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- Action Against Hunger UK - UK part of an international organisation that has projects to fight hunger.
www.aahuk.org
- ActionAid, UK - Child and community development charity based in the UK to help world's poorest people.
www.actionaid.org
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency - Works in partnership with people who work together for the basic human rights of food, shelter and a reasonable quality of life.
www.adra.org.uk
- Africa Educational Trust - The trust supports education in Africa, African students studying outside of Africa and research and dissemination of information about Africa.
www.africaeducationaltrust.mcmail.com/uk.html
- Aid to Baltic Communities - A team that drives aid supplies to Latvia twice a year. Details of the trips, information on help needed and on the situation in Latvia.
www.jubileecommunity.co.uk/aidbc
- AMAR international - (Assisting Marsh Arabs and Refugees). Charity involved in humanitarian aid for arab refugees in Iran and Iraq.
www.amarappeal.com
- Asylum Aid - Charity providing advice and legal representation to asylum-seekers and refugees and campaigning for their fair treatment in the UK.
www.asylumaid.org.uk
- ATD Fourth World (UK) Ltd - Organisation that is taking an active role in communities to support the efforts of the poorest in overcoming poverty. It is a member of the International Movement ATD Fourth World.
web.ukonline.co.uk/atd.uk
- BBC Children In Need Appeal - Details of how to be part of the BBC's annual Children In Need appeal.
www.bbc.co.uk/cin
- Birmingham Settlement UK - A charity based in Newtown, Birmingham UK. Gives advice on care, employment support, debt, national debtline and womens training. It also runs nursery facilities and charity shops.
www.birminghamsettlement.org.uk
- Bosnia Relief - Small aid agency working in Bosnia, helping to heal the scars of war.
www.bosniarelief.org
- Bosnian Support Fund - Registered charity, aiming to help people left homeless during the Bosnian conflict. Message board, case studies, news and details of how you can help.
bosnianfund.tripod.com
- British Red Cross - Organisation that provides emergency help to people in need. British part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent organisation.
www.redcross.org.uk
- British Red Cross Donation Site - Allows donation to be made to the British Red Cross via credit card.
www.redcrossdonations.org.uk
- BT Community Connections - Offers awards of IT equipment to individuals or groups who wish to make a positive impact in their community. Details of how to apply and examples of successful projects. Links to other BT award schemes.
www.btcommunityconnections.com
- Cambodian Communities out of Crisis - Information on CCC's work in Cambodia, particularly in giving back the education that Pol Pot tried to steal.
www.cambcomm.org.uk
- Camp Ireland - Group with a site in Armagh trying to set up a centre for peace, reconciliation, environmental education, and awareness.
www.campireland.com
- CARE International UK - Organisation that works for the poor and vulnerable in some of the world's poorest countries. Part of the CARE International group.
www.careinternational.org.uk
- Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD) - Development and relief organisation that works in over 75 countries to tackle the causes of poverty and encourage development regardless of race, religion or politics.
www.cafod.org.uk
- Chernobyl Children Appeal (NI) Ltd - Company and charity based in Northern Ireland helps children from Belarus and Ukraine with Chernobyl related diseases, especially those who suffer from the many side-effects of radiation.
www.ccani.com/index.htm
- Chernobyl Children Life Line - Helping children suffering from the after-effects of the Chernobyl disaster and economic situation in Belarus.
www.chernobylchildlifeline.org
- Chernobyl Children's Project - Supports the children of Belarus affected by the Chernobyl nuclear explosion through recuperative holidays in the UK and medical and humanitarian aid. History of the disaster, newsletter, details of projects and how to donate.
www.chernobyl-children.org.uk
- Christian Aid - Organisation that works in over 60 countries helping people, regardless of religion or race, to improve their own lives and tackle the causes of poverty and injustice.
www.christian-aid.org.uk
- Cleaford Christian Trust - Details for a based charity and mission working in Romania. Based in Surrey, UK.
www.cleaford.co.uk/homepage.htm
- Community H.E.A.R.T. - A UK charity supporting local South African initiatives in health, education and reconstruction training. Information on what the organisation does, including details of projects, on corporate sponsors and on how to donate. Includes a message from Nelson Mandela.
www.community-heart.org.uk
- Crescent Medical Aid Kenya - Non-profit making organisation dedicated to the service of humanity in the field of curative and preventive health care open to all.
www.crescent-medical-aid.org
- Department for International Development (DFID) - UK Government Department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty.
www.dfid.gov.uk
- Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) - Umbrella organisation which launches and coordinates responses to major disasters overseas. It enables the British public to donate to British aid agencies when they wish to respond to overseas emergencies.
www.dec.org.uk
- Fahamu - Supports progressive social change in Africa through information technology. Information on human rights training, services provided to partners in Africa, specialized newsletters and information on training sessions.
www.fahamu.org
- Find Your Feet - Works in partnership with groups in South Asia and Southern Africa to offer long-term sustainable solutions to poverty.
www.fyf.org.uk
- Global Gang - Christian Aid's site for children - with news, games and culture from around the world.
www.globalgang.org.uk
- Guatemala Solidarity Network (GSN) - Works with Guatemalan organisations and communities striving for human rights, social and economic justice and the empowerment and participation of indigenous peoples and all marginalised groups.
www.guatemalasolidarity.org.uk
- Halo Trust - British organisation specialising in the removal of the debris of war, such as mine clearing.
www.halotrust.org
- Heart International - A charity that aims to help provide cardiology serivces in developing countries. About the charity, contact details and how to give and receive donations.
mysite.freeserve.com/heartinternational
- Humanity First - Serving Mankind - UK based charity focusing on the provision of help and aid to anyone, and to anywhere in the world. It has provided relief operations to a multitude of international areas.
www.humanityfirst.org.uk
- Islamic Aid - Contact details for organisation working to provide emergency aid, food, shelter, water to people affected by poverty, war and disasters.
www.islamicaid.org.uk
- Jeans for Genes - Information about annual fundraising day on which everyone wears jeans and donates one pound to raise funds for genetic research into disorders affecting children.
www.jeansforgenes.com
- Jessie's Fund - Enhances quality of life for sick children through the therapeutic use of music, often in children's hospices.
www.jessiesfund.org.uk
- Kedeco Foundation - Organization dedicated to reducing poverty in Kenya, by harnessing the labour resource of the poor community to boost economic growth.
www.kedeco.org
- Kingscare - Christian poverty relief organization. Inspired by the love of God. Practical action through self-help, medical and educational projects in developing countries.
www.kingscare.org
- Lancashire Constabulary Romania Relief Fund - Provides aid to Romanian orphanages, hospitals, children's and old people's homes. Details of activities, companies that donate and how to help.
www.lanconromania.org.uk
- Landmine Action - Works to eliminate landmines and to find solutions to the problems caused by cluster bombs and other unexploded ordinance.
www.landmineaction.org
- Light up Romania Trust - A small charity helping community hospitals and their dispenseries in the villages with much needed lighting in Romania.
website.lineone.net/~lrh
- Magen David Adom - Friends of MDA in Great Britain, aim to raise funds to purchase vital medical equipment and ambulances for Israel's Emergency service.
www.ukmda.org
- Mango - Provides financial management services to agencies working in relief and development projects in developing and disaster stricken countries.
www.mango.org.uk
- Meadiae Trust - Works in developing countries through media.
www.mediae.org
- Medical Emergency Relief International - Merlin - UK medical specialist that works to provides medical relief in the aftermath of conflict, natural disaster or epidemic disease and strives to prevent the onset of future medical emergencies worldwide.
www.merlin.org.uk
- Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture - Organisation that provides care and rehabilitation for individuals and their families who have been subjected to torture and other forms of organised violence.
www.torturecare.org.uk
- Newry and Mourne Romania Appeal - A charity dedicated to helping the people of Romania based in Newry Co. Down N. Ireland.
www.geocities.com/rmnappeal
- North of England Refugee Service - Provides services to refugees and asylum seekers in the North of England.
www.refugee.org.uk
- Novi Most International - Christian voluntary organisation which works with young people in Bosnia.
www.novimost.org
- One World Action - Organisation that is working for a world free from poverty and oppression, to promote democracy, womens rights and equality, workers rights, and safeguard the rights of all people.
www.oneworldaction.org
- Oxfam Great Britain - A development, relief, and campaigning organisation that works to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world. Works with poor communities, local partners, volunteers, and supporters to help poor people to help themselves.
www.oxfam.org.uk
- Plan B Movement - Organisation in favour of improving freedom, democracy and equality for every human being irrespective of race, creed, colour.
www.planbmovement.org.uk
- PLAN International UK - Humanitarian, international development organisation which is devoted to providing assistance to underprivileged children in developing countries by offering a child sponsorship service.
www.plan-international.org/uk
- Plan International UK - Sponsoring children worldwide. Full details of their work, and of how you can help.
www.pleasehelpachild.com
- Plan UK - One of the largest child sponsorship humanitarian organisations working in more than 40 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Central and Latin America. Sponsor a child today with Plan UK and help whole villages towards self-sufficiency.
plan-uk.org
- Pumps to Poverty - Collect new and second hand shoes to distribute among charities in Northern Brazil. Information on type of shoes needed and where to donate them.
www.pumpstopoverty.com
- Sight Savers International - A charity that prevents and cures blindness globally.
www.sightsavers.org.uk
- SPEAK - A UK Christian charity which campaigns and prays on issues of human rights and justice.
www.speak.org.uk
- Task Brasil - Charity established in response to the situation of the street children of Brazil. Its projects improve the lives and support children and pregnant girls living on the streets.
www.taskbrasil.org.uk
- Tearfund - Evangelical Christian relief and development organisation working in partnership to bring help and hope to communities in need around the world.
www.tearfund.org
- The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund - Details the aims of the fund and all the grants that have been, or are in the process of being, awarded by the fund. It also contains information on how to apply for a grant and the future of the fund
www.theworkcontinues.org
- The Karuna Trust - UK based Buddhist organisation that has education, health and cultural projects for poor people in India of any religion. Also helps fund Buddhist activities.
www.karuna.org
- The Kazi Mingi Foundation - Supports the Kip Keino project in Kenya, Africa.
www.kmf.org.uk
- The MOC (Military Order of the Collar) Charitable Foundation - An ancient UK registered charitable foundation for the relief of poverty and sickness and for the advancement of education overseas. History, current information and projects currently in hand.
www.mocfoundation.org
- The Refugee Council - Organisation that helps refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Campaigns for 'an open mind policy, not an open door policy'.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
- The Village Service Trust - Raises funds to support work in India in the fields of women's development and health issues.
www.villageservicetrust.org.uk
- The Wyndham Charitable Trust - A small grant-making trust which aims to eliminate slavery world-wide. Some information on the issue, information on the trust's activities and how to donate.
uk.geocities.com/wyndham_ct
- VegFam - The vegan charity, working to prevent famine without cruelty
www.veganvillage.co.uk/vegfam
- Vision Africa - Give a Child a Future - UK charity providing education and schools, homes and orphanages for the children of Kenya's Kibera slum.
www.vision-africa.org
- VSO - (Voluntary Service Overseas). An international development charity which works through volunteers. Enables people aged 17-70 to share their skills and experience with local communities in the developing world.
www.vso.org.uk
- WaterAid - UK organization specialising in water, sanitation and hygiene education. Helps the poorest communities of Africa and Asia to provide themselves.
www.wateraid.org.uk
- Wishing for a Well - A charity that provides water wells in Kenya. Information on the past (history) present (projects and Mission reports) and future. Some pictures and how to help.
www.wishingforawell.com
- World Development Movement - UK-based organisation campaigning against the root causes of world poverty. Works in partnership with other organisations in the UK and around the world.
www.wdm.org.uk
- World Response - Organisation that is a medical-funding agency. Work includes supplying drugs, medicines and medical supplies. Also has house building and clinic building projects.
www.worldresponse.org
- World Vision - Christian organisation working in 92 countries helping people in their struggle against poverty, hunger and injustice. Provides aid and emergency aid and has child sponsorship programs.
www.worldvision.org.uk
- Re~Cycle: relieving poverty by taking old bikes to new territories - Many bikes are thrown away or lie rusting in garages in the UK, while people in less developed countries are without transport apart from their feet. Re~cycle sends old bicycles to poor countries such as Haiti and South Africa, and trains people how to repair and maintain the bikes.
www.re-cycle.org
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