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Organisations that primarily provide direct and immediate assistance
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- Aid Agencies
- CARE International (Brussels) - independent, international emergency relief and development assistance organisation whose
mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world, drawing strength from its global diversity,
resources and experience to promote innovative solutions and advocate for global responsibility
- Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (Switzerland) - international organisation working for the promotion of humanitarian dialogue
among the principal humanitarian actors, stakeholders and aid recipients to enhance understanding of acute and future
humanitarian problems
- Blood Care Foundation (UK) - charitable, not-for-profit organisation which operates a blood care programme designed to provide
screened blood in an emergency to its members in any part of the world and to alleviate the shortages of blood which occur in
many parts of the developing world because of cultural taboos, financial constraints and a high incidence of transfusion
transmitted diseases in the donor pool
- Concern Worldwide (Dublin, Ireland) - works to enable absolutely poor people to achieve major improvements in their lifestyles
which are sustainable without ongoing support by working with the poor themselves and with local and international partners
who share our vision to create just and peaceful societies where the poor can exercise their fundamental rights
- Counterpart International (Washington, DC) - 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
- Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (Bradford University, UK) - facilitates communication between the many diverse practitioners
and analysts who comprise the community of humanitarian actors, encompassing all aspects of humanitarian assistance, from
early warning and emergency provision to post-conflict peace-building and the transition to development, inclusive of law,
politics, the military, logistics, and the work of national and international organisations
- Plan International (Surrey, UK) - humanitarian, child-focused organisation which works with families and their communities to
meet the needs of children around the world, championing their rights at the local, national and international level, and
implementing projects at the grassroots level in health, education, water and sanitation, income-generation and cross-cultural
communication
- World Vision International (Geneva) - Christian relief and development organisation working for the well being of all people,
especially children, through emergency relief, education, health care, economic development and promotion of justice, helping
communities help themselves
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- Disaster Response
- Amanda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) (Washington, DC) - private voluntary organization that helps meet the
development and disaster needs almost anywhere in the world and plays a useful role in helping the poor break the cycle of
poverty and gain greater control over their lives
- International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) - international body dedicated to developing and bringing the benefits of
modern Emergency Management (EM) tools and techniques to society for a safer world, focusing on the transfer of technology
from computers, communication, information technology and social sciences in providing emergency managers with hepful
decision support
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) (Geneva, Switzerland) - world's largest humanitarian
organization, comprising 178 member societies and more than 60 delegations around the world, which carries out relief
operations to assist victims of disasters, and combines this with development work to strengthen the capacities of its member
National Societies, with a focus on humanitarian values, disaster response, disaster preparedness, and health and community
care
- International Rescue Committee (IRC) (New York, NY) - 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
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (Doctors Without Borders) (Belgium) - independent humanitarian medical aid agency
committed to providing medical wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex, and raising awareness of the plight
of the people MSF helps
- RedR (Engineers for Disaster Relief) (offices in Australia, Canada, London and New Zealand) - international charity that relieves
suffering in disasters by selecting, training and providing competent and effective personnel to humanitarian aid agencies
world-wide
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- Displacement and Homelessness
- International Social Service (ISS) (Geneva) - international non-governmental organization dedicated to helping individuals and
families with personal or social problems resulting from migration and international movement
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- Hunger and Starvation
- Food for the Hungry International (Phoenix, AZ, USA) - Christian, nonprofit relief and development agency that seeks to walk
with churches, leaders and families in overcoming all forms of human poverty by "sponsoring a child, adopting a community,
supporting a relief program, traveling on a mission trip, praying or advocating for the poor, volunteers are able to help thousands
of people worldwide who need it most"
- The Hunger Project (New York, NY) - strategic organization and global movement committed to the sustainable end of world
hunger by empowering local people to create lasting society-wide progress in health, education, nutrition and family incomes
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- Volunteering
- Action Without Borders (New York, NY) - independent, non-government organisation, guided by the common desire to find
practical solutions to social and environmental problems in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect, which operates a portal for
everyone interested in nonprofit organizations and issues, nonprofit careers, and volunteering
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- War and Conflict
- Civicus (Washington, DC) - international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world
by mobilising quick, public responses to situations where the right to freedom of civic association is threatened, providing a
platform upon which stakeholders can develop knowledge-based strategies to increase the contribution of civil society to positive
social change, enhancing the legitimacy, transparency and accountability of civil society organisations, and improving the
quality and quantity of engagement between civil society and national governments as well as international agencies on issues
of governance
- Emergency (Milan, Italy) - brings medical and surgical assistance to the victims of armed conflict, enforces respect for human
rights of those suffering the social consequences of war, hunger, poverty and marginalisation, and promotes a culture of peace
and solidarity
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) (Washington, DC) - cals for an international ban on the use, production,
stockpiling, and sale, transfer, or export of antipersonnel landmines, increased resources for humanitarian demining and mine
awareness programs, and increased resources for landmine victim rehabilitation and assistance
- International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) (Geneva, Switzerland) - works in the area of forced migration, and serves
uprooted people, responding to the immediate needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and forced migrants, focusing on
the most vulnerable within these populations, and working for more durable solutions -- return, reintegration and resettlement
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (Geneva) - impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively
humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with
assistance
- 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
- Women for Women International (Washington, DC) - provides women survivors of war, civil strife, and other conflicts with tools
and resources to move from crisis and poverty into a civil society that promotes and protects peace, stability, and
self-sufficiency
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