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Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM)

Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) is an international consortium of more than 80 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, research institutions, broadcasting unions and regulatory bodies that have created a universal, digital system for AM radio broadcasting bands. DRM is the only universal,...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) - China Resident Mission

ADB is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Established in 1966, ADB is now owned by 63 members, mostly from the Asia region. The headquarters are in Manila, Philippines, with 24 other offices around the world. ADB's activities...

Israel Women's Network (IWN)

Established in 1984, the IWN was the first organization in Israel dedicated to promoting women's rights and equality. The IWN's work is multi-faceted: promoting women's rights legislation, providing legal representation, offering educational programs, leading empowerment and leadership trainings,...

John Snow, Inc.

John Snow, Inc. (JSI), and its non-profit affiliate JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., are American public health research and consulting firms dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. JSI works with local partners in 104 countries to provide...

Arche noVa - Initative for people in need

arche noVa - initiative for people in need is a non-profit NGO working primarily in the fields of humanitarian aid, development cooperation and education. Regardless of the victims' ethnicity and ideology Arche noVa supports all those who suffer as a result of war, suppression and natural...

Angel Hugs

Angel Hugs is a non-profit charity group based in Mississagua Ontario, Canada. The volunteers of Angel Hugs knit and crochet for children and adults facing trauma, crisis or life threatening illness. Angel Hugs makes blankets (of all sizes), baby outfits, hat-mitt-scarf sets and toys for children.

One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit association dedicated to research to develop a $100 laptop, aiming to enhance child education worldwide. This initiative was launched by faculty members at the MIT Media Lab. It was first announced by Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte, now chairman of...

Good Neighbors

The Good Neighbors (GN) works toward the restoration of humanity and ethical virtue through its "loving neighbors" campaigns. It strives to build a global community where people live together in harmony and endeavors to solve the problems of poverty in all of its diverse dimensions. GN's projects...

Foundation Rwanda

Foundation Rwanda provides funding for the secondary school education of children born from rape during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and promotes awareness about the consequences of genocide through advocacy and education. The organization also collaborates with those local NGOs in Rwanda that help...

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...

Friends of Maldives (FOM)

Friends of Maldives (FOM) is a UK-based non-governmental organization, that focuses on bringing human rights abuse and poor governance in the Maldives to the attention of the international community. FOM also provides assistance to the pro-democracy movement and helps strengthen Maldives civil...

Project Trust

Project Trust is a UK-based non-governmental organization that sends students overseas on development projects during their gap year (the year before they begin university). Project Trust volunteers work on a variety of projects including teaching, provision of social services, and in the field of...

Trocaire

Trócaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland. It was given a dual mandate: to support long-term development projects overseas and to provide relief during emergencies; and at home to inform the Irish public about the root causes of poverty and injustice and...

Asia Pacific Social Development Research Centre (APSDRC)

Asia Pacific Social Development Research Centre (APSDRC) is an independent research centre at the City University of Hong Kong. APSDRC publishes a bi-monthly newsletter that includes news reports, sectoral analyses, regional surveys, profiles of funding institutions, summaries of donor activities...

The Trust of Programs for Early Childhood, Family and Community Education

The Trust of Programs for Early Childhood, Family and Community Education is a non-profit NGO established in 1984 in order to empower members of the Palestinian community through education and leadership development. The Trust has built up a range of effective programs involving and benefiting...

Habitat for Humanity - China

Habitat for Humanity (HFH) is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to building "simple, decent, and affordable" housing for the needy. Homes are built using volunteer labour and through donations. These are sold to low income families at no-profit, and are financed...

Peres Center for Peace

Peres Center for Peace, founded by the Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres, has the express aim of realising his vision of a "New Middle East", in which people of the region work together to build peace through socio-economic cooperation and people-to-people relations.

SHEKEL-Community Services for People with Special Needs

Shekel: Community Service for People with Special Needs is a non-profit organization assisting thousands of people with disabilities around Israel. SHEKEL operates a community living program with 45 units, including 4 units for severely disabled children, 4 vocational rehabilitation centers, 70...

Center for the Advancement of the Blind

The Center for the Advancement of the Blind is a non-governmental organization helping Israel's blind and visually impaired. The center’s ultimate goal is to help the visually impaired integrate into the seeing society. It also runs a senior’s club for visually impaired seniors, summer camps for...

Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)

Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) is an independent non-partisan organization devoted to protecting and promoting human rights and civil liberties in Israel and in the territories under its control. ACRI's work encompasses litigation and legal advocacy, education, and public outreach as...