Exnora International
IndiaEnvironment
Exnora International is a wide spread environmental movement, focusing on mobilizing and empowering communities to participate in preserving nature and preventing environmental degradation, thereby improving the quality of life of the common man. The focus has been on waste to wealth programs. Exnora firmly believes it is quite possible to develop different kinds of replicable models to suit different places and situations. One of our objectives is to provide training for researchers and the researched in the area of environment protection to undertake community based researches involving the members of the local community.
Exploratorium
United StatesArts/Culture
Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote museums as informal education centers.
EXTERN Organisation
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Extern's origins lie in the mid 1970's when a group of individuals with professional and personal interests in the criminal justice system came together to examine the possibility of developing new ways of working with offenders outside of the custodial system. In the early days we worked mostly with ex-offenders - we still do and are proud of our commitment to the most vulnerable adults in our community. Times have changed though and over the years the majority of our work is with children and families. Society and government now realises the importance of tackling exclusion and preventing young people getting on the treadmill of poverty, unemployment and crime.
Extra-Mile
United KingdomChildren/Education
Extra mile is recruiting successful, retired and serving teachers, other professionals and gap-year student volunteers to work in schools in Sierra Leone. The basic, fundamental building block of any society is the provision of a reliable education system which allows pupils to progress through primary school to secondary and where possible to tertiary education. Education is a crucial factor in reducing poverty and child-labour but in Sierra Leone it is particularly vital in the promotion of democracy, peace, tolerance, reconciliation and personal and social development. Extra Mile’s main academic aims are to establish, develop, promote, but fundamentally raise basic levels of literacy, numeracy and life skills.
Eychaner Foundation
United StatesChildren/Education
The Eychaner Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to promoting tolerance and non-discrimination. The foundation invests in distinguished students through Iowa's Matthew Shepard Scholarship Program and the Howard and Mildred Eychaner Scholarship in De Kalb, Illinois. To date, over one million has been committed in scholarship assistance. The Eychaner Foundation has been instrumental in the creation of the Iowa Pride Network and the GLBT Youth In Iowa Schools Task Force. There are currently two scholarships available through the LGBTSS office (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Services). Both are presented annually to students who have demonstrated leadership and involvement in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community at ISU. The purpose of the scholarships is to complement successful academic experiences by supporting student leadership and involvement in the LGBT community at ISU.
Eye Care Foundation
NetherlandsHealth/Medical
Being blind in a developing country not only robs you of your sight but also of your independence. Our assistance focuses on the poorest people for whom medical care is inaccessible or unaffordable. Our local medical teams organise eye camps in the inaccessible areas of our project countries. As many people with eye complaints as possible are screened in a short time in small buildings that have been transformed into temporary clinics. Eye Care Foundation supports training courses at different levels, in this way, we offer a healthy form of development aid where knowledge and skills stay in the relevant country.
Eye of the fly
United KingdomChildren/Education
Eye Of The Fly works in alternative education, targeting particularly vulnerable, neglected and disadvantaged individuals and groups (generally age 9-25). The Charity’s weekly program is called Believe In Yourself and uses Visual and Performance Art, Well-being, Environmental and Social-Conscience Development single-day workshops and multi-day projects. The service is delivered from a purpose-developed factory space in Pelaw, Gateshead and Eye Of The Fly also delivers an Outreach service, linking more than 60 Tutors to work across the regions of Tyne and Wear.
Eyes For East Africa
United KingdomHealth/Medical
The Centre was founded 1993 by a UK trained ophthalmologist now resident in Kenya. There are many cases of child and youth blindness, mainly preventable and symptomatic of poor diet and parental ignorance. The most common cause of blindness is cataract, for which treatment is by phacoemulsification surgery and the insertion of intraocular lenses. The clinic is an official training centre for the University of Nairobi, Department of Ophthalmology.
Ezer Mizion
IsraelHealth/Medical
Ezer Mizion, the Israel Health Support Organization, offers an extensive range of medical and social support services to help Israel's sick, disabled, elderly and underprivileged populations. Since its founding in 1979, Ezer Mizion has grown to become one of the largest non-profit organizations in Israel, benefiting over 650,000 people every year. Ezer Mizion's diverse line-up of services includes the world's largest Jewish Bone Marrow Donor Registry and specialized programs for children with special needs, cancer patients, the elderly, and terror victims.
Ezrat Avot
IsraelCommunity/Family
Ezrat Avot is a leader in non-profit, community eldercare in Israel and a strong advocate for providing services and education necessary to enable seniors to age in the comfort and dignity of their own homes and communities. Ezrat Avot is a multi-faceted organization providing nutritional assistance, social services and elder-abuse awareness regarding the elderly of Jerusalem and beyond. Ezrat Avot aims to serve as a successful model for reaching out to Israel's aged citizens with the goal of relieving their emotional, physical and financial hardships. Ezrat Avot achieves this by providing a supportive community structure of enrichment programs, food and fundamental social services in a warm, culturally appropriate environment. In addition, we aim to educate the public about the value of integrating seniors as vital members of the broader community.
F.A.U.N.A.
AustraliaAnimals/Wildlife
We rescue and care for sick, injured or orphaned wildlife. We are on call twenty four hours a day, receiving calls from members of the General Public, Police, Councils and Rural Fire Brigades. We assess the animal's condition, treat and care for it. After caring for or rearing the animals, we prepare them for release back into the wild. We receive an enormous amount of satisfaction from successfully rearing and releasing animals back into the wild. We keep detailed records of all the animals in our care which are then made avalible to all carer groups, QPWS and scientists to assist with fauna research. We work in close contact with veterinarians, the Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service and other wildlife groups.
F.R.O.D.O.
United KingdomChildren/Education
Our broader objective is to improve the quality of life for children in desperate need: the abandoned and orphaned (principally, though not exclusively, those who are disabled), the abused, those with life-threatening illness and children who are at risk due to extreme poverty. It is unique in its work of identifying orphans and abandoned children with disabilities or life-limiting conditions, then striving to provide medical treatment in the hope that this will transform their quality of life, and increase the number of opportunities for them to fulfil their potential. F.R.O.D.O. believes that all children have a right to a family. In this regard, we feel the priority should be to reintegrate children with their immediate family or relatives, then fostered or adopted. In all circumstances, the child’s well being must be paramount before making any change.
Fabretto Children's Foundation
United StatesResearch/Dev
Fabretto is a charitable organization based in Nicaragua with offices in the US & Spain that was founded to carry on the work started by Father Fabretto more than fifty years ago. The foundation today supports more than 6,500 children in youth in Nicaragua and empowers them to break the cycle of poverty through programs in education, nutrition, health, & community development.
FACE
SpainHealth/Medical
The Spanish Federation of Coeliac Associations (FACE) is made up of 17 independent associations / federations from all across the country. The central aim of FACE is to coordinate and support the efforts undertaken by the member associations / federations in defence of their rights, with an emphasis on unity of action leading to great success in achieving joint aims.
FacilitAid
United KingdomResearch/Dev
We have an excellent track record in running sustainable, stakeholder-initiated projects and work in co-operation with the Government of the Republic of Burundi. We choose situations where we can make a genuine sustainable difference. Our projects are carefully researched and monitored to ensure that we get the results we planned. We work with local people, so that not only does the end product bring the benefits needed, but also the whole project stimulates the local economy and helps in the empowerment process.
Facing Africa - Noma
United KingdomHealth/Medical
In 1998, Chris Lawrence heard about the terrible plight of the hundreds of thousands of children suffering the dreadful and shocking destructive and devastating effects of "Noma". He wanted to do something, anything to help, and contacted Allan Thom, a Consultant Orthodontist whom he had known for several years to ask if he had ever come across the ailment. Together, Chris and Allan researched, spoke to dozens of people, scoured the internet and finally conceived and registered the charity "Facing Africa - NOMA". Since 2000, Facing Africa has been working closely with it's European partners AWD Stiftung Kinderhilfe (Germany) and The Dutch Noma Foundation. So far (Jan 2009) we have raised over £600,000 (about US $870,000) which has been spent on sending the teams each year from Europe to Nigeria (air fares, hotel accommodation, ground transportation medical equipment and supplies), equipment for the hospital in Sokoto, training schemes, physiotherapists from Europe working in Nigeria and Ethiopia and many other essential expenses.
Facing History and Ourselves
United StatesChildren/Education
Challenging times create economic and social pressures that can undermine our most basic values. For more than 30 years we have been offering teachers and students ways to confront prejudice, apathy, fear, and violence. By teaching students to think critically, to empathize, to recognize moral choices, to make their voices heard, we put in their hands the possibility–and the responsibility–to do the serious work demanded of us all as citizens.
FACT
United KingdomArts/Culture
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is a Liverpool-based cinema, art gallery and the UK's leading organisation for the support & exhibition of film, art and new media. FACT has been leading the UK video, film and new media arts scene for 20 years with groundbreaking exhibitions, education and research projects.
Fair Aid Society
CanadaResearch/Dev
The idea of Fair Aid Society’s partnership with AMAVM (Association pour les Malades Vulnérables et Marginalisés) came about in Lubumbashi, DRC in December 2006. Joanne Leung and Jeff Spiers realized the need for medical equipment, supplies and funded projects while they were volunteering with AMAVM. AMAVM was operating on a volunteer basis and lacked the resources to accomplish their goals. On December 28, 2006 Joanne and Jeff, along with three members of AMAVM (Franck Otete, Rémy Anguandia and Lievin Lukusa) drafted the outline of Fair Aid’s objectives with the understanding that Joanne and Jeff would return to Canada and develop Fair Aid into a charitable society that would partner with AMAVM to support them in the achievement of their goals. Our vision for every person living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is that they receive the health care, emotional and social support that they need in order to heal and reintegrate as contributing members of society.
Fair Trade In Tourism South Africa
South AfricaResearch/Dev
Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) is a non-profit organisation that promotes sustainable tourism development. We do this through awareness raising, research and advocacy, capacity building and by facilitating the world’s first tourism Fair Trade certification programme. FTTSA awards the use of special label to qualifying businesses as a way of signifying their commitment to Fair Trade criteria including fair wages and working conditions, fair purchasing, fair operations, equitable distribution of benefits and respect for human rights, culture and environment.