This category houses sites whose topics pertain to organizations, causes and lobbying efforts for persons who are in poverty or underprivileged.
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Association for International Co-operation and Humanitarian Aid
The Association for International Co-operation and Humanitarian Aid is a non-profit organization campaigning for human services development awareness programs.
http://www.alisei.org/
Best Practices is a non-profit organization which contains proven urban growth solutions, from countries around the world, to the common social, and economic problems.
http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=34
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Non-profit organization which supports philanthropic initiatives in education, world health and community giving.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
The Center for Impact Research is a non-profit organization working to end violence and poverty; with information from policy centers around the country.
http://www.impactresearch.org/
CHN, the Coalition on Human Needs, is a non-profit organization working together to promote public policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations.
http://www.chn.org/
CLASP, the Center for Law and Social Policy, is a non-profit organization which seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children.
http://www.clasp.org/
COBAP, the Center on Business and Poverty, is a non-profit organization which researches ways businesses can help improve the long-term economic stability and well-being of their low-income employees.
http://www.cobap.org/
Compassion International is an organization that seeks to find sponsors for children in developing countries. You can use this website to select a child to sponsor. You can also learn how to engage in child advocacy using this website. The website also explains Compassion International's aid activities.
http://www.compassion.com
The Development Gateway is a non-profit organization which uses affordable information and communication technologies to increase knowledge sharing in developing countries.
http://www.developmentgateway.org/
The Ford Foundation is a non-profit organization created to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation.
http://www.fordfound.org/
Global Truth and Reconciliation 911
The Global Truth and Reconciliation 911 is a non-profit organization which lobbies to help the impoverished in the world by raising awareness among the more affluent.
http://gtrc911.quaker.org/
HandsNet is a non-profit organization concerned with low-income issues, including articles and alerts relating to welfare and workfare.
http://www.handsnet.org/
Institute for Research on Poverty
The Institute for Research on Poverty provides impartial research and information about poverty to the Department of Health and Human Services, in the United States of America.
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/
JCPR, the Joint Center for Poverty Research, is a non-profit organization which lobbies for welfare programs, education, health, housing, and employment for the underprivileged.
http://www.jcpr.org/
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a British organization that seeks to overcome the causes of disadvantage, social evil and poverty. You can access the Foundation's reports on poverty, residential care, immigration and other social issues here. There are also available financial reports on the organization in this website.
http://www.jrf.org.uk
JRF, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, is a non-profit organization, supporting research and development projects in housing, social care and social policy.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/
The Manhattan Institute is a think tank based in the United States. The Institute is dedicated to promoting economic choice and individual responsibility. You can find political commentary on a variety of issues including education and welfare reform here. You can also find about the Institute's journal here.
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/
The MDRC is a non-profit organization which advocates for welfare and welfare reform through social policy and program research.
http://www.mdrc.org/
MOTT, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, is a non-profit organization which offers grants related to poverty and the underprivileged.
http://www.mott.org/
Outreach International is a non-profit organization striving to alleviate the injustices of hunger, poverty and disease through human services development programs.
http://www.outreach-international.org/
The Pew Charitable Trusts was created to develop policy solutions, disseminate information for the public, and lobby support for poverty-stricken, and the underprivileged.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/
PovNet is a non-profit organization providing information about welfare and housing laws and other resources for the underprivileged in British Columbia, Canada.
http://www.povnet.org/
PRRAC, the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, is a non-profit organization which addresses the problems faced by people of various ethnic backgrounds living in poverty.
http://www.prrac.org/
Non-profit organization lobbying for emergency relief, rehabilitation, and development assistance to victims of natural disasters and civil conflicts.
http://www.ri.org/
The Southern Poverty Law Center is an American organization that seeks to use the law to address poverty issues. You can read about the Center's political activities here, including protecting immigrants. One can also donate money to support the Center on this site.
http://www.splcenter.org
Directory of homeless and poverty links. Allows homeless people and poverty / low-income families to help themselves by finding the resources providing the help they need.
http://www.sparesomechange.com/
Non-profit humanitarian organization that seeks to improve the health and well being of people in the Mentawai Islands. Find out how the organization saves lives and how to donate money to Surf Aid International directly from the website.
http://www.surfaidinternational.org
Synergos is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing effective, sustainable, and locally based solutions to poverty around the world.
http://www.synergos.org/
The Trickle Up Program is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing poverty by providing low-income people around the world with the opportunity to create their own future.
http://www.trickleup.org/
UNDP, the United Nations Development Program, is a non-profit organization created to assist with poverty elimination policies in developing countries.
http://www.undp.org/
Wheels for Humanity campaigns for the restoration and distribution of all types of assistance assigned by the dire need and the once unattainable.
http://www.ucpwfh.org/
Winrock International is a non-profit organization which assists the disadvantaged everywhere to increase opportunities of all kinds using innovative approaches in a number of human services areas.
http://www.winrock.org/
WROC, the Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition, is a non-profit organization of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients campaigning for the right to self-determination.
http://www.wroc.org/
