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Calvary Chapel - Managua Nicaragua
Calvary Chapel - Managua Nicaragua serves one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Managua by providing free meals daily, jobs for the unemployed in their bakery, and elementary school education.
Mercy Corps - Niger
Mercy Corps is an NGO working as an international humanitarian agency involved in emergency relief, sustainable community development and assistance to communities recovering from disaster. In Niger, Mercy Corps works in rural and urban communities to promote health and nutrition, food security,...
Associacion par la Paz y Desarrollo (APD) - Nicaragua
Associacion par la Paz y Desarrollo (APD) is a Spanish based NGO committed to promoting gender equality, equitable redistribution of resources, and the improvement of life quality among men and women living in poverty. It runs projects and programs in 15 countries around the world to achieve ...
Fujairah Welfare Association
The Fujairah Welfare Association is a charity based in the United Arab Emirates. The Association assists widows and destitute families to set up small enterprises and to undertake retraining, for example, in IT. The Association also helps with donations of food and blankets in local relief efforts.
The Exchange Centre of Henan Foreign Economy
The Exchange Centre of Henan Foreign Economy in China organises economic and trade fairs to promote Henan’s foreign trade sector. In particular, the Centre coordinates Henan business delegations to meet with foreign investors from countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Russia. The Centre also...
World Bank - Pakistan
The World Bank is one of the world’s largest sources of development assistance. It is a development Bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and to...
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) is a consortium of 29 bilateral and multilateral donor agencies who support microfinance. CGAP's mission is to improve the capacity of microfinance institutions to deliver flexible, high-quality financial services to the very poor on a sustainable basis....
Gantsi Craft
Gantsi Craft is committed to improving the lives of SAN-communities by promoting and marketing craft for the benefit of rural producers. Gantsi Craft currently serves 15 remote settlements within the Ghanzi and Kalahari Regions by buying craft directly from the producers. Craft is fairly traded...
A Self-help Assistance Program - Africa (ASAP Africa)
A Self-Help Assistance Program – Africa (ASAP Africa) is an international NGO based in the US. The organisation aims to cultivate self-reliance in Southern Africa by empowering disadvantaged rural communities to effect fundamental and sustainable improvements in their own lives. In partnership...
Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust (NELT)
The Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust (NELT) is a New-Zealand based Trust that assists with the development of the Nelson City area by providing loan capital to enterprises and organisations in Nelson City or Tasman District. The main objectives of NELT are to: * Assist new and emerging...
Village Enterprise Fund (VEF)
Village Enterprise Fund (VEF) combines business training, seed capital grants, and ongoing mentoring to qualified rural entrepreneurs in East Africa to create sustainable income-generating businesses. Village Enterprise plays a unique role in the poverty reduction and microenterprise development...
African Relief and Welfare Agency Australia (ARWA Australia)
African Relief & Welfare Agency Australia (ARWA Australia) is an NGO operating from Australia specifically to Africa to contribute to poverty alleviation and assist African communities in need to gain hope and self-sufficiency. ARWA integrates development with aid relief, to relieve...
United Nations (UN)
Founded in 1945, the UN is a humanitarian agency dedicated to maintaining peace and security in the world, solving global problems, and protecting human rights. The UN funds projects that seek to reduce poverty and to make the world a better place for all people.
Reservoirs of Compassion (RECO)
Reservoirs of Compassion (RECO) is a Christian non-governmental organisation based in Kampala, Uganda. Organisational activities are broad in focus, and include community development (such as through micro-enterprise initiatives), assisting HIV/AIDS victims, running adult literacy programmes,...
Caritas Internationalis - Cote-d'Ivoire
Caritas Côte d’Ivoire works through its diocesan and local organizations and with help from national and international non-governmental organizations to support the poor and needy, to contribute to development programs, to advocate for disadvantaged groups and to work for peace and reconciliation. ...
Poverty Relief Aid
Poverty Relief Aid is a registered national, non-governmental, non-profit making, relief and development organisation committed to assist families and communities in Kenya, to alleviate poverty and human suffering by responding to relief and development needs of disadvantaged people.
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organization of American States (OAS) brings together the nations of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation on democratic values. The OAS is the region’s principal multilateral forum for strengthening democracy, promoting human rights, and confronting shared problems. It includes...
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...
Opportunities Industrialization Centres - Niger
Opportunities Industrialization Centres (OIC) is an international organisation working to fight poverty in rural populations through increased agricultural production and micro-finance support programs. In Niger, OIC works with grass roots organisations providing support to women's groups. OIC also...
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...