Humanitarian and Global Issues
The Oakland Institute
Is a non-partisan think tank utilizing research, analysis and
advocacy to promote and ensure public participation and fair
debate on critical economic and social policy issues that affect
peoples' lives
http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/
SMALL PLANET INSTITUTE
Frances Moore Lapp and Anna Lapp founded the Small Planet
Institute to bring to light the emergence of living democracy, a
rewarding, inclusive, learned practice that creates communities
that work for all. On every continent, people are bringing this
democracy to life by discovering their power to act on their
values. At the Institute we further this historic transition
through books, articles, speeches, and other media
http://www.smallplanetinstitute.org/learning_action/ten_things_to_do/
HEIFER PROJECT
Heifer's mission to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth
couldn't be implemented without our dedicated field staff. These
men and women oversee the delivery of livestock, train recipients
in agroecology and animal care and ensure that participants
understand and fulfill Heifer's unique Passing on the Gift
requirement.
http://www.heiferproject.org/
Tolerance.org
is a principal online destination for people interested in
dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities
that value diversity. (Read more about how we define tolerance.)
http://www.tolerance.org/
OXFAM AMERICA
Committed to creating long-lasting solutions to global hunger,
poverty, and social injustice with education and action.
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/
NOT ON OUR WATCH
Genocide in Darfur, Green bracelelts raise awareness about the
suffering of millions of innocent people in the Darfur region of
Sudan.
http://www.SaveDarfur.org
ONE Campaign to make poverty history.
�WE BELIEVE that in the best American tradition of helping
others help themselves, now is the time to join with other
countries in a historic pact for compassion and justice to help
the poorest people of the world overcome AIDS and extreme
poverty. WE RECOGNIZE that a pact including such measures
as fair trade, debt relief, fighting corruption and directing
additional resources for basic needs � education, health, clean
water, food, and care for orphans would transform the futures and
hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries, at a cost
equal to just one percent more of the US budget. WE COMMIT
ourselves - one person, one voice, one vote at a time - to
make a better, safer world for all.
http://www.one.org/
WFP Foodforce
http://www.food-force.com/
RACE-Are we so different?
A Project of the American Anthropological Association
http://www.understandingrace.org/
KIVA
International microfinance, a non profit called Kiva allosw
anyone with a little money to help needy businessmen and women in
developing countries.
http://www.kiva.org/
National Marrow Donor Program
If you would like to be on the list to be a Marrow donor this is
the place to start.
http://www.marrow.org/
Free Rice
practice your vocabulary while donating grains of rice.
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
Women for Women International
Women for Women International provides women survivors of war,
civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to
move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency,
thereby promoting viable civil societies
http://www.womenforwomen.org/
Living Wage Calculator
In many American communities, families working in low-wage jobs
make insufficient income to live locally given the local cost of
living. Recently, in a number of high-cost communities, community
organizers and citizens have successfully argued that the
prevailing wage offered by the public sector and key businesses
should reflect a wage rate required to meet minimum standards
of living. Therefore we have developed a living wage calculator
to estimate the cost of living in your community or region. The
calculator lists typical expenses, the living wage and typical
wages for the selected location.
http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/
WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY
U.N. digital library seeks to display and explain the relics of
all human cultures, excellant primary sources for reports and
research.
http://www.wdl.org/en/