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Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation

This foundation resulted from a merger between the Rufford Foundation and the Maurice Laing Foundation (MLF). Before the merger in 2002, MLF gave £1.6m in grants for welfare and youth projects in LDCs. The joint fund gives large scale grants to environmental, conservation, sustainable development...

World Bank - Sierra Leone

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...

CARE International - Honduras

CARE is one of the world's largest private international humanitarian organisations, committed to helping families in poor communities improve their lives and achieve lasting victories over poverty. CARE began operations in Honduras in 1954, providing emergency assistance to hurricane victims and...

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation provides grants to support programmes in education, environment, global development, performing arts, and population. In addition, the Foundation has programmess that make grants to advance the field of philanthropy, and to support disadvantaged communities in...

Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation

The Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation is an independent NGO that runs an international and national grant programme. The Foundation supports projects that promote peace and enable people to help themselves through population planning, environmental conservation, agricultural improvement and enterprise...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Côte d'Ivoire

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...

Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET)

The Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET) is a non-profit trust providing environmental education for Namibian children and educators, regardless of income, by addressing relevant environmental issues through hands-on, experimental learning. NaDEET’s emphasis is on creating learning...

Coastal Environment Trust of Namibia (CETN)

Coastal Environmental Trust of Namibia (CETN) aims to promote sustainable development, to conserve the fragile coastal wetlands and desert environment and to promote environmental education, awareness and understanding.

EnterpriseWorks/VITA (EWV)

EnterpriseWorks/VITA (EWV) fights poverty in the developing world through business development programs that allow small agricultural producers and other entrepreneurs to increase their productivity and incomes, pursue sustainable business opportunities, and create jobs that benefit the families,...

PHS Maxitech

PHS Maxitech is a UK-based not-for-profit recycling company which receives donated computer and electronic equipment from businesses, so the machines can be put to good use through PHS Maxitech's environmentally and socially beneficial programmes. Their ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certified solutions...

RIPPLE Africa

RIPPLE (Recognising Individual Potential & Promoting Local Education) Africa is an NGO involved in raising funds in the UK to support a range of development projects in Malawi. The organisation assists local schools by providing funds for staff at primary, secondary and nursery schools, and is...

US Agency for International Development (USAID) - Madagascar

USAID Madagascar provides development assistance in a wide variety of areas to the Malagasy population. USAID's health program currently builds upon the last decade's successes, such as the notable decline in child mortality, and continues to focus upon increasing the quality, availability, and...

Green Cross International (GCI)

Green Cross International (GCI) is an environmental organisation founded by the former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, building on work started by the 1991 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The organisation has branches worldwide, and is involved in a range of activities related to environmental...

Humanitarian Aid Commission

The Humanitarian Aid Commission (H.A.C.) is a Togolese NGO established to promote cooperation and integration in order to create an economic and monetary union for promoting economic growth and development in Africa. Currently, H.A.C. has established a network of parliamentarians from 32 African...

Caritas Internationalis - Gambia Caritas in The Gambia

Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations working to build a better world. Caritas provides a beacon of hope for tens of millions of women, men and children in times of hardship and contributes to the development of social...

World Bank - Kazakhstan

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...

Samaritan's Purse International Relief (SPIR) - Vietnam

Samaritan's Purse is a faith-based organisation providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease and famine. Samaritan’s Purse has provided funds for the...

Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) - China

DAI is an employee owned international consulting firm, with a goal to help countries around the world achieve their development goals. A useful source of technical and managerial assistance, for any organisation involved in development work. Also potentially useful for micro enterprise projects,...

Tshole Trust

The Tshole Trust works with the oil industry in Botswana, collecting used oil for recycling. The Trust organises campaigns throughout the country to raise awareness of the need to protect the environment and to dispose of oil in environmentally friendly ways.

World Bank - Indonesia

The World Bank is one of the world's largest sources of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. It assists governments in developing countries to reduce poverty by providing them with money and technical expertise for a wide range of projects in education,...