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Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement

The Lanka Jatika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya (Sarvodaya) is Sri Lanka's largest and most broadly embedded people's organization, with a network covering 15,000 villages, 345 divisional units, 34 district offices, 10 specialist Development Education Institutes; over 100,000 youth mobilized for...

World Bank - Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the largest recipients of support from International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessionary arm. Since 1972, the World Bank has committed more than $15 billion support to the Government of Bangladesh to reduce poverty and improve the lives of the people. ...

Corporación Andina de Fomento ( CAF)

Corporación Andina de Fomento ( CAF) is a multipurpose bank and agency for promoting Andean development and integration. CAF provides loans, project structuring and financing, consulting services and technical cooperation.

World Bicycle Relief

World Bicycle Relief provides expertise and funding to major projects in disaster relief and poverty relief. The expertise is in specifying and sourcing bicycles in support of existing projects and partners on the ground. The funding is raised through the bicycle industry, foundations, and...

World Bank - Zambia

The World Bank Group's mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. 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...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Philippines

With 60 member countries, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. ADB’s principal tools are loans, guarantees, and technical assistance, which the bank provides mainly to member governments for...

REDF (formerly known as The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund)

REDF (also known as The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund) is a San Francisco-based venture philanthropy organization that creates jobs and employment opportunities for people facing the greatest barriers to work. REDF provides equity-like grants and business assistance to a portfolio of...

Appropriate Technology Asia (ATA)

Appropriate Technology Asia (ATA) provides programmes to facilitate capacity building of local communities, the provision of improved water and sanitation facilities, the introduction of new agricultural techniques, provision of training in health, education, the environment, micro-credit and...

World Bank- Gambia

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...

OptINnow

At OptINnow, supporters can look through client profiles and select an entrepreneur they wish to fund. The loans goes directly to the impoverished individuals these supporters designate, helping them to build retail, manufacturing, farming, or other businesses that support their families. When...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Laos

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. ADB’s principal tools are loans, guarantees, and technical assistance, which it provides mainly to member governments for specific projects and programmes. Laos...

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...

Catalyst Foundation

Catalyst Foundation is a NGO aiming to equip families, in Vietnam, with the tools to get out of poverty and to raise awareness of human trafficking at the grassroots level in order to strengthen community protective mechanisms. Community-education workshops are delivered to Catalyst’s target...

South African Revenue Service (SARS)

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is the South African revenue and customs agency. Its functions are to collect revenue and ensure compliance with legislation, and to provide a customs service which will maximize revenue, protect the country's borders and facilitate trade. Its main functions...

Shuttleworth Foundation

Shuttleworth Foundation provides funding for dynamic leaders who are at the forefront of social change. They look for social innovators who are helping to change the world for the better and are looking for some support through an innovative social investment model. They give them a fellowship...

KHULA Enterprise Finance Limited

Khula Enterprise Finance Limited is an agency of South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). It was established to facilitate access to finance for small and medium size business. Khula provides assistance through various delivery channels including commercial banks, retail financial...

Tanzania Development Trust

The Tanzania Development Trust (TDT) is the charitable arm of the Britain Tanzania Society, established with the aim of alleviating poverty in Tanzania through assistance with projects in health, water supply, education and community based self help activities. They tend to allocate funds to the...

The Asia Foundation

The Asia Foundation is a non-profit NGO that is committed to the development of a prosperous and open Asia-Pacific region. It has four areas of particular interest: Governance Law and Civil Society, Women's Participation, Economic Reform and Development, and International Development. It undertakes...

Small & Medium Enterprise Developers (SMED)

Small&Medium Enterprise Developers (SMED) is committed to the development of Small&Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka. SMEs can obtain the latest global information on business, finance, competition or on any other economic indicator through the SMED website. The site aims to be a...

ACDI/VOCA

ACDI/VOCA is a merger of Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance, a private, nonprofit organization that promotes broad-based economic growth and the development of civil society in emerging democracies and developing countries. The...