Join the Fight Against Poverty
Action Aid | www.actionaid.org
Action Aid is an international development agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. They don't impose solutions, but work with communities over many years to strengthen their own efforts to throw off poverty. By constantly seeking new solutions they ask how they can make the greatest impact with their resources. They make the most of their skills and abilities by working at many levels - local, national, regional and international.
ADRA Australia
ADRA Australia is a Christian, humanitarian agency that creates opportunities,
and empowers people and shares hope.
ADRA Canada
ADRA Canada is an independent humanitarian agency created for the specific purpose of individual and community development and disaster relief. ADRA Canada partners with agencies in 54 countries. In addition it supports over 150 projects in Canada every year.
ADRA International
ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) International is changing the world in 125 countries around the globe without regard to age, ethnicity or political or religious association. ADRA partners with communities, organizations, and governments to improve the quality of life for millions around the world through five core portfolio activities: Food Security, Economic Development, Primary Health, Emergency Management, and Basic Education. ADRA recognizes the dignity that is inherent in each person and is committed to improving the quality of human life.
Clinton Global Initiative
The goal of the Clinton Global Initiative is to strengthen the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence. They work through partnerships with like-minded individuals, organizations, corporations, and governments, often serving as an incubator for new policies and programs.
The One Campaign
ONE aims to help Americans raise their voice as ONE against the emergency of AIDS and extreme poverty, so that decision makers will do more to save millions of lives in the poorest countries.
The UN Millennium Project
The Millennium Project is recommending a global strategy to help nations turn the tide against poverty. If the world takes notice and accepts this plan they hope to reduce poverty, disease, hunger and discrimination in the poorest countries and help create peace and security throughout the world.
International Development
One World | www.oneworld.net
OneWorld has a vision of equitable and sustainable distribution of wealth amongst the world's population, underpinned by global attainment and protection of human rights and by governance structures which permit local communities control over their own affairs. We are dedicated to harnessing the democratic potential of the internet to promote human rights and sustainable development.
Eldis | www.eldis.org
The aim of Eldis is to support the documentation, exchange and use of evidence-based development knowledge and to communicate this knowledge effectively through a range of appropriately designed services, using the Internet. This information and our services are provided free of charge. We hope to reach audiences of researchers, development practitioners and policy formers at national and international levels.
Worldview Images
Worldview Images is an excellent source of stock images on the issues of international development and world poverty. All photos at Worldview images are available for free use for personal, educational and non-commercial projects. You may use them in your personal blogs, PowerPoint presentations and websites by simply giving credit to Worldview Images. Agencies doing international development work will also find this a wonderful resource as they are able to also use these images to illustrate the work that they do for a small fee.
