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- Action Against Hunger (USA) (New York) - directly delivers emergency aid and longer-term assistance to people
suffering from the consequences of natural disaster or man-made crisis
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International (Silver Spring, MD) - reflects the character of God
through humanitarian and developmental activities, actively supports communities in need through a portfolio of
development activities planned and implemented cooperatively, provides assistance in situations of crisis or chronic
distress, and works toward the development of long-term solutions with those affected
- Air Serv International (California) - provides safe, dependable and cost effective air transportation to relief and
development agencies, such as NGOs, UN agencies, embassy aid missions, multilateral and national government agencies,
and manages relief operations with cargo aircraft in transport deficient areas
- Armenian Relief Society (NYC) - serves the humanitarian needs of the Armenian people everywhere, and seeks to
preserve the cultural heritage and identity of the Armenian nation
- American Council for Voluntary International Action(InterAction) (Washington, DC)- alliance of U.S.-based international
development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations, with more than 160 members operating in every developing
country, which works to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all
- American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) - Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are
committed to social justice, peace, youth and humanitarian service in the United States, and in Africa, Asia, Latin America,
and the Middle East
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. (JDC) - serves as the overseas arm of the American Jewish
community, sponsoring programs of relief, rescue, and reconstruction, and fulfilling its commitment to the idea that all Jews
are responsible for one another and that "To save one person is to save a world"
- American Jewish World Service (AJWS) - helps to alleviate poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the world
regardless of race, religion or nationality, breathing life into Judaism's imperative to pursue justice, and helps American
Jews act upon a deeply felt obligation to improve the chances for survival, economic independence and human dignity for
all people
- American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) - aims to improve lives, relieve suffering, build communities, investing in peace
in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Lebanon
- American National Red Cross - provides armed forces emergency services, biomedical services, community services,
disaster services, health and safety services, international services, nursing, youth involvement, and volunteering
- American Refugee Committee (International) - works for the survival, health, and well-being of refugees, displaced
persons, and those at risk, and seeks to enable them to rebuild productive lives of dignity and purpose, striving always to
respect the values of those served
- AmeriCares - disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization which provides immediate response to emergency medical
needs and supports long-term healthcare programs for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political
persuasion
- Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) - network teams in eighty countries that can meet development and
disaster needs almost anywhere in the world, and help the poor and underprivileged to break the cycle of poverty, gain
greater control over their lives and improve their quality of life
- Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies (East Brunswick, NJ) - the membership organization of over 145
Jewish Family and Children's Agencies and specialized human service Agencies throughout the United States and Canada,
which provides social and human services to the most vulnerable in our community
- Bread for the World (Washington, DC) - a nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's hungry
people by lobbying U.S. decision makers
- Brother's Brother Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA) - distributes donated medical, educational, agricultural and humanitarian
response resources to people in need of them internationally
- CARE USA (Atlanta, GA) - private international humanitarian organization which promotes innovative solutions, advocates
for global responsibility, and facilitates lasting change by strengthening capacity for self-help, providing economic
opportunity, delivering relief in emergencies, influencing policy decisions at all levels, and addressing discrimination in all its
forms
- Catholic Relief Services (Baltimore, MD) - founded in 1943 to assist the poor and disadvantaged outside the United States
- Center for International Health and Cooperation (CIHC) - promotes healing and peace in countries shattered by war,
regional conflicts and ethnic violence, employing its resources and personal contacts to stimulate interest in serious
humanitarian issues and to develop innovative models for use by other organizations with broader operational and
administrative mandates and capacity
- Childreach (U.S. member of Plan International) (Warwick, RI, USA) - global, child-centered development organization
helping needy children and their families in developing countries, regardless of religious, political or governmental affiliation
- Children's Hunger Fund (CHF) (Los Angeles, CA) - non-profit organization focused on providing real solutions to the
expanding problems of hunger and poverty in U.S. and around the world, providing services such as food and clothing
distribution to needy families, support of orphanages and feeding programs worldwide, disaster relief, job training and
placement for youth and young adults, Christmas toy distribution, and other projects geared toward improving the quality
of life of children in need
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) (Grand Rapids, MI, USA) - relief, development and educational
ministry supported by the Christian Reformed Church in North America, which supports programs in North America and
over 30 countries around the world, working with people and their communities to create permanent, positive change in
Christ's name
- Committee for Humanitarian Assistance to Iranian Refugees (CHAIR) (New York) - empowers Iranian immigrants to
promote and protect their rights within a participatory framework, locally and globally, irrespective of gender, religion,
political opinion or sexuality
- Concern Worldwide USA (Washington, DC) - non-denominational, voluntary organization, affiliated with Concern
Worldwide, which is committed to the relief, assistance and advancement of peoples in need in less developed areas of the
world, while concentrating on the poorest people in its countries of operation
- Congressional Hunger Center (CHC) (Washington, DC) - training organization whose activities center upon programs in
which select groups receive the skills, knowledge and experience needed to become effective anti-hunger leaders in the
domestic and international arenas
- Counterpart International (Washington, DC) - non-profit international human development organization that provides
humanitarian assistance in the form of medical and other special care needs for vulnerable people, works around the world
with local NGOs to support the development of civil and democratic societies, promotes sustainable use and conservation
of natural resources through community-based resource management, and focuses on community health promotion and
primary health care, with a special emphasis on mothers and children
- Cross Cultural Solutions - independent, non-religious nonprofit organization that sends over 1000 volunteers every year to
Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe
- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) (Médecins Sans Frontières) - delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict,
epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters, and to others who lack health care due to social or geographical isolation
- End Hunger Network (EHN) (Santa Monica, CA) - a collaboration of entertainers and the U.S. entertainment industry
which is focused on ending hunger, particularly in the United States
- Hunger Free America (Studio City, CA) - partnership between the End Hunger Network and the
- Entertainment Industry Foundation, which aims to end hunger in America via a multi-year initiative to raise
- awareness and mobilize public involvement through education, high profile events and coalition building
- Feed The Children (Oklahoma City, OK) - nonprofit Christian charitable organization which provides physical, spiritual,
educational, vocational/ technical, psychological, economic and medical assistance and other necessary aid to children,
families, and persons in need in the United States and internationally
- GlobalCorps (Washington, DC) - recruitment agency which specialises in placement of qualified professionals in the
development, humanitarian and disaster relief fields, and also provides information about organizations, projects, disaster
relief efforts, field reports, and research
- Global Volunteers (St Paul, MN, USA) - private, non-profit, non-sectarian organization which offers volunteer vacations
worldwide, and mobilizing some 150 service-learning teams year-around to work in 19 countries on six continents on
human and economic development projects identified by the community as important to its long-term development
- Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) (Washington, DC) - dedicated to improving the availability and quality of health care
in developing countries through training and education that is focused on local pathologies and medical problems, using
relevant and realistic practices and procedures, and making maximum use of locally available equipment and supplies
- Heart to Heart International (Olathe, KS) - relief and development organization, founded in response to the medical needs
of people in Russia after the fall of Communism, that specializes in volunteer action and worldwide humanitarian assistance
to alleviate human suffering
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) (New York, NY) - provides essential lifesaving services to world Jewry, through
its mission of rescue, reunion and resettlement and responds to the migration needs of other people who are threatened and
oppressed
- Helping.org - helps people find volunteer and giving opportunities in their own communities and beyond
- Hope Program (Brooklyn, NY) - intervenes in the lives of men and women on Public Assistance who indicate they can
achieve self-sufficiency if given appropriate training and support, thereby addressing the underlying causes of poverty with a
strategy of education and on-the-job experience to promote economic independence and participation in mainstream
society
- Holt International Children's Services (Eugene, OR) - dedicated to carrying out God's plan for every child to have a
permanent, loving home through family preservation, in-country adoption and international adoption, uniting over 40,000
children with adoptive families in the United States
- Hunger Free America (Studio City, CA) - partnership which aims to end hunger in America via a multi-year initiative to
raise awareness and mobilize public involvement through education, high profile events and coalition building
- InterAction - American Council for Voluntary International Action (Washington, DC) - alliance of U.S.-based international
development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations, with more than 160 members operating in every developing
country, which works to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all
- International Medical Corps (IMC) (Los Angeles, CA) - global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving
lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief programs
- International Relief and Development (IRD) (Washington, DC) - dedicated to improving the quality of life of people in the
most economically deprived parts of the world by mobilizing and providing assistance tailored specifically to their needs,
and working with domestic and foreign government agencies, international organizations, international and local PVOs and
U.S. corporations in the implementation of humanitarian relief and development aid programs
- International Relief Teams (San Diego, CA) - organizes volunteer teams to provide medical and non-medical assistance to
the victims of disaster and profound poverty worldwide
- International Rescue Committee (IRC) (New York) - helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution, as well
as those uprooted by war and violence, providing sanctuary and lifesaving assistance in emergencies, setting up programs
to enable refugees to cope with life in exile, helping refugees acquire new skills to become self-sufficient, and assisting in
their resettlement
- International Voluntary Services (IVS) (Washington, DC) - seeks to build self-sustaining human and institutional
capabilities for economic and social development by engaging volunteers both nationally and internationally who, at the
grassroots level, build the collegial relationships necessary to identify and address community needs while also seeking to
promote the values of volunteerism in the evolution of democratic civil societies
- Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA-USA) (Columbia, MO) - dedicated to the empowerment of disadvantaged
peoples everywhere through relief and participatory development programs emphasizing human dignity and self-reliance,
responding to emergencies throughout the world, from drought, famine, flooding and earthquakes to wars and refugees,
and working with regional partners and cooperates with more than 30 recognized NGOs throughout Asia, Africa, and
Europe
- Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) (Washington, DC) - works directly with those whose lives have been devastated by
landmines to find the assistance they need to lead fuller, more productive lives, and acts as a fierce advocate for the
immediate removal of these barbaric tools of mutilation and horror
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR) (Baltimore, MD) - works in overseas development and relief on behalf of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, assisting thousands of people recovering from
emergencies in more than 50 countries worldwide
- Mercy-USA for Aid and Development (M-USA) (Plymouth, MI) - non-profit relief and development organization
dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more
self-sufficient, with a focus on improving health and promoting economic and educational growth around the world
- Northwest Medical Teams International, Inc. (Portland, OR) - demonstrates the love of Christ to those in crisis by sending
volunteer medical and emergency response teams, distributing humanitarian aid, and by providing community development
and children's ministry programs
- Operation USA (Los Angeles, CA) - assists developing communities in the United States and abroad in addressing
problems relating to natural and man-made disasters and chronic poverty through the creation of sustainable health,
nutrition and disaster response programs, and providing essential materials, training and advocacy, and financial support for
these programs
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (Louisville, KY) - part of the Worldwide Ministries Division of the Presbyterian Church
(USA), PDA cares for communities adversely affected by crisis and catastrophic events, working alongside the local
church and affirming its role as the primary agent of mission and evangelism
- RESULTS (Washington, DC) - grassroots citizens' lobby group, working to create the political will to end hunger and the
worst aspects of poverty, and identifying sustainable solutions to the problems of hunger and poverty in the United States
and around the world
- Save the Children (Westport, CT) - nonprofit child-assistance organization that works in 19 states across the United States
as well as in 47 other countries in the developing world to help children and families improve their health, education and
economic opportunities and which mobilizes rapid life-support assistance for children and families caught in the tragedies of
natural and man-made disasters
- Stop Hunger Now (Raleigh, NC) - international relief organization working around the world to feed hungry people,
providing direct food aid and other emergency relief in crisis areas and wherever chronic hunger and malnutrition are to be
found and focusing on areas of natural disaster, catastrophe, and military unrest
- United Jewish Communities (New York, NY) - represents 189 Jewish federations, 400 independent communities and
700,000 people across North America, who contribute more than $2 billion every year to help repair the world
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) (New York, NY) - aids refugees, providing relief in disaster areas, and
confronts the challenge of world hunger and poverty
- U.S. Fund for UNICEF (New York, NY) - one of 37 national committees set up around the world to raise money for
UNICEF, which promotes the survival, protection and development of all children worldwide through fundraising,
advocacy and education, and provides health care, clean water, improved nutrition, and education to millions of children in
Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East
- USA for UNHCR (Washington, DC) - builds support in the United States for the humanitarian work of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees and its partners, raising the consciousness of Americans about the work and
accomplishments of UNHCR through education and advocacy
- World Relief (Baltimore, MD) - commissioned by the National Association of Evangelicals to work with the church in
alleviating human suffering worldwide in the name of Christ
- World Vision United States (Monrovia, CA) - Christian humanitarian organization which helps to transform the lives of the
world's poorest children and families with things like clean water, nutritious food, health care, and education, regardless of
religious beliefs, gender, race, or ethnic background
- YMCA of the USA (Chicago, IL) - the largest not-for-profit community service organizations in America, working to meet
the health and social service needs of 17.9 million men, women and children of all faiths, races, abilities, ages and incomes
in 10,000 communities in the USA
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