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Practical Action
Practical Action, formerly the Intermediate Technology Development Group, aims to demonstrate and advocate the sustainable use of technology to reduce poverty in developing countries. Practical Action plans to tackle the underlying causes of poverty by campaigning to influence policies,...
Advantage Africa
Advantage Africa is a UK based organisation that supports African groups and individuals who strive to overcome hardship within their communities, but do not possess the resources necessary to achieve their goals. It builds partnerships with these "inspirational people," encouraging projects that...
Amity Foundation
The Amity Foundation (AF), an independent Chinese voluntary organization, was created on the initiative of Chinese Christians to promote education, social services, health, and rural development from China’s coastal provinces in the east to the minority areas of the west. Amity responds to survival...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Malaysia
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 build a better life. UNDP has a presence in supporting national development efforts in more than 160 countries....
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland's international cooperation agency that is responsible for the overall coordination of Switzerland's overseas relief and development activities. The work of SDC focuses on three main areas: taking direct action and supporting the...
Shelter - United Kingdom
Shelter assists 100,000 people to find and keep a home. Shelter also tackles the root causes of the housing crisis in the UK by campaigning for new laws, policies and solutions.
Habitat for Humanity-Central Arizona
Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona (HFHCAZ) is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International which strives to eliminate poverty housing. The organization helps families of low and moderate incomes become homeowners by building and partnering in the creation of affordable housing. They...
University Of Nottingham Student Volunteer Centre
University of Nottingham Student Volunteer Centre (SVC) is the Students’ Union volunteering department. It works with over 100 organizations spanning local community groups, national charities and international organizations like Shelter and Oxfam. The centre sees more than 600 students each year...
The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA International)
The Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA International) is a not-for-profit microfinance organization providing financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. FINCA seeks to break the...
TravelAid
TravelAid is an Oxford-based, student run charity, working with grass-root NGOs in the developing world to alleviate poverty through education and social empowerment. The organization mediates between university students who would like to travel and volunteer during their summer and project sites...
Age Scotland
Age Scotland is an independent charity acting in partnership with others as the national older people’s charity for Scotland in promoting a better quality of life for all Scotland’s older people, but giving greatest priority to those facing multiple and serious disadvantage in later life. The...
National University of Timor Lorosae Library Project
National University of Timor Lorosae Library Project is a programme to rebuild a library system in East Timor. The objectives are to train library managers and staff, development coordination of shared resources, promote history, cultural values and development in Timor-Leste, represent member's...
Beijing International Volunteers Association (BIVA)
Beijing International Volunteers Association (BIVA) is a not-for-profit organization established in China working with UNV (United Nations Volunteers) to support Chinese volunteers who would like to work either at home or abroad.They are committed to human resource-based work with individuals and...
War Child
War Child is a network of independent organisations working across the world to help children affected by war. Different projects are being coordinated by country offices in the UK, Canada and the Netherlands. War Child aims to alleviate suffering by bringing material aid into war zones, to support...
Christ for the City International (CFTI)
Christ for the City International (CFTI) builds projects to aid the urban destitute, including street children, orphans, prostitutes, the homeless, business people and the unemployed. Organisational activities vary between projects, from skills and language training to enterprise development and...
Ashoka
Ashoka's mission is to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship around the world. It does so through stipends and professional services that allow "Ashoka Fellows" to focus full time on their ideas for leading social change in education and youth development, health care, environment,...
Children of the Andes (COTA)
Children of the Andes is a UK registered charity dedicated to supporting Colombia's most vulnerable children. By working in partnership with local NGOs they aim to improve the lives of children who have struggled in the face of the long-standing armed conflict, poverty, disability, displacement and...
Jerusalem Foundation
The Jerusalem Foundation is a non-partisan organisation based on Jewish values, which seeks to promote an open, equitable and modern society by responding to the needs of all the City’s residents and by making grants for projects in Jerusalem such as parks, libraries, community centers, and...
Aasara
Aasara provides shelter, support, food and training for street children and youths who have left home. They operate both in Barcelona and Mumbai.
Landesa
Landesa is an international nonprofit organization working to secure land rights for the world's poorest people, those 3.4 billion chiefly rural people who live on less than $2 a day. The organization’s attorneys have helped tackle the land problem with great effect, using law and policy to confer...