International Connections |
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A directory of international organizations of interest to ESL and travel readers. |
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| Action Against Hunger (also known as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF) is an international relief and development organization committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families while providing sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger. |
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| Chernobyl Children’s Project International (CCPI) was established by Adi Roche in 1991 to improve the quality of life of thousands of children and their communities in the heart of the Chernobyl zone. |
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| The World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization. |
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| Giving Children Hope (GCHope) is an organization comprised of many individuals who partner together to ensure that sustainable projects are implemented and the poor are served in ways that are dignifying. |
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| Greenpeace is a non-profit organisation, with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. |
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| Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. |
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| The International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.) is a groundbreaking 21st century social change museum established with the mission of valuing the lives of women throughout the world. Through our global online exhibitions, I.M.O.W. addresses pressing issues affected women, in order to educate, create di... |
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| Forty percent of the people on our planet -- more than 2.5 billion -- now live in poverty, struggling to survive on less than $2 a day. Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization working to change that. |
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| The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) is the relief and development arm of the Christian Reformed Church. |
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| About the coalition: The Save Darfur Coalition - an alliance of more than 180 faith-based, advocacy and human rights organizations - raises public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur |
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| The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) was created in 1963 and is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. |
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| UNHCR, commonly known as the UN refugee agency, is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect and assist displaced people around the world and to help find lasting solutions for them. |
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| WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. |
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