WORLD
VISION
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Wherever we work, our prayer is that our efforts will be used by God to heal and strengthen people’s relationships with Him and with one another. We do this by demonstrating God’s unconditional love for all people through our service to the poor — which includes providing for daily needs, working to build peace and promote justice, and partnering with churches and individuals to encourage spiritual transformation.
http://www.worldvision.org/
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit and financed with affordable loans. Also, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor—sweat equity—into building their Habitat house and the houses of others
http://www.habitat.org
KIVA
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Wherever we work, our prayer is that our efforts will be used by God to heal and strengthen people’s relationships with Him and with one another. We do this by demonstrating God’s unconditional love for all people through our service to the poor — which includes providing for daily needs, working to build peace and promote justice, and partnering with churches and individuals to encourage spiritual transformation.
http://www.worldvision.org/
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit and financed with affordable loans. Also, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor—sweat equity—into building their Habitat house and the houses of others
http://www.habitat.org
KIVA
Kiva's
mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating
poverty. Kiva is the world's first
person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly
to unique entrepreneurs around the globe. When you browse
entrepreneurs' profiles on the site, choose someone to lend to, and then make a
loan, you are helping a real person make great strides towards economic
independence and improve life for themselves, their family, and their community.
Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email
journal updates and track repayments. Kiva partners with existing expert
microfinance institutions. In doing so, we gain access to
outstanding entrepreneurs from impoverished communities world-wide. Our partners
are experts in choosing qualified entrepreneurs.
http://www.kiva.org/app.php
FEEDING AMERICA
http://www.kiva.org/app.php
FEEDING AMERICA
Each day, hunger is experienced in
every community across this country. In fact, our network feeds over 25 million
neighbors each year. Ending hunger in America depends on the volunteer work of
literally millions of Americans who know that they can make a
differenc
http://feedingamerica.org/
PEACECORPS
The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship. http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm
ONE LAPTOP PER CHILDThe mission of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child. In order to accomplish our goal, we need people who believe in what we’re doing and want to help make education for the world’s children a priority, not a privilege. OLPC’s mission is to provide a means for learning, self-expression, and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education. By giving children their very own connected XO laptop, we are giving them a window to the outside world, access to vast amounts of information, a way to connect with each other, and a springboard into their future. http://www.laptop.org/en/index.shtml
SALVATION ARMYVolunteers are valuable assets in The Salvation Army's efforts to meet the changing needs of our world. Through the skills and experience they bring to The Army, volunteers make significant contributions to society by positively impacting the lives of those they assist. Salvation Army volunteers change lives, uplift families and support communities throughout our nation everyday.
http://www.salvationarmy.org
AMERICAN RED CROSSThe American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors—across the street, across the country, and across the world—in emergencies. Each year, in communities large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors familiar and new—the more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross. Through over 700 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and world.
CCDA
http://www.ccda.org/
AMERICORPSAmeriCorps is an opportunity to make a big difference in your life and in the lives of those around you. It’s a chance to apply your skills and ideals toward helping others and meeting critical needs in the community. Each year, AmeriCorps offers 75,000 opportunities for adults of all ages and backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups. Whether your service makes a community safer, gives a child a second chance, or helps protect the environment, you’ll be getting things done through AmeriCorps!
http://www.americorps.org/Default.asp
ASSOCIATION OF GOSPEL RESCUE MISSIONSRescue missions provide emergency food and shelter, youth and family services, rehabilitation programs for the addicted, education and job training programs and assistance to the elderly poor and at-risk youth.
http://www.agrm.org/agrm_index.shtml
http://feedingamerica.org/
PEACECORPS
The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship. http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm
ONE LAPTOP PER CHILDThe mission of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child. In order to accomplish our goal, we need people who believe in what we’re doing and want to help make education for the world’s children a priority, not a privilege. OLPC’s mission is to provide a means for learning, self-expression, and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education. By giving children their very own connected XO laptop, we are giving them a window to the outside world, access to vast amounts of information, a way to connect with each other, and a springboard into their future. http://www.laptop.org/en/index.shtml
SALVATION ARMYVolunteers are valuable assets in The Salvation Army's efforts to meet the changing needs of our world. Through the skills and experience they bring to The Army, volunteers make significant contributions to society by positively impacting the lives of those they assist. Salvation Army volunteers change lives, uplift families and support communities throughout our nation everyday.
http://www.salvationarmy.org
AMERICAN RED CROSSThe American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors—across the street, across the country, and across the world—in emergencies. Each year, in communities large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors familiar and new—the more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross. Through over 700 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and world.
CCDA
http://www.ccda.org/
AMERICORPSAmeriCorps is an opportunity to make a big difference in your life and in the lives of those around you. It’s a chance to apply your skills and ideals toward helping others and meeting critical needs in the community. Each year, AmeriCorps offers 75,000 opportunities for adults of all ages and backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups. Whether your service makes a community safer, gives a child a second chance, or helps protect the environment, you’ll be getting things done through AmeriCorps!
http://www.americorps.org/Default.asp
ASSOCIATION OF GOSPEL RESCUE MISSIONSRescue missions provide emergency food and shelter, youth and family services, rehabilitation programs for the addicted, education and job training programs and assistance to the elderly poor and at-risk youth.
http://www.agrm.org/agrm_index.shtml
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VOLUNTEER MATCH
VolunteerMatch
is a national nonprofit that strengthens
communities by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. Its
award-winning online service, www.volunteermatch.org, helps
visitors find local volunteer opportunities by location, interest area, and/or
keyword. The VolunteerMatch network regularly welcomes more than 6 million
visitors each year and has become the preferred volunteer recruiting service for
tens of thousands of participating nonprofits. The organization is committed to
building world-class Internet applications that bring our communities closer
together, expand the capacity of civil society, and encourage a culture of
individual empowerment and participation.
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
THE ONE CAMPAIGN
ONE is Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life - united as ONE - to help make poverty history. We are a campaign of over 2.4 million people and growing from all 50 states and over 100 of America's most well-known and respected non-profit, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. As ONE, we are raising public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts to fight such problems in the world's poorest countries. ONE is nonpartisan; there's only one side in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty. Working on the ground in communities, colleges and churches across the United States. Everyone can join the fight. The goal of ending poverty may seem lofty, but it is within our reach if we take action together as one. http://www.one.org/
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