AID-COMILLA is a non-political, non-profitable and non-governmental organization based in Comilla, Bangladesh. The philosophy of AID- COMILLA is based on the conviction that the paramount need of men/women and children is not relief but release from the prison of poverty and to enable them to earn secure and sustainable livelihoods through freely chosen productive employment. AID-COMILLA aspires after a society free from exploitation and oppression. It also strives to augment human dignity, fraternity and social justice in the process of its development endeavors.
Bilingual Education for Central America exists to promote cultural exchange and affordable bilingual education. Through a local community-partnership with ‘La Asociacion de Padres de Cofradia’, BECA provides over 240 students in Honduras with affordable education by recruiting and training native English-speaking volunteer teachers to staff a network of community-run bilingual schools.
The volunteer-driven bilingual school model creates an environment in which low-income students learn from dedicated volunteer teachers, and those volunteers learn from the community in which they are immersed. BECA’s collaboration with local Honduran Stakeholders empowers educational development efforts from within the community that, in return, fosters local leadership and ensures sustainability.
www.cambodianchildrensfund.org
Cambodian Children’s Fund’s mission is to break cycles of poverty and abuse and to create positive change in Cambodia through intervention and education for the most impoverished and underserved children and their families. By providing optimum education, health care, job placement, technology training and leadership development, the children in CCF’s care enter Cambodian society with highly developed skills, ambition and integrity.
CCF offers refuge, education and healthcare to over 700 children, many of whom once lived and worked in Steung Meanchey, Phnom Penh’s toxic garbage dump. There they worked from dawn until dusk scavenging plastic and metal out of the mountains of burning, hazardous waste and selling them to local recycling centers.
CCF offers child sponsorship programs and volunteer opportunities based on relevant skills/expertise.
www.cambodialandminemuseum.org
The CLMMRF facility is more than a museum. It is home to an incredible family of people that provide education and support for dozens of at-risk children. Some of these children are landmine survivors while others have been rescued from extreme poverty off of Cambodia’s streets. Some of these children have been orphaned or abandoned. All of these children who make up this unique family have suffered over- whelming hardships.
The Cambodia Landmine Museum was created so that it might serve as a place of healing for bodies, hearts and minds. The facility contains a school, an orphanage with living facilities for up to 30 at-risk children, and an office for the mission’s administration needs. It also provides employment opportunities for several teachers and local Khmers who play an important part in the Cambodia Landmine Museum family. Moreover, it is a place for action, serving as a launching pad for humanitarian and landmine relief outreach initiatives.
Cambodian Living Arts, a project of World Education, works to support the revival of traditional Khmer performing arts and to inspire contemporary artistic expression. CLA supports arts education, mentorship, networking opportunities, education, career development, and income generating projects for master performing artists who survived the Khmer Rouge as well as the next generation of student artists.
CDA Collaborative Learning Projects is a non-profit organization committed to improving the effectiveness of international actors who provide humanitarian assistance, engage in peace practice, and are involved in supporting sustainable development.
CDA is best known for its development of the peace and conflict impact assessment tool known as “Do No Harm” analysis. DNH helps humanitarian and development assistance workers to identify the way their assistance interacts with conflicts in the societies where they work and to develop options for minimizing the ways aid can reinforce conflict and enhance positive support for peace.
http://www.childsafe-international.org/
The ChildSafe Network consists of local and international people, businesses and groups that protect children from abuse and prevent them from being placed in abusive situations.
Child Safe is managed by Friends International, a non-profit assisting marginalised young people- particularly street children and youth across the world since 1994.
Creative Visions Foundation supports “Creative Activists”, individuals who use the power of media and the arts to create positive change in the world.
Creative Visions Foundation partners with creative activists through fiscal sponsorship, mentorship and outreach programs to develope, thrive and promote vital social change.
Global initiative by the United Nations FAO and partner organizations to mobilize citizens and persuade politicians to end hunger in our life-time. Sign the Petition here: 1billionhungry.org
Girls & Football SA is a South African based girl’s empowerment initiative that encourages sport, media and education as developmental tools for girls and young women that inspire body ownership, strength and self esteem.
Global Focus Aotearoa is a New Zealand based non-profit and specialist provider of independent information and education on global and development issues.
Global Education enables people to understand the links between their own lives and those of people throughout the world. Action informed by quality information and globally relevant education will help create a just world where human rights are upheld and respected, poverty is no longer tolerated, and we all recognize the interconnectivity of our lives and the world that we live in.
Global Voices is a community of bloggers and translators around the world who work together to bring you reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media.
Global Voices advocates for freedom of expression around the world to protect the rights of citizen journalists to report on events and opinions without fear of censorship or persecution.
IRRI Mission:
To reduce poverty and hunger, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers, and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research, partnerships, and the strengthening of national agricultural research and extension systems.
JAGORI (‘AWAKEN, WOMEN’) is a women’s training, documentation, communication and resource centre, based in New Delhi, India – that was established in 1984 with the aim of carrying feminist consciousness to a wider audience using creative media
JAGORI Objectives:
Consciousness raising and awareness building on violence, health, education, development, and advocacy on women ́s rights and gender equality.
Dissemination of information and knowledge on feminist concerns to meet the needs of women ́s groups, NGOs, and development organizations.
Maison de la Gare is a grassroots not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving the lives of talibé children in St. Louis, Senegal. Talibés: (koranic school students who are forced to beg and suffer severe physical abuse and neglect)
The group aims to facilitate the re- integration of the talibé children into formal education and the community, improving their living conditions and giving them a chance to lead healthy and productive lives as active members of society.
Young children and their working mothers are one of the most vulnerable sections living in poverty, in India today. While the adults toil, young children suffer neglect and the older ones bear the responsibility of adult chores. Mobile Creches has been a presence in this landscape since 1969.
Mobile Creches Mission is to ensure holistic development of young children with a special focus on birth to 3 years, to work with partners and communities to enable them to develop crèche and childcare arrangements and to champion the cause of children’s rights at all levels of civil society
www.pepyride.org
www.pepytours.com
PEPY is working to improve educational opportunities in rural Cambodia and offers unique volunteer adventures for those looking to give back while they travel.
Through partner government schools, formal and informal education initiatives, PEPY provides health, environmental and literacy programs, teacher training, child-to-child learning circles – supporting education for over 1,700 families in 12 villages and 6 schools in rural Siem Reap.
The PEPY Mission
1) To support rural Cambodian communities through greater educational opportunities and increased access to education.
2) To encourage adventure travel which emphasizes social action, responsibility, and accountability.
PovertyCure is an international network of organizations and individuals seeking to ground our common battle against global poverty. PovertyCure emphasizes proper understanding of the human person and society, and encourages solutions that foster opportunity and unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that already fills the developing world.
1 in 5 children dies before the age of 5 in Cambodia as a result of water born diseases. RDI has combined technology, education, and heart in order to combat this.
The RDI Mission: To provide clean water and a safe environment for all of Cambodia, to train and capacity build young Cambodian scientists and to provide an environment for outside partners to gather important research for Cambodia’s future.
Small World is a collaborative workplace where young Cambodian entrepreneurs can learn and launch new ideas in a productive working environment.
www.tortugasfundacionyepes.com
Tortugas Fundaction Yepes is an organization dedicated to protecting Sea Turtles as well as other community conservation projects through sustainable methods. Tortugas Fundacion Yepes also organizes other eco-friendly, community projects such as recycling programs, environmental education and beach cleaning campaigns.
