Ten NGOs Helping People Around The World

by Barbara McPherson | December 8, 2008 at 11:11 am

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The end of 2008 is near. We are in the darkest months of the year. It is easy to see only bad news on the horizon. In spite of the gloomy predictions for the globe, there is hope and goodness in abundance. A search on the Net brought an abundance of non-governmental groups that are reaching out to people and making a difference in their lives. In doing so they are making the world a better and safer place to be.

I have listed ten groups working at various places around the globe. I have made no attempt to rank them or investigate them. If you wish to volunteer to work with them or donate money, you need to examine them in detail.

1. Australia - Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet makes a web site available that deals with particularly Indigenous People's health concerns. It allows people from widely spaced areas to interact.

2. Bolivia - Plan Canada, formerly Foster Parent Plan focuses on children around the world. Is working in Bolivia in villages and poor areas of cities to improve children's lives.

3. Cambodia -Friends Without A Border - a Christian based organization that provides medical care to all.

4. Egypt - New Horizon Association for Social Development - provides vocational training and education to poor women in Old Cairo.

5. India - Comprehensive Rural Health Project - Employs and trains female health care workers from the untouchable class, to deliver basic health care in rural villages.

6. Iraq - International Relief and Development - Providing support to women with their Women First program. Emphasis on starting small businesses and education to provide women with the tools to become more independent.

7. Kenya - Catholic Relief Services and Clinton Foundation - provides free testing of mothers for HIV.

8. New Mexico - Women's Foundation - assists women to organize artisan cooperatives to market goods produced by rural women. Provides financial assistance to young women to further their education.

9. Romania - Habitat for Humanity - helps local people build low cost, safe, well built housing. One of the places Habitat for Humanity is making a difference is in Romanian villages.

10. Tanzania - Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development - administers the Millenium Villages Project which focusses on eliminating poverty in targetted villages by 2015. Introduces and reinforces sustainable practices.

These ten represent a few of the humanitarian groups out there. There is hope for our global village.

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Terri Potratz

at 11:35 on December 8th, 2008

Great round-up of people and organizations that are making a difference around the globe - an inspiring way to reflect back upon 2008.

Jarrett Martineau

at 11:38 on December 8th, 2008

Great post, Barbara. Thanks for this!

Multi.Praktik

at 13:49 on December 8th, 2008

Hmmm, got an invitation to publish one of my photos. And why not. This photo was taken this summer while wandering and exploring vast ruins of Angkor Vat. We were there in the late afternoon, when the turist mass already left the site. Anyway, since I'm never taking ordinary cliche photos I was lookin for some unordinary moment in this historical site and found it in this resting security guard. Hope you like it and if you have any spare time check my gallery @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/multipraktik

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SOLARLIFE

at 15:24 on December 8th, 2008

Barbara important NGO report. With bank wall street crisis the main sponsors have gone. Most NGOs struggle 2009 to survive

lefty_liberated

at 18:02 on December 8th, 2008

Came across this link earlier in the week:

Paschen

at 18:22 on December 8th, 2008

Now this is a good post and I hope that many will take to opportunity to volunteer for one of them for a week of a month and maybe even for a year.

We do not have enough volunteer around the planet.

KhmerEyes

at 03:09 on December 9th, 2008

Hello everybody here,
Many thanks for your interesting in posting my photo here.
I've known that NGOs have been helping many developing countries in the world.
Great job!

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bbcyourstory

at 03:47 on December 9th, 2008

BBC Your Story is a citizen journalism project run by the BBC World Service. It is a place where you can send in your ideas and we work at trying to get your voices heard within the mainstream media. Take a look at the blog http://worldserviceyourstory.wordpress.com/ and the website http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/indepth/your_story.shtml to find out more about what we do.

qualityherb

at 05:11 on December 9th, 2008

Photo's story:

La Paz, Bolivia. The campesinos came to La Paz to declare their support for a referendum on a new constitution which will distribute the wealth earned from natural gas and other resources amongst the poorer indigenous communities.

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shainova

at 14:22 on December 11th, 2008

I certainly hope to volunteer once Im done with uni...

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aravin (not verified)

at 22:59 on July 20th, 2009

itz a need a lot of practice n time to save those peoples from these incredible disaster....There's always good peoples out there somewhere.....

aravin (not verified)

at 23:11 on July 20th, 2009

I'm going to set up an organization for those unfortunate peoples around the world after I finish my studies....we r all humans n we need to help other human being...I need guides from u guys..u guys can call me at this number (0146644580).....