MADRE

MADRE is an international women’s human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women's organizations worldwide to address issues of health and reproductive rights, economic development, education and other human rights. We provide resources and training to enable our sister organizations to meet these goals by addressing immediate needs in their communities and developing long-term solutions to the crises they face.

Madurai Health and Leprosy Relief Centre

Madurai Health and Leprosy Relief Centre (MAHELERECEN) located in Madurai city, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a Non-Governmental , Non profitable and Charitable Organization renders community based promotive and preventive services of Health education IEC ( Information Education Communication ), case detection, Case holding POD ( Prevention of Deformity ), treatment and Rehabilitation services for curing leprosy persons in and around the Madurai district. These services are being given from the year 1991 onwards with the help of local persons philanthropic persons donations. 450 Leprosy patients under our care. From 1991, we organized health education and leprosy awareness classes conducted in every school going children with our flip chart and slide shows. For this education we got permission from the chief education officer, District education office. During this period we detected new(fresh) leprosy cases among the school children. Every month we conduct a leprosy clinic at the Grac

Magic Bus

Magic Bus is a not-for-profit organisation in India, that works with children living in some of the most marginalised circumstances in the world. Our programme revolves around nurturing three areas that determine young people’s lives: Awareness, Belief and Purpose. Using sport and outdoors as a medium we help them discover their true potential and encourage them to find purpose in life. We work towards inspiring youth to take responsibility to change their communities in a sustainable manner. Since its inception Magic Bus has reached out to 140,000 children and youth and by 2012 we aim to reach out to over 600,000 at the national level.

Magic Johnson Foundation

Over the past few years, the Magic Johnson Foundation has awarded more than $1.1 million to community-based organizations that focus on HIV/AIDS education and prevention, supported more than 800 minority high school students with college scholarships (through the Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program), opened 18 Magic Johnson Community Empowerment Centers located in underserved communities across the country, and provided a range of community-based initiatives including an annual Children’s Mardi Gras and holiday toy drive.

Magic Lantern Foundation

Magic Lantern Foundation is a non-profit group working with culture and human rights. After several years of making films and screening them to a wide range of audience – from film festivals, local, national and global, to informal screenings with students and activist groups, to those among rural communities and people’s movements – MLF has increasingly felt a wide gap that exists between films and their audience and felt the need to make proactive interventions to bridge the gap. So, since 2004, MLF has organised a series of film festivals on its own and has encouraged student and civil society groups to do similar projects in their local areas.

Magical Moments

We create "Magical Moments" & "Extra-ordinary days" for abandoned, abused, disadvantaged, neglected, orphaned, underprivileged and vulnerable children in the greater Johannesburg area - of all cultures, colours, race and religions - "rainbow children". While we understand the desperate need for basic essentials such as food, education and shelter, we have focused "on the moment", so to speak. We give children the chance to experience things that they perhaps would ordinarily not be able to because of their circumstances, exposing them to a world beyond their own.

Magpie Dance

Magpie Dance is an inclusive contemporary dance company and has carved out a national reputation for its exciting and inspiring approach to inclusive and creative dance. Based in Bromley, at The Churchill Theatre, we are accessible to all surrounding boroughs and can deliver workshops to any region in the UK. Founded in 1986 by Artistic Director Avril Hitman, Magpie continues to grow and is at the forefront of dance for people with learning disabilities.

Mainland Foundation

We are a Charitable Trust distributing funds to the wider communities of New Zealand from the proceeds of gaming machines operated in private hotels around the country.

Majlis

Our center is a people's forum- fluid, flexible, layered, inter-disciplinary and multi-cultural. The beginning of Majlis lies in the women's movements of the '80s. The founders of Majlis are trained and honed by the euphoric beginning of the feminist consciousness of that era. Since then Majlis has grown in the most non-linear fashion - responding to concerns of cultural practices and rights discourse, often surprising even those within the organisation.

Make A Difference - MAD

Make A Difference (MAD) was established to develop, promote and support orphanages and schools in Africa and India so that disadvantaged children have a chance at rising above poverty. Our founder, Theresa Grant has been working in Africa since 2005 at orphanages and community schools. She feels that she is following a calling to help children, which has developed into her passion. At the age of 28 she gave up a job and possessions in the Silicon Valley to live on a farm at an orphanage in Zambia. Since then she has expanded her reach. She currently works with local directors in Tanzania, Zambia and India to make sure orphaned children get the chance to go to school, become educated about HIV/AIDS, receive job skill training and learn about income generators to help them succeed in life. Ms. Grant has had over 60 volunteers from around the world help her empower children and women.

Make Poverty History Coalition

Make Poverty History Aotearoa New Zealand is part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. It is made up of a coalition of organisations from across the country who have come together to call for the New Zealand government to play its part in ending poverty. We are part of an international campaign calling for immediate and meaningful government action against poverty. Each national campaign has shaped its platform to suit its context.

Make the Road New York

Make the Road New York (MRNY) was created in the fall of 2007 through the merger of Make the Road by Walking and the Latin American Integration Center, two of New York City’s most innovative and effective grassroots organizations. The merger was a natural partnership that built on proven successes and created a new citywide organization that combines democratic accountability to low–income people and an innovative mix of strategies to confront inequity and economic injustice, while fostering deep and active community roots. Our organization is membership–led and based in the low–income communities of Bushwick, Brooklyn, Jackson Heights, Queens, and Port Richmond, Staten Island. Our 7,000+ members are primarily low–income Latino/a immigrants, seventy–five percent of whom are women.

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Switzerland and Liechtenstein is dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of children aged between 3 and 18 who are living with a life-threatening medical condition. We turn children’s wishes into reality, making the experience truly magical and memorable. A wish can provide a magical and empowering interlude in difficult times. Our children are energized by a wish, by imagining it, describing it, planning and anticipating it. Families tell us that a wish can encourage a child to see a future to fight for and then to fight on.

Make-A-Wish Foundation - Australia

Make-A-Wish originated in the United States in 1980. It grew from the dreams of a young boy Christopher Greicius, who had leukaemia and wanted to be a patrolman. His dream came true and after he passed away, his mother Linda Bergendahl-Pauling, helped form Make-A-Wish. Make-A-Wish Australia is a national charity with over 1000 volunteers and 58 branches. The National Office is in Richmond, Victoria and there are also state corporate offices in QLD, NSW, WA and VIC. Make-A-Wish has over 35 affiliates worldwide. Since Make-A-Wish began in Australia, it has granted over 6000 Wishes to Australian children. Worldwide it has granted more than 250,000 Wishes. All Wish recipients have a life-threatening medical condition. Although this covers a range of illnesses approximately 60% of children who are granted Wishes have some form of cancer. By granting a cherished wish, we are able to bring a little bit of magic into the lives of children who, due to their illnesses, may be missing out on everyday school, sporting and entertainment activities. A wish provides precious memories for the whole family.

Make-A-Wish Foundation - UK

Over 20,000 children in the UK are living with a life-threatening illness, a figure validated by research commissioned by Make-A-Wish. At a human level, we believe few things can be more important, or more deserving, than giving a seriously ill child the chance to have their wish come true, with all the hope, expectation and happiness that brings. For many families the Make-A-Wish memory can be the last happy memory they have of their child having fun in a magical world, surrounded by family and friends – rather than memories of days and weeks of painful treatments and hospitalisation. The memory of the wish may be of their child laughing and enjoying being a princess or zoo keeper for the day or meeting a favourite celebrity. In years to come, the family can look back and remember that special time. Launched in June 1986, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 7,000 magical wishes over 25 years.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America

Wish.org is the online home of the nation's largest wish-granting organization. Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has given hope, strength and joy to children with life-threatening medical conditions. From their humble beginnings with one boy's wish to be a police officer, they've evolved into an organization that grants a child's wish in the U.S. every 40 minutes."

Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Dakota

The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors and entire communities. The Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 after a little boy named Chris Greicius realized his heartfelt wish to become a police officer. Since its humble beginnings, the organization has blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon, reaching more than 170,000 children around the world. Since 1985, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Dakota has been making very special wishes come true for North Dakota children facing life-threatening medical conditions. Since North Dakota’s inception we have granted over 600 wishes.

Make-A-Wish France

Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

The Institute is an independent research facility and a registered charity and is based at Victoria University in Wellington. We believe that the key to fighting illness lies in harnessing the immune system, the body’s own natural defense against disease. In addition to our drive for making discoveries, the Institute is committed to the development of New Zealand scientists and clinicians. Our cutting-edge research is dependent on funding by the community, the corporate sector, contestable grants and trusts. Although completely independent, the Institute maintains close collaborative relationships with tertiary institutions, Crown Research Institutes, hospitals and clinics throughout New Zealand.

Malaika Kids

Tanzania has many orphans with little hope of a future. Malaika Kids aims to help these children and give them a real future. We wish to offer the children a ‘home’ in which they can be safe and secure, receive regular meals and, simply, be a child again. We wish to achieve our aim in two ways: by the Relatives Support Programme and by building Malaika Children's villages. As soon as an orphan is placed in our care, we try to locate family members during a period of up to two years. If this succeeds, the family situation is assessed. Wherever possible the child is placed with his wider family. Usually the family will receive ongoing support, financial or material, from Malaika Kids.