Salvation Army International
The Salvation Army strives to help the world of the hurting, broken, lonely, dispossessed and lost, reaching them in love by all means. They emphasise an integrated ministry, reach and involve youth and children, stand for and serve the marginalised, and encourage innovation in mission.Salvation Army's website
Operation Smile
Operation Smile the largest volunteer-based medical charity providing free cleft surgeries. Every three minutes a child is born with a cleft. One in 10 of those children will die before their first birthday. The children who survive are often unable to eat, speak, socialize or smile. In some places, they are shunned and rejected. And in too many cases, their parents can't afford to give them the surgeries they need to live a productive life. Operation Smile believes that every child deserves access to safe, quality surgical care. Every child deserves a future filled with hope.Operation Smile's website
Futures for Children
Futures for Children empowers American Indian students through leadership development, mentoring, and community service to improve the quality of educational and life experiences. Futures for Children seeks a world in which social and economic justice includes American Indian people. We partner with supporters to encourage American Indian students to develop into young leaders who find their voices and take action while taking pride in their cultural identities.
Futures for Children's website
Milwaukee Christian Center
The Milwaukee Christian Center believes all people deserve to be treated with compassion and respect. They exist to move people beyond the challenges of poverty through life-affirming programs and supportive services. They strive to be a beacon of hope for the impoverished by compassionately guiding people out of poverty to create a community where suffering is alleviated, the inherent value of each person is cherished, and opportunities abound. Milwakee Christian Center's website
Union Gospel Mission
Children's Home Society
The mission of Children's Home Society is to provide the essence of Home--refuge, nourishment, love, and limits--to children whose homes have been violated; to shelter and serve battered women in crisis; to educate and counsel children, whose special needs require special devotion; to serve families who need help in sustaining the essence of Home; and to share the lessons of our own experience, and lift up the wisdom of others.
Children's Home Society website
One Laptop Per Child
One Laptop Per Child aims to provide each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop. To this end, they have designed hardware, content and software for collaborative, joyful, and self-empowered learning. With access to this type of tool, they think that children are engaged in their own education, and learn, share, and create together. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.One Laptop Per Child's website
Heifer International
Heifer International empowers families to turn hunger and poverty into hope and prosperity – but their approach is more than just giving them a handout. Heifer links communities and helps brings sustainable agriculture and commerce to areas with a long history of poverty. Their animals provide partners with both food and reliable income, as agricultural products such as milk, eggs and honey can be traded or sold at market. When many families gain this new sustainable income, it brings new opportunities for building schools, creating agricultural cooperatives, forming community savings and funding small businesses.Heifer's website
Central Asia Institute
The Central Asia Institute empowers communities of Central Asia through literacy and education, especially for girls, and promotes peace through education. They work in remote mountain villages of northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.
Central Asia Institute's website
Trickle Up Program
Trickle Up empowers people living on less than $1.25 a day to take the first steps out of poverty, providing them with resources to build sustainable livelihoods for a better quality of life. In partnership with local agencies, we provide training and seed capital grants to launch or expand a microenterprise and savings support to build assets. They empower the world's poorest people to develop their potential and strengthen their communities. They pursue this goal in a way that encourages innovation and leadership, maximizes resources and promotes communication and cooperation among all Trickle Up constituencies.
Trickle Up's website
Intercambio
Intercambio’s mission is to build understanding, respect and friendship across cultures through educational and intercultural opportunities. They offer volunteer-taught English classes for adult immigrants, classes and workshops on life skills and citizenship, and cultural trainings and events for all community members.
Intercambio's website
International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
International Rescue Committee's website