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Trickle Up Program

Based in New York City, the Trickle Up Program helps the poorest of the poor (with special focus on women, youth and other disadvantaged groups) take their first step up out of poverty through microfinance. Trickle Up helps them start their own businesses by providing capital and teaching them...

Enterprise Development International

Enterprise enables the unemployed and underemployed poor in developing countries and the United States to become productive, self-supporting citizens. Enterprise works with locally registered Christian organisations as partners, transferring required skills and capital.

Banking With The Poor Network

The Banking With The Poor Network (BWTP) is a network of some 20 national policy institutions, commercial banks and NGOs involved in microfinance and microcredit from eight countries in Asia - namely Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Its...

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...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

With 187 member countries, FAO is one of the largest specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development. Through providing a knowledge network, and sharing policy expertise, FAO aims to raise levels of nutrition 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,...

Asia Foundation

The Asia Foundation is a private, non-profit, non-governmental organisation working to advance the mutual interests of the United States and the Asia Pacific region. The Foundation is committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, and open Asia-Pacific region. It offers grants for projects...

TechnoServe

TechnoServe helps entrepreneurial men and women in the developing world capitalize on business opportunities that create jobs and income for poor people. Our advisors impart critical skills and knowledge that promote a thriving private sector. The resulting economic growth helps people improve...

Global Alliance for Africa

Global Alliance for Africa focuses on providing education and care for children who have lost one or both of their parents due to HIV/AIDS. It works in close partnership with local African groups to identify and place orphans in extended family and foster care family homes. To provide...

Virtual Foundation

The Virtual Foundation is an online philanthropy programme that supports grassroots initiatives around the world. Carefully screened, community improvement projects (range $100 - $5000) run by NGOs are in the fields of environment, health and sustainable development. These projects can then be...

Proshika

Proshika, a NGO is dedicated to training, education and action within poor districts through a broad range of programmes. The programmes are supported by research activities and advocacy campaigns PROSHIKA's mission is to conduct an extensive, intensive, and participatory process of sustainable...

Fratelli Del' Uomo (FDU) - Mali

Fratelli del' Uomo (FDU) is a non-governmental organisation based in Italy. FDU in Mali assists with environment protection, micro-credit and rural development.

Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service-RDRS

RDRS Bangladesh (Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service) is a NGO working to empower the rural poor in northern Bangladesh. It aims to improve their living standards of landless and marginal farmers. RDRS' Development Programme has a core of eight components: social organisation and development education,...

Association For Development Cooperation

The Association for Development Cooperation (AGEH) was founded in Germany in 1959 as a Catholic based, international aid personnel service. AGEH partners with church based agencies and communities, as well as non-governmental organisations to bring about poverty reduction, peace service, and...

Action Committee Service for Peace

This organisation was founded in 1968 and its main tasks include the support of common concerns and projects of the member organisations, co-operation with other institutions and organisations, advertising and information about peace service opportunities, planning seminars and courses, and...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Jamaica

UNDP works to promote the advancement of Human Development for the people of Jamaica. We do this by supporting good governance, poverty reduction and sound environmental management; providing quality advisory and support services and building strategic partnerships that leverage development...

Japan Foundation Centre

The Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) Grants Program provides financial assistance for conservation programmes carried out by NGOs both in Japan and in developing countries. It also provides support for NGO programmes working for the conservation of the global environment.

Third World Network Africa

Research and Advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries (especially marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of world’s resources, and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfil...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Africa (Regional Office)

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...

Asian Rural Institute

This NGO aims to build a sustainable and peaceful society by training rural leaders from developing countries. the Asian Rural Institute (ARI) is an international training ground for grassroots rural leaders. Each year we conduct a nine-month Rural Leaders Training Program on Sustainable...