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| Action Aid | ActionAid works with over five million of the world's poorest people in more than 30 countries across Africa |
| African Initiatives | is a UK based social justice organisation that promotes the rights of all people to a life of dignity - a right to fully participate in the social, political and economic decisions that affect their lives at a community, national and international level. We support African communities and their local organisations by providing resources, training, information, advice and advocacy |
| Bees Abroad | A charity working predominantly in Africa and Asia to provide funding and expertise to Beekeeping and other agricultural projects. |
| CARE International | its mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, resources and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility |
| Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) | CAFOD is one of the United Kingdom's leading development and relief organisations, funding more than 1000 projects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe. We are a voice for the world's poor, raising awareness of the causes of poverty and injustice, and are committed to justice for the world's poor and excluded, whatever their race or religion |
| Centre for Democracy and Development (The) (CDD) | is a new, non-profit, non governmental, research, information and training institution dedicated to policy-oriented scholarship on questions of democratic development and peace-building in the West African sub-region |
| ECHO International Health Services Limited | Thirty-four years ago ECHO was set up as a UK charity with the objective of assisting health facilities in the developing world to meet their medical supply needs more effectively |
| FARM-Africa | aims to make a lasting difference to very poor rural African farmers and herders by providing practical help to enable them to provide more food for their families and ensure future generations do not have to depend on handouts of aid |
| Freeplay Foundation | The Freeplay Foundation is a UK-based not-for-profit organisation committed to providing sustainable energy solutions in the developing world. These solutions can often mean the difference between life and death, between ignorance and freedom of choice |
| Harvest Help | works with farmers in Malawi and Zambia, helping them to feed their families, earn a living and work towards self reliance |
| Intermediate Technology Consultants (ITC) | The ability of local people to access technology, information, credit and training is crucial to successful and sustainable economic development. This is our role at ITC - to advise and assist, enable and facilitate the implementation of practical solutions |
| ITDG - Practical Answers to Poverty | is an international non-governmental organisation which specialises in helping people to use technology for Practical Answers to Poverty |
| Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) | is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries. In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existant, MSF collaborates with authorities such as the Ministry of Health to provide assistance |
| Mothers' Union | As a result of our commitment to the family we are involved in a huge variety of projects in the UK and around the world. Our concern for the family involves us in policy relating to women's issues, parenting, and social justice |
| Net Aid | It uses the power of the Internet to create opportunities to end the cycle of extreme poverty. It gives individuals on the Internet the opportunity to take direct action against extreme poverty. It gives organizations engaged in the fight against extreme poverty new tools and new connections to millions of potential online supporters. It gives communities struggling with the realities of extreme poverty access to new resources, and a new interactive constituency committed to ending extreme poverty |
| New Internationalist | Site of the radical magazine focusing on third world development |
| Overseas Development Institute (ODI) |
ODI is Britain’s leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries |
| Panos Institute London | You will find information on a wide range of topics about the developing world - such as the impact of the Internet, telecoms liberalisation, the repercussions of climate change, challenges facing women's health and reproductive rights, and the social impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the developing world |
| Promoting Equality in African Schools [PEAS] | aims to make a sustainable, long-term difference to the lives of African children. It does this through the foundation and development of low-fee secondary schools, initially in Uganda, helping vocation centred secondary education become available to a greater number of young Africans |
| Sight Savers International | is the UK's leading charity working to prevent and cure blindness in developing countries and bring hope to people who will never see again |
| Tearfund | is an evangelical Christian relief and development charity working in partnership to bring help and hope to communities in need around the world. Last year, Tearfund supported over 500 projects in nearly 100 countries |
| Third World First Group | provide and receive information related to global inequalities and how individuals can change their lifestyle. With articles, activities, and links |
| Tools for Self Reliance | works with local organisations in six African countries. We provide tools and skills training to help artisans and craftworkers. From this experience, we seek to share our understanding of the causes of poverty |