Action Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organisation, working in 43 of the world?s poorest countries. Its vocation is to save lives, especially those of malnourished children and to work with vulnerable populations to preserve and restore their livelihoods with dignity.

ADRA beliefs in a world without poverty. And we¹re working in over 120 countries around the world to achieve just that. By giving poor people the resources, skills and opportunities they need to meet their basic needs, they can transform their lives.

Advantage Africa supports inspirational people in Africa to overcome poverty and disadvantage. Working in close partnership with determined individuals and community groups, Advantage Africa helps create new opportunities for people affected by injustice, poverty, disability and HIV/AIDS to improve their lives.

Afghan Connection runs projects in health and education in Afghanistan and has a twin school project linking 17 Afghan schools to UK schools . It has built 19 schools since 2002 .It has provided expatriate Paediatric and Obstetric consultants to give medical training and has supplied hospitals and clinics with refurbishment and equipment .

Africa Link seeks to do two things To raise awareness of the issues facing those people in Africa who have to deal with extreme poverty on a daily basis. 2. To provide resources to those people to enable them to break out of the vicious cycle of poverty.

African Prisons Project (APP) is a young charity founded to improve the welfare, health and education of detainees in Africa. They aim to restore the dignity of prisoners by providing humane conditions and improving welfare, access to medical facilities and the opportunity to learn. Their principal projects are the creation or refurbishment of prison clinics and libraries.

Akamba Aid works among poor rural communities in N.E. Kenya, relieving poverty by supporting primary and secondary education and affordable health care. It encourages self-help among local families, providing access to safe water and training seminars for the subsistence farmers, and assisting in construction of community buildings.

Al Hasan Foundation: providing sight-saving treatment to disadvantaged women, children and the elderly in southern Iraq, as well as training for local surgeons, opthalmic health research and the establishment of a community eye clinic in Najaf.

AMREF, the African Medical and Research Foundation, is African's health development organisation. Headquartered in Nairobi, AMREF runs innovative health programmes across sub-Saharan Africa, fighting disease, training health workers, and strengthening health systems.

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ARCH was set up in memory of Alastair Ramsay to further his passion for international development and child wellbeing.

ARCH's first project was Recontar, an organization set up in South Brazil by Alastair´s widow to improve children´s health by addressing the root causes of illness: family poverty and dire living conditions. Recontar employs a best-practice methodology of helping severely disadvantaged families with sick children to improve their living conditions and give their children a better chance at health.

ARCH is now expanding to other projects, including providing bereavement support to children who have lost a parent in Ireland and a project to professionalize a NGO which houses destitute children with severe disabilities in Mauritius.

ARCH is a purely voluntary organization and all funds go directly to projects. Each project is overseen by a member of the ARCH Board, who is either a family member or close friend of Alastair Ramsay.

ASET's aim is to provide relief, support, education and training to the most vulnerable people in Afghanistan. Recent projects include the building of 2 hospital clinics, wells and a water tower to supply water to communities, literacy programs, kindergarten, quilt making and distribution for poor women, English and computer classes.

Bees Abroad aims to relieve poverty in any part of the developing world , in particular through the advancement of the craft of beekeeping.

BEHT helps to educate children from under privileged backgrounds. It has helped to build 2 educational centres in Gujarat, India which are educating about 2000 children. It also helps towards the welfare of the sick and elderly in India and also helps towards any disaster relief operations.

The Appeal funds a humanitarian clinic in Bhopal, India, set up to help victims of the terrible Bhopal chemical Gas Disaster. This is the only clinic providing survivors with free medicines and treatments. It also helps a second generation of children affected by birth defects and the contaminated water supplies.

BirthLink supports maternal and neonatal healthcare in disadvantaged countries, where maternal and newborn care is severely compromised by lack of education and basic resources. Through workshops, seminars and 'hands-on' skills training, based on low-tech care, our aim is to improve outcomes for mothers and babies.

BWA-UK supports grass roots projects and sustainable growth in Africa: One project farm grows and sells food for an orphanage, and educates farmers on feeding their whole family with one "model acre". Also including a school, this has become a resource hub for a povery stricken area in Kenya.

BLA aims to break the cycle of poverty in Southern Africa through supporting a range of projects focusing on varying needs including health,education and skills development.All projects funded by BLA are carefully monitored to ensure accountability,efficiency and effectiveness.

The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies. We enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help them to recover and move on with their lives.The British Red Cross Society, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

The owner of this page is raising money in trust on behalf of the British Red Cross, it is the page owners responsibility to ensure that the British Red Cross is able to channel any money raised for a specific appeal or stated purpose, prior to any fundraising taking place.

In the unlikely event that this dialogue has not taken place, then the British Red Cross will allocate the funds where ever the need is greatest, in furtherance of it's charitable objectives.

It is a registered charity that aims to promote good health for all and to treat people with mental distress fairly, positively and with respect. It provides highly effective services including befriending, counselling for adults and children, day sevices and supported employment.

Build Africa is a dynamic charity working in rural Uganda and Kenya to help young people escape poverty through education and business enterprise. Since 2004, our Build a School programme has worked with 101 schools and benefited over 100,000 children. We build classrooms, staff rooms, toilet blocks, water supplies and teachers accommodation. We provide desks and books and teacher training. But most importantly we make sure that the local community leads each project. We train and support school management committees and work with parents to ensure that the children receive the best education possible now and in the future.

The Butterfly Tree supports rural communities, most especially orphans decimated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Zambia. We provide safe clean water, food, health, education and sustainable programs for schools and communites in the Mukuni Chiefdom. We are all volunteers both in the UK and Zambia, no personal fees are deducted.

Striving towards and actively assisting in the financial stability, educational fulfillment, physical well-being and cultural enrichment of the rural communities in Haryana.

CAMEO-Aid delivers medical and educational aid to the poor in the third world. It promotes better health through the development of clean water and improved sanitation

Educating girls and women is widely recognised as the single most powerful weapon in the fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Since 1993, the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) has been supporting girls through school in some of the poorest rural areas of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and Malawi. More than 645,400 children have benefitted from Camfed's programme of educational support, helping them to leave behind a life of poverty. Find out more about Camfed's work at www.camfed.org.

Capital for Good exists to get money to the best causes as quickly and efficiently as possible through trusted partners around the world. CFG is a new concept in terms of managing charity money professionally, ensuring maximum 'bang for the buck'

Charlotte Wilson was killed in Burundi in December 2000. She had been working as a school teacher in neighbouring Rwanda. The Charlotte Wilson Memorial Fund was established by Charlotte?s family and friends and supports projects in Rwanda and Burundi, focussing on three key areas: Education, Health and Peace building.

Chauncy Maples is the oldest ship in Africa. Built in 1898 in Glasgow she was carried in pieces to Lake Malawi in Central Africa. The Government of Malawi is renovating her back into a hospital ship to provide free health services to 2 million people living around the lake. They will match every pound donated.

The children of Swaziland is a UK registered charity whose aims are to provide support to the women and children in Swaziland who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Children?s Relief Bethlehem is financing and managing the Caritas Baby Hospital in Palestine to ensure basic medical care for over 30,000 children each year. It is committed to improve access to medical assistance and supplies, and to fight poverty and disease through prevention and education.

It supports a primary school and school for the deaf in Kamuli, Uganda; runs community development programmes in Kamuli District and runs volunteer trips to Uganda, including Dental Missions

The charity provides relief to disadvantaged and vulnerable people living in Romania and Moldova by giving families, churches and medical organisations financial gifts, providing humanitarian aid and medical supplies, and setting up projects to provide long term benefits and independence.

The Emergency and Reconstruction Fund has been established to help projects in countries where the environmental and public health infrastructure has broken down (or barely exists) due to natural disaster or political upheaval.

It provides affordable counselling to adults for depression, relationship problems etc.

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

Cure International transforms the lives of disabled, disfigured and injured children in the developing world through surgery and healing, providing a network of specialty childrens hospitals in countries with the most need.

Dentaid is one of the leading oral health charities in the world, having supported almost 200 oral health programmes in over 50 countries. In recent years, the charity has expanded its work from supplying refurbished dental surgeries for charitable projects, to playing vital roles in oral health promotion such as establishing innovative school prevention programmes, and initiating various training schemes encompassing disciplines from equipping rural health workers to carry out basic dental care in remote communities to teaching governments on fluoride advocacy and writing national oral health strategies. Dentaid is also working hard to lobby governments, companies and health organisations to adopt more oral health friendly policies and practices.

Dig Deep works to provide sustainable solutions to problems faced by communities in Kenya.

We work alongside the community, the local government and other charities.

We are focused on renewable energy projects to provide water, cooking gas and electricity.

We believe that by tackling problems such as water, cooking fuel and electricity we are able to provide direct and indirect benefits to the whole community and the surrounding environment.

Our objectives are

- To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in disadvantaged communities through supporting or generating projects, based on self-reliance in East Africa.

-To benefit the public of urban or rural communities in areas of social and economic deprivation (in particular East Africa) by the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities with a concentration on clean water supplies or by other exclusively charitable means as the trustees shall from time to time determine.

Our projects are delivered by pairs of volunteer project managers (university students or graduates) who conduct their own research into the projects we match them to, raise money towards the projects and then travel to Kenya to manage their project. They play a pivotal role in contacting and connecting with communities and contractors and ensuring community responsibility and contribution.

Doctors of the World is an international humanitarian aid organisation which provides medical care to vulnerable populations who are in crisis situations or who are excluded from healthcare. This is thanks to medical and non-medical volunteers who give their time and expertise to help to make health a human right.

We aim to provide comprehensive medical care to some of the worlds most vunerable and poor, to work on long term projects, we are not in it to make a name, to do something quick and easy, its all about developing a sustainable project, something that will have benefit for generations.

It helps to raise funds to provide wells for fresh water and latrines to improve the health and sanitation for communities in Tanzania

EAT provides training in agriculture, nutrition, sanitation, building and cooking techniques to the people of Malawi and Rwanda. EAT encourages self-sufficiency for a sustainable future through enterprise and informed self-help, so avoiding 'aid dependency'

It helps villagers in India to make the transition from ''Tribal'' to the 21st Century by helping them to sustain themselves with projects and ,also , make their living environment healthy and safe.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) is a UK registered, international non-profit organisation that exists to empower people infected, affected and at risk of HIV/AIDS. To alleviate their physical, emotional and financial hardship, enabling them to improve their quality of life, live with dignity and exercise self-determination. The charity was established in 1993 by Sir Elton John. The Elton John AIDS Foundation (UK) is the largest independent funder of HIV/AIDS projects within the United Kingdom. During 2005, we awarded grants totalling over £1 million to support 39 UK projects. The Foundation is currently supporting 128 projects in 17 countries.

Enable Ethiopia helps rural villagers in Ethiopia by providing funding for projects such as water points and healthcare. It is run by volunteers to maximise all contributions to the region. It works with the local people who select the projects and provide the labour, and we raise the funds and pay for materials and technical assistance...simple, but effective.

ERA-UK,through partner associations based in Eritrea supports small development projects on Health and Education in response to stakeholders' requirements. ERA-UK believes sustainable development to be crucial in building on an ethos of self reliance within Eritrean culture. Currently ERA-UK is supporting children affected by HIV/AIDS and those with Autism in Eritrea.

Facing the World is a children's charity which has been set up by the some of UK's leading cranio-facial surgeons. It helps children with severe facial disfigurements in desperate need, living without hope in some of the world's poorest countries, receive the miracle of a new face and a life free from the stigma of disfigurement.

This fund has been set up in dedication of the late Dr Fiona Dolan, formerly specialist registrar in Ophthalmology, Glasgow. It channels donations into a cause close to Fionas heart - funding Ophthalmology colleagues to travel to developing countries to complete cataract or trachoma camps.

4000 children still die every DAY because of waterborne disease. FRANK is part of the solution. FRANK Water Projects is a small charity that funds sustainable, safe, clean drinking water projects by installing village filtration facilities. These plants use up to 6 filters including ultra violet and reverse osmosis technology which remove viruses, bacteria and chemicals from the drinking water. Projects are funded by FRANK but community owned and run. Since 2005 FRANK has funded the installation of over 30 projects in Andhra Pradesh, India benefiting over 210,000 people. Many more projects are currently under development, please visit our website www.frankwater.com for more information. FRANK you for supporting us. Charity Registration No 1121273

Friends In Action Northern Ireland are currently drilling water wells for remote people groups in Burkina Faso, West Africa. We work with other charities and missions to provide much needed clean fresh potable water supplies in remote village level environments.

FECIN supports two projects in Tigray Northern Ethiopia, Alshadai Orphanage and Mums for Mums, an AIDS project training street women in useful skills so they can earn a living and feed their families. They also counsel others about AIDS and support HIV/AIDS sufferers in their own homes.

Supports the work of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre "KCMC" (College and Hospital) in Moshi, Tanzania by raising funds and providing resources. Support has included providing sponsorship for students who cannot afford their tuition fees and by paying the freight costs of donated equipment.

"Friends of Meru" is a Perth based Scottish charity that raises funds to promote health, housing and education projects within the Meru region of Kenya. It is a "not for profit" organisation comprised of health, housing and social care professionals.

We work within the UK to raise funds for projects that enable the women and children of East Timor to have a better future.

The GEN Initiative is a newly registered non-political UK-based charitable organisation. We work with Indian-based voluntary organisations to contribute to the elimination of poverty in rural India. Together we enable some of India's most disadvantaged villagers - those that live on less than 0.50p per day - to help themselves improve the quality of their lives.

HELP FACILITATE EDUCATION IN GHANA. PROVIDE FUNDING FOR BOREHOLES TO ENABLE VILLAGES TO HAVE CLEAN WATER SUPPLY

Gorta?s mission is to work for a world free from the injustices of chronic hunger, poverty and disease, having special regard for the plight of children and the empowerment of women. Gorta establishes partnerships with local communities to ensure that their needs are met in a holistic and sustainable way.

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE RELIEF OF THE SICK IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT PARTICULARLY THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND BLIND OF PAKISTAN THROUGH THE 14 FREE EYE HOSPITALS SITUATED IN ALL PROVINCES OF THE COUNTRY AND OWNED AND RUN BY OUR SISTER CHARITY, LRBT.

Health Poverty Action works with the world's poorest communities - those missing out on mainstream aid. We help mothers give birth safely and their children thrive, prevent the spread of diseases like HIV and malaria and challenge the injustices of poverty and poor health.

It is said that prevention is better than cure. That's why we believe in the power of education to stop health problems happening. Examples include our award-winning radio soaps educating people on issues such as HIV (one of which has become the most popular radio show in East Africa).

Poverty and poor health are inseparable. Our comprehensive approach strengthens health services and addresses underlying causes of poor health such as water, sanitation and nutrition. At the same time we campaign to change the systems that perpetuate poverty. We want to 'cure' the lack of healthcare - not just stick a plaster over the problem.

HealthProm's goal is to improve health and social care for the most vulnerable people in the former Soviet Union, working in partnership with local agencies.

Hi-Cap works at the sharp end regularly to make sure that needs are met. They visit Nepal at least once a year and visit every family that support has been arranged for and those that they have listed that are in need. It works towards people’s real needs and makes common sense decisions with the help of their trustees to ensure Practical Action.

THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS IN GHANA THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF HOMEOPATHY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, HEALTH EDUCATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL HEALTH WORKERS, SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOMEOPATHIC EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING TOGETHER WITH LOCAL PARTNERS

Since 1991 Hospice Care Kenya has helped hospices in Kenya by supporting their provision of palliative care to patients dying from terminal illnesses, including HIV/AIDS. Qualified doctors and other health professionals bring care and comfort to those who would otherwise suffer. HCK's priorities are staff training, provision of drugs, and vehicles for medical staff to make home visits to patients.

HoverAid hovercraft reach remote rural communities in the developing world, enabling aid, development, relief, and church organisations to reach people who are otherwise completely inaccessible. It's a vital link, bringing hope to communities along shallow rivers, through swamps, and during floods; transporting doctors, enabling education programmes, and supporting local initiatives.

IcFEM is changing the lives of rural people in Western Kenya. There's evangelism; education; health; relief & welfare; agriculture; small enterprise; and other work. Over 15,000 IcFEM volunteers work in their own locality. Over 90 children are sponsored in education.

The Charity IDEALS (International Disaster and Emergency Aid with Long Term Support) is dedicated to providing relief to victims of man made and natural catastrophes wherever it can throughout the world. It usually provides medical aid but humanitarian support has also been given following major disasters.

The INCTR Challlenge Fund helps provide treatment for, and relieve the suffering of, cancer patients in Developing countries. It makes a priority of helping children and women with cancer in low resourced countries; raising funds for chemotherapy drugs and for training doctors and nurses in palliative care and effective pain relief.

IBRO is motivated by the desire to alleviate suffering. We offer assistance and financial help to those suffering in natural calamaties and disasters as well as promoting and financing health care projects.

International Medical Corps UK responds rapidly to emergency situations providing health care and relief at times of crisis. We remain engaged with communities for the long-term providing training to health workers and rehabilitating devastated infrastructure to bring health systems back to a point of self reliance

Interserve is a christian charity which seeks to bring the love of Christ to people and communities in Asia and the Arab World. This means sending professionals to empower, equip and train in order for lives and communties to be transformed through encounter with Jesus Christ.

IREF(UK) is the UK branch of the India Rural Evangelical Fellowship, an indigenous Indian mission working in the state of Andhra Pradesh. We are sending a team of around ten medical personnel to care for the 2000 children in the orphanage. We leave in January 2008.

The Charity is a involved in sending medical aid to countries including Romania, Moldova, Ghana and Afghanistan. We are currently helping to build small cottages for young people leaving our rehab unit in Siret Romania

The trust supports Karen refugees from Burma who have been forced to take refuge in the border area of Thailand. Most of the assistance is provided through support for the Mae Tao Clinic run by Dr Cynthia Maung.

The charities aim is to releive the sickness of terminally ill people who would not otherwise have a holiday and whose circumstances show that they are in need due to their social and economic circumstances.

Karuna supports educational, health and cultural projects throughout South Asia that are helping thousands of oppressed women, men and children to develop the skills, dignity and confidence to transform their lives and take their rightful place in society.

Working in Ndhiwa (Western Kenya) it helps children and the sick including those affected by HIV / Aids. It has built schools, provided access to clean water and sanitation, provided services at the Acorn Community Hospital. Through an educational school exchange programme has facilitated the provision of a resource centre. It has built a nursery.

Kenyan Orphan project is an organisation to help the people of western Kenya in the fight against poverty and disease. It coordinates student volunteer groups to help the vulnerable and weak and organises free medical camps to assist the sick.

Kids for Kids is the only organisation helping children struggling to survive in remote villages in Darfur, Sudan. We are saving and transforming children's lives through the simple loan of 6 goats and a donkey to each family, installing handpumps and providing clean water, training midwives and first aid workers, teaching farming techniques and providing essentials such as blankets, mosquito nets and solar lanterns. Our tree seedlings are already giving fruit to children and holding back desertification. By teaching villagers to run the projects themselves, everything we do is sustainable. Each donation is a lasting gift of life to a child.

The Kileva Foundation provides support and encouragement to underprivileged Kenyan children and their families. Its two major projects are the building of the Kileva Eastfield School in Mwakoma and the Kileva Medical Dispensary in Kirumbi which are remote villages about 15 km from the town of Voi in Kenya.

The Kilimatinde Trust (est 1997) assists the poorest region (Singida) in Tanzania in education, health and development. Thanks to the generosity of Grundfos a solar pump installation will assist the drought stricken village of Londoni in 2010. In 2009 the Sunderland Royal Hospital donated 140 beds and other generous supporters have enabled the hospital to be solar panelled so half the wards can be lit at night.

The Trusts 2010 priorities are: install a water purification unit, complete the hospital infusion unit, solar panel the remaining wards, support poor patients through a food fund, support HIV/AIDS orphans through a health insurance scheme and renew many outdated pieces of hospital equipment.

To support people in need in Zambia and Central Africa to allow them to improve their economic outcome and become self sufficient sustainable communities.

LA VIDA - Vital Investment for Development Aid in Latin America has been established to raise money for specific health and education projects throughout Latin America. The charity aims to preserve and protect health, relieve sickness and poverty, and advance education.

The charity buys roundabout wells for communities in Africa. As children play on the roundabout they pump clean water up into a large holding tank. A single well costs just £6,500 to install and can provide up to 2000 people with fresh water.

LEPRA's aim is to improve the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of people living with devastating disease and illness such as leprosy, HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB around the world.

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An opportunity to help underprivileged African communities in a variety of ways. Proceeds, too, are used to sustain the livelihoods of our artists, and to further develop their skills and talents. And Support children affected by HIV/Aids in Africa

The Trust was set up by Lord Deedes in 1997 to fund and raise awareness for development projects worldwide with particular emphasis on Africa. Lord Deedes' special areas of interest were women's development, people affected by war and conflict and HIV/AIDS especially in relation to orphaned children.

It helps villagers to survive and break out of the cycle of poverty, deprivation & disease and is saving lives. All live below the international poverty line. Many die as a result of AIDS, TB, Malaria, Cholera and dirty water.

It helps villagers to survive and break out of the cycle of poverty, deprivation & disease and is saving lives. All live below the international poverty line. Many die as a result of AIDS, TB, Malaria, Cholera and dirty water.

MaAfrika Tikkun works with communities in South Africa affected for decades by extreme poverty and subsequently the impact of AIDS. Their aim is to improve health through empowerment and education through Home Based Care and Community Centres, where local volunteers provide basic health and educational services at grassroots level.

Malaria Consortium is the world's leading charity dedicated to the control of malaria and other communicable diseases. We are an international non-profit organisation with the aim of improving disease control at global, regional and local levels.

Our work improves not only the health of the individual, but also the functioning of national health systems which directly results in poverty relief and an improvement in economic prosperity. We apply our unparalleled depth of technical expertise and practical experience to develop smarter solutions that improve and save lives, providing comprehensive programmes (diagnosis, treatment, prevention) for malaria control.

We have an uncompromising determination to innovate and increase the impact of malaria programmes so that they benefit communities even in the most challenging environments including South Sudan, Northern Uganda and Nigeria. We have pioneered best practices and approaches, setting the standards that others now follow.

Malaria Consortium's head office is in London, UK. We have over 250 staff worldwide and over 90% of our staff work in malaria endemic countries including Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Southern Sudan, Zambia, Ghana, Thailand and Cambodia.

Malaria No More UK is a new charity committed to ending deaths and suffering caused by malaria, a preventable disease. 100% of funds raised for Malaria No More UK are invested in life saving malaria control programs in Africa, starting in Ghana where 100% population is at risk of malaria.

MDCF supports the Shri Meladi Maa TB Hospital project ? to set up a hospital to serve the community of Kheda (India) in the treatment of Tuberculosis. The hospital opens in February 2010 - vital diagnostic equipment, costing £160k is needed to ensure the best care is provided.

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees.

Medical Missionaries of Mary are Catholic Sisters who work with people in places of great need to improve their health care and development in a cost-effective way.

Mercy Ships is an international charity that provides free medical and humanitarian services to the people of Africa using its hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. In the developing world, lack of access to basic health care can have horrific results. Mercy Ships freely provides relief to the forgotten poor - saving lives, improving quality of life and restoring hope.

The Africa Mercy is the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship - staffed with volunteer doctors, nurses, engineers and agriculturists - that visits ports in some of the world's poorest countries. Doctors, surgeons and nurses onboard provide free medical and surgical services, while off ship teams help local communities develop sustainable water, sanitation and education programmes.

For further information on Mercy Ships please visit www.mercyships.org.uk or call 01438 727800.

Mercyline Africa Trust appeals for funds for running projects that help improve livelihood within African communities both abroad and within Africa. The major target areas are in Health, Education, and economic empowerment. The current projects are building a primary care Hospital and a secondary school in a remote village in Mukongoro, Eastern Uganda

A Christian charity, Mildmay fights HIV+AIDS through specialist care, education and service development. It has established significant programmes in the UK (London) and Sub-Saharan Africa, mobilising thousands against this disease. Through a holistic focus, Mildmay seeks to improve the lives of men, women and children challenged by HIV+AIDS illness, disability, prejudice and deprivation.

The purpose of the charity is to advance education, improve healthcare and relieve poverty in Malawi with a particular, but not exclusive, focus on children and young adults. The aim in year one is build a school which will be used to teach 1500 children, 503 of whom are orphans.

Working with partners locally, the charity is committed to significantly reducing avoidable blindness across West Africa, by developing a unique and sustainable eye centre which is dedicated to the provision of surgical skills training, continuing medical education and treatment of all eye disease.

The Aim of the trust is to provide support for the orphans of Bertoua, Cameroon and the surrounding villages by providing; foster care, healthcare and education. To provide education and facilities for the villages to become self sustaining in the support of the orphans.

Save lives in Zimbabwe through leveraging Zimbabwe diaspora skills and resources for home country development.

Motivation works in partnership with a range of organisations to implement projects that enhance the lives of people with mobility disabilities in developing countries. By ensuring that disabled people have the skills to run the programmes that are of benefit to them, the mobility products and services it develops are always tailored to the needs of each community.

MGR provides immediate help in times of disaster whether caused by natural causes or conflict to help alleviate the suffering of the needy and destitute members of society anywhere in the world. MGR also helps rebuild local communities through self sustaining long term projects.

Our mission is to help the mountain people of Nepal with primary health care, education and the provision of basic utilities in order that they lead better, healthier and more enriched lives. We have no religious or political affiliation.

We rebuild lives and communities destroyed by war in Rwanda, Uganda and Chad by tackling the long-term psychological and economic consequences that persist after aid agencies leave. We partner with local groups to empower and enskill vulnerable individuals, so they can break the cycle of poverty.

Christian Medical Mission to the people of the Niger Delta, providing medical, water, vaccination and cataract surgery programs

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New Ways strives to promote human development in the poorest and most neglected parts of the world by supporting projects (mostly, health, education, agriculture and water resources) that enables local communities to take responsibility for their own lives. We work predominantly in Northern Kenya. Our primary project is covering the running cost of 22 Nutritional Nursery schools (feeding 1,600 children).

The Noor Foundation UK is a UK registered charity that has been establishing free kidney dialysis centres and giving free kidney dialysis treatment to poor and needy sufferers since 1998, the first focus being in Pakistan.

It raises awareness of the plight of HIV+ orphans in Nairobi slums and raises funds for specific projects under the Nyumbani umbrella. To date:Equipped 5 slum clinics, £17000 (Lea Toto Project). Built & equipped four houses in Nyumbani Village £28000 (1000 orphans & 250 grandparents).

Oasis serves people and builds inclusive communities. Oasis is doing all it can to confront injustice in practical ways and it has been pioneering life-transforming housing, healthcare, education, computer training and youth work initiatives across the globe for over twenty years.

A charity providing help for development projects organised by Christian groups in the poorer countries of the world to create permanent improvements in the lives and health of impoverished people.

The Order of St John is a major international charity, accredited to the United Nations, which provides first aid, health care and support services in 42 countries around the world. The Order's charitable activities are delivered through its two Foundations: the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem and St John Ambulance worldwide – with volunteers and staff numbering 250,000.

Oxfam is a vibrant global movement of dedicated people fighting poverty. From saving lives and developing projects that put poor people in charge of their lives and livelihoods, to campaigning for change that lasts. Oxfam is a registered charity in England and Wales (no 202918) and Scotland (SCO 039042).

The Group provides funding for overseas aid projects in the developing world. Projects preferred are in education, income generation or health with a known contact organising each project on the ground. With 450 members, whose annual subscriptions more than cover administrative costs, the Group is run by a volunteer Committee.

Papua Partners is committed to transforming lives in West Papua through tackling the causes and consequences of poverty and social injustice. Papua Partners works with local organisations and churches to empower and improve livelihoods in local communities. We do this through provision of technical support, organisational development and funding of innovative initiatives.

Our mission is to partner with disadvantaged communities, empowering them to implement relief and development projects, recognising culture as a key to their sustainability.

Working in social and economic development in Nicaragua, by applying principles of care and participation in projects and programmes. It's mission is to improve quality of life in areas such as health, education, land rights, social mobilization, holistic growth, infrastructure and renewable energy.

It is a partnership between Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Wau teaching hospital in Southern Sudan. It aims to address the needs of the hospital which is dire straits and recovering from the very long civil war in Sudan, by assisting with teaching and training for doctors and nurses. Teams from Poole visit Wau twice a year and have already started to improve the health care of these needy people. Your help is needed to support this vital work.

It is working to help Uganda's aids orphans, providing schooling, healthcare and life's basic needs. Our current project is to build 2 dormitories a guest room and toilets for Kiwi orphanage, Kampala.

Prisoners Abroad is the only UK charity providing information, advice and support to Britons detained overseas, their family and friends, and to released prisoners trying to re-establish themselves in society.

Project Cleaner Hands helps provide sanitation and clean water facilities to some of the poorest communities in the developing world, in particular those in Peru.

Project Harar Ethiopia aids children and young people with severe facial disfigurements, securing for them life-changing surgical treatment and after-care.

A local charity of patients, and urologists, working with Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire hospitals, helping Prostate Cancer suffers, by raising funds for new innovative equipment and treatment centre Funding specialist nurses, offering volunteer support, raising local awareness of the disease in local men.

Pump Aid works to combat the global water and sanitation crisis. With the help of our innovative, cost effective and community-centred technology Pump Aid establishes sustainable supplies of clean water and safer sanitation provisions. Our work improves health and supports the local agriculture and economies in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Liberia.

It partners with the orphan community of Kabubbu in Uganda, their guardians, individuals and community groups meeting the needs of healthcare, education, welfare and sustainable work projects. 100% of donations received is used in full in Kabubbu to enable them to free themselves from the injustice of poverty imposed by others.

Rainbow Trust Africa works to improve the lives of people in Southern Zambia. Operating from a 12-acre site in Livingstone the Trust was established in 1996 and provides, amongst other things, education for 500 children, healthcare to five remote locations twice weekly and support for destitute grannies and their orphaned grandchildren.

ROKPA supports projects in the Tibetan areas of China, Nepal, Zimbabwe and South Africa. It is an international charity that helps communities in need, is non-political and run almost entirely by volunteers. Activities focus on providing education, healthcare and preserving the environment.

Rose Charities UK is part of the international Rose Charities. It supports the Rose Charities ideal of simple effective person-to-person projects based on needs identified by communities themselves with close-to zero administration costs.

The relief and cure of defects and diseases affecting the eyes and vision of people in India and Bangladesh

It supports the Polio Plus Project to eradicate polio from the world, Rochdale Connections Trust which trains mentors to help disaffected youngsters, the NSPCC, The Spring Hill Hospice, The British Heart foundation, Banardos, "Friends in Mind" and the charity "Together" which befriends people with mental handicaps, and other Rotary Charities

SafeHands for Mothers is a young and dynamic international charity, founded in 2003, dedicated to reducing maternal and infant mortality. SafeHands' focus is on producing films that support national efforts, in developing countries, to create community awareness on making pregnancy safer and drawing attention to stigmatized topics such as Female Genital Mutilation, Child Marriage and Fistula. The charity has carved out a niche by using its own innovative portable solar-powered DVD players to take the training and awareness creation to where it is most needed-remote and isolated villages.

The Saga Charitable Trust supports sustainable projects in developing countries that host Saga holidaymakers. By working closely with local communities, the Trust is able to make a real difference, especially in healthcare, education, training and small business enterprise.

Salem Scotland develops support programmes for children and young adults in the UK. It also accepts donations for other humanitarian Salem projects around the world and has a special affiliation with an orphanage and hospital in Uganda.

Schools 4 Schools' mission is to advance the education and development of children in the Gambia, through the provision of schools, educational material, human resources and support of community infrastructure. The mission in the UK is to raise awareness amongst children here through school twinning

Schools 4 Schools' mission is to advance the education and development of children in the Gambia, through the provision of schools, educational material, human resources and support of community infrastructure. The mission in the UK is to raise awareness amongst children here through school twinning

Selfless is an independent international development organisation, initiated and led entirely by young people, that works through volunteers to fight poverty and disease in developing countries. Our vision is to empower communities countries by sharing skills, knowledge and by providing healthcare where needed. Our only commitment is to try and make a difference.

Our ultimate vision is for Selfless to harness the enthusiasm of young people, from a variety of backgrounds and professions, and channel it towards worthwhile projects, bringing benefit to those communities in need, worldwide.

There is an old adage which goes, ?give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime?. This closely reflects the ethos of Selfless; our aim, rather than giving financial assistance, is to equip people and communities with the skills they need to improve their lives and eventually, their nation.

The organisation raises money for the support of health projects in evolving countries and educational projects are also undertaken. The organisation has an holistic approach and endeavours to raise the capacity of the recipients.

Shepherd Food Ministries relieves hunger among widows, disabled, orphans etc through farm projects in Nigeria and Africa. It runs Health Clinics offering health check and advice. It runs Centre for capacity building offering career counselling and loan advice. Experience the wonders of giving by sponsoring a seed for just £1.

SIC works to help people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzanian communities. It provides testing, education and patient support services. SIC UK strives to help train leaders in international health in the UK, US and Africa.

SIFT is a Christian charity, committed to transforming the lives of the poor in Nicaragua, Central America. SIFT's projects include sponsoring children for education, supporting an orphanage, providing healthcare to local communities and building a new community for people dispossessed from their ancestral land.

Skillshare International works to help partner organisations in Africa and Asia to improve the lives of disadvantaged people. Our expertise in placing skilled international development workers with partner organisations sits alongside initiatives like our training programme for development leaders and Coaching for Hope, which combines empowering young people and their coaches with combating AIDS through football. It?s great to have the support of volunteer fundraisers on justgiving.com who are empowering themselves to tackle poverty, inequality and injustice and make a real change in the world.

Sound Seekers aims to alleviate the disabling effects of ear disease leading to hearing impairments and deafness. It focuses on children and adults living in the urban and rural areas of developing Commonwealth countries. It achieves its aims by increasing awareness of and assisting in the prevention and treatment of hearing loss.

it helps people in zambia. it built a community centre in chainda, it supports visits by a doctor, eye specialist and dentist to the centre. provides school resources and runs a summer camp for the kids in the compound. it also supports bakery metalwork and woodwork units based in the centre.

St John Cymru Wales is a national Welsh charity, separate from England. Through the commitment of our 4,700 Volunteers we provide vital First Aid and community care to thousands of people every year. Our quick response to medical emergencies means we save lives and can dramatically reduce the long term effects of injuries.

SPW is the global leader in youth-led international development. Every week we directly reach out to more than 350,000 young people in rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and positively affect the lives of countless more. Our Volunteer Peer Educators from our programme countries and across the globe work with young people and their communities to empower and educate young people to bring about essential changes in their lives, their communities and their country. Youth empowerment and leadership, sexual and reproductive health education, and encouraging life skills and livelihood opportunities lie at the core of our work.

Provides funding to support the treatment of patients on the charity ward "Hope Ward" at International Hospital Kampala, Uganda. Also funding for a new physio clinic at the hospital. Provides funding to pay for the treatment of charity patients attending the health clinics in Lira and Pader, N. Uganda.

We help the Nepalese Gurkha village of Tang Ting. We have built a Day Care Centre for the children, refurbished the electricity system and are raising money for an eco friendly tourist hostel to provide employment in the village

Tuberculosis kills one person every 15 seconds. Tuberculosis is curable. Target Tuberculosis works in Africa and South Asia training volunteers in local communities to identify and support those with TB. Target Tuberculosis wants to wipe out this global menace. £40 cures one person, preventing up to 15 others catching TB.

Relieving suffering and offering hope is at the heart of Tearfund's vision. Tearfund works through local churches and Christian agencies to open up a future for the world's poorest communities. Christian relief and development addresses the needs of the whole person - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

Teso Development Trust was set up in 1988 and registered as a UK based charity in 1991 to be an agency working with the Christian churches in Teso and its community. The aim is to help with relief and then to support long term recovery and development for the area, and also to act as a voice for the community to a wider world.

The Thompson Taraz Charitable Foundation raises funds for projects which improve the quality of life for rural communities in Malawi. We provide assistance in both financial and professional terms to various community based projects in areas such as education, health and the environment, working closely with a local team.

Tibet Foundation is a registered charity (no. 292400), founded in 1985, which works towards creating greater awareness of all aspects of Tibetan culture and the needs of the Tibetan people

"POWER TO THE POWERLESS THROUGH EDUCATION" - Please help TfS with its educational, HIV-AIDS and Eye Care projects which have empowered thousands of Sudanese women and children, who are suffering the effects of war and poverty. We believe in building peace through service: your support is vital!

Transplant Links (TLC) links volunteer medical teams in the UK with hospitals in developing countries, to help them acquire the skills to run living kidney transplant programmes within families - allowing one member of a family to give their kidney and save the life of their relative, often a child.

URAFIKI supports education, social and health projects in Africa. Includes education of 25 deprived young people in Kenya, a feeding scheme for 150 old people in Kenya, education for 50 HIV/Aids orphans in South Africa + many more projects. All money direct to Africa with no costs in the UK. New supporters always welcome.

USPG: Anglicans in World Mission works in direct partnership with Anglican Churches in over 50 countries, helping to support vital church work, including healthcare, education, leadership training and action for social justice.

VETAID is a Scottish-based organisation who works to reduce poverty and increase food security for people in sub-Saharan Africa who are dependent on livestock. We currently work in Tanzania, Kenya and Somalia. The communities we work with are dependent - often completely- on animals for their food and income. By providing local people with basic animal health skills and equipment, their animals are healthier, providing a more reliable source of meat, eggs and dairy products. Not only does this mean that the community is healthier as they have a secure source of food, but they are also able to earn an income from the sale of any excess produce. Each year, VETAID improves the lives of over a million people.

Village Water has brought fresh water to 45,000 people in 189 villages in Zambia, one of Africa's poorest countries. We dig wells, get the people to build their own toilets and educate them in basic hygiene, reducing children's biggest killer, diarrhoea, by as much as 80%.

We are a UK based charity that supports various organisations in Southern Africa that require assistance in providing those in need with basic human needs. At the moment we are concentrating on the crisis in Zimbabwe and we are setting up our own feeding centres in rural areas around the country

Vision of Good Hope Moldova has built an orphanage in Moldova where 25 children live. It has also supported a Baptist pastor in a village called Lapusna for the past 8 years. The charity plans to build more orphanages in the future.

Working with OGRA Foundation, WASOT-UK is a not-for-profit organisation registered in the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. Its main objective is to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and its social, economic and cultural impact in the developing world and try to to tackle health inequalities in these communities.

The aim of Water for Kids is to preserve and protect the good health of people in the developing world by assisting in the provision of safe drinking water, good sanitation and other public health matters. Water for kids is currently involved in projects in Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and India.

WaterAid is an international charity. Our mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world?s poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. For a gift of just £15 WaterAid can provide one person in Africa or Asia with a lasting supply of safe, clean water, sanitation and hygiene education.

Polluted water is the world?s biggest killer of children under five. The Well foundation primary aim is to raise money to build wells, install hand pumps and establish health and sanitation progremmes to provide accessible clean water to the poverty stricken regions of the world.

Wild Frontiers Foundation has been set up to help provide funds for our own development projects and as a grant giving organisation working with NGOs to deliver sustainable futures for the world's poorest people. Many have an educational focus but we are also involved in reforestation, sanitation, sustainable building and energy projects.

WYCE is working towards building a better education and healthcare system in The Gambia to eradicate illiteracy and poverty, and to improve living standards in the country. WYCE has built 5 Primary classrooms, a Clinic offering free Primary Healthcare, a Bee Farm, a Skills Centre, and a Volunteers’ Lodge.

Our focus is on Africa's orphans and most vulnerable children. Every day we save young lives and ease suffering by making medical care available for the first time to village children; our practical and cost-effective programme is treating over 30,000 every year. We are also successfully treating children suffering from AIDS, reducing the incidence of mother to child transmission of the HIV virus and ensuring that history does not repeat itself by giving HIV/AIDS education.

It helps the needy in Mongolia's South gobi Province providing medical care and equipment, dental care, training, homes for the homeless and creates work

ZACCT supports St Francis' Hospital, Katete in the Eastern region of Zambia. All funds raised go towards the cost of essential drugs and equipment and in-service training courses for Zambian staff.

ZAP works in partnership with the local people of a very poor rural area in Zanzibar to provide medical, educational and vocational opportunities. ZAP succeeds in sending over 80% of its funds directly to the targets, and is a very personal 'hands on' charity with all the Directors being involved in regular field trips.

The trust seeks to reduce poverty, ignorance and disease, by empowering communities through training in basic skills and practices to help themselves using the local natural resources and improving their knowledge and skills in agriculture, which is the most important economic activity in Chipinge District in Zimbabwe.