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- AltIndia.Net - a space on and about the "other India", including information about the environment, human rights, social
movements, gender and sexuality, litigations or judgements in the public interest, and even obscure gazette notification
- Communication for Development and Learning (CDL) (Bangalore) - provides communication support to development agencies,
allowing them to reach out to a wider audience
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- Blue Cross Of India - animal welfare organization, running active animal welfare, animal rights and humane education programs
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- Bangalore Oniyavara Seva Coota (BOSCO) - rehabilitation of street children by partnering them to grow off the street into
socially contributing and economically independent young people
- Charities Aid Foundation (CAF India), New Delhi - aims to help donors make the most of their giving, and non profit
organisations make the most of their resources
- City on the Hill Ministries and Orphanage (Narsapur) - non-profitable Christian charitable registered organization in India
- Containers of Hope - India (United Kingdom) - registered charity of the Church of England aimed at the advancement of the
Christian religion and the relief of poverty by the provision of aid in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, India and
Turkey
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- Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) (New Delhi)
- Ajit Foundation (Jaipur) - agent for creating an environment that nurtures creativity in the community, particularly among youth
- Banjara Hills Consults (Bangalore) - facilitators of NGOs in animal husbandry and rural development
- Barefoot College, Rajasthan - addresses problems of drinking water, income generation, electricity and power, as well as social
awareness and the conservation of ecological systems in rural communities
- Barnarddi Gramya Unnayan Samity (BGUS) - aims to improve the plight of the rural and urban poor in Assam, through
socio-economic development programmes
- Braintrust - consulting for change management among institutions related to poverty and information technology
- CARE India
- Centre for Education and Documentation - development, NGOs, gender & women's development, environment, sustainability,
equity, social, political & economic justice
- Changemakers (Calcutta) - an initiative of Ashoka.org (USA) that focuses on the rapidly growing world of social
entrepreneurship, providing inspiration, resources, and opportunities for those interested in social change throughout the world
- Child Relief and You (CRY)
- CorpWatch India (San Francisco, USA) - works in collaboration with Indian activists to strengthen the vibrant movements
addressing corporate globalization in India and link them with others around the world, offering in-depth analysis, investigative
reporting, action alerts and news from campaigns in India
- Cyriac Elias Voluntary Association (CEVA) - provides consultancy services to NGOs and grassroot organisations in the areas of
conceptualisation and project design, pre-funding assessment, feasibility studies, institutional reviews, process interventions,
evaluation, training and liaison with national and international funding organisations
- Development Alternatives Group (New Delhi) - promotes sustainable national development by innovating and disseminating the
means for creating sustainable livelihoods on a large scale, and so mobilise widespread action to eradicate poverty and
regenerate the environment
- Development Promotion Group (DPG) (Chennai) - professional development workers with a commitment to develop within the
marginalised sections of Indian society, especially in the southern states, a basic philosophy, orientation and the tools needed
for self-sufficiency
- Emmaus Community Welfare Fund (ECOMWEL) (Shenoy Nagar, Chennai) - believes that the human being is the centre of all
developmental efforts and that individuals have the innate capacity to bring about positive changes in their life situations through
the use of their own, inherent resources and strengths
- Ford Foundation South Asia (New Delhi) - has major commitments in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka in the areas of agriculture and
rural development, reproductive health and population, planning and management, culture, rights and governance
- Hunger Project-India (New Delhi) - plays a catalytic role, mobilizing grassroots people for self-reliant action and mobilizing
committed leadership at every level and sector of society to change laws, mobilize resources and remove obstacles for
grassroots action to succeed; it works in more than 1,200 villages across the 11 states encompassing 80 percent of the
nation's population
- Organization for Educational Resources and Technological Training (ORT) India
- Oxfam India (Bangalore) - engaged in the empowerment of the excluded in disaster response and rehabilitation, as well as in
efforts aimed at ensuring an adequate standard of living for those who have been excluded from society, using funds primarily
raised from domestic sources
- People Science Forum (PSF) - unit of Karnataka Rajya Vignana Parishat (KRVP), formed to spread the scientific knowledge
- ProPoor (Calcutta) - committed to the democratic dissemination of information and sustainable development initiatives to
respond to the needs of under represented and marginalized sectors of society in the South Asia
- Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC) - works to strengthen community initiatives for sustainable management,
development of local natural resources
- Rural Uplift Welfare Society (RUWS) - focusses on community development including tribal welfare, especially around Tripura
- Samuha (Bangalore) - Indian non-governmental development organisation which works with vulnerable people in the
drought-prone taluks of Raichur, Koppal Districts and the hill ranges of Uttara Kannada district and in Bangalore City
- Sangath Society - child development and family guidance
- Save Bangalore Forum - participatory movement of citizens and groups and officials working together to improve the city with the
help of active citizen groups and by collaborating with both the Corporation authorities and with business and industry
- SDNP (Sustainable Development Gateway) - aims to reduce the absolute poverty of the world's poor through providing lasting
and secure livelihoods
- SIFFS - organization of village and district level fish marketing societies
- Society for Helping Action For Rural Poor (SHARP) - welfare and development of rural poor at the grassroots level in the target
villages
- UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office - deals with science and technology, communication, education and culture programmes in
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office - India
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- Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World (Asia-Pacific) (Bangalore) - works to overcome three major disparities:
between the North and the South; between the rich and the poor; and between human beings and nature
- Changemakers (Calcutta) - aims to provide inspiration, resources and opportunities for those interested in social change
throughout the world via the creative energy of social entrepreneurs
- Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) (Jaipur, India) - works in the areas of consumer protection, trade and development,
sustainable production and consumption, and rural consumers and women's empowerment in India (Jaipur, Rajasthan and
Calcutta) and Africa (Zambia)
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- Association of People with Disability (APD) (Bangalore) - enables disabled persons, through non-formal training, to find
employment in two simple trades, tailoring and book binding
- Dakshinayan (New Delhi) - non-profit, non-religious organization which provides basic education and health care to tribal and
other rural communities in India and promotes international and intercultural solidarity and a better understanding of the myth
and reality of "third world poverty" through its Development Education Programme
- Each One Teach One (EOTO) Charitable Foundation (Mumbai) - provides under-privileged children in Municipal Schools with
daily necessities such as uniforms, books, stationery, extra coaching and a healthy mid-day snack
- Society for Education of the Deaf and Blind (Andhra Pradesh) - charitable, non-profit voluntary organisation which imparts
education and training to physically challenged children, especially to the hearing impaired and the mentally retarded
- Student Action India (SIA) - young people's wider education in the UK and in India
- Vidya Online (Delhi) - cooperative effort of teachers, teacher educators, academics and concerned individuals and groups aimed
at developing into a forum for introspection, critical appraisal and discussion on education
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- CABI International (New Dehli) - a leading global not-for-profit organisation specialising in sustainable solutions for agricultural
and environmental problems
- Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) - advance warnings, analyses and leadership in environmental management, respect
for democracy, participation, and traditional knowledge
- C.P.Ramaswamy Environmental Education Centre, Madras - a joint project of the Indian Ministry of Environment and the CPR
Aiyar Foundation to increase consciousness and knowledge about the environment
- ecoPune - network of organisations in the city of Pune, in the state of Maharashtra, who are engaged in activities related to
nature and environment, including organic farming, tree plantations, watershed management, nature education, and trekking
- Equitable Tourism Options (EQUATIONS) (Bangalore) - non-profit organisation established for research, training and the
promotion of holistic tourism as a means of transforming the inherently exploitative nature of mass commercial tourism
- Friends of the River Narmada - opposes the construction of large dams on the River Narmada in Central India
- Network Entrepeneurship Economic Development (NEED) - promotes human development among the marginalized communities
of India, focusing efforts on women and child empowerment
- Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (Uttar Pradesh) - works on biodiversity conservation and protecting
people's rights from threats to their livelihoods and environment by centralised systems of monoculture in forestry, agriculture
and fisheries
- Sanctuary Asia - works to galvanise public opinion for wildlife conservation and environmental protection
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- Dakshinayan (New Delhi) - non-profit, non-religious organization which provides basic education and health care to tribal and
other rural communities in India and promotes international and intercultural solidarity and a better understanding of the myth
and reality of "third world poverty" through its Development Education Programme
- Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) (Mumbai) - non-political, non-sectarian and non-profit making organisation of 40
branches, with 13 Integrated Rural Projects and three Area Projects, which promotes knowledge of family planning as a basic
human right, and population policies aimed at balanced development and improved quality of life
- Sweekaar Rehabilitation Institute for Handicapped - helps the mentally handicapped, physically disabled, aged, drug addicts,
widows and destitutes
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- Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Research and Advocacy (CIPRA) (National Law School of India University, Bangalore) -
undertakes policy oriented research work and consultancy services, offers intellectual courses at the undergraduate level, and
maintains an intellectual property website
- Center for Youth and Social Justice (CYSD), Orissa - develops the deprived to improve their quality of life through participatory
action, research initiatives, and training programmes
- Deepalaya (New Delhi) - society based on legitimate rights, equity, justice, honesty, social sensitivity and a culture of service in
which all are self-reliant, and which identifies with and work alongside the economically and socially deprived, the physically and
mentally challenged, starting with children, so that they become educated, skilled and aware
- Lawyers Collective (Mumbai) - public interest group of professional lawyers, law students and other law persons, which aims to
meet the unmet legal needs of society and particularly the disadvantaged sections of society (specifically women, children,
disabled persons, and workers, especially those unrepresented) through legal aid, advice and public interest litigation
- National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) - trying to abolish caste discrimination which is the direct cause for the
living situation of Dalits in India
- Potters House Trust Inc - provides for the care, welfare and defense of street children, with a primary focus on India
- Rural Litigation & Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) - getting the underprivileged their due
- South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC) (New Delhi) - network of individuals seeking to investigate,
document and disseminate information about human rights treaties and conventions, human rights education, refugees, media
freedom, prison reform, political imprisonment, torture, summary executions, disappearances and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment
- Samuha - works in Southern India to improve conditions for the poorest of the poor
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- Partners in Change (New Delhi) - works with business to balance the amount of profits, on the one hand, with how they are
made and what is done with them, on the other, believing that socially responsible business must focus on its most
marginalised stakeholders - those employed by its small suppliers, contract labour and the poor and disadvantaged
communities
- People's Institute of Rural Development (PIRD) - educational awareness programme for eradication of child labour
- People's Rural Education Movement (PREM) - aims to empower the tribals, fishermen and other marginalised groups
- Rashtriya Gramin Vika Nidhi (RGVN) - works with about nine hundred NGOs in 13 Indian states, with a view to raising income
levels and standard of living
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- SERVAS India - international network of hosts and travellers working through personal contact for peace
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- Ajeya Bharat Indian Political Party (Natural Law Party)
- Friends of Tibet India - supports the struggle for Tibetan independence
- Lok Satta ("People Power") (Hyderabad) - dedicated to creating a suitable environment for all Indians to realize their maximum
positive potential through comprehensive reforms in the Indian governance
- Public Affairs Centre (PACIndia) (Bangalore) - established with support from the National Foundation for India and the Ford
Foundation to improve the quality of governance in India by strengthening civil society in their interaction with the state
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- Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) (Mumbai) - non-political, non-sectarian and non-profit making organisation of 40
branches, with 13 Integrated Rural Projects and three Area Projects, which promotes knowledge of family planning as a basic
human right, and population policies aimed at balanced development and improved quality of life
- International Center for Research on Women (Washington, DC) - aims, through research, capacity building and advocacy on
issues affecting womens' economic, health and social status in low and middle income countries, to improve the lives of women
in poverty, advance womens' equality and human rights, and contribute to the broader economic and social well-being
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