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International Development Association (IDA)
The IDA is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It aims to reduce poverty by providing loans and grants for programs that boost economic growth, reduce inequalities, and improve people’s living conditions.
Oxfam
Oxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, advocating for a fairer world economy, better service delivery, and environmental sustainability.
Save the Children
Save the Children is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief, and helps support children in developing countries. It was the first global movement for children, boldly declaring that children have rights.
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Global Fund is an international financing and partnership organization that aims to attract, leverage, and invest additional resources to end the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria to support attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, provides medical assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters, and to victims of armed conflict, irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization which takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. It saves the lives of malnourished children and ensures everyone can access clean water, food, training, and healthcare.
CARE International
CARE is a major international humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects. Founded in 1945, it is known for pioneering the CARE Package to help war-torn communities.
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
The IRC responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933, it offers emergency aid, post-conflict development, and resettlement services.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, working in over 190 countries to protect children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.
Plan International
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization which works in 71 countries across the world, in Africa, the Americas, and Asia to advance children’s rights and equality for girls.
World Food Programme (WFP)
The WFP is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations, aiming to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization focused on hunger and food security, and the biggest provider of school meals.
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.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The movement consists of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and national societies, working to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is an international, non-governmental, and nonprofit organization, which was founded in 1976 to address the issues of poverty housing all over the world. It works towards building simple, decent, and affordable housing for people in need.
Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have undergone or are undergoing economic, environmental, social or political instabilities and complex crisis.
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