If all rules and regulations for incarceration were followed, being in prison would be difficult enough.  However, the prison environment is a brutal place and many prisoners say that they learn more about crime inside the slammer than out.  The battle for a safe environment is unending.  One of the most pervasive problems is prison rape.  As terrible as it is, it is often difficult to get authorities to take the problem seriously.  Just Detention, a prison advocacy group believes that this...

Unlike any other charitable institutions, Good360 focuses on the new and nonperishable products of companies that are already considered as obsolete, slow moving and seasonal products. They help out these companies effectively dispose these items through pre-qualified charities, schools and other organizations that are in need of these products.

Created in 1983, Group360 has received various citations including those from Forbes and the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy for th...

Reaching out to over 122 million people with their 1015 poverty fighting projects in over 84 countries are just some of the statistics that the organization has reported in 2011. Care USA has been ranked as the 24^th largest U.S. charities and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian aid organizations.

Focusing on the fight against poverty, emergency relief and long term international development projects, the organization headquartered in Atlanta Georgia is taking their cause globa...

Convoy of Hope is a faith-based non-profit organization that has been spreading hope and giving help for almost two decades now. They reach to their beneficiaries by facilitating children’s feeding and community outreach programs. They also offer assistance during disasters. Since establishment, they have already served over 55 million people across the world.

Convoy of Hope was formed in 1994 and slowly, it has developed into a global movement that collaborated with government agencie...

In the United States, some parents struggle to give their children clothes and toys while other parents try to figure out where to store all the clothes and toys their kids have.  Most of us would see this and just roll our eyes.  Lynn Margherio saw that her nephews and nieces had too many clothes and saw an opportunity to make a change; she saw an opportunity to help the underprivileged kids in her hometown in Boston.  Thus Cradles to Crayons (“C2C”) was born.  The organization, which ...

Soliris, a drug distributed to treat rare disorders like Hemolytic-uremic syndrome and Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is currently being manufactured and developed by Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

The company is the only manufacturer of approved drugs for the two ultra-rare disorder that is life threatening and is the result of a genetic disorder. They are involved in various researches on the immune system while focusing on how it can be stopped from attacking healthy tissues.

Alex...

One of the greatest ways to change the world is not only to give people a hand, but to give them a means to change their lives forever.  This change can be facilitated through education, training, or the right tools.  However, there is something else that is often missing: proper financing.  Any businessperson knows that the best-laid plans can collapse without capitalization.  Opportunity International saw this need in developing countries and created financial vehicles that provide the me...

Considered a nondenominational evangelical Christian humanitarian organization, Samaritan’s Purse was founded in 1970 by Bob Pierce. He met Franklin Pierce who thereafter became the president of the organization after Pierce’s death in 1978.

Pierce, who founded the World Vision in 1950, envisioned Samaritan’s Purse “to be in crisis areas and meet emergency needs through existing national churches and evangelical mission agencies”. True enough, the organization started their lar...

Since its founding in 1979, Feed the Children has helped out the less fortunate around the world. In fiscal year 2011 alone, the group has distributed more than 104 million pounds of food including other essentials to families and children. They don’t limit their works to the 50 states but they have also done their charitable deeds internationally.

They have continued on working on their mission “to provide hope and resources to those without life’s essentials” together with the...