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Friends of the Earth International and the Challenge of Caring for the Environment

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, June 20, 2014, In : Environment

Friends of the Earth International is a global network of environmental groups spanning 74 countries. Friends of the Earth began in 1969 as a group against nuclear energy, founded by Robert O Andersen, David Brower, Jerry Mander, and Donald Aitken. Anderson had contributed $200,000 of his own money to launch the organization, which began working with other groups in an international scale in 1971 when representatives from the UK, France, Sweden, and the US met. A small secretariat supports th...

Food for the Hungry: Addressing Hunger Completely Since 1971

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, June 13, 2014,

Food for the Hungry is an international relief and development organization operating in over 20 countries around the world. It was started in 1971 by Dr. Larry Ward, with the mission of walking with leaders, churches, and families to beat human poverty in all its forms by pursuing thriving relationships with God. Since 1980, Food for the Hungry has been an Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability charter member.

After numerous relief efforts and programs, Food for the Hungry launched ...

The Seva Foundation: Curing and Preventing Blindness One Community at a Time

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, In : Health

The Seva Foundation is an American non-profit and international health organization with the aim of treating blindness around the world. Founded in 1978, the organization was started by Govindappa Venkataswamy, Nicole Grasset, Wavy Gravy, Ram Dass, and Dr. Larry Brilliant. In 2013 alone, Seva’s Sight Program was reported to have provided eye care services to one million individuals around the globe. Since its inception, the organization has worked in various parts of the world, active in 14...

Esther Benjamins Trust: Remembering the Forgotten Children

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, In : human rights

The Esther Benjamins Trust or EBT is a charitable organization registered in the United Kingdom. It promotes the rights of children, particularly those from and in Nepal. It is through the work of the Trust that the imprisonment of Nepali children and their parents, as well as forcing them to work in Indian circuses, illegalized. Currently, it aims to end the use of large scale institutions to care for the children, promoting that care should start with the home where rescued children from th...

The Mastercard Foundation: Leading World Youth to Financial Success

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, January 28, 2014,

The Mastercard Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of youth in some of the most impoverished nations in the world, through education and financial assistance. Though the foundation was established through a gift shares from Mastercard Worldwide, it remains totally independent.

The Foundation’s primary mission is to provide the means for impoverished youth to attain a better life through education and financial assistance.

The Mastercard Foundation operate...

American Printing House for the Blind: Enhancing Education for Blind Students

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, In : Education

American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is a not-for-profit corporation based in Louisville, Kentucky, Unites States. It promotes independent living among individuals who are blind or visually impaired. For more than 150 years, the corporation has already created unique products and services to support all aspects of its clients and beneficiaries even without sight or limited seeing abilities.

In the 1830s, the first of the schools for blind children opened in the United States. Back then...

Save the Children Fund: Protecting the Rights of Children

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, November 29, 2013, In : Youth

Established in 1919 in the United Kingdom, Save the Children Fund is a non-governmental organization that is also active internationally. This charitable organization is focused on the promotion of the rights of children.

The group provides relief and assistance to children in various developing countries through health care, better education, economic opportunities, aid in natural disasters, various conflicts and war. There are about 30 national groups that functions under the Save the Child...

The Concord Coalition: Working to Build a Sound Foundation for America’s Economic Growth

Posted by Charity Watcher on Saturday, November 16, 2013, In : Economy

The Concord Coalition is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization that advocates generationally responsible fiscal policy. It aims to educate the public about the causes of federal budget deficits, as well as its consequences. It also works to shed the light on the long-term challenges that the country is facing when it comes to unsustainable entitlement programs. Ultimately, the organization looks to build a sound foundation for stable economic growth.

Established in 1992...

National Coalition for the Homeless: Fighting Homelessness in a National Scale

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, October 29, 2013,

The National Coalition for the Homeless is a network of people who have experienced or are currently experiencing homelessness, as well as advocates and activists, community and faith-based service providers, and other individuals and groups who are committed to the single mission of ending homelessness.

NCH’s history can be traced back to 1981 when founder Robert Hayes filed a lawsuit on behalf of a homeless man in New York City. The case was settled out of court and from then on, people su...

The Fund for Global Human Rights: Achieving Human Rights Victories World Wide

Posted by Charity Watcher on Tuesday, September 3, 2013, In : human rights

In the highly developed world that we live in today, it can sometimes be unimaginable that human rights violations would still exist. Unfortunately, they do and a good part of the population living in advanced, protected, and highly sophisticated communities and countries can often forget that there are people on this planet who are being subjected to human rights violations every single minute of every day. It is also saddening that some of the supposedly civilized individuals and groups are...

Theodore H. Friedman and The North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry

Posted by Charity Watcher on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, In : human rights

Attorney Theodore H. Friedman embarked on his career in the legal arena following the completion of his studies at Harvard Law School. Still practicing today, Friedman enjoys a reputation as one of New York's most talented trial lawyers, a distinction he leverages outside of the courtroom to spearhead a number of commendable charitable endeavors. Throughout his career, Theodore H. Friedman has always set time aside to take on pro-bono cases, both independently and in collaboration with collea...
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Nature Conservancy

Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, November 4, 2011, In : Environment

There are many organizations that aim to protect and preserve the environment. However, few have made a big difference. The Nature Conservancy is an organization that has successfully advocated on behalf of the environment. One notable aspect about Nature Conservancy is that – while other organizations engage in inflammatory rhetoric to get support – it seeks to accomplish political engagement by proposing workable solutions.

The organization deploys a science-based approach for solving ...
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