Hunger Project In New Zealand
New ZealandResearch/Dev
The Hunger Project (THP) is a global, non-profit, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. In Africa, South Asia and Latin America, THP seeks to end hunger and poverty by empowering people to lead lives of self-reliance, meet their own basic needs and build better futures for their children. The Hunger Project invests in rural development because it is the point of highest leverage for ending hunger and extreme poverty.
Hunter Melanoma Foundation
AustraliaResearch/Dev
The Hunter Melanoma Foundation (HMF) was formed in 1986 to provide moral & financial support to the Newcastle Melanoma Unit. We assist in the prevention and in the early detection of melanoma trough education, awareness, research of treatment. We actively reduce mortality rates from melanoma in our region while minimizing patient suffering & maximizing patient care.
Hunter's Hope Foundation
United StatesCommunity/Family
Hunter’s Hope Foundation was established to address the acute need for information and research with respect to Krabbe Disease and related Leukodystrophies. In addition, we strive to support and encourage those afflicted and their families as they struggle to endure, adjust and cope with the demands of these fatal illnesses. We want to broaden public awareness of Krabbe Disease and other Leukodystrophies thus increasing the probability of early detection and treatment. We aim to gather and provide current, functional information and service linkages to families of children with Leukodystrophies, while funding research efforts that will identify new treatments, therapies and ultimately, a cure.
Huntington Library and Art Gallery
United StatesArts/Culture
A private, nonprofit institution, The Huntington was founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington, an exceptional businessman who built a financial empire that included railroad companies, utilities, and real estate holdings in Southern California. untington was also a man of vision – with a special interest in books, art, and gardens. During his lifetime, he amassed the core of one of the finest research libraries in the world, established a splendid art collection, and created an array of botanical gardens with plants from a geographic range spanning the globe. These three distinct facets of The Huntington are linked by a devotion to research, education, and beauty.
Huntington Medical Research Institutes
United StatesResearch/Dev
Huntington Medical Research Institutes was founded in 1952 and operates in five locations in Pasadena, California. Facilities on El Molino Avenue are devoted to cardiology research and cancer, including cell culture studies and clinical trials of a new drug for treatment of prostate cancer. Adjacent laboratories on Union Street accommodate the molecular oncology and molecular neurology programs. The building on Fairmount Avenue houses the neural engineering labs. Additional sites on Pico Street and Fair Oaks Avenue house the Liver Center, magnetic resonance labs and clinics, as well as the MEG facility.HMRI provides advanced training in magnetic resonance spectroscopy, co-sponsors postdoctoral fellowships with the California Institute of Technology, and conducts mentor programs for college and graduate level science students.
Huntington's Disease Society of America
United StatesResearch/Dev
We are a national non-profit voluntary health agency dedicated to finding a cure for Huntington's Disease (HD). We provide vital support, information and educational services to improve the lives of those affected by HD, offer resources and guidance for HD families through our national network of volunteer-based chapters and affiliates as well as through our HDSA Centers of Excellence for Family Services and promote and support research to find a cure for HD. Every person who inherits the HD gene will eventually develop the disease. Each child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 chance of inheriting the gene. HD affects both sexes and all races and ethnic groups around the world.HD doesn't skip generations. If you don't inherit the gene, you cannot pass it on.
Huridocs
SwitzerlandHuman Rights
The idea of HURIDOCS was born three years before its official founding in 1982. In 1979, the Ford Foundation called a meeting near Paris of some key human rights organisations. The meeting participants noted that information and communication technologies were being used by commercial companies and government agencies. They saw that the community of non-governmental human rights organisations needed to familiarise themselves with these tools. If this were done collaboratively, resources could be pooled. HURIDOCS is a decentralised network of organisations that develops and uses documentation techniques, monitoring methods, information management systems and available technologies in the defense of human rights and the prevention of abuses.
Hydrocephalus Association
United StatesResearch/Dev
The Hydrocephalus Association provides support, education and advocacy for people whose lives have been touched by hydrocephalus and the professionals who work with them. We strive to ensure that families are empowered with educational materials, informed about the latest research, and have access to quality health care. We advocate for increased research and funding to advance understanding, improve diagnosis and treatment, and find a cure.
I Can
United KingdomChildren/Education
Some children are said to have speech, language and communication needs or SLCN. One in ten children has severe difficulties and needs long term support. If these children are not identified and supported, they can become frustrated and angry. They can misbehave in school, which in turn can lead to social exclusion and a life on the margins of society. With the right help, children with SLCN can thrive and reach their full potential. I CAN is here to ensure that no child is left out or left behind because of a difficulty speaking or understanding.
I CARE
IndiaHealth/Medical
I CARE is a self-development and a community service oriented Organization. We think individuals can make a big difference & help benefit society at large. We believe in serving people irrespective of man-made prejudices of religion, cast, color, gender & Nationality. Our current thrust is on trying to eradicate curable blindness (due to Cataract) from the rural poor and reach medical facilities for the same to people who otherwise would not have access / would not be able to afford the same. Our Strength is our members coming from occupations as diverse As CAs, Business Enterpreneurs, Teachers, MBAs, IT etc. It is these people who make our activities a possibilities and a success. They are all volunteers, giving their time, energy and money to things they think are important. Our eye camps are conducted in different districts of Maharashtra, mostly at the rural areas where the frequency of Cataract disease is more.
I Care
South AfricaChildren/Education
Our goal is to instill healthy lifeskills and work ethics in the children that go through our system. Once children have either completed their schooling or are able to work, we walk alongside them guiding them with this new found independance. We never completely "let go" but strive to assist them right until they have their own families to take care of. At our Drop-In Centres, we work with the children living on the streets. Our Outreach Teams interact with the children on the street and builds relationships with them. Once a basis of trust is formed between Outreach Worker and child, the children are invited to join in the programmes at the Centres.
I Have A Dream Foundation
United StatesChildren/Education
We are working to ensure that all children in this nation have the opportunity to pursue higher education and to fully capitalize on their talents, aspirations, and leadership to have fulfilling careers and create a better world. Our approach is unique in that we sponsor cohorts of students in under-resourced public schools or housing developments, and work with these "Dreamers" from early elementary school all the way through high school. By helping our Dreamers gain access to college, we are putting them on a different academic and life trajectory, while having a broader impact on the students' families and the generations that follow. Our vision is that one day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to pursue higher education and to fully capitalize on their talents, aspirations, and leadership to have fulfilling careers and create a better world.
I Hope
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Immokalee is a rural community that languished for over 3 hours in the wall of Hurricane Wilma, never seeing the "eye". Instead they experienced tornadic-like winds which destroyed trailers, ripped up trees, caused $8 million of damage to the state Farmer’s market alone, and wreaked havoc on the lives of the people, 95% of whom are at or below the poverty level. The work of I HOPE continues in the following areas: repairing homes, replacing furniture that was damaged, providing spiritual/emotional counseling through trained staff, and providing temporary housing while homes are being repaired.
I.S.P.C.A.
IrelandAnimals/Wildlife
For nearly sixty years the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) has worked locally and nationally rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animals. The ISPCA has continued to develop its facilities and staff functions in order to fulfil its core function, the rescue, rehabilitation and responsible rehoming of cruelly treated and neglected animals. The ISPCA also provides schools and universities with a centre where students of all ages can visit. We provide educational tours where students can gain knowledge of animal welfare issues and we also offer work experience programmes to transition year and college students. we work with county councils, regional animal welfare groups, government ministers and MEPs in Brussels ensuring the implementation of current animal welfare legislation. The ISPCA also works with the government on the design and implementation of Irish Animal Welfare Bills.
IACD
United KingdomResearch/Dev
IACD is an international membership organisation for those working in or supporting community development and is open to both individuals and organisations. Members include individuals and organisations across our seven global regions. IACD is a volunteer led, not-for-profit, non governmental organisation committed to building a global network of people and organisations working toward social justice through a community development approach. Our aims are to promote community development across international policies and programmes, to network and support community development practitioners and to encourage information and practice exchange. IACD has recognised NGO consultative status with the United Nations.IACD is an international membership organisation for those working in or supporting community development and is open to both individuals and organisations. Members include individuals and organisations across our seven global regions. IACD is a volunteer led, not-for-profit, non governmental organisation committed to building a global network of people and organisations working toward social justice through a community development approach. Our aims are to promote community development across international policies and programmes, to network and support community development practitioners and to encourage information and practice exchange. IACD has recognised NGO consultative status with the United Nations.
Iain Rennie Hospice at Home
United KingdomHealth/Medical
The Iain Rennie Hospice at Home is a registered charity offering specialist and supportive care and advice for patients with cancer and other life threatening illnesses in their homes. We also aim to help the relatives and those carers close to the patient during the illness and bereavement period. We offer anyone who has a life-limiting illness the choice to receive the care and support that they need in the comfort and security of their own home.
IAMANEH Switzerland
SwitzerlandWomen
IAMANEH Switzerland primarily supports projects in countries where women and children’s health is particularly threatened because of, for example, poverty or war. Regions with high mother and child mortality rates are at the centre of our activities. Our principal areas of engagement are to be found in Mali, Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso, Bosnia, Albania and Haiti. IAMANEH Switzerland is neutral on both political and religious matters. Projects are supervised by IAMANEH and its local partner organisations, and initiation of activities is always synonymous with long-term commitment. Great importance in placed upon increasing partners’ professional competencies.
ICCW
IndiaChildren/Education
We are a registered, secular, apolitical, non-profit & a non-governmental organization, with the sole objective of serving children in distress who are orphans and destitute. Incorporated in the year 1953, we help vulnerable and disadvantageous children through direct services and through intervention of Policy and Program with children throughout India and Tamil Nadu.
ICR
United KingdomResearch/Dev
From its foundation in 1909 as a small research department of the Royal Marsden Hospital, the ICR has grown to become one of the world’s foremost independent cancer research organisations. The ICR is at the forefront of international cancer research and our reputation for high standards in all that we do is crucial to our success. As a charity we exist for the benefit of the public and there is a consequent public expectation of the highest ethical standards.
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
SwitzerlandHumanitarian Aid
Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.The ICRC is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and other situations of violence. The ICRC has a permanent mandate under international law to take impartial action for prisoners, the wounded and sick, and civilians affected by conflict. With its HQ in Geneva, Switzerland, the ICRC is based in around 80 countries and has a total of more than 12,000 staff. In situations of conflict the ICRC coordinates the response by national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies and their International Federation. The ICRC is at the origin of both the International Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement and of international humanitarian law, notably the Geneva Conventions.