Accion
Accion USA Headquarters
56 Roland Street, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02129 Phone: 1-617-625-7080 Fax: 1-617-625-7020 Email:
publications@accion.org Website:www.accion.org
"A private,
nonprofit organization with the mission of giving people the financial tools
they need – microenterprise loans, business training and other financial
services – to work their way out of poverty. A world pioneer in
microfinance, ACCION was founded in 1961 and issued its first microloan in
1973 in Brazil. ACCION International’s partner microfinance institutions
today are providing loans as low as $100 to poor men and women entrepreneurs
in 25 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and sub-Saharan
Africa, and in the United States." A website where one can find diverse
information on what is microfinance and who is it targeted to. The site also
provides information on publications, events, how to get involved and how to
make donations. -AA A
great organization with prominent plants to help end poverty. Very
informing, especially on microfinance. -JA
Ashoka Global Headquarters 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 2000
(20th Floor) Arlington, VA 22209 USA Phone: 1-703-527-8300 Fax: 703-527-8383 Email:
info@ashoka.orgWebsite:www.bread.org/ WEBSITE: www.ashoka.org
"Envisions a world where Everyone is a Changemaker: a world that responds quickly and
effectively to social challenges, and where each
individual has the freedom, confidence and societal
support to address any social problem and drive
change. It strives to shape a global,
entrepreneurial, competitive
citizen sector: one that allows social
entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world’s
citizens to think and act as changemakers.
This is an excellent organization to help citizens
to team up and change social challenges and to
become changemakers too help other citizens in need
of help and help them proper. -CT
Bread for the World
50 F St., NW, Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone: 1-202-639-9400, ext. 218 Fax: 1-202-639-9401 Email:bread@bread.org, institute@bread.org Website:www.bread.org/
"How many people are hungry? Why does hunger
exist in a world of plenty? What can be done to improve things? Bread for
the World offers materials to help you understand the issues so you can be a
more effective advocate. We give you the key facts, clarify policy questions
and provide timely updates." A very
informative site where you can get facts about world hunger. Share your thoughts online,
as well as write articles to Congress. Donations can also be made to the
organization. -SNS One of the best sites on the topic. Very
interesting information on this site, and some of the things on it will affect you. Tons
of information on how to help the cause. -TAL
An extensive amount of information that is well
organized and appealing. -FRH
I agree. -JM
A Christian-based organization, but anyone is welcome
to participate. - BAB
Well organized, resourceful, and complete.
-AA A beneficial site if
your would like to get the facts. -JA Building with Books P.O. Box 16741
Stamford, CT 06905 Phone: (203) 585-5390
Fax: (203) 961-5087 www.buildingwithbooks.org
"Enhancing education and empowering youth
in the U.S. to make a positive difference in their communities while helping
people of developing countries increase their self-reliance through
education." This is a good
website that helps young children perform well in their education and to
make positive differences in their education so they can be successful and
turn them into a role model or leader. -CT
CARE
International
151 Ellis St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: 1-800-521-CARE,
(1-800-521-2273) Fax: 1-404-577-5977 Email:info@care.org Website:www.care.org/
"CARE is a leading humanitarian
organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working
alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have
the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty.
Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic
education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and
sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE
also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and
helps people rebuild their lives. "
The site provides up-to-date information about CARE's
programs around the world. It also has informative news articles describing the conditions
of poverty in various countries, as well ways to get involved. -SNS
Very easy to navigate and visually appealing site.
CARE offers its website in 12 different languages. There are photo and video galleries,
which are very touching. There are articles and press releases. This site is very
informative. -TAL
A worldwide organization whose many campaigns
actually do what they set out to do: to care. -FRH
I agree This org also works alongside women as
they're convinced that women are essential beings who have the power to change their
communities. -JMH
Offers a very easy navigation through its
extensive information on its history, involvement, and current issues. -AA A very user friendly
website offering tons of opportunities and information. -JA
Their mission is to
serve individuals and families in the
poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global
diversity, resources and experience, promote innovative solutions and are
advocates for global responsibility. -CT Catalytic Communities PO Box 42010
Washington, DC 20015 Phone: 1-202-318-3223
Website:www.catcomm.org/
"Ceating a world where
community-generated solutions are just a mouse-click away, where anyone,
anywhere, confronting a local problem, can find the inspiration and tools
they need to implement the solution, learning from their peers." A very colorful and friendly
site that invites you to help the needy. Check out "Innovative Solutions," which
are geared toward ending hunger. -SNS
This site is informative, but it's very jumbled. It
could use a drop menu with everything the site has to offer instead of having links on
both sides. The page has a lot to do with community development, more so than world
hunger. -TAL
The site is available in Spanish and Portuguese. -FRH
>>>I couldn't find their contact info to
re-confirm;They also work cooperatively with other organizations. -JMH
A source of information on solutions to
problems that are being successfully addressed elsewhere. -AA
Catalytic Communities uses technology to link grassroots community groups so
they can learn from each other's successes, and support one another's work.
When community organizations tackle local problems, their work would be
easier if they knew about successful programs in similar neighborhoods
around the world.-CT
We
can connect all of us with less fortunate people all around the world. Two
poor women in Ecuador.
The Center on Hunger and Poverty The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University - Mailstop 077
Waltham, MA 02454 Phone: 1-781-736-8885 Fax: 1-781-736-3925 Email:hunger@brandeis.edu Website:www.centeronhunger.org/
"An outgrowth of the Harvard-based Physician
Task Force on Hunger in America which made field visits across the nation and released
studies on the extent and causes of hunger in the nation, leading to Congressional resolve
to address the problem." A very informative website, listing programs that
are set to end hunger. You can also see previous programs and accomplishments. -SNS
This website has a good amount of information but,
overall, it doesn't draw you in as well as it could. Each page could use some color or
pictures to help liven it up. -TAL
Past articles on hunger can be accessed easily. -FRH
I agree that This site is very informative with facts
and a long history of making
changes for hunger and food insecurity but they have no
updated info on what they're doing now. -JMH
Organized and informative even though it
has no updated information. -AA Children's Hunger Relief Fund
ID-GEN-A
P.O. Box 5366
Santa Rosa CA 95402 Phone: 1-888-781-1585
Fax: 1-707-525-1310 E-mail:admin@chrf.org Website: www.chrf.org/
"They are committed to providing the most
effective opportunities at the lowest cost for people to share their love, concern, and
compassion with children around the world. Childcare includes feeding, teaching and
immunizing children, as well as building, cooking, cleaning and general care. They have
been saving lives since 1975. " It is actively helping children orphaned as a
result of HIV/AIDS in Africa. It also has disaster relief (Iraq), feeding programs, food
gardens, micro-enterprise and water programs to assist children. -SLG This site is very inviting. The main page has pictures
and information that make you want to further browse through the site. It has a link
to buy a child lunch for 15 cents, and 10 different ways you can help. With all this
information, there are pictures that help you want to do something. -TAL
There's a link that shows what CHRF has accomplished
annually and it allows the reader to realize the good that is being done by this
organization. -FRH
This site provides children with sponsors and
emergency relief funds; They have children helping children by helping children raise
money for food and create their own websites. -JMH
Very emotionally appealing. -AA This fund help children in many different parts of the world and this
organization helps children raise money and it does not help just one
specific area. except they help other areas that is also in need of people
volunteering to help them out instead of making then suffer till death. -CT
Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres
- MSF)
333 7th Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001 Phone: 1-212-679-6800 Fax: 1-212-679-7016 E-mail:doctors@newyork.msf.org Website (international):www.msf.org/
"MSF is an independent humanitarian medical aid
agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever it is needed,
regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the
people we help.
(MSF) is an international
humanitarian aid organization that provides emergency medical assistance to
populations in danger in more than 70 countries.
" The MSF website provides information on
how to volunteer, donate, and how to help fundraise. It covers current
relief activities and describes the work it does to assist in 70 different countries.
Its publications include the MSF International
Activity Report, which reports on its activities in the past year. The MSF
organization also raises awareness and develops issues regarding its activities, such as
refugee issues. -SNS
This site is more technical, and has tons of
information on the topic. There's even a diary by a nurse who's living in Monrovia, and he
describes the living conditions and diseases. -TAL
MSF is a worldwide organization that regularly
welcomes field and office volunteers. -FRH
This site is very up to date and very informative and
effective throughout their long history of helping and supporting others. -JMH
I agree with JMH and, unlike other
organizations, MSF provides detailed information for volunteers. -AA
The End Hunger Network (EHN)
365 Sycamore Rd
Santa Monica, CA 90408 Phone: 1-310-454-3716
Email:staff@endhunger.com Website:www.endhunger.com/
Founded by Jeff Bridges in 1983, EHN works to end
world hunger through the likes of movie and rock stars. For example, in 1985 EHN helped
produce Live Aid which was the "largest broadcast event in history and raised $80
million for victims of famine in Africa." This website shows how important this issue is
since many movie and rock stars have expressed their interest in helping end world hunger.
There is also a link you can click, labeled "Hunger Free America", which will
show you the plan EHN and the Entertainment Industry Foundation are following to end
hunger in America within the next 5 years. -SNS This site is very interactive, which draws the
browser to it. It also has the support of many celebrities, which makes the site even more
appealing to people who may not be as interested in supporting. There are good stats and
facts and ways to find out how your particular state is doing in ending world hunger. -TAL
I agree. -FRH
I disagree this website
has certain aspects that are available to look into this website gives out facts but not
what they've done to better this hunger issue. -JMH
Website somehow incomplete. Some links
cannot be accessed and some data is more than 10 years old. -AA
This
site is very informative and it helps people from all over the world to end
hunger and I am happy that movie and rock stars are using their money to
help victims of world hunger. -CT
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100
Rome, Italy Phone: (+39-06) 57051 Fax: (+39-06) 570 53152
Email:FAO-HQ@fao.org Website:www.fao.org/
"Since its inception, FAO has worked to
alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural development, improved nutrition and
the pursuit of food security." This website shows what the FAO does to keep world
hunger and poverty rates down through its special programs and activities. The FAO
recently hosted the World Food Summit, where a declaration was passed with the goal of
reducing the world hunger rate by half by the year 2015 with the help of 182 countries.
-SNS
This site is not strictly about world hunger but it
has some interesting information on the topic. -TAL
This site is available in five languages besides
English. -FRH
FAO has actually made some
achievements since their founding's in 1945. -JMH
FAO is a huge organization, therefore its
website presents up to date information on its accomplishments and [specify
data offered. -AA This website helps people overcome world hunger and developed a better
agriculture and the organization is doing a successful job with helping
these countries. They are definitely going to achieve this goal.-CT
Food First/Institute for
Food and Development Policy
398 60th St.
Oakland, CA 94608 Phone: 1-510-654-4400 Fax: 1-510-654-4551
Email: rosset@foodfirst.org Website: www.foodfirst.org/
"The purpose of the Institute for
Food and Development Policy - Food First - is to eliminate the injustices
that cause hunger. We implement our strategy through research,
analysis and education for action to inspire and mobilize people and their organizations
to transform systems and institutions that perpetuate those injustices." This website allows you to browse through its recent
publications and the library for resources on world hunger. You can read about the
programs it has implemented to help stop hunger, and you can watch videos. -SNS
One can subscribe to the Food First newsletter via
e-mail. -FRH This institute for Food and
Development Policy/Food First has provided agricultural growth and has helped conserve
other countries natural resources. -JMH
They also have an extended database of
publications for people interested on the matter. -AA
This institute eliminates the cause of world
hunger through many countries-CT
Grameen Bank (GB) Mirpur, Section-2
Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh Phone: 8802-9005257-68 Email: grameen.bank@grameen.net Website: www.grameen-info.org
"Has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and
created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and
creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any
collateral. At GB, credit is a cost effective weapon to fight
poverty and it serves as a catalyst in the overall development of socio-economic
conditions of the poor who have been kept outside the banking orbit on the ground that
they are poor and hence not bankable." This site describes the wide success that the bank has
been having with its lending process . There is a photo gallery illustrating some of the diverse
projects that the bank has sponsored. Annual reports are available for review. -JDH
This site effectively portrays what Grameen bank
accomplishes for poor, needy people in Bangladesh. -FRH
This Bank has made an effective impact on people with
financial problems. -JMH
Great example for anyone interested in
microfinance. -AA This bank
attracts many people who have many economic problems and helps to fight and
end poverty. -CT
Harvard School of Public Health Department of Population and International Health
Center for Population and Development Studies
9 Bow St.
Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 1-617-495-2021 Fax: 1-617-495-5418
Email: cpds@hsph.harvard.edu Website: www.hsph.harvard.edu/
"The overarching mission of the Harvard School
of Public Health is to advance the public's health through learning, discovery, and
communication. Our objectives are to educate leaders, scientists, and professionals in
public health; to create new discoveries and new ideas; and to develop new technologies
for improving the health of individuals and populations."
You can research topics on hunger or any other health
topic through the school web site or browse through articles on different health issues.
You can also view their calendar of events to find out where and when the school holds
lectures or discussions on health topics. -SNS
This site is not devoted to hunger. It is more
focused on public health and has little information on hunger. The information, also, is
difficult to find. -TAL
Students can apply for fellowships on this site. -JDH This website focuses on
researching about public health issues. -JMH
This is a regular website for any schools'
public health department. It offers information on themselves as to their
main point of focus. -AA
Their mission is to advance health through
learning, discovery and communications and they are striving to become
educated leaders, scientist and professionals in public heath. -CT
The Hunger Site
One Union Square
600 University St., Suite 1000
Seattle, WA 98101-4107 Phone: 1-206-268-5400 Email:customerservice@thehungersite.com,sponsor@thehungersite.com Website:www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites
"The Hunger Site is the world's first
"click-to-donate" site where more than 88 million visitors have donated more
than 10,000 metric tons of free food to help feed the hungry. They have done this by
visiting The Hunger Site daily and simply clicking a button. The donations of staple food,
paid for by The Hunger Site's sponsors, are distributed to the world's hunger hot-spots by
the United Nations World Food Programme." The Hunger Site provides extensive links and
information to organizations dealing with world hunger. The website allows web
surfers to donate food for free merely by clicking a button.
Also, check the links on the top for other great sites that allow you to donate to other
causes for free.
By just one click on this web site, a person's life
will be saved. About 24,000 people die of hunger each day and a donation every day
can help reduce this number. -SNS
I agree. -TAL
You can help to donate even more food by shopping at
their website. -JDH
I agree, this innovative click system
is an incredibly easy way to help. It is also a fun way for the average person to help.
-FRH
I agree this site has everything in line from easy
access to donations. -JMH
I also agree. The one-click donation system
is tremendously helpful. -AA
This site is has many visitors in which 88 million
people have visited and 10,000 tons of food was given to the poor and that
is extremely outstanding and I hope will continue to donate more money or
food to people who really need it-CT
InterAction American Council for Voluntary International Action
1400 16th Street Nw, Suite 210
Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 1-202-667-8227 Fax: 1-202-667-8236 Email:ia@interaction.org Website: www.interaction.org/
"InterAction is a diverse coalition of more than 165 US-based relief, development,
environmental and refugee agencies working in more than 100 countries around the world. InterAction member organizations
promote economic development and self-reliance, improve health and education, provide
relief to victims of disasters and wars, assist refugees, advance human rights, protect
the environment, address population concerns, advocate for more just public policies and
increase understanding and cooperation between people." The InterAction website provides information
on how the organization helps and how to become a member. There is an e-mail newsletter
that is worth signing up for.
It also has a link for people who wish to volunteer
and help fight poverty around the world. -SNS
There are publications to subscribe to and articles
one can read for free. -FRH
This site gives the opportunity to look into certain
projects by subscribing and by participating to their day-to-day projects; They even have
policies and campaigns on a variety of issues at hand. -JMH
A complete "Issue Index" covers their
mission and topics. -AA This website
promotes economic development, improves health, education, protect the
environment and provide treatment and care for victims of disastrous attacks
or wars. -CT
The Microcredit
Summit
750 First Street, NW, Suite 1040
Washington, DC 20002 Phone: 1-202-637-9600
Fax: 1-202-637-3566 Email:info@microcreditsummit.org Website:www.microcreditsummit.org/
"Our purpose as an assembly is to launch a global movement to reach 100 million of
the world's poorest families, especially the women of those families, with credit for
self-employment and other financial and business services, by the year 2005."The
first Microcredit Summit, held February 2-4, 1997, gathered more than 2,900
people from 137 countries in Washington, DC. They launched a nine-year
campaign to reach 100 million of the world’s poorest families, especially
the women of those families, with credit for self-employment and other
financial and business services by the year 2005. That goal was very nearly
reached and in November of 2006 the Campaign was re-launched to 2015 with
two new goals: This organization uses microcredit to end poverty
and economic dependence. The site is filled with stories of success, but it's
difficult to figure out how to get directly involved. -JDH
Site is available in French and Spanish; however, it
is a bit cumbersome to navigate throughout the site. Also, doesn't explain the concept of
microcredit or micro lending clearly. -FRH This site has a wide range
of partnerships and supporters. -JMH
The organization does a great job
explaining microcredit from its basics to list current examples of applying
microfinance to relieve poverty. -AA
This is a organization
that helped poor families from 137 different countries and helped end
poverty. CT
OXFAM
274 Banbury Rd
Oxford OX2 7DZ Phone: 0870 333 2700 Email: see website Website: www.oxfam.org.uk
"OXFAM is an international development
organization dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty and social
injustice around the world. Oxfam provides financial, technical and networking assistance
to grassroots groups to support their self-help community development initiatives."
Browse through different publications and
articles on hunger and poverty and find out how you can become involved or donate to the
poor. -SNS
This site clearly shows what Oxfam has
accomplished and what one can do to help the cause. -FRH
OXFAM has a variety of activities that keep the
audience satisfied ; They're even located in different countries. -JMH
OXFAM presents plenty of information on
issues related to their mission. One can find a whole range of information
from general articles to astonishing statistics. -AA
RESULTS 750 First Street NE, Suite 1040
Washington, D.C. 20002 Phone: 1-202-783-7100 Fax: 1-202-783-2818 Email:results@results.action.org Website: www.action.org/
"A non-profit, grassroots citizen's lobby
that identifies sustainable solutions to the problems of hunger and poverty, in our world
and in the U.S., and works to generate the resources necessary to make those solutions
succeed."The Advocacy to Control Tuberculosis
Internationally (ACTION) project is an international partnership of
advocates working to mobilize resources to treat and prevent the spread of
tuberculosis (TB), a global disease that kills one person every 20 seconds.
ACTION's underlying premise is that more rapid progress can be made against
the global TB epidemic by building increased support for resources for
effective TB control among key policymakers and other opinion leaders in
both high TB burden countries (HBCs) and donor countries. Committed to ending hunger,
this organization enables people to exercise their personal and political power.
This website has information on what the group does as well as giving insight about how to
help end poverty by taking action. It provides background information about issuesinvolving
poverty today. There are also links to other similar websites.-AA A site with plenty of information that is
easy to navigate. -FRH This site treats and prevents the spread of diseases such as tuberculosis.
This deadly disease kills one person every 20 seconds and this organization
helps prevent this treatment.-CT Top
Trickle Up Program 104 West 27th St., 12th floor
New York, NY 10001 Phone: 1-212-255-9980 Fax: 1-212-255-9974 Email:trickleup@vita.org
Website:www.trickleup.org/
"An international non-profit
organization. Works to reduce poverty by providing the poorest people with the opportunity
to develop their own microenterprises." Trickle Up empowers people
living on less than $1 a day to take the first steps out of poverty,
providing them with resources to build microenterprises for a better quality
of life. In partnership with local agencies, we provide business training
and seed capital to launch or expand a microenterprise, and savings support
to build assets. The
site outlines its projects and the people who benefit from its work. You can help
support this program by donating money. It gets excellent results with minimal
expenses.
A visually appealing site that has definitely reached
a large amount of needy people throughout the world. -FRH
The Trick Up Program has taken the effort on
providing several other countries with business training in the essential focus to launch
many small businesses. -JMH
Trickle Up is another organization that
tries to overcome poverty by offering loans to poor people and owners of
micro-enterprises. -AA This
organization reduce poverty by helping people who live on less than $1 a
day. they try to help these people receive jobs and money in their pockets.
-CT UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on
Relief)
The United Methodist Church
475 Riverside Dr., Room 330
New York, NY 10115 Phone: 1-212-870-3814 Fax: 1-212-870-3624 Email:info@gbgm-umc.org Website:gbgm-umc.org/home_page/index.cfm
"Today, UMCOR’s ministries - aiding
refugees, providing relief in disaster areas, and confronting the challenge of world
hunger and poverty - are helping to heal the hurts of humanity in more than 100
countries."
"Work ranges from providing emergency food,
clothing and medical supplies to helping communities work toward permanent changes such as
clean water, immunizations, enhanced agriculture and advocacy for appropriate public
policies."The General Board of Global Ministries is the global
mission agency of The United Methodist Church, its annual conferences,
missionary conferences, and local congregations. It is organized into
eight
program areas, the Women's Division, and General Administration.
This website enables you to read about its emergency
response efforts in many areas around the world. You can also peruse news postings from
2000-present. Donations can be sent to this ministry, and UMCOR provides opportunities to
volunteer. -SNS
The site is available in Spanish and
Korean. Also there are plenty of inspiring stories of committee members who are making a
difference everyday. -FRH
This site is based on supporting the church and
participating on associated grounds they have no ownership let alone no major purpose.
-JMH
Even though the organization belongs to the
Methodist church, it should not make as much emphasis on it in order to
attract non-Methodist volunteers. -AA
This organization provides food, clothing and medical supplies to help
communities who lives in a poor environment and help them receive clean
water, immunizations and enhanced agriculture and advocacy for appropriate
public policies. -CT
United
Nations Volunteers Postfach 260
111
D-53153 Bonn, Germany Phone: (49 228) 815 2000 Fax: (49 228) 815 2001 Email:inmailto:webmaster@unicefusa.org
Website:www.unv.org/
"Created by the General Assembly of the United
Nations in 1970 to serve as an operational partner in development cooperation at the
request of UN member states...."The United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
programmer contributes to peace and development through volunteerism. UNV is
inspired by the conviction that volunteerism can transform the pace and
nature of development and by the idea that everyone can contribute their
time and energy towards peace and development. With partners, UNV advocates
for volunteerism, integrates volunteerism into development planning and
mobilizes volunteers. The enormous potential of volunteerism is an
inspiration to UNV and to volunteers around the world.
it is an organization that
"supports sustainable human development globally through the promotion of
volunteerism and the mobilization of volunteers." Provides a wealth of information about the United
Nations' various volunteer programs and offers many opportunities to get involved in
long-term projects. Also shows how people can bring peace and
development to other communities. Browse through different publications to find out
how you can volunteer. -SNS
This is a good site to find places to become an
office or field volunteer and read up on past experiences of former volunteers. -FRH
This site has a well rounded variety of corporations,
supporters, and activities that are so easy to look into. -JMH
I agree with all above. In summary, sound
website. -AA This
is a well organizes site that strives to develop peace and through out the
world. it is basically a site where they strive to unite people through out
the world by not fighting and becoming peaceful with each other. -CT
United
States Committee for UNICEF
125 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038 Phone: 1-800-4UNICEF (1-800-486-4230) Email:webmaster@unicefusa.org
Website:www.unicefusa.org/
"UNICEF promotes the survival,
protection and development of children worldwide through fundraising, advocacy and
education." Volunteers work "in more than 160 countries and territories
providing health care, clean water, improved nutrition, and education to millions of
children." The U.S. Fund for UNICEF was founded in
1947 to support the work of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) by
raising funds for its programs and increasing awareness of the challenges
facing the world's children. The oldest of 37 national committees for UNICEF
worldwide, we are part of a global effort to save, protect and improve
children's lives. There are
links on how to volunteer and/or donate money to UNICEF. You can also find out how
to support this organization, trick-or-treating being one example. You can also read
and learn more about current UNICEF issues. -SNS
This organization has plenty to offer
and the website is packed with ways for people to get informed and involved. -FRH
This site has beneficial activities such as getting
involved contacting an elected official and keeping a balance on donors and their
donations and their commitment. -JMH
Only website I found where it one can find
educational games targeted to younger visitors. -AA
This is a informed
site where people volunteer to promote survival, protection families
especially children who need the support and education and a clean
environment. -CT
WHES
P.O. Box 29056
Washington, D.C. 20017 Phone: 1-202-269-6322 Email:hungernotes@aol.com Website:http://www.worldhunger.org/
"The mission of World Hunger Education Service
is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, which:
· inform the community of people interested in issues of hunger and
poverty, the public, and policymakers, about the causes, extent, and efforts to end hunger
and poverty in the United States and the world;
· further understanding, which integrates ethical, religious, social, economic,
political, and scientific perspectives on hunger and poverty;
· facilitate communication and networking among those who are working for solutions;
· promote individual and collective commitment to solutions to the hunger and poverty
which confront hundreds of millions of the people of the world."+
Helps you learn
more about world hunger and the importance of health. You can learn more about hunger
through other links, help reduce hunger by volunteering with or donating to any
organization listed, and contribute free food. Browse through articles containing the
latest news on world hunger. -SNS
I agree. -FRH
This site has coverage on other countries and their
issues as well as depts. that are helping out with the issue of hunger in a variety of
countries that need it the most. -JMH
Somewhat monotonous. Needs more appealing
colors. -AA
This
site is informative and it sparks interest in issues such as hunger,
poverty, economic and political problems and it strives to help families in
the best way-CT
WHO
Avenue Appia 20
1211 GENEVA 27
Switzerland Phone: (+00 41 22) 791 2111 Fax:
(+00 41 22) 791 3111 Email:postmaster@who.ch Website: www.who.int/en
"Works to help all people
attain the highest possible level of health. Health, as defined in the WHO Constitution,
is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity.
"Also proposes conventions, agreements,
regulations and makes recommendations about international nomenclature of diseases, causes
of death and public health practices. It develops, establishes and promotes international
standards concerning foods and biological, pharmaceutical and similar substances."
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United
Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health
matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards,
articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to
countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. The site provides interesting
information regarding current health issues such as AIDS and Tuberculosis. It
describes its current initiatives in eradicating debilitating diseases in addition to its
success in ending the smallpox epidemic. Overall, it is very informative.
The famous powerhouse of information on world health.
-JDH
This site is available in six languages
with a plethora of information that is waiting to be accessed. -FRH
This site has a wide range of health priorities made
for people who want to help and they are putting out their effort on benefiting others
health by setting up employee programs local publications/ domestic publications in other
countries based on various health issues -they also have a well written constitution on
the behalf of their hard work and long history. -JMH
This is a
helpful website where people learn about the different kinds of deadly
diseases that is killing many children and adults such as tuberculosis.-CT
World Hunger Year (WHY)
505 Eighth Ave., Suite 2100
New York, NY 10018-6582 Phone: 1-800-5 HUNGRY Fax: 1-212-465-9274
Email: Bill@worldhungeryear.org or WHY@worldhungeryear.org Website: www.worldhungeryear.org/
"Is convinced that solutions to
hunger and poverty can be found at the grassroots level. WHY advances long-term solutions
to hunger and poverty by supporting community-based organizations that empower individuals
and build self-reliance...we envision a world without hunger and poverty."WHY
is a leading advocate for innovative, community-based solutions to hunger
and poverty. WHY challenges society to confront these problems by advancing
models that create self-reliance, economic justice, and equal access to
nutritious and affordable food.
Allows you to read about the
seven programs WHY has implemented to reduce the levels of hunger and poverty. Browse
through its publications; check its calendar of events to find out about upcoming fund
raisers. You can get the facts about hunger and poverty and can make donations online
as well. -SNS
The WHY program actually helps countries to prosper
by teaching people how to grow plants -they also create opportunities for grassroots
organizations. -JMH
Very informational on how WHY strives in
achieving its mission. The website also presents the organization's impact
through its active programs and promotes volunteering to develop its work.
-AA This is basically a
website where people are convinced to join this organization and envision
the world without poverty and no hunger and strive to accomplish that
achievement. CT
We
can connect all of us with less fortunate people all around the world. Two
poor women in Ecuador.
