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Advocacy

Idealist.org: Action Without Borders

Action Without Borders connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives. First called the Contact Center Network, Action Without Borders was founded in 1995 to build a network of neighborhood Contact Centers that would provide a one-stop shop for volunteer opportunities and nonprofit services in communities around the world.

Programs

  • Career Development Group
  • 300,000 Jobs for Nigerian Youth
  • Senior Fellows Program, Nonprofit Leadership Development Institute
  • Rural Development Programmers
  • Philadelphia's Young Nonprofit Leaders

Location: New York, NY


Disaster Relief

Our mission is to improve the health of people living in developing countries and those who are victims of natural disasters, war, and civil unrest. We work to strengthen indigenous health efforts of our international partners by providing essential material resources - medicines, supplies and equipment. Established in 1948, Direct Relief International is non-sectarian, non-governmental, and apolitical. All our programs are provided in a non-discriminatory manner, without regard to political affiliation, religious belief, or ethnic identity.

Programs

  • Afghan Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA)
  • Fraternity Medical Center
  • Hobowawi Medical Center
  • Freedom and Peace Trust
  • ELWA Hospital

Location: Santa Barbara, CA


HIV/AIDS

AIDS.org

The mission of AIDS.ORG is to help prevent HIV infections and to improve the lives of those affected by HIV and AIDS by providing education and facilitating the free and open exchange of knowledge at an easy-to-find centralized website.

Topics

  • Youth & HIV
  • Interactive Features
  • Topic Focus Areas
  • AIDS in Africa

UNAIDS

UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response.

Programs

  • Prevention, Treatment, and Care
  • The Impact of HIV
  • Affected Communities
  • Research

Local HIV/AIDS service organizations in the US

Avert.org

AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK, with the aim of AVERTing HIV and AIDS worldwide. AVERT has a number of overseas projects, helping with the problem of HIV/AIDS in countries where there is a particularly high rate of infection, such as South Africa, or where there is a rapidly increasing rate of infection such as in India. Through their highly successful web site, www.avert.org, we take education and information to people in almost every country in the world. There is still no cure for HIV/AIDS, and many millions of people around the world are dying each year. More effective treatment is needed, and AVERT continues with HIV/AIDS medical research to contribute to this cause.

Programs

  • Community AIDS Action Programme
  • AIDS Orphans of Ilinge
  • AIDS Treatment & Research in Mozambique
  • Location: U.K.

Hunger/Homelessness

Action Against Hunger

Recognized worldwide as a leader in the fight against hunger, Action Against Hunger delivers programs in over 40 countries, specializing in emergency situations of war, conflict, and natural disasters and longer-term assistance to people in distress. Action Against Hunger is an international, non-governmental, non-religious organization that was created in Paris in 1979. Since then, the organization has developed within the framework of an interdependent international network, with headquarters in France (Paris), the US (New York), the UK (London), and Spain (Madrid).

Programs

  • Nutrition Programs
  • Food Security Programs
  • Water and Sanitation Programs
  • Health Programs
  • Therapeutic Feeding Centers
  • Therapeutic Milk Formula

Location: New York, NY, Paris, France , London, U.K. , Madrid, Spain.




Bread for the World

Founded in 1974, Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian movement that seeks justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers.

Programs

  • Hunger report
  • Hunger Basics
  • Global Hunger Issues
  • U.S. Hunger Issues
  • Trade
  • ONE Campaign
  • Africa Update

Location: Washington, DC




Church World Service Crop Walk

CROP WALKS, are community-based fund raising events, raise money for local hunger-fighting agencies as well as the international relief and development efforts of Church World Service.

Programs

  • Education & Advocacy Program
  • Immigration & Refugee Program
  • Social & Economic Development Program
  • Emergency Response Program
  • Mission Relationship & Witness Program

Location: Elkhart, IN & New York, NY




Feed The Children

Feed The Children is a Christian, international, non-profit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Okla., that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disaster.

Programs

  • Childcare
  • Food
  • Medical
  • Disaster Relief
  • Education
  • Community Development

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma




Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide and to making adequate, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action.

Programs

  • Americorps/VISTA
  • Construction and Environmental
  • Disaster Response
  • Global Village TripsA
  • Home Builders BlitzA
  • International Volunteer ProgramA
  • Jimmy Carter Work ProjectA
  • RV Care-A-VannerA
  • Women BuildA
  • Youth and HabitatA
  • Your Church and HabitatA

Location: Americus, GA




Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

The largest Jewish campus organization in the world, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life provides opportunities for Jewish students at more than 500 colleges and universities to explore and celebrate their Jewish identity through its global network of regional centers, campus Foundations and Hillel student organizations. Hillel is working to provoke a renaissance of Jewish life.

Programs

  • Hillel's Taqlit-birthright Israel Program
  • Israel on Campus Coalition
  • Jewish Learning Opportunities
  • Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps
  • Soerf Initiative for Emerging Campuses

Location: Washington, DC




International Development Exchange

IDEX is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that partners with grassroots groups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, while actively engaging and educating North Americans in the challenges facing communities in these regions.

Programs

  • Food Security
  • Indigenous People
  • Labor Issues
  • Micro-Credit
  • Substainable Agriculture
  • Women's Empowerment
  • Youth Action

Location: Washington, DC




Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger

MAZON is a citizens' movement, the outgrowth of tens of thousands of American Jews who have stepped forward to solve one of the world's most devastating - and most preventable - problems. With their support, MAZON works around the United States, and around the globe, to bring critical relief to millions of hungry families.

Programs

  • Project Angel Food
  • Sustainable Food Center
  • White Earth Land Recovery Project
  • St. John's Bread and Life
  • SeaShare
  • Food Research and Action Center
  • Jewish Family Service
  • International Medical Corps
  • Table to Table

Location: Los Angeles, CA


World Hunger Year

Founded in 1975, WHY is a leader in the fight against hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. WHY uses its extensive contacts to create networking opportunities for grassroots organizations. For thousands of organizations WHY has helped raise more than $6 million, initiated countless media connections and facilitated meetings with policymakers.

Programs

  • Reinvesting In America
  • National Hunger Clearinghouse
  • Artists Against Hunger and Poverty
  • WHY International
  • Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards
  • Harry Chapin Media Awards
  • Kids Make a Difference

Location: New York, NY


Youth

Junior Achievement

We are the passionate people behind a movement that seeks to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives. Located in beautiful Colorado Springs, the JA Worldwide™ Headquarters provides support for JA operations throughout the U.S., and in nearly 100 countries around the world that carry out the mission.

Programs

  • Elementary School Programs
  • Middle Grade Programs
  • High School Programs
  • JA Worldwide Globally Distributed Programs
  • Scholarships
  • Correlations
  • Evaluations

Location: Colorado Springs, CO