Cranbrook Educational Community
United StatesChildren/Education
Cranbrook is one of the world's leading centers of education, science and art. Comprised of a graduate Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, House & Gardens, natural history museum and Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory schools, Cranbrook welcomes thousands of visitors and students to its campus each year. Founded by Detroit philanthropists George and Ellen Booth in 1904, Cranbrook's campus features the work of world-renowned architects such as Eliel Saarinen, Albert Kahn, Steven Holl, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Rafael Moneo, Peter Rose and sculptors Carl Milles, Marshall Fredericks and others. Critics have called Cranbrook "the most enchanted and enchanting setting in America" and in 1989, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.
Crane
IndiaChildren/Education
Crane (Care for the Rural Alienated and Network of Educational Society) came into existence on 24th November1998, after eight years (1992-1998) of evolution at the remote villages of kancheepuram District, in the State of Tamil Nadu, India. The daily life experience with the poor people at the remote villages was the inspiration for the origin of Crane. The poor life of the rural people. Utter poverty, employment, lack of basic amenities, over population, etc., are the realities of villages. There are about 17,273 villages that exist in Tamil Nadu alone and 80% of the total Indian Population lives in villages. Hence, the growth and development of villages alone will play a major part in contributing for the better India.In this process, each and every village has to be taken care in a very special manner, for the holistic growth and development.
Crann
IrelandEnvironment
Crann was formed in 1986 with the aim of "Releafing Ireland". Crann is Ireland's leading voluntary tree organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of our trees, hedgerows and woodlands. It is a membership-based, non profit registered charity uniting people with a love of trees. Probably Crann is now best known for its quarterly high quality Crann magazine and for the numerous school visits we provide. Students around the country have been actively taking part in the CRANN Schools Tree Project. Over the years CRANN has run various tree related projects and we are very proud of our current initiative. We are lucky to have on board, the well known ecologist, Dale Treadwell who visits schools throughout the country with CRANN environmental awareness workshops. He introduces students to the animals and plants that are to be found all around them in their own gardens, fields and school grounds. Following workshops, the students join Dale in the planting of trees to enhance the school grounds. So successful is this project that in 2009 Crann has adopted the program for the various age groups, continuing with the tree/hedgerow planting in designated areas of the schools.
Crawford Fund
AustraliaResearch/Dev
The Crawford Fund's purpose is to encourage investment in international agricultural research (IAR) by governments and the private sector, in the belief that it is an essential, high priority, international activity. We believe that IAR holds the key to alleviating rural poverty in developing countries, and can thus open the door to economic progress. Good news is worth sharing, and the Fund’s Public Awareness Campaign increases understanding of the importance and potential of IAR, its achievements and needs. The Fund also has a training program that fills a niche by offering practical, highly focused non-degree instruction to men and women engaged in agricultural research and management in developing countries.
CREATE
United KingdomEnvironment
Over the past 14 years CREATE has developed training and support programmes for over 200 organisations across the public and private sectors from village schools to multi-national corporations. CREATE develops training programmes to inspire and motivate behavioural change in energy use. We have extensive experience of providing advice and support on sustainable energy activities to government agencies, local authorities, businesses and third sector organisations.
Creative Handicrafts
IndiaWomen
CH coordinates the production of the 12 textile cooperatives spread in different slums around Andheri. Each one produces garments, complements, soft toys, and other handicrafts that are aimed at both, local and international markets. The international market is managed through the NGOs involved in fair trade projects, the local one through exhibitions, sales at schools, universities, institutions, stalls and own store.
Crimestoppers
United KingdomCommunity/Family
In 1985, PC Keith Blakelock was murdered during the riots at the Broadwater Farm estate in London and the police appealed for information. Michael Ashcroft (now Lord Ashcroft and Chairman of the Trustees of Crimestoppers), a businessman, offered to provide the police with money for a reward to encourage somebody to come forward with information. This led to establishment of the Crimestoppers operation in the UK in January 1988. He set up the charity and together with some business colleagues who were also concerned about the rise in violent crime, they funded the UK operation. Originally launched as the 'Community Action Trust', the charity was renamed Crimestoppers in 1995, by then covering the whole of the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Today, the charity have an anonymous 24/7 phone number, 0800 555 111, that people can call to pass on information about crime; alternatively people can send information anonymously via the website. Every day 23 people are arrested and charged as a result of information passed to Crimestoppers.
Criminon United Kingdom
United KingdomHuman Rights
Criminon United Kingdom provides crime prevention and rehabilitation programmes to people in need. It also delivers drug rehabilitation programmes to offenders. It is a registered charity and the programmes are available to anyone regardless of race, religion, sex, age, disability or offence committed. Criminon organisations worldwide provide the programme using courses that address some of the key factors that are known to cause criminality; such as lack of self respect, illiteracy and a lack of moral values. Criminon UK runs courses in prison using a distance learning format. The advantage of this format is that the inmates move at their own pace through each course with their instructor. This also benefits inmates in fairly inaccessible prisons and problems of short-term stay in local prisons is solved, as the course materials travel with them. We can also deliver courses in the "classroom" - in prisons, probation and community settings.
Crisis
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. Our innovative education, employment, housing and well-being services address individual needs and help people to transform their lives. We measure our success and can demonstrate tangible results and value for money. We are determined campaigners, working to prevent people from becoming homeless and advocating solutions informed by research and our direct experience. We have ambitious plans for the future and are committed to help more people in more places across the UK. We know we won't end homelessness overnight or on our own. But we take a lead, collaborate with others and, together, make change happen
Crisis Assistance Ministry
United StatesCommunity/Family
Crisis Assistance Ministry serves the low-income citizens of Mecklenburg County, often classified as "the working poor," who are facing financial emergencies and are struggling to meet life's basic needs. It is our vision to inspire our community to justice and generosity as we provide help, hope and understanding to people struggling with limited financial resources.
Critter Care Wildlife Society
CanadaAnimals/Wildlife
Critter Care Wildlife Society specializes in the treatment, care and release of sick, injured and orphaned Native Mammal species of British Columbia's Southern and Lower Mainland. We are the only facility in BC specializing in the care of mammals and one of only four Bear Rehab facilities in the province. In addition to rehabilitation we are involved in community based education programs at primary, secondary, and collegiate levels. We also work to educate the public through involvement in civic groups, seniors homes and assist other wildlife managment organizations. For the last 26 years we have been a part of the Greater British Columbia Community serving its people and its wildlife through education and rehabilitation. We are principally volunteer driven and depend soley on the support of the public to further our success and we thank you for your continued generosity.
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
United StatesHealth/Medical
The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to finding the cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Today, the Foundation funds cutting-edge studies at major medical institutions, nurtures investigators at the early stages of their careers, and finances underdeveloped areas of research. Educational workshops and symposia, together with our scientific journal, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, enable medical professionals to keep pace with this rapidly growing field. No wonder the National Institutes of Health has commended the Foundation for "uniting the research community and strengthening IBD research."
Croi
IrelandHealth/Medical
Established in 1985, Croí saves lives by impacting at virtually every level of cardiac care – prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. We also support families affected by heart disease and stroke, and encourage people to take ownership of their own heart health by supporting lifestyle and behaviour change. Our Aim is to play a leading role in ensuring that the people of the West of Ireland receive the highest attainable level of cardiovascular healthcare, to the best international standards. Croí pursues this aim by supporting and developing initiatives across all areas of cardiac care, including in-hospital patient care, interventional cardiology, heart failure and other sub-specialities, cardiac surgery, patient care in the community, family support, disease prevention, cardiovascular research and community & professional education.
Crooked House Theatre
IrelandArts/Culture
Crooked House Theatre Company Ltd was established in Newbridge, County Kildare in 1994 as a non-profit making, professional community theatre collective. The main focus of our work in the following two years was engendering a sense of community pride and encouraging expression of needs amongst marginalized groups in Kildare. Crooked House has become a private limited theatre company focused on developing new work. It still acts as a host to the community theatre projects it established.
Cross Border Centre For Community Development
IrelandChildren/Education
The institution was one of the original network of Regional Technical Colleges set up in the 1970s with an emphasis on business, engineering and science. In recent years the institution has expanded into hospitality and nursing. Apprenticeship courses have long been a feature of the Institute, there has been continual expansion in the Apprenticeship provisioning the electrical and plumbing fields. DkIT currently await with great interest news of WIT’s submission for university, as they may also make a similar submission. Dundalk Institute of Technology has four Schools, and each School has several Departments with many courses on offer. We aim to promote personal responsibility among all its students and enhance the professionalism of all its members in a supportive, inclusive and productive environment.
Cross International
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Cross International's priority is to help "the poorest of the poor." Our ministry began in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and home to some of the most destitute people in our modern world. Efforts have since grown to reach those suffering extreme poverty in other Caribbean countries as well as countries throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Cross-Cultural Solutions
United StatesCommunity/Family
Volunteering abroad is a life-changing experience. You share your enthusiasm, time, skills, and energy and give of yourself in a way that allows you to effect positive change. Cross-Cultural Solutions is widely known as the leading organization in the field of international volunteering. Our volunteer programs are unique in every way. Our global infrastructure supports thousands of international volunteers each year and over 250 sustainable community initiatives. More than 250 CCS in-country staff members are working year-round, ensuring that you are volunteering with a project that interests you and is contributing directly to the goals of each community. No other short-term international volunteer program has such a global presence and community-centered approach toward volunteering abroad.
Crosscare
IrelandCommunity/Family
We at Crosscare (formerly known as the Catholic Social Service Conference CSSC) have been responding to the needs of people on the margins of society since 1941. Our range of programmes is diverse and we reach into areas of high need and deliver services with a commitment and passion that is unique to our organisation. Dublin City Council invited Crosscare to deliver a ‘cold weather response’ Night Service to the growing number of people sleeping rough on the streets, in particular to younger men (over 18yrs) who misuse drugs.
CrossLink International
United StatesHumanitarian Aid
Since 1996, CrossLink has shipped more than $33 million in medical materials. In FY 2005, CrossLink provided critical medicines and supplies for 359 mission teams, clinics and/or hospitals the lives of approximately 600,000 men, women and children. Most recently we have responded to the needs of Gulf Coast residents suffering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Crossroads
AustraliaCommunity/Family
Crossroads Foundation is a Hong Kong based, non-profit organisation serving global need. We believe that, in a broken world that sees too much suffering, we should do all we can to link those who are in need with those who can help. Rather than trying to start a charity, we resolved to come alongside existing ones and support them through our areas of training: chartered accountancy and public relations. We seek to serve and support the welfare organisations that are working hard to meet need at the local level. Many such grass-roots organisations lack the funding and international infrastructure they need to do their job. Our goal is to help them fulfill their goal.