Programs
Programs are listed in alphabetical order. To learn more about a specific program, click on the program name link. Each program is associated with at least one sponsoring organization. Some organizations have multiple programs. To learn more about sponsoring organizations and their additional programs, click on the organization name link. Please use the search boxes on the left for finding programs related to specific Regions and/or Issues.
Access to Healthcare
In rural Western Kenya, access to health care is almost non-existent for a large share of the population. There are hospitals in some of the larger towns and in the cities, but the rural poor cannot get there, because their only means of transportati ... Read More
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Africa Medical Information Network
Our mission is to facilitate medical training opportunities and health care services for Kenyans and Americans by ensuring the availability of accessible, efficient, reliable medical education information and communication though use of Computer A ... Read More
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African Presence in Mexico
This program is a visual arts exhibition that explores the African contributions to Mexican culture over the past nearly 500 years. Exhibition will travel throughout the U.S. and Mexico for 5 years. This will be the 6th exhibition that the Museum h ... Read More
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African Training Fund
The IDP Foundation has funded a new African program at Field Museum of Chicago to enhance its African training and research programs in the following scientific capacity building efforts: the Field Museum/IDP Foundation African Scholars and fieldwork ... Read More
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AfWiAm (African Women in America)
African Women in America is an organization of women with an urgent mission which includes education, action and advocacy for the human rights and cultural issues facing African children and women in Africa and America. The organization is a united b ... Read More
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Agriculture
Seeds and agricultural tools distribution to internally displaced people, refugees and other war affected people returning to their areas of origin. Read More
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AIDS Awareness
Project Harambee presents programs in the United States and in Africa to educate and raise awareness about the AIDS pandemic. Read More
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Alliance of Hope Adoption Programs
Adoption-Link is now working with Children’s Hope International (CHI), of St. Louis Missouri, to provide additional adoption opportunities to our prospective adoptive families. Children's Hope Internatioanl currently has adoption programs in Ethiop ... Read More
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Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Today, women remain a distinct minority in science and engineering, representing approximately 10 percent of professionals in these fields. The Amelia Earhart Fellowship program helps talented women, pursuing advanced studies in the typically male-do ... Read More
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Anthropological Research
Through anthropology we seek to understand what makes us human, our place in nature, and our common concerns. We teach others what we learn through our exhibits, programs, and world class collections. Join us and make a difference in our scientific ... Read More
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Art and International Development
CASID is breaking new ground. Art is a powerful form of communication and CASID is using theater, dance and visual arts to share stories of exemplary individuals in international development to the public and to stimulate conversations among American ... Read More
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Artisan Support
You are invited to be a part of this, to join these wonderful women as they continue to succeed and grow. MarketPlace would like to open opportunities to more women to achieve societal and economic dignity. Currently MarketPlace cooperatives facilita ... Read More
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Arzu Community
While Arzu directly helps weavers and their families we also believe it is important to extend benefits where possible to the larger community. Arzu shared the construction costs of a new school in the Faryab province, where many of our weavers live. ... Read More
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Arzu Education
Arzu's social contract requires that all children under the age of 15, and at least one woman from each household attend education classes that cover literacy, basic numeracy and units on health, hygiene, nutrition and human rights. In 2006 we began ... Read More
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Arzu Healthcare
ARZU strategically focuses on addressing Afghanistan’s highest public health priority – lowering the maternal death rate. Our healthcare services include weekly visits by our health monitors to weavers’ homes, 4-wheel drive transportation to cl ... Read More
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Arzu Worker Safety
In 2007 Arzu implemented a worker safety program to address ailments common to carpet weavers. We trained our Health Monitors to understand the symptoms of TB, and brought women in Kabul and Andkhoi to clinics for TB tests. We provide surgical masks ... Read More
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Awassa Children's Center
Provides housing, education, career education training, healthcare and support to approximately 60 children, most of whom have been orphaned by AIDS. Read More
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Awassa Youth Campus
Provides a safe environment for youth in Awassa, and is home to One Love Theatre (AIDS Education, Landmine Awareness Training, environmental and female-rights issues), an Aikido Peace Dojo, and Children's Workshops based on sports, art, music and dan ... Read More
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Backpack Project
"Share hope. Send it in a backpack. " is our ongoing and growing international children's project, American schools, organizations, students and individuals donate gently used or new backpacks, new school supplies, and raise funds for shipping. Over ... Read More
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Benin: Medical InterAction: Linking Sustainable Ecology and Medial Innovation
Contacts and relationships have been developed with colleagues in Benin that crosscuts various areas: health and illness, poverty and sustainability, environmental concerns, traditional and medical sciences/health treatment and education. We plan to ... Read More
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Blindness Prevention
Worldwide there are some 161 million visually impaired people, 37 million of whom are blind. It is estimated that 75% of blindness is avoidable; that is, it is either treatable or preventable. If immediate measures are not taken, the number of blind ... Read More
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Bolivia: Project Ninos
The Center for Global Initiatives collaborated with the Flying Doctors of America in a pioneering and critical project. We were the first non-Bolivian group to be granted access to three Bolivian prisons. Hundreds of children live with their parent(s ... Read More
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Bringing Global Best Practices to Chicago
This ongoing program promotes sustainable, democratic and competitive development: the High Road. Work is profoundly influenced by international best practices on industrial policy and public-private development partnerships. We promote active intern ... Read More
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Burial for AIDS victims
Project Harambee provides assistance with burial expenses to those in need.
In a country where the average wage is $1/day and NO jobs are available for those stigmatized by HIV, there is no money for burial at the time of need. When an ... Read More
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Business Development Centers and Business Incubator
One of COPRODELI's primary objectives is to strengthen the economic activity in Peru by promoting and supporting micro-entrepreneurs and enterprises. The COPRODELI Business Development Centers and Business Incubator provide financial support, subject ... Read More
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Business Training Seminars
GBA business training seminars typically cost $15,000 and can provide training for up to forty budding entrepreneurs. In addition, GBA often provides loan capital to help these talented men and women get their new businesses started. Please help GB ... Read More
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Cambodia Project
The Cambodia Project helps underprivileged young adults - mainly orphans - to achieve their employment goals.
The Cambodia Project works to foster the country's future hospitality leaders by connecting young adults with a network of inte ... Read More
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Cambodia: SMART: Sustainable Medical Arts, Research, & Technology
We are developing a project that will bring training and potentially telehealth services to rural areas that is delivered by indigenous village women. Public heath, primary care, first aid, and emergency services are all but absent in rural areas of ... Read More
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Capacity Building for International Development Leaders
CASID helps international development practitioners connect their work and the results they produce to their behavior, beliefs, capacity for self-awareness, and the growth and development of their character. CASID has created a unique model for leade ... Read More
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Case Management Program
Due to a myriad of health, emotional and physical protection issues experienced by unaccompanied refugee children and youth, comprehensive case management support is necessary to ensure success in our other programs. Heshima Kenya provides the follow ... Read More
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Castillo-Orta Family
Artisan family from Mexico comes to the Museum during the Day of the Dead exhibition and demonstrates how to make a tree of like and what this tradition means in Mexico Read More
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Causes for Change Programs
Through outreach and education, Causes for Change International seeks to build strong communities by providing the tools for self-sufficiency. We supply medical assistance and training in health and economics to areas in need. We focus on children, w ... Read More
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Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS)
Northwestern University sponsors and facilitates collaborative interdisciplinary scholarships on crucial problems facing the world. By promoting dialogue on international affairs, Northwestern works with a variety of organizations and communities to ... Read More
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Center on Law and Globalization
The Center on Law and Globalization is a partnership of the American Bar Foundation and the University of Illinois College of Law. The Center brings together leaders of international organizations, journalists, and legal scholars to understand the le ... Read More
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Chances by Choice
Chances by Choice specializes in providing domestic and internationally born HIV exposed children, and the families who support them, the resources to thrive. Chances by Choice takes a multi-dimensional approach to providing life enhancing services f ... Read More
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Changing Communities
Play for Peace is all about change—changing the way people relate to each other.
Our objectives:
- To promote positive relationships among the people of societies in conflict.
- To foster leaders for peace around the world.< ... Read More
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Chiapas Media Project
The Chiapas Media Project (CMP)/Promedios is an award winning, bi-national partnership that provides video equipment, computers and training enabling marginalized indigenous communities in Southern Mexico to create their own media. Read More
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Chicago Council on Global Affairs General Programming
With more than 150 programs and events every year, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs delivers a diverse and balanced spectrum of programming related to international relations, global issues, and U.S. foreign policy. Programs range from renown ... Read More
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Chicago Youth for the Millennium Development Goals (CYMDG)
End poverty by 2015-this is the hope of the Millennium Development Goals. Chicago Youth for the Millennium Development Goals (CYMDG) is CASID's global education initiative. CYMDG educates students about critical problems facing populations in the wor ... Read More
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Child Soldier Reintegration
Although the use of child soldiers is universally condemned, hundreds of thousands of children worldwide are still used in situations of armed conflict. Child soldiers are defined as those under the age of 18 who have been part of any kind of regular ... Read More
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Children and Education
Coprodeli offers first level outreach prevention to children and teenagers who live in abusive or otherwise detrimental environments. The cornerstone of this effort is the NAR/Children at High Risk preventive health program. NAR consists of 2 residen ... Read More
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Children's Bridge Program
We often find children with illness or injury simply too complicated for us to treat with local help in Bolivia or on a regular medical mission. Through the Children's Bridge we arrange to either bring these children to a more medically advanced coun ... Read More
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Children's Education Programs
Although Sierra Leone now has a policy in place to give every child free primary education; overcrowding, lack of trained teachers, lack of paying teacher salaries and many other problems still plague the public school system. LemonAid Fund works wit ... Read More
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Children's Vision Program
Imagine a world where everything is blurry. The blackboard, the soccer ball, the stitches you sew to help support your family. Everyone thinks you are stupid because you aren’t doing well in school or with work. This is a burden no child should ... Read More
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Chronic Disease Management
Diabetes and hypertension are serious, chronic diseases that need constant maintenance. Poorly managed diabetes can lead to strokes, blindness, heart disease, kidney failure, foot amputations and nerve damage. Untreated hypertension puts patients at ... Read More
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Clean Drinking Water for Darfur
Support GBA’s efforts to bring safe, clean water to the war-torn region of Darfur. Read More
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Clean Water Initiatives
In Afghanistan, where 75% of people lack access to clean water, ARZU is piloting innovative ways to provide relief for this major health problem. In March 2008, we completed the construction of a water catchment tank in one arid village in northern A ... Read More
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Community Connections, Open World, FORECAST
Through its programs, Heartland International seeks to strengthen emerging democratic institutions; provide training and technical assistance to encourage microenterprise development; support the role of women in economic, political and social affair ... Read More
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Comprehensive HIV health care and women's empowerment
We care about HIV-positive women, and we act. WE-ACTx is an international community-based initiative launched by frontline AIDS physicians, activists and researchers with extensive experience in caring and advocating for HIV-positive women. With you ... Read More
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Conservation Strategy Development
The Environmental and Conservation Programs (ECP) branch of the Field Museum is dedicated to translating science into action that creates and supports lasting conservation. Through our partnerships in local communities and with over 150 organization ... Read More
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Construction of Permanent School Buildings
HELPSudan’s first school, Thianwei, was started under a tree and has grown into a campus of 12 mud huts (tukels). The local community volunteered their efforts to construct the tukels in order for the students to have a proper place to study. Howev ... Read More
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Containers for Angola
RISE partners with schools churches, businesses, organizations and individuals to make a difference in Angola providing a tangible connection. The resulting projects have a direct impact on the Angolan people while providing hands-on involvement and ... Read More
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Continued Medical Training
The advancement of medical technology and access to research findings allow health care providers to continually enhance the care they provide to patients. Additionally, health care providers benefit from having an ongoing dialog and exchange of idea ... Read More
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Day of the Dead Exhibition
The 20th annual Day of the Dead exhibition, the oldest and largest in the U.S. will bring back at least 10 artists from Mexico and the U.S. A special multimedia curriculum packet will also be created for teachers. Read More
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Days of Interfaith Youth Service
The Days of Interfaith Youth Service (DIYS) grew out of a vision from the first National Conference on Interfaith Youth Work in 2003. By 2006, DIYS was an international event, pairing community service and interfaith dialogue. Boasting thirty-four ... Read More
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Developing Country Honorary Membership Program
ISPCAN invites applications and nominations for Honorary Memberships Awards given to child abuse and neglect prevention professionals working in developing countries. Awardees will receive all ISPCAN benefits for two years, including subscriptions to ... Read More
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Development / Sadaqa Jariyah
Beyond immediate emergency relief, we must enable men and women to change their social conditions once and for all. In order to achieve this, now is the time to turn our efforts towards long-term development projects that ensure individual and commun ... Read More
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Disaster Recovery
This program allows Rotarians to donate money in response to specific disasters. Funds are distributed to local committees to support recovery efforts. The program was created in 2005-06, and the Foundation currently administers four Disaster Recover ... Read More
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Ecology and Conservation of Bahamian Rock Iguanas
The Shedd Aquarium is committed to the conservation of endangered species. There are fewer than 30 Grand Cayman blue iguanas left in the world, and we are one of the few facilities to house these lizards. With your help and contributions we can con ... Read More
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Economic Self-Sufficiency
Micro-loans are at the heart of the Ember Project. Grandparents decide for themselves what is feasible in beginning a small business for themselves. Ember helps them to choose what they might do to earn money for themselves so they can afford to rais ... Read More
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Education
We believe that education is a human right. Children are born into this world as eager learners and it is our duty to provide them with every opportunity for education. UNICEF estimates that over 120 million children worldwide are not receiving an ed ... Read More
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Education in Albania
A model elementary school has been created in Pogradec to not only provide children a quality education unparalled in Albania, but also to train Albanian educators in modern education methodology. Teachers from across Albania have been trained in th ... Read More
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Education Measuring, Testing and Evaluation in Liberia
With funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Academy of Educational Development, Heartland International will host two teacher trainers and one standard test developer from Liberia in a professional exchange program focusin ... Read More
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Education Mission
The Education Mission is a partnership in Cochabamba, Bolivia with teachers and student teachers who teach English to the poor. Our missioners provide seminars, team teach and sharpen their Spanish skills while delving into Latin American culture. Th ... Read More
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Educational Support
RISE provides educational support through training workshops conducted by teams who travel with RISE to Angola on a Pilgrimage of Service. AIDS education and prevention is also taught through the It Takes Courage! curriculum. Leaders and teachers are ... Read More
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Emergency Relief
Disaster strikes at any time and without warning an entire family, town or nation can be devastated by natural or man-made disasters. It is a great mission that we undertake to help those who have been displaced either physically, financially or both ... Read More
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Emergency Response
Quick response to emergency needs due to poverty, famine, conflicts, civil strife and natural disasters. Read More
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Empowering Communities and Recruiting Teachers
he first step in any HELPSudan program is to locate a community that requires HELPSudan’s assistance in achieving their goals. This is principally done through relationships with people in Sudan and accepting proposals from community leaders. HELPS ... Read More
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Empowering Farmers
One Acre provides a permanent, proven investment package for farmers and their families, which doubles farm income by providing seeds and fertilizer, weekly farm education, and market access. This investment package is the core of our program.
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Energy/Share the Sun/Solar Bakery
SHARE distributes sun ovens to widows of war, land mine victims (amputees) and other needy women. Returnees are taught how to bake bread using a village solar oven. Share the Sun allows donors to "adopt a family" in Angola with a sun oven. Read More
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Engineers for a Sustainable World
The Northwestern chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW-NU) is an interdisciplinary group of undergraduate and graduate students focused on meeting the global challenges of poverty and long-term sustainable development. ESW is a national n ... Read More
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English Language Training
Learning the English language is one of the most difficult challenges facing our newly arrived immigrants and refugees. IRIM's English Language Training Program empowers students to learn the language so that they can take advantage of the wealth of ... Read More
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Enlaces America
Enlaces America has been an adviser, facilitator, and support center for transnational Latino and Caribbean immigrant organizations committed to building healthy communities both in the United States and in their countries of origin. In fulfilling th ... Read More
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Enterprise Mission/Solidarity Clothing
The Enterprise Mission is our Fair Trade project. As our mission evolved, we recognized the need to not only heal the sick, but to go to the root of the problem of poverty. To answer this call we began the Enterprise Mission and its current project, ... Read More
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Entrepreneurship Development
Heartland International, in partnership with two Kenyan NGOs, is now conducting a training program for young entrepreneurs (ages 25-35) in Kenya. This two-part training program addresses issues of high unemployment and lack of opportunities for youn ... Read More
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Financial Technology for Africa
With grants from Omidyar Network and Credit Suisse, Opportunity has launched an electronic wallet strategy tailored to the needs of Malawi and seven other sub-Saharan African countries. Building on existing infrastructure, Opportunity is designing ... Read More
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Foundation for Children in Need
The Foundation helps provide shelter, education, clean water, medical care, and clothing for thousands of individuals, from children and students to elderly. A reforestation project is planting trees as well. Read More
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From the Ground Up: Building Civil Society Organization's Capacity to Succeed
An Exchange Program for Emerging Grassroots Leaders in Turkey and the U.S. This program is for motivated young (ages 20-35) emerging grassroots leaders in Turkey and the U.S. who have demonstrated leadership skills, a commitment to grassroots org ... Read More
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Fund for BME Design in Healthcare, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Global Agricultural Development Initiative
The Global Agricultural Development Initiative aims to build on the momentum generated by the Chicago Council's report, "Renewing American Leadership in the Fight Against Global Hunger and Poverty: The Chicago Initiative on Global Agricultural Develo ... Read More
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Global Health Summit
Each year, the GlobeMed Global Health Summit brings together GlobeMed members from across the country to learn from leaders in global health. Read More
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Global Initiatives in Management, Kellogg School of Management
The GIM program is an intensive global business leadership course designed by students. Teams of classmates plan and facilitate a challenging 10-week curriculum with a faculty advisor, and coordinate a two-week international field experience. By part ... Read More
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Global Leverage Fund
With the help of the Global Leverage Fund, Opportunity International's vision to mobilize $1 billion to reach 100 million people with microfinance loan, savings and insurance products will be realized. To reach this aggressive goal, the organization ... Read More
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Global Partnerships
Woodstock Institute provides technical assistance internationally to organizations seeking to bring mainstream financial resources to underserved communities effectively and affordably. Likewise, Woodstock Institute’s international research seeks to ... Read More
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globalhealthU
As part of globalhealthU, students organize discussions and public events on their campuses to build a critical understanding of global health issues. Read More
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Grandparents Working Together
From living in rural isolation believing that they were alone in their struggles to provide for grandchildren, the Ember grandparents are now organized into groups where they find support from each other. Read More
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Haiti Adoption Program
We work with a wonderful organization in Haiti called Foundation de L'Enfant Jesus. There are two beautiful facilities located near Kenskoff and Lamardelle, Haiti that are home to healthy children and HIV+ children. Since the earthquake, all of the c ... Read More
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Health
Distribution of health kits to returnees, donation of dental chairs and other medical equipment to the Bie Central Hospital. Read More
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Health Care Initiatives
Project Harambee recruits lay and medical volunteers to provide outreach and services to those impacted by HIV/AIDS. Read More
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Health Partnerships
Our Health Partnerships enable students to improve global health by mobilizing the resources of their university campuses to support partner grassroots health organizations throughout the world. Read More
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Health, Hunger, and Humanity (3-H) Grants
Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants are awarded to fund large long-term international self-help and grassroots development projects that use an integrative approach to address humanitarian needs. An integrative approach incorporates multiple pro ... Read More
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Healthcare
To live healthy, to be free of disease and suffering, to be able to breathe the open air, to play, to learn and to work; these all seem like simple requests and yet for millions around the world these simple human rights are unattainable. It is consi ... Read More
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Healthy Water Campaign
Our current water project in Sierra Leone -- building a water well for the Rokupa Hospital -- is Dr. Turray´s dream. Dr. Turray, who is a parent of a LemonAid Village child, works at this hospital and serves some of the poorest community members, in ... Read More
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Hepatitis B, Typhoid and MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella) Vaccination Project 2011
For year 2011, Mission India Foundation is providing 3 vaccines to kids and teenagers: Hepatitis B vaccine, Typhoid Vaccine and MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella) vaccine. We have the target to provide 12,000 doses of these vaccines to the eligible populati ... Read More
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Heshima Safe House
Heshima Kenya’s Safe House provides temporary shelter to unaccompanied refugee children and youth, and on an exceptional basis, vulnerable refugee women who are experiencing homelessness or significant protection issues related to sexual gender bas ... Read More
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Higher Education
Since last year, at the request of all stakeholders in Bie province of Angola, SHARE has been forging strategic partnerships to establish a university in Kuito city, the capital of Bie province. Read More
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HIV/AIDS
The spread of HIV/AIDS, which affects millions of people around the world, hits marginalized and vulnerable populations particularly hard. Such populations include MSM (men who have sex with men), sex workers, migrant workers, detained individuals an ... Read More
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HIV/AIDS Conferences
Key elements of our program in Cameroon are four-day conferences for clergy and community leaders. Focused on education, the intense conferences provide training and practical approaches to attacking the ignorance, stigma, and discrimination surround ... Read More
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HIV/AIDS Education in China
PTE was founded in April of 2005 with the mission to bring HIV/AIDS education to China's youth. We do this by developing school based HIV/AIDS education curriculum and running a teacher training program. Read More
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HIV/AIDS Prevention
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HIV/AIDS Testing, Education, and Treatment
Though Mwangaza's focus is on the treatment of children with disabilities, we could no longer ignore the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Working together with Selian Hospital and the Arusha Community Church we have two children on antiretroviral treatmen ... Read More
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hivzx.com
hivzx.com is a peer counselling website staffed by PTE-trained volunteers. This interactive, self-help site offers resources and practical tools that enable people to improve their knowledge about HIV/AIDS.
Web conversation is the langua ... Read More
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Holistic Resources to Mongu in the Western Province of Zambia
Agriculture
-Training, technical assistance and resource development in production and post harvest management for over 1000 rural farm families
-Development of agricultural business services to create markets for farmer crops
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Housing, Community, and Earthquake Reconstruction
Many residents in the shantytown of Pachacutec live in flimsy homes, often without roofs, built of woven reeds that offer little protection from the elements. Electricity and running water are scarce.
With the goal of contributing to a so ... Read More
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Human Rights Law - Americas
The Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Program for Human Rights in the Americas began in 1992 with the first of a series of generous grants provided by the Jeanne M. and Joseph P. Sullivan Foundation. The Sullivan Program coordinates an array of human rights ... Read More
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Human Rights Law - Iraq
IHRLI began its coordination of major projects for Iraq in 2003, when the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded IHRLI a $3.8 million grant for Raising the Bar: Legal Education Reform in Iraq, a broad-based initiative aime ... Read More
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Human Rights Law - Judicial Training
The Institute has developed a number of training and technical assistance projects for lawyers, judges, prosecutors, NGO advocates and others from numerous countries around the world. The Rule of Law Program has established positive relations with a ... Read More
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IDP Rising Schools
IDP Rising Schools' mission is to transform the lives of impoverished children by providing them with a quality education in both urban and rural areas of Ghana through the combination of microfinance loans and capacity building services that are spe ... Read More
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Immigration Assistance Program
As refugees and immigrants remain in the United States, their status may be adjusted to permanent resident and later, citizen. Others need assistance with travel documents or petitions to bring other relatives to the United Sates. Unfortunately, d ... Read More
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India: WorldWise
Through a collaborative with partners in rural India who have developed a comprehensive, community-based primary health care approach, we are helping to recruit students for summer experiences that will provide life changing perspective on healthcare ... Read More
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Insurance
As the world leader in providing micro insurance, Opportunity International is poised to bring significant change to the world of microfinance and sustainable development. Opportunity began providing micro insurance to clients in Africa beginning in ... Read More
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Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries Youth Program
Of the 15 million refugees in the world, nearly half are children. Many have witnessed unspeakable horrors, lost loved ones, and have had to live in abject poverty. Unfamiliar with US culture and carrying the trauma they have experienced in their cou ... Read More
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International Gender Persecution Project
Heartland Alliance supports NGOs dedicated to combating violence against women, including domestic violence and threats of honor killing. We comprehensively approache the eradication of gender-based violence by providing direct services to victims of ... Read More
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International Network of Child Abuse Prevention Organizations - National Partner Program
In 1999 ISPCAN launched the National Partner Program, establishing affiliations with national child abuse and neglect prevention organizations around the world. The collaboration aims to further the common mission, goals and programs of ISPCAN and it ... Read More
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International Plant Exploration
For 25 years the Chicago Botanic Garden has explored the world in search of plants. Garden scientists have studied and collected plants on 27 trips into 20 countries, including expeditions to China, Korea, Siberia, and the Far East. Expeditions targe ... Read More
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International Programms
International Programs aims to train young leaders all over the world to make interfaith cooperation real in on their campus and in their community. We do this through speaking tours, robust leadership trainings, and exchange programs. IFYC has had a ... Read More
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International Scholarship Program for Developing Country Professionals
ISPCAN sponsors numerous scholarships for leading professionals from developing nations to learn about child abuse and neglect and how to become leaders in their countries. Attendance at ISPCAN conferences and training events is valuable for learnin ... Read More
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International Service Program
Helping women in developing countries has been a passion of Zontians since the organization was founded in 1919. Today, Zonta's International Service Program continues to help women in developing countries improve their legal, political, economic, ed ... Read More
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Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship
Established in 1998 from a generous bequest by Jane M. Klausman, a member of the Zonta Club of Syracuse, New York USA, and the 1990-1995 Zonta International Parliamentarian, the Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship is awarded annually to ... Read More
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Kids' Heart Repair and Adult Open Heart Surgery
Solidarity Bridge addresses the problem of rheumatic heart disease and other heart ailments requiring open heart surgery through two programs. In partnership with the Goff Gift Fund, we provide surgery for children through our Kids’ Heart Repair Pr ... Read More
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Kumba HIV/AIDS Treatment Center
The Cameroon America AIDS Alliance (CAAA) HIV/AIDS Treatment Center in Cameroon has provided free HIV testing and treatment to hundreds of men, women and children since opening on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006. The clinic, based in Kumba, is direc ... Read More
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LEAD Campaign (Leadership, Empowerment, Access and Development)
As the microfinance sector commercializes and rapidly expands, experienced banking and finance leaders are in short supply. The microfinance community is waking up to the pressing need for leaders with these skills. Tomorrow’s leaders must be identif ... Read More
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Lending Hope to Africa
Opportunity’s Lending Hope to Africa Campaign raised $25 million dollars to develop 10,000 new Trust Banks in Africa, providing microfinance interventions for families coping with HIV/AIDS. The next phase of the initiative will support a Trans-Africa ... Read More
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Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)
Hansen's Disease, historically called leprosy, is one of the world's most feared and misunderstood diseases. While it is rare in developed countries such as the United States, it is very much present in impoverished areas of Asia, Africa, and South ... Read More
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LGBT Rights
In several key regions of the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals face considerable religious, social and political discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, including persecution, torture and ... Read More
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Marine Mammal Training/Breeding
At Shedd we are passionate about what we do, and we want to inspire you to make a difference. Care of animals is intimately connected to their overall contentment and well-being. Shedd is working cooperatively with Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise o ... Read More
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Matanya's Hope
Matanya's Hope is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty in Kenyan communities by offering educational opportunities to children who would otherwise have none and by assisting with projects critical to their survival. Read More
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Maternal and Child Health
The future health of our global family depends largely on the health of infants and children and their mothers, who act as primary care givers and educators. Women also play an important role in the health of communities and families by serving as mi ... Read More
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Maternal and Child Health
The lack of access to adequate health care for poor and vulnerable women can lead to significant problems in their maternal health – their health while pregnant, in childbirth or postpartum. These women may experience suffering or death from such p ... Read More
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Mayan Artisan Support
MayaWorks provides a fair trade outlet for Mayan women in Guatemala to sell their hand-woven products internationally. In addition, MayaWorks also offers microloans and entrepreneurial training to the artisans it supports.
MayaWorks prod ... Read More
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Medical Mission
The Medical Mission is a partnership between U.S. and Bolivian medical personnel, primarily surgical, who serve the poor in their critical health needs. On each mission trip, we provide roughly $60,000 worth of medical supplies, medicines and equipme ... Read More
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Medical Supplies Program
Solidarity Bridge has delivered over $9 million worth of medical supplies, equipment and medicines to improve and save the lives of the Bolivian poor. Our deliveries include everything from surgical gloves to heart valves to neuromicroscopes. Unlike ... Read More
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Micro-Power
Maybe help comes from a micro-enterprise grant for a agricultural or poultry farm in Sudan. It could be needed assistance in starting a cattle ranch in Uganda, or a small hamburger stand on the streets of a small town in Kosovo. Empowerment might c ... Read More
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Microeconomic and Craft Projects
Project Harambee facilitates microeconomics projects giving women & children a "hand up" to care for themselves without relying on a handout. These include livestock and agricultural projects, and sewing machines. Project Harambee also provides mar ... Read More
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Microfinance - Women's Lending Club
Your generous gift of $750 will help support an entire lending club, consisting of five women, accountable to each other for the repayment of their loans. All loan repayments go back into the local micro-lending fund, where it can be re-invested in o ... Read More
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Mondragon Family (Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls)
This artisan family from Mexico visits the Museum every year during the Day of the Dead exhibition, and performs demonstrations of Sugar Skulls. Sugar skulls are a tradition of the holiday that dates back to Ancient times. Read More
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National Immigrant Justice Center's Counter-Trafficking Initiative
The Counter-Trafficking Initiative has helped more than 70 trafficking victims in their recovery by providing legal and case management services, assisting clients in finding counseling, housing, emergency care, employment assistance, and access to ... Read More
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National Immigrant Justice Center's Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Project for Protection of Asylum Seekers
This program provides documentation, capacity building and direct representation for persons fleeing persecution. Read More
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National Immigrant Justice Center's National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Orientation
National Asylum Partnership for Sexual Orientation works to secure protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive individuals who are victims of persecution in their home countries because of their sexual orientation or gender ... Read More
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Neurosurgery Program
Under the leadership of Richard Moser, MD, Solidarity Bridge supplies our Bolivian partners with critically needed neurosurgery materials, equipment, instruments, implants and training. We own and maintain the equipment and supplies, ensuring that ... Read More
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Nicaragua-Direct
We need almost anything that can be shipped or taken along to Nicaragua. More specifically: Basic, over the counter, Medicine - Bandages - Tooth Brushes and Paste - Wheel Chairs - Walkers and Canes. School Supplies: Pencils - Erasers - Rulers - ... Read More
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North American Network on the Solidarity Economy
NANSE brings together grassroots and locally established organizations from Canada, the USA, and the Caribbean to explore building a sustainable alternative to the current neo-liberal development model. This program seeks to serve as a catalyst for e ... Read More
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Orphan and Orphanage Sponsorship
We consider children who have lost a father or both parents as orphans. The loss of one or both parents as a result of war, illness, or natural disaster is a traumatic and harsh reality for millions of children worldwide. Through our Orphan Sponso ... Read More
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Orphan and Youth Initiatives
Our programs address the needs of OVC of all ages, including shelter, education, food security, access to health care, psycho-social support, and legal services. However, a significant number of our programs focus on providing services for orphaned ... Read More
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Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Internationally, Heartland Alliance implements a range of projects that address the specific needs of OVC (Orphans and Vulnerable Children) in post-conflict countries through a focus on medical, psychosocial, vocational, education, and legal services ... Read More
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Outreach Education and Trainings Program
IFYC provides a variety of in-depth trainings around the world to equip young leaders, faith leaders, civic organizers and others to organize their own interfaith youth service projects. The program also seeks to educate the wider public on the impo ... Read More
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Pacemaker Program
Through in kind donations of supplies and labor, our annual cost of $95,000 for our Pacemaker Program multiplies 10 times into nearly $1 million worth of surgeries for the poor of Bolivia, saving over 75 lives a year!
In partnership with ... Read More
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Partnering with Families
Education - Tuition support for deaf children and their siblings; school transportation costs.
Vocational Training - Capital investment in shoe repair business; tuition for one year of beauty school. Read More
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Philippines
The Filipino partners have a goal of reaching one million clients annually by 2010. One of Opportunity International's most successful countries, the Philippines is an ideal environment for the microenterprise development industry. OI intends to maxi ... Read More
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Pilgrimage of Service
One of the elements that makes RISE unique is its focus on people and relationships. Keeping our mission on a personal level, RISE teams travel to Angola on a "Pilgrimage of Service" to provide workshops and educational programs for all ages that are ... Read More
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Plant Database Cooridnation
PlantCollections(TM) – A Community Solution is a collaborative effort led by the Chicago Botanic Garden, American Public Gardens Association, the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center and the MorphBank project a ... Read More
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PolioPlus Program
PolioPlus, the most ambitious program in Rotary's history, is the volunteer arm of the global partnership dedicated to eradicating polio. For more than 20 years, Rotary has led the private sector in the global effort to rid the world of this cripplin ... Read More
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Post-Secondary Scholarship Support
Believing in the restorative power of education, Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization (CROSO) is dedicated to helping street children in Uganda by providing scholarships to fund their post-secondary education. Read More
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Preventative Healthcare
Coprodeli provides preventative healthcare and humanitarian aid to the most impoverished families in Peru. Doctors, dentists, lab technicians, and pharmacists from the United States, Europe, and Peru volunteer their time to improve and, in many cases ... Read More
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Primary and Secondary Education
Distribution of school kits, desks and chairs to primary schools. Read More
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Primary Health Care Services in Iraq
In cooperation with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and in partnership with various Iraqi NGOs, Heartland Alliance provides primary health care services to vulnerable IDPs, returnees, refugees and host communities in northern and southern Iraq. Through ... Read More
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Primary School Health Education
Mwangaza learned that many disabilities can be prevented through early treatment, education and improving health and hygiene. We have designed health education seminars for primary school students and teach these classes on a regular basis. Topics ... Read More
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Professional Publications on Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
ISPCAN produces several major publications containing up-to-date information and research in the area of child maltreatment: 1) World Perspectives on Child Abuse (bienniel), 2) Child Abuse & Neglect the International Journal (monthly), 3) The Link n ... Read More
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Project CHAI
World Bicycle Relief in support of CHAI – the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative – provided 300 bicycles to people across six different countries to help specific HIV/AIDS initiatives in Africa. The bicycles were provided to healthcare workers ad ... Read More
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Project Intandane
Project Intandane provided a baseline study of the living conditions and circumstances of a sample of child-headed housholds in the high density suburbs of Bulawayo. It defined a child-headed family as one whose breadwinner is the eldest of the sibl ... Read More
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Project Latina
This program will support the creation of a Spanish-language version of "voicesandfaces.org," one that features the stories of Latina Women from Mexico, Central America and South America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. We will also inc ... Read More
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Project Safe Water
Linking Mine Action to Development Planning: Providing Mine Affected Communities Access to Clean Safe Water
Objectives:
-Provide families in mine-affected communities access to clean water
-Improve the overall health of the comm ... Read More
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Project Seahorse
Seahorses represent the coming together of all the world's marine problems: neglected environments, destructive fishing practices, desperate fishing communities and the need for protected areas. Saving seahorses means saving the seas. You can help ... Read More
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Project Zambia
World Bicycle Relief has partnered with a USAID-funded, World Vision-led coalition of relief organizations to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Zambia. We will provide 23,000 bicycles to community home-based care volunteers, disease prevention educators ... Read More
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Prosthetic and Orthotic Lab
A simple prosthetic device can mean so much to someone disabled and living in poverty. Range of Motion Project has built and runs a fully functioning prosthetic and orthotic lab in Zacapa, Guatemala. The lab has already helped countless disabled fro ... Read More
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Prosthetic and Orthotic Volunteers
A prosthetic or orthotic device is a critical component in a disabled person's rehabilitation, enabling independence, mobility and involvement in the community. Rehabilitation has the power to increase visibility of the disabled; awareness can teach ... Read More
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Providing Fresh Water
It is estimated that 80% of all illness in Africa can be prevented through the provision of clean water and mosquito nets. While these are not typical “school suppliesâ€, they are essential components to providing a quality education in Sudan. ... Read More
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Psychosocial Counseling
In countries that have experienced periods of conflict or war, people are often left with high levels of psychological trauma. At the same time, these people often have few resources to devote to their mental health when their economies and societies ... Read More
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Radio Arte Webcast
Radio Arte, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art, is an educational radio station that has served the Pilsen/ Little Village neighborhood of Chicago for over 10 years. Radio Arte trains, motivates and encourages youth to develop s ... Read More
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Radio Campesina, Comayagua, Honduras
Radio Campesina began in the spring of 2002, when RaPo provided Chicago-based solidarity group La Voz de Los Abajo with equipment to set up a radio station for the CNTC, in Honduras. The CNTC is the National Center for Rural Workers, an organization ... Read More
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Radio Culturarte, Juchitán, Mexico
Culturarte use traditional music, dance, poetry and art to celebrate and promote Zapotec culture. They also work to increase awareness about issues affecting local people such as indigenous people’s rights, land reform law, women’s rights and health. ... Read More
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Radio Revolución!, Mulukukú, Nicaragua
In March of 2004, RaPo set up a radio station in Mulukukú, a rural municipality located on the border of the North and South Atlantic Autonomous Regions of Nicaragua. The station is being managed by the Maria Luisa Ortiz Cooperative and Women's Healt ... Read More
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Rainwater Harvesting Project
Mwangaza, Inc. has received generous grants from the ERM Foundation in both 2003 and 2004. With the funds granted in 2003, Mwangaza Tanzania built 11 rainwater harvesting tanks at seven schools in the Manyara Region of Tanzania. These tanks helpe ... Read More
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Rainwater Storage Tanks
By purchasing a Life Saving Rainwater Storage Tank, you are helping Kenyan children receive a bounty of clean drinking water - sometimes for the first time in their lives. The simple design of the Life Saving Rainwater Storage Tank allows it to colle ... Read More
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Raising Awareness
Landmines Blow! is part of the solution to assisting survivors and rebuilding mine-affected communities. Acre by acre, child to child the threat of landmines, cluster bombs and water borne illnesses can be eliminated.
Cambodia is one of ... Read More
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Resettlement Services
IRIM resettles hundreds of refugees from around the world who are fleeing war, persecution, violence, or genocide. Resettlement is often difficult and stressful. To assist, IRIM provides a comprehensive and multi-faceted range of programs that empowe ... Read More
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Scattered Seeds
In Southern Sudan, the area near Nyinbuli which is currently home for some 30,000 people was encased near the frontline of war. While a 2005 peace treaty dulled the extremity of violence, walking to the nearest clinic in this war-torn land was still ... Read More
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Scholarships for Girls
MayaWorks believes the education of young Mayan girls is critical to the economic development of communities. These young women will become the primary caretakers of the next generation, making decisions about the education and health care of their c ... Read More
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School Group Connections
Project Harambee builds communication bridges between school groups in Africa and in the United States. Read More
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School Scholarships
To date, LemonAid fund has given 53 school scholarships, including three to children from one of the foster care homes LemonAid Fund Supports. Read More
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Schools for Angola
A spirit of collaboration and common purpose among churches, local leaders, the Ministry of Education and RISE makes the building of schools in rural Angola possible.
RISE International...
-Provides design and plans for building pri ... Read More
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Senior Services Initiative
Senior refugees and immigrants face unique and formidable barriers that may prevent them from successfully resettling in our country. Many of these individuals have witnessed unimaginable atrocities, and suffered the loss of loved ones. Their difficu ... Read More
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Severe Mental Illness/Addiction Mental Health Services
Part of the rebuilding efforts in post-conflict countries includes improvements in the provision of services by government agencies. In the area of mental health services, such improvements may entail adding trainings, staffing and enhancing infrastr ... Read More
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Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Internationally, Heartland Alliance Provides a variety of protection and support services for victims of sexual and gender-based violence. Programs include support for individual victims through psychosocial, medical, and legal services. A focus on t ... Read More
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Share Your Soles
Shoe collection, cleaning, processing, shipping and distriubtion - donate shoes, funds, or help organize the shipment. Read More
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ShoreCap Exchange
ShoreCap Exchange recognizes that banks worldwide need more than simply capital to thrive. The Exchange strives to build stronger banks that focus on serving the poor in developing countries in Africa and Asia. Expert practitioners and consultants br ... Read More
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Sierra Leone Kids Tennis
Sierra Leone is a place where soccer predominates, yet at three tennis courts in Freetown the sport of tennis has begun to take hold. Under the direction of two dedicated coaches, Amidu and Ziggy, a small and growing group of children to have become ... Read More
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Sisters to School
Through its Sisters to School program, the Women's Global Education Project provides access to education and training for women and girls in Senegal, West Africa. Your contribution can help ensure girls go to school and stay in school. The program r ... Read More
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Small Business Development
Small business development is at the core of Global Alliance’s model for economic strengthening. By listening to our local partners, and working with them to design and implement an integrated and contextual model that helps communities and househ ... Read More
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Social Services to the Roma People of Kosovo
As little as $100 can help GBA bring educational training to Kosovo’s Roma/Gypsy community — one of Kosovo's most marginalized people groups. Your generous gift can help provide basic training in reading and writing, math, personal hygiene, and o ... Read More
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Solar Panel Project
One of Centro Medico's founding principles is to protect the environment and operate in the most environmentally friendly way possible. Centro Medico is now looking into installing solar panels. In fall 2007, an alternative energy consultant, Derek S ... Read More
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Sor Juana Festival
The annual Sor Juana Festival honors Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz--one of Mexico’s greatest writers--and celebrates and the rich artistic accomplishments of Mexican women from Mexico and the United States. The Festival also recognizes Mexican women lea ... Read More
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Support and Travel to Cambodia
We Support Worthwhile Organizations - We provide on-going financial support to those organizations that we have visited, scrutinized, and found worthy of our continued assistance.
We Help Others Contribute - Build Cambodia does not solicit ... Read More
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Surgical Brigades
Centro Medico makes sure that its patients are taken care of. As a result, Centro Medico frequently arranges and pays for patient surgeries performed in the city of Santa Cruz. We're now hoping to take care of patients through surgical brigades from ... Read More
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Surgical Treatment for Disabled Children
Mwangaza travels to remote villages to identify disabled children and assist them in getting plastic and orthopedic surgical procedures to correct clubfoot, cleftlip and bone deformities caused by excess flouride in drinking water, as well as burn co ... Read More
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Sustainable Development in Southern Sudan
- Provide clean drinking water by digging water wells for the community.
- To establish effective health programs geared towards combating common diseases through health education, and training of health personnel.
- To provide educationa ... Read More
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Tanzania: THRIVE
The kindergarten we helped to found in 2005 is expanding its scope via THRIVE. We are using education as a basis for developing resilience of the orphans as well as those providing healthcare in the neighboring clinic/hospital. We will be developing ... Read More
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The Alice Berline Kaplan Center for the Humanities, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities acts as a hub for interdisciplinary activities centered on the humanities. It provides a sophisticated "smart classroom" venue, publicity, administrative support, and funds for workshops, colloquia, semin ... Read More
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The Cervical Cancer Prevention Project
Bolivia has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world. Centro Medico is working toward implementing a cervical cancer prevention program. Ultimately, the program would coordinate and provide regular cervical cancer screenings and ot ... Read More
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The Chagas Project
Chagas is a disease of poverty and most often afflicts populations like the one served by Centro Medico. Chagas is a chronic disease that commonly causes heart and gastrointestinal problems which are often further complicated by other health conditio ... Read More
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The Exploration Institute
The Exploration Institute is intended to celebrate human potential,create participation and inclusion. This one-of-a-kind facility will be specifically designed to serve children and youth with varying and differing abilities; and when complete, it s ... Read More
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The Girl's Empowerment Project
The Girl's Empowerment Project is a multi-phase program offering a safe community for girls and young women to learn about their human rights and how to access them while addressing avenues for self-sufficiency and leadership building. Participants e ... Read More
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The Immigrant Child Advocacy Project
The Immigrant Child Advocacy Project is a human service and policy advocacy program dedicated to advocating for the best interest - safety and well-being - of immigrant and refugee children who are alone in the United States. We're working to develop ... Read More
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The International Network of Child Policy Research Centers
Make an investment in the future of children. The well being of children is a concern that crosses national boundaries. The International Network of Child Policy Research Centers facilitates the sharing of ideas and information among child policy re ... Read More
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The Peacemobile
LemonAid Fund will purchase and equip a mobile resource center bringing educational and health information, materials, and services to communities where the LemonAid Fund is currently working. LemonAid Fund has begun conversations with the Mini ... Read More
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The Pediatric Anti-Parasite Program
Gretchen Myers, our US volunteer nurse, with some help from a local hospital and health education center, is in the process of implementing a prevention program aiming to curb the number of kids with parasites. Gretchen is going to local schools to e ... Read More
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The Voices and Faces Project Middle East Initiative
This initiative seeks to empower women in select MENA countries to explore The Voices and Faces Project model, to be adopted and modified to their country's unique cultural aspects. The countries of Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco and Tunisia would ... Read More
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Thianwe School in Bor, Sudan
After creating a temporary school in Bor, HELPSudan leadership has also provided mosquito nets, blankets, notebooks, and pencils to students. They toured the school and interviewed the volunteers to listen to their views on the school's progress, ge ... Read More
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Torture and Trauma Treatment
Building on experience providing trauma-informed mental health care and psychosocial services for those who have experienced war, armed conflict, torture and displacement in the United States, Heartland Alliance is implementing international programs ... Read More
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Trafficking
The global problem of human trafficking is a modern day manifestation of slavery and servitude, and involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to exploit a person for profit. Trafficking is becoming one of the most lucrative transnational crimes af ... Read More
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Training and Capacity Building Program for Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Effective Child Protection requires a multidisciplinary approach among professionals working in every community world-wide. ISPCAN’s unique network of local and diverse professionals creates a global force to protect children in need. The need to pro ... Read More
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Training for Plant Conservation Professionals
The International Training Program commenced internal exchanges between the USA and Australia in 2006. The Australian partner in this effort is the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). Five representatives from our national Conservation ... Read More
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Trust Banks
Trust Banks serve women in the lowest levels of poverty who have no assets and no access to a guarantor. A Trust Group is an innovative lending methodology that provides microloans, thereby creating jobs and economic empowerment in poor communities. ... Read More
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Tuberculosis Treatment
Despite the fact that TB is a treatable disease, it has assumed epidemic proportions in India, claiming the lives of 400,000 and newly infecting 2.2 million every year. India has the highest proportion of its population, 3.3 per capita, infected with ... Read More
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Tuition Assistance in Kenya
We provide tuition assistance to secondary school bound students from rural communities in western Kenya who have excelled in the national primary school examinations but cannot afford to pay for their secondary school tuition. We give special consid ... Read More
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United Nations Study on Violence Against Children
ISPCAN develops quality research questionnaires and appropriate methodology used to provide greater understanding of the scope of violence against children internationally and to inform policy development. Read More
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Vocational Training Program
IRIM's computer training program provides students with the tools they need to find employment in the competitive American job market. n addition to excellent instruction in computer programs, job readiness training is also incorporated on a weekl ... Read More
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Wells for Angola
In partnership with Willow Creek Community Church's Celebration of Hope, funds were donated for wells at school sites in rural Angola. Five have been completed, three of which were dedicated in April 2010 while our RISE Team was there. Children we ... Read More
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Women Entrepreneurs
As little as $150 will help a woman in Ghana start her own business and feed her family. Read More
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Women's Empowerment Program
Over 70% of refugees are women. Many have been widowed or have lost children to violence, and most have been oppressed and victimized in their home countries. Women refugees often struggle with chronic depression and anxiety, making it difficult for ... Read More
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Women's Rights/Empowerment
Ekya's aim in 2010 will focus on the immense opportunity that exists with supporting Women's empowerment. It has become apparent that investing in Women has an incredibly high rate of return. Women in developing areas are exceptional at saving, provi ... Read More
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Working Bikes Cooperative
A bicycle worth $20 in Chicago can be worth the equivalent of $1,000 in Africa. Your donation can possibly mean the difference between work and unemployment to someone in need. The bicycle is the primary means of transportation for the majority of t ... Read More
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Young Women in Public Affairs Award
Established in 1990 by Past International President Leneen Forde, the Young Women in Public Affairs Award honors young women in secondary level or pre-university schools, ages 16 to 19, who demonstrate a commitment to leadership in public policy, gov ... Read More
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Z Clubs and Golden Z Clubs
Established in 1948, the Z Club and Golden Z Club program is one of Zonta International's longest-running programs. Z Clubs and Golden Z Clubs help high school, college and university students develop leadership skills, promote career exploration ... Read More
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Zonta International Strategies to End Violence Against Women (ZISVAW)
Globally, gender-based violence is the most pervasive and least recognized human rights violation. Rooted in inequality, it affects women of every race, class, culture, ethnicity, age and country. Zonta International strives to promote and protect ... Read More