Knowledge Centre : Organisations : Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) : Europe : UK : Page 2
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- Institute for War and Peace Reporting
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IWPR supports democratisation and development in crisis zones by providing an international platform, professional training and financial assistance to independent media, human rights activists and other democratic voices. IWPR currently manages major programmes covering the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia, with a special project on the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal. It maintains offices in Almaty, Belgrade, Bishkek, Pristina, Tashkent and The Hague and representatives in Baku, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tbilisi, Tirana, Yerevan and Zagreb. Its home office is in London.
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- Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP)
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Established in 1997, the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) is an international interagency forum working to improve the quality and accountability of humanitarian action. Its objective is: 'to improve the quality of, and accountability in, humanitarian action. Recognising the different needs of particular organisations and groups within the humanitarian system, it seeks to achieve this by providing a system-wide forum to identify, debate, prioritise and address issues of common concern around quality and accountability.' ALNAP was founded in the belief that: there is a significant agenda to be addressed in terms of the accountability and quality of humanitarian assistance operations; the process of addressing this agenda will be greatly facilitated by an inclusive forum for the exchange of views and experiences.
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- Merlin (Medical Emergency Relief International)
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Merlin is a UK-based, non-profit, non-partisan NGO, which provides live-saving healthcare for people in crisis and disaster situations, regardless of race, religion or political affiliation. We specialise in reaching the poorest countries with the most difficult environments and complex emergencies, supporting vulnerable people when local infrastructure has broken down. Our work directly impacts in the fight against poverty - helping people back to work and education. Merlin is an active partner in the World Health Organisation's "Roll Back Malaria" campaign and the "Massive Effort Against Diseases of Poverty". We are the only international NGO with the specialist experience to treat Lassa Fever, a deadly disease prevalent in West / Central Africa. Merlin is a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee which co-ordinates the response of the main British charities involved in overseas disaster relief.
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- Centre for Alternative Technology
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CAT's mission is to inspire people from all walks to life to explore sustainable solutions. CAT provides up to date information on all aspects of sustainable living. CAT'a residential courses programme turn you idea to reality. CAT is a charity and we have to ensure that our work continues until we achieve our objectives.
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- Homeless International
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Homeless International is a UK based charity that supports community-led housing and infrastructure related development in partnership with local partner organisations in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
http://www.homeless-international.org
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- Children's Aid Direct
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Children's Aid Direct makes an immediate and lasting improvement to the lives of children and their carers who are affected by conflict, poverty or disaster. Children's Aid Direct is committed to working with children and their communities to help support them as they move from crisis to recovery. We do this in innovative and practical ways, providing food, shelter, healthcare, education, training and advice, empowering communities and enabling our donors and volunteers to be involved in working for children. We support the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child We ensure that our support is targeted, appropriate and cost-effective, using local materials and skills wherever possible.
http://www.infomat.net/infomat/rd741/rd1/database/childrens_aid_direct/index.asp
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- Sense
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Sense is the UK's leading organisation working for people with deafblindness and associated disabilities. Deafblindness - a combination of sight and hearing loss - is one of the most challenging disabilities someone can face. Yet given the right services and support, deafblind people can develop their talents and choose how they wish to live their lives.
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- John Snow International
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John Snow International (UK) is a non-profit making company dedicated to promoting and protecting the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. JSI (UK) works with national governments, civil society organisations, academic institutions and has developed a consortium of distinguished institutions active in policy, and programme development.
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- Islamic Relief Worldwide
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Founded in 1984. Headquarters in Birmingham, England. Members of the UN Economic and Social Council (special category), signatories to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGO's Disaster Relief and members of British Overseas NGOs for Development (BOND).
http://www.islamic-relief.org.uk
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- Participation Group at IDS
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Through the work of the Participation Group, the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University in the United Kingdom serves as a global centre for research, innovation and learning in citizen participation and participatory approaches to development. The Participation Group is one of a number of teams working on key development issues at IDS, so this is a site within a site. You can explore our Participation Pages and discover more about participation. You can then move easily from our area into the main IDS site. You can also visit the IDS bookshop to buy books online.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip/
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- Peru Support Group
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The Peru Support Group was established in 1983 as an independent organisation without any party or political affiliation. It aims to support the people of Peru, particularly those from the poorest sectors.
http://www.perusupportgroup.co.uk/
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- International Care and Relief (ICR)
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ICR is a development and emergency relief charity working in Africa, Asia, Central America and Europe. We are committed to making a real difference to the lives of some of the poorest people in the world.
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- ActionAid
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ActionAid works with over five million of the world's poorest people in more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR)
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International Cooperation for Development (ICD), the technical assistance programme of CIIR, is active in 11 countries - four in Africa and the Middle East and seven in Latin America and the Caribbean. ICD's development workers (DWs) are recruited in Britain and other European countries, but also from North and Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East.
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- Christian Outreach Relief and Development (CORD)
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The overall objective is to enable communities and individuals to have greater control over situations that affect their lives, to encourage self-reliance and to provide sustainable solutions to problems.
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- PLAN International
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Founded during the Spanish Civil War in 1937, PLAN International is one of the largest child-focused non-profit development organisations. Aiding deprived children in developing countries, PLAN International is non-political and has no religious affiliations.
http://www.plan-international.org/
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- Photovoice
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Photovoice is a nonprofit organisation based in the U.K. We provide training in photography for groups of people around the world who have little chance of representing themselves. We support the empowerment of these groups through participatory projects and aim to raise awareness of their situations through promotion of the work they have produced.
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- CAFOD
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CAFOD is one of the United Kingdom's leading development and relief organisations, funding more than 1000 projects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe. We are a voice for the world's poor, raising awareness of the causes of poverty and injustice, and are committed to justice for the world's poor and excluded, whatever their race or religion.
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- Bretton Woods Project
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The Bretton Woods Project works to monitor and reform the World Bank and IMF. It tracks key policy statements and reports, and provides critiques and early warnings used by non-governmental organisations across the world.
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/
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- Save the Children
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Save the Children is the leading charity working in the UK to create a better world for children. We work in 70 countries helping children in the world's most impoverished communities.
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/
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- VSO
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VSO volunteers are working in throughout the developing world and Eastern and Central Europe. The country profiles provide a snapshot overview of VSO's programmes, placing the work of volunteers into the context of the development needs and priorities of each country. Extracts from volunteers' reports show what life as a volunteer is really like, and feedback from overseas partners gives the employers' perspective on the benefit they gain from volunteers.
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- Responding to Conflict (RTC)
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An international, not-for-profit training and consultancy programme. The programme offers advice, training and consultancy, primarily to organisations and individuals working in situations of polarisation, conflict and social reconstruction.
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- Christian Aid
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Christian Aid works in over 60 countries helping people, regardless of religion or race, to improve their own lives and tackle the causes of poverty and injustice.
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk
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- Traidcraft
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Traidcraft is the UK's leading independent fair trade organisation. Fair trade is about giving poor workers in 'third world' countries the opportunity to use their skills with dignity.
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- ACENVO Association of Chief Executives of National Voluntary Organisations
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For those who are strangers to this web site, we have information on ACENVO, details of our services, training events and publications; as well as model job descriptions for key people in Voluntary Organisations (Chief Executive, Chair, Treasurer and Trustee) and details of chief executive posts.
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