific purposes of individual and community development and disaster relief. ADRA helps people in need, especially those most vulnerable, such as women, children, and senior...
Oneness - Heart, Tears and Smiles
Originally founded in New York to provide food aid to victims of food shortages in Russia, Oneness - Heart, Tears and Smiles has expanded its operational remit to encompass global humanitarian relief and development. Working with NGOs or governments in recipient nations, principal initiatives...
Christian Aid Ministries (CAM)
Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) is incorporated as a non-profit organisation under the laws of Ohio. It provides a trustworthy, efficient channel for Amish,Mennonite and other conservative Anabaptist groups and individuals to minister to physical and spiritual needs around the world. CAM has a...
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - El Salvador
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...
New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS)
The New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) is a faith-based federation of service providers and charitable organisations, working in partnership to provide disaster services. Operations include developing and supporting disaster readiness, response, and recovery services for New York City...
North Carolina Interfaith Disaster Response (NCIDR)
North Carolina Interfaith Disaster Response (NCIDR) is an association of faith-based communities in North Carolina involved in disaster response. The NCIDR website provides information and support for communities involved in disaster response, acting as a liaison between state agencies and...
GOONJ
GOONJ was founded in 1999. It collects goods to be delivered to the needy population of India, especially in the aftermath of disasters. Some of the main initiatives of Goonj are based on the following: • Just by re-using our old clothes the problem of clothing for the poor can be solved to a...
Disaster Mitigation Institute
Disaster Mitigation Institute (DMI), India, is a community based action research, action planning and action advocacy non-governmental organisation. It works to reduce disaster risk of vulnerable communities by promoting mitigation efforts, through learning and action. These include food, water,...
Adopt Sri Lanka
Adopt Sri Lanka is a group of individuals and businessmen whose objective is to assist rebuilding and rehabilitating local communities on the coastline of Sri Lanka to get their lives back to normal as quickly as possible. Having originally worked with other NGOs, Adopt Sri Lanka is now principally...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - El Salvador
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations' global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people to build a better life. The UNDP began its operations in El Salvador in 1975, and has since...
Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF)
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) is an independent charity rooted in the Methodist Church in Britain. It aims to support the poorest of the poor through long-term development, humanitarian aid and education. Their activities include providing funding to partner organisations...
Red Cross of Equatorial Guinea
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The Red Cross of Equatorial Guinea carries out...
Cooperazione E Sviluppo (CESVI)
Cesvi, established in 1985, is a secular, independent association, working for global solidarity. Cesvi provides three broad category of services to people in need around the world: immediate help to ensure survival and to overcome emergencies; rehabilitation and reconstruction of systems destroyed...
Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (Gte.) Limited
The Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (CHA) is an association of agencies working in, and supporting work in, Sri Lanka. CHA focuses on two main roles: functioning as a network with like-minded organisations and implementing projects on behalf of, and with, its members. Through project...
Oxfam - Sudan
Oxfam is a development and relief agency that helps people worldwide in the struggle against poverty. It has been present in Sudan since 1983. In March 2009, the Sudanese government expels Oxfam from northern Sudan and its programmes in Darfur, Khartoum and Red Sea State - assisting nearly 600,000...
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - Indonesia
OCHA is assisting the people and the Government of Indonesia in response to humanitarian crises caused by both natural and man-made disasters. OCHA Indonesia assists the UN Humanitarian Coordinator to ensure humanitarian coordination with all actors in order to fulfill the humanitarian needs of...
Sudanese Red Crescent Society
Sudanese Red Crescent Society, a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, strives to: strengthen the capacities of different community sectors, alleviate their suffering, enforce their accessibility to technical tools during emergency/ development situations,...