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Organizations AIDS Service Center

AIDS Service Center NYC (ASC) is a multiservice community organization that carries out its mission of “helping many, one by one” by building community, connection and stability for New Yorkers living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS.

Organizations Mercy Corps

Alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.

Organizations Ushahidi

We are a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping.

Organizations Danish Refugee Council

No refugee must be in want of help to find protection and durable solutions. And nobody who wishes to be integrated into Danish society must be in want of help to do so. We want to be the best problem-solver with regards to displacement and integration.

Organizations Women's Environmental and Developmental Organization (WEDO)

To contribute toward its vision for the world, WEDO’s mission is to ensure that women’s rights; social, economic and environmental justice; and sustainable development principles-as well as the linkages between them-are at the heart of global and national policies, programs and practices.

Organizations Cultural Survival

We publicize Indigenous Peoples' issues through our award-winning publications; we mount letter-writing campaigns and other advocacy efforts to stop environmental destruction and abuses of Native Peoples' rights; and we work on the ground in Indigenous communities, always at their invitation.

Organizations Earthjustice

Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment.

Organizations Environmental Justice and Climate Change

The EJCC works to amplify the voice of communities most impacted by environmental hazards and climate change across the United States and the Globe.

Organizations NARAL Pro-choice America

We are made up of pro-choice women and men across the United States. Together, we protect a woman's right to choose.

Organizations Oxfam America

Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than 90 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. We are one of the 17 affiliates in the international confederation Oxfam.

Organizations Relief International

Relief International in helping save lives and improve the livelihoods of people around the world. Relief International offers opportunities to volunteer and intern both in the United States and internationally and in both Development as well as Emergency Response capacities

Organizations PreventionWeb-International Disaster Management

Very useful portal of portals for people interested in international disaster management endeavors with a distinctly international outlook and many professional resources.

Organizations Partners in Health

PIH uses all of the means at our disposal to make them well—from pressuring drug manufacturers, to lobbying policy makers, to providing medical care and social services.

Organizations International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities to restore safety, dignity and hope, the IRC leads the way from harm to home.

Organizations CARE International

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of disease, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.

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