Sumangali Seva Ashrama
IndiaWomen
Set up in 1975 by two visionaries, Smt Susheelamma and Smt M Kanthamma, with little funds, but big dreams, the Sumangali Seva Ashram has, over the years, been a much sought-after sanctuary for thousands of women and children. A safe harbour for those buffeted by the storms of life. A quiet refuge for those with no place to call home. Remaining independent of all political and religious persuasions, this secular, not-for-profit organization has made it its mission to focus on the most vulnerable and most marginalized sections of society: orphans, widows, destitute women, the physically challenged, and the uncared-for aged. The team at Sumangali Seva Ashram, comprising social workers, activists and volunteers, carry out each task with compassion and quiet dedication, under the inspiring guidance and wise counsel of Smt Susheelamma who leads by example, working tirelessly to develop and promote a spirit of self-reliance amongst the residents of the Ashram, restore their dignity and empower them. Today, the serene environs of the Ashram at Cholanyakanahalli, Bangalore are home to 100 children, 30 destitute women and 16 senior citizens.
Sumatran Orangutan Society
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
The Sumatran Orangutan Society is dedicated to the conservation of Sumatran orangutans and their forest home. Our international branches raise awareness of the threats facing wild orangutans, and raise funds to support grassroots conservation projects in Sumatra. Together with a team of committed Indonesian conservationists, we work with local communities living alongside orangutan habitat. We visit schools, plant trees and provide training to help the local people work towards a more sustainable future for their forests. We promote public awareness of threats to, and conservation strategies for, the Sumatran orangutan, through community education and global communication. We collaborate with other international and local NGOs and businesses working towards parallel goals and fundraise to support SOS's aims and projects. Our projects address conservation priorities for the forests, biodiversity and communities of northern Sumatra. These include rainforest restoration, ecotourism development programmes adjacent to the Gunung Leuser National Park, and the creation of a network of "conservation villages" which serve as models of conservation-oriented living, promoting environmental education and habitat protection, whilst supporting the development of sustainable livelihoods.
Suncoast Community Blood Bank
United StatesHealth/Medical
When O.K. Fike and Dr. Millard White founded the Lower West Coast Blood Bank in February 1949, they planted the seeds of a humanitarian idea that would blossom over five decades. For more than 60 years, tens of thousands of dedicated volunteers, just like you, have helped to provide the critical life saving gift of blood to our local hospitals and patients. In 1949 the Blood Bank collected 551 pints of blood, now called "units". Today, more than 1,000 blood drives are held annually and more than 24,000 units of blood are collected. As we move forward, researchers and scientists offer technological advances that promise to revolutionize transfusion medicine and the growing field of cellular therapy.
Sundance Institute
United StatesArts/Culture
In 1981, Robert Redford gathered a group of his friends and colleagues in the mountains of Utah to create an environment designed to foster independence, discovery, and new voices in American film. That spring, ten emerging filmmakers were invited to the first Sundance Institute Filmmakers/Directors Lab where they worked with leading writers and directors to develop their original independent film projects. In the remote natural setting and removed from the pressures of the marketplace, each emerging artist was encouraged to take creative risks and to craft a film true to their own, unique vision. In 1984, the Institute's activities expanded to include development programs for theatre when the Utah Playwrights Conference became the Sundance Playwrights Lab.
Sunflower Children
United StatesChildren/Education
Sunflower Children is a humanitarian aid organization providing survival and development care for the forgotten children of the world. Sunflower's efforts encompass medical, nutritional, psychological, educational, adoption and other humanitarian support that nurtures survival, health, growth and hope for orphaned, disabled, abandoned, refugee and impoverished children. Sunflower believes that education is the key to a better life for disadvantaged children.
Sunseed Desert Technology
SpainEnvironment
Sunseed sits in a beautiful village in southern Spain. We take our relationship with the local and global environment seriously, using permaculture principles to develop, demonstrate and communicate sustainable ways of living. Hundreds of volunteers from around the world come to work at Sunseed each year. They work in all of our departments and participate in all aspects of community life at Sunseed. Most visitors thoroughly enjoy their stay and take home with them a better understanding of what a sustainable way of living is truly about.
Support Dogs
United KingdomDisability
Support Dogs is a UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with epilepsy, physical disabilities and children with autism by training dogs to act as efficient and safe assistants. Our dogs are trained to assist and support their owners with their specific disability. Each dog is taught tasks tailored to his owner's needs, enabling the disabled person to lead a fuller and more independent life.
Supporting Tanzanian Orphans and Widows (STOW)
United KingdomChildren/Education
Supporting Tanzanian Orphans and Widows (STOW) is a registered charity founded by a group of people in Suffolk in 2005. Marie Adams, the founder member of STOW, went with VSO to Tanzania in 1998 where she worked with a women's group (AFRIWAG) who were supporting AIDS orphans to go to school. STOW seeks to raise awareness of other cultures and has created links between local and Tanzanian schools. STOW is providing small amounts of capital to help widows set up small home-based businesses. This gives each widow a degree of independence and improves the life chances of her whole family.
SURDHWANI
United KingdomArts/Culture
Surdhwani based in Wolverhampton is a registered charity and was formed in February 1987 to promote the best of Indian Classical Music & Dance. It was registered as a limited liability company in December 2003. It is dedicated to promoting South Asian Arts and Culture through concerts, lecture demonstrations, workshops and the like on Indian classical music and dance. It strives to achieve its aims and objectives by inviting artists of outstanding calibre from UK and abroad. It also runs a music and dance classes in vocal, tabla and Kathak dance. Besides, it also works in partnership with other organisations such as schools, colleges and universities or the like in organising tester shows called Raga & Rhythm and workshops on Indian classical music and dance.
Surf Life Saving Foundation
AustraliaCommunity/Family
Surf Life Saving has a proud tradition of saving lives for over 100 years. Since 1907, surf lifesavers have volunteered their time and effort to provide a dedicated lifesaving service around the country. In the early 1990’s Surf Life Saving Queensland saw the need to develop a separate fundraising body to allow the volunteer Surf Lifesavers to focus on core operations, services and outcomes on the beach. The initial focus of the foundation were primarily appeals and donor communications, fundraising events and the management of a QLD based lottery program. Today, the Foundation is a far more sophisticated body responsible for core fundraising programs nationally and contracted events, beneficiary events and some state specific activities.
Surgical Eye Expeditions International
United StatesHealth/Medical
Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International is a nonprofit, humanitarian organization that provides medical, surgical, and educational services by volunteer ophthalmic surgeons with the primary objective of restoring sight to disadvantaged blind individuals worldwide. At the invitation of eye surgeons in developing countries, and with the approval of local health and civic authorities, SEE International recruits, organizes, and deploys numerous small surgical teams worldwide. Since being founded in 1974, SEE International’s eye surgeons have examined more than 3 million patients and performed over 384,000 sight-restoring operations.
Surrey Wildlife Trust
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
We are the only organisation concerned solely with the conservation of all Surrey's wildlife and countryside. Surrey Wildlife Trust is responsible for 82 sites in the county including open spaces and nature reserves, covering over 7,000 hectares, we rely on membership subscriptions and our fundraising efforts to raise the funds necessary to do our important conservation work. Surrey Wildlife Trust works to protect Surrey’s unique network of wildlife habitats through a comprehensive program of data recording, ecological surveys and management plans.
Survival
SpainEthnic/Religion
Survival is the only international organization supporting tribal peoples worldwide. We were founded in 1969 after an article by Norman Lewis in the UK’s Sunday Times highlighted the massacres, land thefts and genocide taking place in Brazilian Amazonia. Like many modern atrocities, the racist oppression of Brazil’s Indians took place in the name of ‘economic growth’. Today, Survival has supporters in 82 countries. We work for tribal peoples’ rights in three complementary ways: education, advocacy and campaigns. We also offer tribal people themselves a platform to address the world. We work closely with local indigenous organizations, and focus on tribal peoples who have the most to lose, usually those most recently in contact with the outside world. We believe that public opinion is the most effective force for change. Its power will make it harder, and eventually impossible, for governments and companies to oppress tribal peoples.
Survival International
United KingdomHumanitarian Aid
Survival is the only international organization supporting tribal peoples worldwide. We were founded in 1969 after an article by Norman Lewis in the UK’s Sunday Times highlighted the massacres, land thefts and genocide taking place in Brazilian Amazonia. Like many modern atrocities, the racist oppression of Brazil’s Indians took place in the name of ‘economic growth’. Today, Survival has supporters in 82 countries. We work for tribal peoples’ rights in three complementary ways: education, advocacy and campaigns. We also offer tribal people themselves a platform to address the world. We work closely with local indigenous organizations, and focus on tribal peoples who have the most to lose, usually those most recently in contact with the outside world.
Survivor Corps
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
In 2008, Survivor Corps grew from Landmine Survivors Network. The organization has expanded its mission to help all survivors of war. Landmine Survivors Network was co-founded in 1997 by two landmine survivors, Jerry White and Ken Rutherford. From the late Diana, Princess of Wales to Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, the organization received support, praise and partnerships at the highest levels. Survivor Corps focuses on the unique contribution and leadership of conflict survivors because we believe no one is better positioned to break cycles of violence than those who have survived war.
Survivors Fund - SURF
United KingdomCommunity/Family
SURF works to improve the lives of the Rwandan Survivors of Genocide. While the genocide destroyed victims by inflicting excruciating physical pain and terrifying mental abuse, the goal of SURF is to rebuild a sense of self and trust in humanity. SURF continues to build a meaningful and lasting positive effect to the lives of those widows and orphans who survived the tragic events of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The continued attention, effort and success on behalf of the genocide survivors have been possible because of the commitment of individuals and partner organisations in Rwanda and UK who have supported our work.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
United StatesHealth/Medical
Susan G. Komen fought breast cancer with her heart, body and soul. Throughout her diagnosis, treatments, and endless days in the hospital, she spent her time thinking of ways to make life better for other women battling breast cancer instead of worrying about her own situation. That concern for others continued even as Susan neared the end of her fight. Moved by Susan's compassion for others and committed to making a difference, Nancy G. Brinker promised her sister that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. That promise is now Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the global leader of the breast cancer movement, having invested more than $1 billion since inception in 1982.
Sussex Wildlife Trust
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
Sussex Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation organisation covering Brighton and Hove, East and West Sussex. Sussex Wildlife Trust looks after over 3000 acres of downland, woodland, wetland and heath. Our work also includes environmental education, working with land owners, companies and local communities to conserve Sussex. We are supported by over 32,000 members which is comfortably over 2% of the population of Sussex. We are one of 47 local Wildlife Trusts across the UK.
Sustainable Energy Africa
South AfricaEnvironment
Sustainable Energy Africa promotes the development of a low carbon clean energy economy throughout Southern Africa. Through our work we promote the more efficient use of conventional energy, the transition to more sustainable energies such as solar and wind power and a holistic view of sustainable living more generally. As a dynamic, people centered and driven NGO, we act essentially as a consultative agency providing: research, capacity building, and assistance with project implementation. Our skills cover engineering, environmental science, education and urban and regional planning.
Sustainable Initiatives Fund
New ZealandEnvironment
Sustainable Initiatives Fund is a Canterbury-based publicly funded charitable trust that provides vital financial assistance to innovative waste minimisation projects meeting our criteria. We fund innovative research-based recycling, waste prevention and waste minimisation projects that will divert waste from Canterbury landfills and from the environment. Our goal is for these projects and the technologies involved to become commercially viable. SIFT takes a proactive approach to funding projects by identifying key areas that are wasteful for industry or where recycling is not possible (e.g. electronic waste) and targeting them for project funding.