- Make Poverty History
 - Campaign asking for developing countries' debts to be cancelled. - ONE
- Rallying Americans to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty. Promoted by faith-based and antipoverty groups, celebrity spokespeople such as U2 lead singer Bono, corporate partnerships, and local ONE Campaign organizers.
- World Vision International (10)
- Salvation Army@
- Netaid.org
- Mission is to use the Internet as a medium of social and economic change to end extreme poverty.
- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
- The country's largest grassroots organisation working for the empowerment of low and moderate income people. Major issues include housing, jobs, living wages and banking.
- ActionAid (3)
- Dress for Success New York
- Provides career attire to low-income women seeking employment. Accepts donations of used professional clothing items and accessories that are in good condition.
- Partners in Health
- Dedicated to improving health in poor communities through programmes in Haiti, Latin America, and the U.S.
- Global Call to Action Against Poverty (G-CAP)
- Worldwide alliance working to end poverty by pressing leaders for more and better aid, debt cancellation, and trade justice. Includes info on International White Band Day.
- Center for Community Change
- Helps poor people to improve their communities, and change policies and institutions that affect their lives.
- War on Want@
- American Public Human Services Association
- Nonprofit, bipartisan organisation that develops, promotes, and implements public human service policies that improve the health and well-being of families, children, and adults.
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- Promoting strategies that prevent child poverty and improve the lives of low-income children and their families.
- Synergos Institute
- Dedicated to developing effective, sustainable, and locally-based solutions to global poverty, particularly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF)
- Committed to helping Tibetan families and communities improve their living standards and general welfare.
 Association for India's Development (AID)
- Addresses interconnected problems of poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, dependency, disease, social inequalities, corruption, and dwindling natural resources.- National Center on Poverty Law
- Comprehensive research service devoted to poverty law. Includes information on publications and services as well as access to a selection of online materials.
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Promotes action for the relief, directly or indirectly, of poverty among children and families with children.
- Coalition on Human Needs
- Alliance of national organisations working together to promote public policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations.
- PovertyFighters.com
- On-line community of kids, adults, families, and companies giving poor families the chance they need to work out of poverty.
- SolvePoverty.com
- Raises money from socially responsible companies to help solve poverty and create jobs.
- Goal
- Irish relief and development agency dedicated to providing aid to street children and refugees and the poorest of the poor in the Third world.
- Opportunity International
- Christian, nonprofit organisation fighting poverty by providing loans for small businesses.
- Fremont Public Association
- Works to achieve a just and caring community free from poverty, prejudice and neglect by providing human services and advocating for policies that increase opportunities for people in need.
- Democracy, Accountability, and Transparency in Africa (DATA)
- Organisation founded by Bono. Aims to raise awareness about unpayable debts, foreign development assistance, AIDS, and unfair trade rules which keep Africa poor and marginalized.
- Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
- Focuses on socio-economic and socio-political equality and welfare.
- Bon Secours International@
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - India
- Programmes include technology transfer, sustainable development, primary education, health support, and economic reforms.
- American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness & Poverty
- Devoted to fostering the development of legal pro bono homeless programmes and to educating the profession and public to the legal problems of the very poor.
- FARM-Africa
- International non-governmental organisation that aims to reduce poverty through developing innovative approaches to natural resource management in Africa.
- Global Partnerships
- Seeks to help organisations and social groups worldwide ensure self-sufficiency and sustainable development.
- Connecticut Association for Human Services
- Committed to decreasing poverty and inequality through public education, research, advocacy, and policy development.
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul@
- Community Service Society of New York, The
- Focusing its efforts on income maintenance, health care, affordable housing, and education.
- India Development & Relief Fund (IDRF)
- Supports grassroots and non-government organisations serving the disadvantaged and impoverished.
- Rescue College
- Internet-based programme that trains administrators for shelters, rescue missions, and other para-church organisations to help the homeless.
- Church Action on Poverty
- National charity seeking to eradicate poverty in the U.K. Publishes educational materials, undertakes research, and runs events across the country.
- Aid/Watch
- Community-based, not for profit, activist group that works to make sure that aid money reaches the right people, communities, and their environments.
- Wardrobe For Opportunity
- Nonprofit group that provides clothing to low-income women for transition into the workforce.
- Opportunity Council
- A private nonprofit community action agency working for positive change in our community in Island, San Juan and Whatcom County.
- CAMFED International
- The Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) is dedicated to fighting poverty and AIDS in rural communities in Africa by educating girls.
- End Child Poverty
- Dedicated to a U.K. campaign formed by charities to eradicate child poverty.
- Muslim Aid Australia Inc.
- International relief and development agency working to alleviate poverty and suffering amongst some of the world's poorest communities.
- Zakat Foundation of America
- Nonprofit organisation providing education, relief, and assistance to the needy.
- Greyston Foundation
- Provides jobs, housing, social services, and health care to low-income residents of southwest Yonkers and surrounding areas.
- ActionAid India
- Organisation working towards the alleviation of poverty and deprivation in India.
- ATD Fourth World (UK) Ltd
- Will Aid
- Partnership between U.K. charities, who promote the offer of a free Will writing service from solicitors throughout the U.K. in return for a donation to Will Aid.
- Women's Economic Agenda Project
- Works to achieve economic justice for poor women and their familes.
- Alliance for Youth Achievement
- Nonprofit organisation helping care for and educate orphans and street children throughout the world.
- Dignity U Wear
- Providing new clothing and personal care products to children and families in need.
- World Job and Food Bank
- Aims to alleviate poverty, unemployment, disease, and their causes in Canada and developing countries.
- Missouri Association for Social Welfare
- News and views about social welfare policy developments in Missouri with opportunities for advocates to be active and engaged in the state legislative and policy making process.
- Denver Urban Ministries (DenUM)
- Serving those in poverty with an outreach programme providing food, clothing, legal assistance, and job training.
- Michigan Community Action Agency Association
- Association of community action agencies in Michigan.
- United Nations Development Program - Poverty Page
- Overview of poverty issues including UN response initiatives, good practices, publications, and online resources.
- Stop Child Poverty: Keeping the West Committed to the Millennium Goals
- Stop Child Poverty raises awareness of child poverty worldwide and helps citizens make a difference in the lives of children in need. Stop Child Poverty works to promote the U.N. Millennium Development Goals to halve extreme poverty by 2015.
- Good Shepherd Sisters
- Nonprofit company supporting women in micro-enterprises, promoting fair trade, and solidarity with women to find a way out of poverty.
- Marin Services Resource Guide
- Offers information and resources for homeless or low income people. In association with Bay Area Homeless Alliance.
- Mountain Projects, Inc.
- Private, nonprofit, human services agency.
- Box Project, The
- Nonprofit group matching volunteers with individuals and families living in rural poverty in America.
- Lisa Lopes Foundation, The
- Founded in the spirit of Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes. Works to improve the quality of life for youth in low-income communities in the United States and in developing countries in Central America.
- Red Social de America Latina y el Caribe
- Promotes cooperation among social investment funds, institutions, and programmes of the Social Network of Latin America and the Caribbean, in the areas of social development and poverty.
- Soles4Souls
- Changing the world one pair at a time. Soles4Souls facilitates the donations of shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Shoe companies, retailers, and individuals can donate footwear, both new and used.
- Bayside Community Center
- Assisting multi-cultural families through programmes and resources.
- Kentucky River Foothills
- Multi-purpose human service organisation working to assist families in need, educate children and adults, promote partnerships that encourage self-sufficiency and improve family life in the community.
- Naujhil Integrated Rural Project for Health and Development (NIRPHAD)
- Promotes self-reliance and education in rural areas.
- Heartfelt Foundation
- Sponsoring service projects to benefit the poor and hungry.
- Alpha Communities
- Provides holistic relief to disadvantaged families in Mongolia and China.
- Mision Caribe
- Providing relief in Honduras through building, feeding, and education programmes.
- West Seattle Helpline
- Nonprofit social service agency providing assistance for residents in need.
- Center for Renewal
- Seeks to identify, assess, assist and replicate effective social entrepeneurs in the community.
- Kalakar Trust
- Supports artists from low-income groups.
- Sticky Wicket
- Self-help economic development concept leading to sustainable economy in depressed communities.
- San Carlos Foundation
- Provides health and educational assistance to refugees and other people living in extreme poverty in the Third World, particularly in Central America.
- AarKay Education & Healthcare Development Society
- Promotes education and basic healthcare facilities.
- Results Seattle
- Works to end hunger and poverty and make the children of the world the highest priority of governments.
- Compassion Beyond Borders
- Supports schools in India and Afghanistan, provides scholarships to students in Mexico, Guatemala, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and to Tibetan refugees, finances women's literacy training in Nepal, Afghanistan, and Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan, supports health clinics, and more.
- Mission for the urban poor
- Makes book marks, table covers, mats, kitchen, and bathing towels with cross- stitch designs.
- Walnut Medical and Humanitarian Mission
- Dedicated to serving the needs of poorer communities in Southern California and Northern Mexico.
- Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK)
- Works for the tribal communities of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
- Carolina for Kibera
- Student organisation seeking to assist the population of the Kibera ghetto in Nairobi, Kenya.
- GiveShoes.org
- Nationwide campaign called the Million Pair March is asking people to each donate one pair of new or gently worn shoes and/or money for shipping the shoes to the Sudan.
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN)
- Organisation aims for the reduction of poverty in the countries of the Southern Africa Development Community through pro-poor policy, strategy, and practice.
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