Scouting offers challenge and adventure to 400,000 young people and 100,000 adults across the UK helping them fulfil their potential. It gives people regardless of gender, age, faith or economic background the chance to learn new skills and make life long friends.

APT works with churches in Burkina Faso, West Africa, to bring God's blessing to their communities through church planting, education, poverty relief, and community development. APT also partners churches in Burkina Faso with churches around the world.

Action for Children in Conflict (AfCiC) works to transform the lives of children affected by extreme poverty, hunger, illness, persecution, abuse, & neglect. Our projects focus on helping some of the most vulnerable children & young people in Thika District, Kenya. The children & families we work with come from backgrounds of abject poverty, family breakdown, abandonment, & abuse. They are often forced to live on the streets, working & begging, in conflict with local residents & the police. Many resort to substance abuse as a means of escaping cold & hunger. We believe that these children have the capacity & desire to transform their lives, & AfCiC operates several programmes designed to help them do so:

Outreach Programmes for Vulnerable Children prevent children from ever going to the street & rehabilitate those who are already there. Some projects include school drop out prevention, child sponsorship, microfinance & business assistance, outreach clinics for street children, & after school children?s clubs.

A residential Interim Care Centre for street children, carrying out non-formal education, rehabilitation, counselling & family reintegration work.

Kenyan Children?s Legal Aid Work provides free legal advice to children & their guardians.

School Feeding programmes feed 1000 vulnerable children daily.

Holiday clubs Keep 400 vulnerable children away from abuse/exploitation on the streets by providing food & activities during school holidays

Action Village India has long-term relationships with six Gandhian organisations all working for non-violent change in rural India. For 20 years, it has supported programmes which enable disadvantaged communities to help themselves including; women's empowerment and employment (Tamil Nadu), organic farming (Kerala), girls' education (Jharkhand) and fishing communities' rights (Orissa).

Acts of Hope is a children's charity now in its 9th year. It funds and manages a primary school for more than 300 children in Kasavanahalli on the outskirts of Bangalore. The school is for underprivileged children who would not otherwise receive any education.

The Adam Cole Foundation is a charity established to help make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged children through the medium of sport.

Adventure Ashram is to set up a medical, educational and social care outreach programme in the Palani Hills villages of south India. These remote hill villages have limited access to such care due to the difficult terrain and distances involved in reaching hospitals in the region.

The AECC is a charity because of its extensive work within chiropractic research, education and the provision of low-cost chiropractic treatment for the local community in which it is based. Each year over 50,000 low cost or free patient treatments are offered to the local community from the training clinic.

Adventures for Development was set up by The Adventurists to provide funding for small, locally managed charities in far flung corners of the world who find it difficult to receive multiple donations from abroad. The result is a combination of local expertise at a grass roots level and transparency at an international one.

AET helps Africans whose lives have been affected by conflict gain access to education and training to help them rebuild their lives and communities. In the UK AET assists African communities to access training for employment and to develop skills to support their communities.

The organisations aim is to enable every African Child to receive primary education. The single greatest deterent is hunger and family poverty, our first campaign to combat this is 'the Porridge Club' where we offer a free breakfast of porridge at school before the school day commences.

African Promise is a UK registered charity working to develop five village primary and pre-primary schools in the isolated rural community of Kasigau in south-east Kenya. The initiative of 24-year-old graduate Charles Coldman, the charity has grown from a one-off pilot project which saw the transformation of one of the schools in early 2007. African Promise is committed to advancing education in the five schools and to building a brighter future for their pupils and initiates a number of programmes in order to successfully realise this vision.

African Promise is a UK registered charity working to develop five village primary and pre-primary schools in the isolated rural community of Kasigau in south-east Kenya. The initiative of 24-year-old graduate Charles Coldman, the charity has grown from a one-off pilot project which saw the transformation of one of the schools in early 2007. African Promise is committed to advancing education in the five schools and to building a brighter future for their pupils and initiates a number of programmes in order to successfully realise this vision.

The Aga Khan Foundation (United Kingdom) is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. The Foundation supports social and economic development projects designed to benefit disadvantaged communities in South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East irrespective of their race, religion, political affiliation or gender.

Agapao International works with communities to develop skills through leadership and training. Health care and educational needs are addressed through sustainable projects which are managed by the community - learn a skill, use a skill, share a skill. Volunteers can share their skills on an 'Impact Holiday' in developing countries.

It exists to support programmes in Malosa school and local Malawi institutions including: capital infrastructure, educational facilities, communications and ICT. It also helps students and teachers from Malawi to experience an exchange visit to Aylesbury.

The primary goal of the foundation is to promote and support the development of the Bulgarian university education through a number of initiatives including the organisation and sponsorship of conferences, workshops, short study exchanges and summer schools for highly qualified applicants.

The Alexander Ewart Fund for Nepal was set up in 2004 in memory of Alex who lost his life in a rafting accident while a volunteer teacher in Nepal. The fund supports development of education in Nepal through providing both buildings and support for students and teachers.

AAD supports several projects in the Kasese district in Western Uganda. It supports the St Marks Primary School and the 270 pupils of which about 100 are orphans. It provides sustainable micro-enterprise opportunities for the local community and it supports the training of local church pastors.

The Anglo-Thai Foundation supports poor people in Isaan, a deprived region of Northeast Thailand. Education grants from primary school to college level mean families can afford to let their children complete state education. The Foundation also pays hardship and disability grants, and provides schools with clean drinking water systems, etc.

ASF is making community and international development issues, in particular those impacting on disadvantaged and vulnerable people, integral to the practice and teaching of architecture.

Our motivation for establishing ASF stems from an ambition to make architectural practice more relevant to the majority of the world?s population who are living in marginalised or poverty situations (both in the UK and worldwide). At architecture school students are taught to provide solutions to complex issues, however, often people in communities benefit more from being involved in the process of development than by being disempowered recipients of more often inappropriate solutions. It was these frustrations that lead a small team of dedicated volunteers to create ASF and in doing so establish an organisation that supports architectural education by teaching (and working with) the essential participatory tools and techniques required when working as a professional in community or international development projects.

We are a voluntary group of students and professionals committed to improving the lives of underprivileged children in India through education. "Asha", meaning "hope" in Hindi, is precisely what we wish to bring into the lives of these children.

Aspire has been set up by CILT to be an innovative and inspirational careers foundation to support career development and promote excellence within the logistics, supply chain and transport industry around the world.

The Attlee Foundation was set up to commemorate Clement Attlee's life, work and achievements through piloting projects that benefit the people he cared most about - those disadvantaged by poverty, disability or lack of opportunity, particularly young people. Its work ranges from making small grants to research and major capital projects.

AURORA AFRICA TRUST AIMS DEVELOP, SUPPORT AND PROMOTE LOCAL INITIATIVES GEARED TOWARD POVERTY ALLEVIATION, IMPROVEMENTS IN LIVING CONDITIONS AND ADVANCEMENT IN EDUCATION, BETTER SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA.

The AV Foundation is an educational charity supporting rural schools in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It was established by the volunteering organisation Africa & Asia Venture ("AV") to help enhance the quality of school education in the communities served by AV volunteers.

Our fundraising efforts are focused around one project per year in each country where AV operates. Projects involve providing new or refurbished school classrooms, libraries, washrooms and kitchens; supplying books, teaching materials and sports equipment; financing teachers' costs and training expenses, as well as selectively financing pupil subsidy schemes or bursaries.

AV's strength at grassroots level, with its network of in-country representatives, enables us to establish genuine community needs, closely monitor the implementation of projects and ensure that funds are properly spent. Wherever possible we work with former AV volunteers who have dedicated time and energy to helping the schools and communities where they spent time as volunteers.

For further information, see www.avfoundation.org

AVIF is an innovative online charity, with a promise to Invest in our Volunteers. We assist with sustainable development via online & onsite volunteering in rural Kenya, East Africa. Being virtual means negligible administration costs for worldwide impact. We believe in efficiency, honesty and transparency. AVIF doesn’t do bureaucracy or charge fees.

B3P exists to promote the formation of an internationally-recognised trans-national Peace Park straddling the borders of Montenegro, Kosova and Albania. In pursuance of this objective, it runs training courses and English language summer schools and supports local sustainable development.

BAPS Charities works with the vision that every individual deserves the right to a peaceful, dignified and healthy way of life. And by improving the quality of life of the individual, we are bettering families, communities, our world and our future

The Beacon Projects provides hope for the orphaned children in Blantyre – Malawi’s largest city and capital of the country’s southern region.

International Development, women and children Rights

Birkbeck student Benedetta Ciaccia was tragically killed in the July 2005 London Tube bombings. With the help of international media group Pearson, the fund has been established in her memory to assist students who encounter hardship while studying.

The Society seeks to promote the Bible in Northern Ireland and awareness of the need to provide it abroad where that privilege is denied. They finance Bible translation and distribution, in appropriate formats, in over 30 countries each year with the support of the various church denominations and individual Christians.

Big Shot Cricket takes qualified cricket coaches to developing countries to run fun, exciting and educational cricket camps for children who would never normally get the chance. BSC provides all clothing, food and equipment for the hosting charities.

Bishop Grosseteste University College is an independent Anglican higher education institution offering courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level in education, arts, humanities and heritage. It is a registered charity raising funds to enrich the student experience, ensuring that they will benefit the communities in which they live and work.

The school serves the village of Blewbury in Oxfordshire, and the surrounding area. It is over 300 years old and is an integral part of the village. The school seeks to enable children to learn in away appropriate to the challenges of the 21st century.

Eighty million of the world's children do not go to school, and one-fifth of the world's adults are illiterate. All these people live in absolute poverty, and are effectively excluded from taking control of their lives. Book Aid International increases access to books and information to support literacy, education and development in Sub Saharan Africa. We work in partnership with local organisations to support public, community and education libraries, organisations working in human rights, and initiatives that seek to improve the quality of primary education. Because we believe that books change lives.

The main areas of focus are: programme implementation among diaspora communities in the UK, advocacy for southern led international development and fund raising for BRAC programmes in Africa and Asia.

Breakfast Club Tanzania is an NGO based in the Mtwara region of Southern Tanzania. It is committed to combating hunger amongst schoolchildren by developing sustainable school meal programmes. Breakfast Club Tanzania currently works in partnership with two rural schools, helping to provide daily porridge and fruit to hundreds of pupils.

Bridge2Aid provide dental care, education and training programmes in North West Tanzania, and run a community development programme for the poor and disabled living on the streets of Mwanza.

The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School provides the premier, conservatoire level drama training in the South West of England. For over sixty years, the School has enjoyed a national and international reputation for excellence. Students are selected solely on the basis of talent.

B-BAP works in two primary schools in Bweyale, Uganda with internally displaced children, many of whom have come from districts which have been severely affected by the war in Northern Uganda and several have been child soldiers. B-BAP aims to provide basic resources and facilities and volunteers to contribute to education in the schools.

With its bilingual and bicultural primary school and Conflict Resolution and Pluralistic Spiritual Centres, Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam, an Oasis of Peace where Israeli Jews and Arabs have chosen to live together, demonstrates that peace and cooperation is possible. British Friends of NSWaS supports its educational aims and institutions.

The British Friends of the Hebrew University (BFHU) is a national charity dedicated to supporting and promoting the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. BFHU is committed to providing funds for the University, supporting students and academics, and sustaining research projects across all academic disciplines. It also works to promote opportunities to study at the University. BFHU invests in its donors through its programmes, social events and missions to the University. BFHU is a partner with the Hebrew University in its contribution to the improvement of people's lives around the world.

JCT has opened its doors to hundreds of men, women and children fleeing the horrors of Northern Israel who simply have nowhere else to go. BFJCT is supporting the college at this difficult time and needs whatever help you can give in order to reach this goal.

Established in 1947, the BHS was initiated to actively promote and support the study of reptiles and amphibians worldwide. The BHS focuses on education, conservation, scientific research and care in captivity. Run entirely on a voluntary basis, the society produces a number of high quality publications including the scientific Herpetological Journal.

The promotion of cultural understanding and exchange between Italy and the English-speaking world through maintenance in Florence of historic library and archive, teaching of language and culture and organisation of cultural events and conferences.

The promotion of cultural understanding and exchange between Italy and the English-speaking world through maintenance in Florence of historic library and archive, teaching of language and culture and organisation of cultural events and conferences.

ORT is the largest Jewish education & training NGO in the world, providing Science & Technology based vocational education, teacher training and student support, complemented by outstanding academic programmes, to young men and woman in mainly deprived communities. In 58 countries, ORT gives students the skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency, which ultimately helps them to provide for themselves and their families.

The BSA supports Hellenic studies in all periods from the stone age to the present, and promotes research links between the UK and Greece. Its listed building in Athens offers to artists,archaeologists, scientists, historians - and many others - a hostel, library and unique research archive of international importance. It provides scholarships for study on Hellenic topics.

Brunel University pioneers cutting edge research, development, teaching and learning, seeking and delivering innovative solutions to challenges and issues of our modern world. Brunel students, staff and Alumni contribute to our Global community with their unique and exceptional educational experience.

A small charity which has been providing 'A' level bursaries to talented and needy African students in a selection of schools across Zimbabwe for over 40 years.

Build A School builds schools in the developing world AND promotes sustainable development education.

It supports secondary education in Malawi by providing money for buildings and equipment. It has built two community libraries which it runs with the national library service. It also runs a sports programme in Lilongwe and at the present time a new site is being developed to create a sports academy.

Building Lasting Hope is charity in memory of Siphiwo Ntshebe. The charity is to promote the benefit of the people in South Africa and the UK by the advancement of education and training and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress; and the promotion of good health.

The Bujagali Trust supports educational projects in Uganda, East Africa. It has developed and now runs a nursery; it supports students in primary and secondary education; and is developing a vocational school. This will equip young people with practical, business and educational skills that can be used throughout the children's lives.

Bukka is an urban and architecture research trust.

The Burma Education Partnership supports education in displaced Burmese communities along the Thai-Burmese border. It provides funding for schools and educational initiatives, including teacher training. It finds placements for teachers in schools, refugee camps and within a mobile teacher programme. It also develops materials for English teaching and general education.

It work in the townships of Port Elizabeth, South Africa and in the UK raising awareness and funds to support projects under three criteria; nutrition, education & enterprise. Within the UK the focus of our work is in schools and sending containers of resources to South Africa.

Calcutta Rescue is a registered non-governmental organisation working to serve the most socially and economically disadvantaged people in Kolkata and rural West Bengal - regardless of gender, age, caste or religion.

Our wide range of projects include :

? four Urban Clinics offering primary healthcare as well as specialist medical programmes

? Rural Clinics

? an active Outreach Programme (Mobile Clinics, Street Medicine, Health Education)

? two Schools educating over 500 children

? a Clean and Safe Drinking Water Programme

? a Vocational Training Programme creating sustainable employment

? a Fair Trade certified Handicrafts Workshop

We provide no cost holistic care and work opportunities to over 100,000 people a year.

In short Chabad is really changing people’s lives for the good by answering the strong need in the community for an exciting, non-judgemental, warm and inspiring centre for Jewish people young and old. Please support this initiative by sponsoring part or this entire Trek and become a partner in helping Chabad of Hendon continue its fantastic work in our community.

Relief of poverty, advance education and the preservation and protection of good health of children in Venezuela.

The Changarawe Project supports a school for orphans in Changarawe, Tanzania. It is a small-scale charity based on the principle of sustainability. We also run and finance a number of local initiatives, including a micro loan scheme to assist women to establish small business ventures and HIV/Aids seminars.

Chariots for Children aims to be, as far as possible, at the forefront in service provision, delivering education, relief from poverty and sickness to children, globally. Providing ethical services that collect and distribute funds and in kind donations in an effective, efficient and transparently accountable manner.

A charities intermediary helping to raise funds for 'La Rennaissance' school in Burkina Fasu, Africa. It also administers several Trusts and funds that are grant giving.

It provides additional educational resources eg new school minibuses

The Chiapas Children?s? Project (CCP) raises money for La Chozita ? an education centre for Mayan children in San Cristobal de Las Casas, in the mountains of southern Mexico. This oasis allows children to learn through Spanish and their own Mayan language instead of being on the streets begging or selling.

Founded in 2003, ChildReach International is an innovative children's charity that works with communities in some of the world's poorest regions, helping them to give their children a brighter future. Thanks to our support children are able to escape a life of grinding poverty and reach their full potential. We believe that: *Every child has the right to enough food, clean water and shelter *Every child has the right to a good education *Every child has the right to a good health service *Every child has the right to live in a loving environment without fear of abuse or violence. Your donation will be used to continue our vital work. If you would like the money spent in a specific area where we work please get in touch

chinadialogue is a platform that creates communication across barriers of language and culture on environment and climate change. chinadialogue's primary vehicle is chinadialogue.net, a unique bilingual website that publishes even-handedly and independently in Chinese and English.

CMS is an evangelistic mission community working to see a world transformed by the love of Jesus.

CID Ghana is a Volunteer and Development NGO based and working in Northern Ghana, West Africa. It is supported by volunteer groups based in Uk&Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands and France. Currently we are rainging £50,000 to build a Primary School for 200 kids in rural Ghana, near the town of Tamale. Volunteers can work in a variety of

Classrooms For Kenya is a charity started by staff and students of The Weald School, West Sussex. The charity's aim is simply to promote education in Kenya by raising funds to build new, permanent and safe classrooms for Kenyan children.

The foundation are oganising a 3500 mile cycle ride from the UK to Uganda to raise money to build a farm and school for a displaced community in Koch Goma. They are doing this with the support of young adults in the UK who are committed to helping people start new lives with a “Clean Sheet”

The CCLEF brings hope of a better future through its secondary/high school sponsorship scheme. About 200 bright but needy girls from 25 countries benefit annually. Sponsorship is individually tailored to meet their requirements, eg tuition fees, books, transport, boarding and examination fees. Contact and funding is channelled via the headteacher.

The Community of the Resurrection is a religious community based in Mirfield, West Yorkshire. Our members live a corporate life within the Anglican monastic tradition, the heart of which is worship.

Many people from near and far come in a constant stream to Mirfield for spiritual refreshment, experience of monastic life and worship and for Christian education and formation. Sometimes we can hardly cope with the numbers. We find ourselves offering space and resources for women and men who seek encouragement, stillness and space to pray in the midst of stressful lives. At the heart of it all, our church is our place of worship and home for many other events. It is now in need of major refurbishment: structural repairs, a new heating system, rewiring, new lighting and sound systems, a new floor, redecoration and much-needed disabled access. If all our activities here are to flourish, we need a church able to meet the needs of today. We need your help to safeguard what makes this place special and to create a church that can serve and sustain its many users for another century.

The patrons of the Centenary Church Appeal are the Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

We also undertake charitable work at home and abroad especially in Zimbabwe and South Africa. In Zimbabwe we support a number of projects including an orphanage where it is aiming to provide a borehole.

Our Foundation has been set up to work together with other like minded Companies & Institutions who wish to support Coffee farmers and their families. Our focus tends to be on education and food security projects and where possible children will be the focus of our help.

Computer Aid International refurbishes donated computers in the UK and sends them to where they are most needed for use by schools and non-profit organisations in developing countries. It works in partnership with local people to ensure that all of its computers are used effectively by communities in need.

The Construction and Development Partnership (CODEP) is a British based charity established to meet the aspirations of the people of Waterloo, Sierra Leone by working in partnership with them to deliver a world class library and literacy facilty in their community.

The Cooper Kenya Educational Trust is a charitable trust established to entirely support and educate orphans and very poor children to give them the best possible chance in life. It was set up in 1999 by Michele Cooper.

Cornerstone Foundation is charity operating primarily in Britain and West Africa. In August01 it began working in Partnership with Nigerias Babcock-University to relieve poverty, promote education and medical developments. From 2008 to 2012 well be working with Babcock-University on specific goals in Nigeria through the Touch the Future Capital Campaign.

CARA assists university lecturers and researchers who are forced to become refugees in the UK. CARA helps them to re establish their lives and careers so that their specialist knowledge and abilities may continue to benefit humankind. In this, its 75th anniversary year CARA is assisting over 140 refugees through subsistance grants and practical support.

Crossflow works with partners in Nepal and India to provide health and education to vulnerable communities and the excluded.

The Cusichaca Trust works with poor, isolated farming communities in the Peruvian Andes. The centre-piece of its programmes are projects to restore systems of agricultural terraces and irrigation canals abandoned since the Spanish conquest, increasing the yields of agriculture and with a real impact on the lives of rural families

Our objective is to support the school by: Improving classroom facilities (Infrastructure) Providing teaching aids and pedagogical support (Teaching) Promoting oral hygiene awareness (Health) We have renovated 4 out of 9 classrooms and provided dictionaries and writing materials. 2009's focus will be on improving pedagogical support and health.

The Trust supports small-scale, locally initiated, sustainable development projects for the benefit of the most disadvantaged communities in Syria. In particular it targets projects that build local capacities in the fields of welfare, education and training, which meet the needs especially of young people, women, the elderly and persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups and whose achievements can be replicated or expanded. We hope that such projects will foster greater understanding and cooperation between people in Britain and Syria.

The Daneford Trust is a small charity that promotes youth development and active global citizenship through educational, volunteering and cultural exchanges and Links. It's operational areas are the London Boroughs and parts of Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

It supports under-privileged children and young people in Darjeeling. It repairs schools, provides basic equipment and facilities such as toilets, organises child sponsorship, provides books and a travelling librarian to visit schools to encourage children to read, and supports children in two orphanages.

DAAT supports people and organisations in Africa, providing money for training and further education. It focuses on empowering people particularly from disadvantaged groups, such as people with disabilities, women and refugees.

The aim of the Trust is to commemorate David Rattray in the UK by sponsoring an essay prize for young people to reflect the values for which David stood and to support the development work of the David Rattray Foundation in South Africa.

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Derek Prince (1915 - 2003) was one of the founders of the Charismatic movement and an internationally recognised Bible teacher. His preaching and teaching ministry touched millions of lives and continues to be a source of inspiration and insight to many Christians today.

During his lifetime Derek Prince poured himself out to reach the unreached and teach the untaught. Today his teaching is available in 100 languages to Christians in the UK, the Middle East, China, the former Soviet Union and elsewhere.

Through the generous support of many individuals and churches Derek Prince Ministries (DPM) continues to resource church leaders and congregations in different parts of the world.

The DPM UK office was founded in 1986. Since then, it has served thousands of believers and church leaders in the UK and worldwide. To find our more visit our website: www.dpmuk.org

The Didier Drogba Foundation provides financial and material support in both health and education to people in Africa.

Dr Graham?s Homes of Kalimpong, India, provides care and education for destitute mixed race children, mainly from Kolkata. Orphans and children from deprived backgrounds are brought together in the family environment of the Homes with the aim of enabling them to provide a more secure future.

To learn more go to www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk

Dramatic Need's core mission is to bring the creative arts to underprivileged children in the poorest parts of South Africa and Rwanda.

To Promote the conservation of endangered Asian species. To advance the the education about and research into endangered Asian species

Eco-Schools is a worldwide environmental programme for schools which encourages children to become more environmentally aware and have a positive impact on their own surroundings.

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is the world?s leading public celebration of writers, readers and remarkable literature, set in the heart of Scotland?s capital city. 2010 includes 800 writers, from established prize-winners to completely new blood and a range of new themes and events.

EUS strives to enhance public provision for people who are disadvantaged through circumstance or disability. It aims to help local people bring about social change and regeneration for their communities. It aims to develop respect for the whole person and the dignity and diversity of all people.

Education Africa a leading South African charity, with over 20 years experience of successful project delivery. Set up to assist disadvantaged and vulnerable children gain access to relevant, quality education. It's projects offer access to education from pre-school to school leaver and beyond.

our strategy : to empower poor Palestenians through education and training so that they are able to depend on themselves and earn a living, support their families and escape the poverty trap.

Education for Africa is a charity with one vision, to change the world for the better. Its aim is to advance the education of people in Africa, most specifically in mathematics, technology and the sciences.

EDSA supports Saturday Schools and other educational initiatives which give disadvantaged young people living in the poverty-stricken townships and informal settlements around Cape Town the chance to fulfil their potential. EDSA believes that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and crime, the abiding legacy of apartheid.

Education West Africa is a charity devoted to making a difference in children's lives" We want to give pupils a better start in life through improving their education opportunities.

TEFT is supporting the Kisima Pastoralists' Centre (www.kisima.org): a Kenyan charity for children from communities in Northern Kenya. The area is blighted by drought, banditry, ethnic clashes and a lack of infrastructure and basic public services. KPC has established and is running a free secondary school for girls and boys from Northern Kenya so that they can be equipped to contend better with these conditions.

EdUKaid aims to enable the children of the developing world to gain dignity and future prosperity for themselves and their communities by providing education. EdUKaid provides books, volunteer teachers, teaching aids, sexual health education, scholarships and much, much more...

edukid helps disadvantaged children and families access education in Cambodia and Uganda. For many in these countries education is seen as a way of breaking the poverty that they live in. edukid aims to provide everything a child needs to go to school and therefore providing hope of a brighter future.

The EES has been working in Egypt since 1882. Our aim is to make all aspects of ancient and historic Egypt better known to the public. Our fieldwork and research is undertaken in Egypt itself and the results are made available through our website, publications and events in London and Cairo.

Elephant Nature Foundation is a non-profit organization which advocates and acts on behalf of the rights of Asian elephants in Thailand. Our mission is to increase awareness about the plight of the endangered Asian elephant, educate locals on the humane treatment of their elephants, and provide sanctuary for rescued elephants at our nature park.

Elephants for Africa supports the advancement of education and research for the benefit of the public in the conservation and protection and monitoring of the African elephant.

Encompass empowers young people across the world to confront issues of conflict, stereotype and identity within their communities. Encompass exists to create social cohesion and cultural understanding across political, religious and socio-economic divides through residential, non-formal education reconciliation programmes.

EnlightenNext is a not for profit educational charity, dedicated to furthering the evolution of human consciousness. Through a variety of cultural programmes and publications, and a network of centers and members, EnlightenNext seeks to inspire all of us to engage more deeply in life and help create a better future.

We?re a UK registered charity that helps disaster affected communities worldwide find long term solutions to the unique challenges of disaster recovery. Further, we believe that community based, survivor directed reconstruction is the best route to sustainable recovery and are committed to working with survivors every step of the way. We welcome all volunteers whatever their nationality, and don?t charge any form of registration or participation fee, so don?t hesitate to get involved.

Families Relief is an international humanitarian aid and development organisation based in London, UK. Established in 1994, they work directly in communities helping families and orphans become self-sustainable and lift themselves out of poverty and destitution throughout the world.

FARM-Africa works at a grassroots level with rural communities in eastern Africa, providing long term solutions to poverty. By working with farmers and herders to introduce new and innovative ways to increase food production and manage natural resources, we aim to improve their food security in a sustainable way. We are reliant on voluntary donations to carry out our work.

Five Talents empowers the active poor in developing countries with business training and small loans - helping entrepreneurs to start and expand small businesses. Our motto is; "Fighting poverty, creating jobs, transforming lives" - using microfinance to give people a hand-up out of poverty rather than a hand-out! Thanks for supporting us.

The charitable purpose of FOGADD is to raise funds for educational, social and welfare purposes in the Grahamstown area of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. FOGADD supports a number of projects involved in pre-school and AIDS education, teacher training, facilities improvement (such as a mobile laboratory) and funds many educational scholarships for able children from poor families.

The Footsteps for Africa is a UK based non-profit organisation that strives to enable children in Kenya to reach their potential as individuals and in the community by helping them to become healthy, educated, self-sustaining and contributing members of their communities

Friend of EduSport works with a local NGO in Zambia with an aim to provide opportunities for young people to develop through sport and education to reach their potential. To ensure Zambia's youth can contribute to their own and their communities development. Our guiding principles are Educate.Empower.Inspire. We support community groups, schools and provide school/college scholarships.

IT HELPS STREET CHILDREN IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN BY PROVIDING EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND GENERAL SUPPORT

Conakry Refugee School in Guinea educates refugee children who, deeply traumatised, fled from civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Education is their only hope. FCRS financially supports the school. Without this support it would be forced to close, it gets no other help.

Friends of The Citizens Foundation (FTCF) is a UK registered charity that raises funds for The Citizens Foundation (TCF); Pakistan's leading non-profit education charity. Since its inception in 1995, TCF has built 600 purpose-built school units nationwide in which it provides formal quality education to 80,000 children regardless of ethnicity, gender, caste or religion. Our 4,150 female teachers ensure 50% of all children enrolled are girls. "The quality of teaching provided, in many cases, equals that of Pakistan's smartest private schools. Yet the children who enrol are from the very poorest and most deprived families." - William Dalrymple, Historian and Author.

Saving the DNA and viable cells of the world's endangered animals.

The Fundraisers Fund supports the professional development of some of the rising stars in fundraising in developing countries and emerging markets. Managed by the Resource Alliance, the fund enables fundraisers to access appropriate training opportunities and information and improves their ability to raise funds for social causes.

Dhammaloka means 'Realm of the Dhamma', or the 'Land of the Teaching of the Buddha'. Dhammaloka is dedicated to helping Indian people revive Buddhism and Buddhist values - compassion, wisdom, and equality of opportunity - all across India. Dhammaloka supports social and Dhamma projects across India and also in Nepal

The FWBO Growth Fund is for people who want to contribute to helping the teachings of Buddha spread in the modern world, world-wide. Part of the ‘Friends of the Western Buddhist Order’ (www.fwbo.org), it’s a one-stop-shop where you can see what’s going on, decide what to support, and get active.

Our aim is to advance the education of children and young people in The Gambia,by the provision of funds,equipment and by offering training to teachers. Since our formation in 2001 , we started supporting a single school, we now support a large number of schools including 3 built by us..

Gemin-i is an educational charity helping children around the world share ideas and work together for a brighter future.

The Georgetown Trust, a foundation which provides education, through your donations, to children of all ages in The Gambia Africa. For more information, please visit www.thegeorgetowntrust.co.uk. Thank you for your support!

Gesture International is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the disadvantaged Its humanitarian and education projects, includes developing a Shelter and School for Street kids in India and Student aid in St Vincent. With your help we can make a world of difference, one person at a time

Ghana Education Project looks to promote the advancement of education in the Nkwanta region of North East Ghana and has helped to build and equip schools there. Founder Gill Norris was awarded the MBE for her efforts with GEP and now lives in Nkwanta.

Girton is a constituent College of the University of Cambridge. It fundraises to provide bursaries and grants to its students and subsidise research, teaching and improve its facilities.

Global Action Nepal's chief focus is on educational and social improvement throughout Nepal. Its major project areas include teacher training, supporting the education of disadvantaged children, building adequate sanitation and water facilities and developing the skills of Nepalese youth.

Global Footsteps links communities at a grass roots level through education for sustainability

Reaching the Nations in the 21st Century "Empowering people to fulfil Jesus’ Great Commission, in partnership with others across the world" Global Horizons funds projects that promote the training of people in the word of God. The principal vehicle for training God's people is Trinity School of Theology, Rugby.

God's Children Empowered: Your chance to improve the lives of underprivileged children and orphans in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. We are helping to build a boarding school, which will bring necessities such as education and health care to these children. Please give what you can, every penny counts. Act Today . Thank You.

Girlguiding UK is working in partnership with the Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Chile and sending groups of six Girlguiding UK members to Chile each year to achieve the following aims: - Growing Guiding - Female Empowerment - Leadership Development

Girlguiding UK is working in partnership with NAGGGS (National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) to achieve the following aims: ? Training and development of existing and potential leaders and trainers. ? PR/Recruitment in the Regions of leaders and new members.

This Fund supports members of Girlguiding UK to participate in GOLD (Guiding Overseas Linked with Development) projects which range from HIV/AIDS awareness in Honduras to leadership development in Tanzania. It also helps with extra costs, such as a disability, equipment or they require a carer.

Girlguiding UK is working in partnership with the Egyptian Guides Association and sending groups of six Girlguiding UK members each year to deliver workshops and training in employment and business skills. The partnership began in 2008 and the aims include growing guiding and leadership development.

Girlguiding UK is working in a three-way partnership with the Fiji Girl Guide Association and the New Zealand Guide Association. Groups of four Girlguiding UK members and four New Zealand members travel to Fiji each year to deliver workshops ranging from healthy eating to HIV/AIDS awareness.

Girlguiding UK will be working in partnership with the Guyana Girl Guides Association (GGGA). Groups of six Girlguiding UK members will travel to Guyana to deliver workshops and training ranging from leadership development to the environment and conservation awareness.

Girlguiding UK has been working in partnership with the Guias de Honduras since 2005. Groups of six Girlguiding UK members deliver workshops in raising awareness of sexual health and teenage pregnancy. Training also includes increasing self-esteem, confidence and advocacy.

Girlguiding UK will be working in partnership with the Malawi Girl Guides Association (MAGGA). Groups of six Girlguiding UK members will travel to Malawi to deliver workshops and training ranging from leadership development and finance management to conservation awareness.

Girlguiding UK has been working in partnership with the Russian Association of Girl Scouts since 2007. Groups of six Girlguiding UK members travel to Russia each year to deliver workshops in leadership development and the recruitment and retention of volunteers.

Girlguiding UK has been working in partnership with the Tanzania Girl Guides Association (TGGA) since 2009. Groups of six Girlguiding UK members will travel to Tanzania to deliver workshops and training in leadership development and raising awareness of guiding.

Charities Advisory Trust is the charity behind the Good Gifts Catalogue. Good Gifts give practical help with long term benefits to poor people around the world by providing simple solutions to problems. Simple things but not little things.

This charity helps to improve access to education in Tanzania. It is currently raising funds to build a community school in Moshi. This will help to take children off the street and give them a future.

Greenpeace Environmental Trust is the charitable arm of Greenpeace in the UK. It works closely with Greenpeace Ltd, the campaigning organisation, to protect our environment by funding education, scientific research and investigative projects in world ecology. All income raised from your sponsorships will go to Greenpeace Environmental Trust to enable us to claim Gift Aid on these donations (where appropriate).

Founded by Emmanuel Jal, former child soldier turned international rap artist. Gua Africa’s mission is to “work with individuals, families and communities to help them overcome the effects of war and poverty”. Projects include educational sponsorships for former child soldiers, and the building of a school in South Sudan.

The Gumboots Foundation (UK) is a small charity supporting projects in South Africa working to alleviate poverty. Gumboots provides avenues for people living in the UK who are interested in making a difference to the countrys future. By supporting community based projects with local leadership Gumboots helps change the life chances of some of the countrys poorest people.

Gwalior Childrens' Hospital Charity is working to help and provide for poor, needy, destitute, disabled and underprivileged esp. children, women and old, the most vulnerable of Gwalior and Chambal region through Gwalior Hospital for Children and Women, Ophthalmic Centre, General Hospital, Rural health centres and Gwalior mobile hospital to provide a wide range of specialised medical care and health educational services in Gwalior and Chambal region, its slums, rural and remote areas. In addition GCHC supports children in existing schools and Orphanages as well runs a School for special needs and is building an Orphanage- Snehalaya to accommodate 200 of disabled and destitute children, details on http://www.helpchildrenofindia.org.uk

Gwalior Childrens' Hospital Charity is working to help and provide for poor, needy, destitute, disabled and underprivileged esp. children, women and old, the most vulnerable of Gwalior and Chambal region through Gwalior Hospital for Children and Women, Ophthalmic Centre, General Hospital, Rural health centres and Gwalior mobile hospital to provide a wide range of specialised medical care and health educational services in Gwalior and Chambal region, its slums, rural and remote areas. In addition GCHC supports children in existing schools and Orphanages as well runs a School for special needs and is building an Orphanage- Snehalaya to accommodate 200 of disabled and destitute children, details on http://www.helpchildrenofindia.org.uk

H2H Empowerment is a UK charity established to bring spiritual and practical help to adults and children across the world using Christian principals. Our vision is to provide for the sick, elderly, and underprivileged in the UK and around the world by means of fundraising events and donations. In addition, we also use workshops to empower and inspire people to maximise their potential.

We work with rural Kenyan communities to improve educational opportunities by providing and upgrading school buildings and teaching materials. We provide direct support to primary and secondary schools in rural Kenya. We have no overheads, so all of your money goes towards the schools.

The Harrow Development Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is to increase funding for high priority capital projects at Harrow School, to increase funds for scholarships and bursaries awarded to pupils, and to establish a permanent endowment for the future of the school. Visit www.harrowdevtrust.com for more information.

An educational charity providing help for young people (under the age of 21) in Africa based on ability and need.

The trust aims to support educational causes that were dear to Hazel Scott Aiton, who had taken a gap year in a school in Namibia. It aims to give financial assistance to people embarking on voluntary work overseas and help poorer countries help themselves in the long term through supporting better education.

Healing Through Remembering is an extensive cross-community project made up of a range of individual members holding differing political, social and religious perspectives who have come together to focus on how best to deal with the past relating to the conflict in and about Northern Ireland.

HEART - Harmonising and Empowering Africa to Regenerate Together - alleviate poverty by bringing hearts and minds together to empower the countries within Africa to help themselves through the synergy of a Global Collaboration

A charity who's objective is to help relieve poverty in Africa through distribution of clothing and educational materials.The charity is unique in that it's volunteers not only collect donated items, they also travel to Africa and personally distribute them directly to the people who need them most.

Raising funds for health and education in Nepal

We care for and provide education to child labourers in Nepal. We visit stone quarries, brick kilns and coal mines to interview children working in dangerous and unhealthy environments. Children are then selected on the basis of the results of our questionnaire, field interview and observation. We do so because we want to help the neediest children.

Founded in 2008, we aim to lift Ugandan children out of poverty through education, by improving school buildings and providing educational resources. The charity, whose Patrons are Prince William and Prince Harry, has already helped over 7000 children. All funds go direct to the schools, not via government departments.

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It provides toys, games, art and sport activities to schools and orphanages in East Africa by providing a centre for the community. It uses art and creative ideas to stimulate community development.

Home-Start International is a grass roots organisation, working worldwide to support families with young children. Working in rich and poor communities with networks of trained parent volunteers Home-Start reaches out to families in need to provide friendship and practical help. Parents helping parents ? a simple idea that really works.

HOPE 4 the World is a new and exciting charity which was started in June 2007. We have been training & equipping "medics" on the Thai/Burma border for the last 6 years to deliver medical, dental, paediatric and midwifery skills to the internally displaced Karen & Shan people. In the last 2 years we have built 4 schools and are involved in training teachers and supporting the education of the children of the ethnic minorities of Burma who are being abused by the Military Junta.

Hope for a Child relies on people to sponsor workers through their 'Sponsor a Worker' scheme. These people work in the areas of Income, Well-being, Health or Nutrition. Working with children, their families & communities, they help whole areas rise from poverty through effective Income schemes. The effect of this is to support children & families devastated by HIV/Aids in Africa.

Hope for Konya is workig in partnership with a community self-help group in Konya, a region in West Kenya. The charity is supporting any attempt to become self-sufficient focusing on education, water supply, generation of income and health

The Hope Foundation for Street Children is the UK registered branch of the established charity The Hope Foundation (Ireland). Hope's mission is to provide sustainable development for severely underprivileged and vulnerable children, many of whom live on the streets or in one of the thousands of slums in Calcutta, India.

Hope One World is an independent charity providing educational training and support for less advantaged communities around the world. It is innovative in the way that it brings together volunteers from higher education and schools in the UK and overseas to promote educational development.

House of Hope Nepal supports an orphanage on the outskirts of Kathmandu, ensuring the children are cared for and educated in a family environment. House of Hope encourages community and educational links in the local area and with students from the UK.

On the Sunday 12 September 2010, HSBC will be holding their third annual Triathlon and Fun Run at Dorney Lake near Windsor. The challenge, to swim,cycle and/or run is exclusively for employees, friends, family and colleagues of HSBC and external corporate teams. It has been organised to raise funds for the HSBC Build A School charity which supports special projects in Asia.

Over the past two years, through the HSBC Triathlon, we have raised nough funding to re-build three schools and adoption centres that now support over 1000 underprivileged children in India and the Philippines.

The schools were a fantastic success and the HSBC employee adoption and teaching scheme supports the children at a local level.

This year we are continuing our financial support for the schools that we have already built. The money we raise in 2010 will support food supplies,clothing, medical care and teaching materials that all three schools desperately need. By making a donation or helping to raise funds, you can help us give these children, many of whom are orphans, a better quality of life, a positive attitude, opportunities for success, and above all a healthier happier future.

Your funding will also support other schools that have not been able to benefit from a re-build. We will look to provide them with much needed meals, medical care and supplies.

Human Relief Foundation (HRF) is a UK-based registered charity (no. 1043676 & SC038671). HRF provides emergency relief, aid and assistance.

HRF has been implementing aid projects across the world since 1991 by supporting programmes of emergency relief to the most vulnerable including poor men, women, children, the disabled, and refugees in third-world countries"

The Hunger Project works to end hunger in over 20,000 villages across 13 countries of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. It empowers local people to take effective, sustainable and strategic action themselves, through training, education and inspired leadership, reaching an estimated 35 million people, primarily through 275,000 trained volunteer leaders.

HVP UK is a registered charity supporting the work of the Hindu Vidyapeeth (HVP) movement in the Himalayan nation of Nepal. Through its schools and associated projects, the HVP movement aims to provide holistic education to children in Nepal and spread the ideals of peace, tolerance and international fellowship.