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mainly in chinese – based in China serving China, organising and sourcing a variety of projects bringing together people desiring to serve and those in need.

The Yellow River Soup Kitchen is a not for profit NGO, registered in the UK. A secular organisation that is open to everybody, it is wholly run by volunteers for volunteers and as such has no overheads of any description. Our objective is to organise or source a variety of projects, with the aim of bringing together two specific groups of people; namely those with a desire to serve and those that are in need. Hence, providing an opportunity, a vehicle, support and empowerment, to enable volunteers to channel their energies for the benefit of others whilst at the same time achieving personal growth and development. Facilitating the opportunity to cultivate a small change inside potentially manifesting in a larger change outside … (full text english Homepage/about).

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On going projects: Soup Kitchen, in Xi’an: Several large filled steamed buns called Baozi stuffed with a combination of vegetables, tofu and noodles, pots of hot soup and tea are served three times weekly, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at the catholic church on Wu Xing Jie.   Continuer la lecture de « Yellow River Voluntary Alliance »

Children’s Health Foundation is a member of Children’s Miracle Network CMN and a Canadian Registered Charity (about/down left column).

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Address: Children’s Health Foundation, 345 Westminster Ave, London, Ontario N6C 4V3, CANADA;
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About: Children’s Health Foundation is the charitable fundraising resource for Children’s Hospital and Children’s Health Research Institute. We are an independent, incorporated non-profit organization that has been raising money and granting funds to children’s health care and research for over 80 years. Since 1999, Children’s Health Foundation has granted over $29 million to Children’s Hospital and Children’s Health Research Institute.  Continuer la lecture de « Children’s Health Foundation »

also in chinese

As communications and transportation technologies have developed and global migration has intensified people from varying cultural backgrounds work and live side by side. However, the long-term vitality of international relations and civil society requires much more than merely living side by side in mutual tolerance. Efforts must be made to draw on the strengths of diversity in the interest of forging ideals and goals that can be shared. (full text Homepage /Mission).

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Projects; Connections; Pacific Region Forum; Events;
Address and map: David Lam Centre, David Lam Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 5K3;
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ABOUT THE DAVID LAM CENTRE /STEERING COMMITTEE: … Paul Crowe’s teaching and research focus is on Chinese religions and intellectual history and on cultivation of intercultural understanding. Continuer la lecture de « David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication »

vision for a sustainable world

Worldwatch Institute delivers the insights and ideas that empower decision makers to create an environmentally sustainable society that meets human needs. Worldwatch focuses on the 21st century challenges of climate change, resource degradation, population growth, and poverty by developing and disseminating solid data and innovative strategies for achieving a sustainable society. (About 1/2 /Mission).

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Blogs: Dateline Copenhagen, Nourishing the Planet, Green Economy, Transforming Cultures;
Press; Publications; Programs; Global Partners; Support;
Address: Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-1904, U.S.A.;
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About 2/2: … The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization recognized by opinion leaders around the world for its accessible, fact-based analysis of critical global issues. The Institute’s three main program areas include Climate & Energy, Food & Agriculture, and the Green Economy.  Continuer la lecture de « Worldwatch Institute »

• We have no up front application or processing cost. We collect the program fee only after a participant arrives in the United States and begins to receive money by participating in the program.
• We provide medical insurance from the day of arrival in the United States to the day of departure at no cost to the participant, except for a modest deductible required by the insurance company.
• For programs of one year or longer we pay the cost of travel from the port of entry into the United States to the host sites as well as travel to the port of debarkation when the program is completed.
• We have programs available to improve English-speaking skills and to acquire basic entrepreneurial techniques, in addition to learning agricultural skills. (Learn).

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Address: Worldwide Farmers Exchange, 1650 Solano Avenue, Suites B & D, Berkeley, CA 94707-2126, USA;
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Farmer Exchange Program: Opportunities Await You with Our Trainee and Intern Exchange Programs: Under the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act Worldwide Farmers Exchange has been certified by the U.S. Department of State to sponsor and operate a trainee program, also known as P-3-05119, and an intern program, also known as P-3-12380.  Continuer la lecture de « Worldwide Farmers Exchange »

The Earth Charter Initiative and Earth Charter Dove Design (or « Logo ») are the trademarks of Earth Charter Associates, Ltd. (also in português and in español)

Linked with the english Earth Charter Text.
Download the Text, in many languages (most in pdf, some in word).

The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century.  It seeks to inspire in all people a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the whole human family, the greater community of life, and future generations.  It is a vision of hope and a call to action … (full long text What is the Earth Charter).

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ECI Council; Earth Charter Commission; Who we are; How participate; Guidelines; Endorse; Donate; Volunteer;
Country activities; Focus; Resources; News, events; Virtual Library; Newsletter;
Address: Earth Charter International Secretariat, Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at UPEACE, c/o University for Peace, P.O.Box138 6100, San José, Costa Rica;
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About: Earth Charter Initiative: “The Earth Charter Initiative” is the collective name for the extraordinarily diverse, global network of people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of the Earth Charter.  Continuer la lecture de « Earth Charter Initiative »

In addition to job-training for needy people in Fort Wayne, the house of the Friends of the Third World helps sell products made by exceptional enterprising groups in the Third World, including the Bombolulu Workshop for the Handicapped in Mombasa, Kenya, as well as trying to help Nicaraguan Medical Aid … (about /What do we do).

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at the Center; Action facts; M.L.King Jr. Day; News, events; PartnersAction Facts; Venezuela today; Fair Trade; Shop; Links;
Address: Jim Goetsch, Friends of the Third World, Inc., and Marian Waltz of the Third World Shoppe, 611 W. Wayne Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802-2167, USA;
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About 2/2: … History of the Organization: Taken from a recent newsletter: Friends of the Third World (FOTW) began in 1972 when students and teachers formed a fundraising project to aid the hungry.   Continuer la lecture de « Friends of the Third World FOTW »

• Greenstar Social Marketing Pakistan (Guarantee) Limited (originally called “Social Marketing Pakistan”) was established by Population Services International (PSI) in 1991 as a nonprofit devoted to improving quality of life among low-income people. A non-governmental organization, Greenstar works through the private sector and with the Government of Pakistan, empowering healthier choices and improving access to affordable, high-quality health products and services.
• Mission: To improve the quality of life among people throughout Pakistan by increasing access to and use of health products, services and information, particularly in the lower socio-economic population groups … (full text Homepage).

Services: Reproductive Health; Diseases; Mother/Child; Family Health; GS in Earthquake;
Products; Medical refs /Links; News; Newsletter; Brochure; Events; What; Where; Working With Us;
Addresses (1 of 10): Head Office GS, 21-C, Zamzama Commercial Lane No.5, Phase V, D.H.A, Karachi, Pakistan;
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About /Who We Are: Greenstar Social Marketing Pakistan (Guarantee) Limited is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization devoted to improving quality of life among low-income people.  Continuer la lecture de « Greenstar GS Social Marketing, Pakistan »

Our belief that every life has equal value is at the core of our work at the foundation. We follow 15 guiding principles, which help define our approach to our philanthropic work, and employ an outstanding leadership team to direct our strategies and grantmaking.
Read a letter from Bill and Melinda Gates, where our co-chairs share the vision behind their philanthropy. (About the Foundation).

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Programs, Partnership; What we are learning; Topics; Regions; Grants; Jobs; News Campus;
Addresses (1 of 4): Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Main Office, PO Box 23350, Seattle, WA 98102, USA;
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Fact Sheet: Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.  Continuer la lecture de « Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation »

The Northern Family Health Society (NFHS) has adopted the butterfly and the knot as their logo.  The Butterfly is a symbol of metamorphosis, change, and transformation throughout the different stages of life; the knot is symbolic of the umbilical cord, through which the nutrients of life are passed.  NFHS and our various programs identify the logo as symbolic for the “lifespan” of services continuing to be offered by the society. (Homepage 2/2).

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Children; Resources; Publications, research; Newsletters; Jobs;
Address: 2666 Queensway Street, Prince George, BC (British Columbia), V2L 1N2, Canada;
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Homepage 2/2: The Northern Family Health Society is a non-profit society incorporated in Prince George, BC in 1989. The purposes of the Northern Family Health Society are: Continuer la lecture de « Northern Family Health Society NFHS »

Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace is: “to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations” … (about 1/2).

english Homepage;
Programmes; UPEACE system; Calenda; Other peace sites;
News; Faculty manual, 36 p; Student’s handbook, 87 p; Monitor; Glossary;
Address: University for Peace, Apdo. 138-6100, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica;
Contact.

About 2/2: … To ensure academic freedom, the University was established under its own Charter, approved by the General Assembly. UPEACE is not subject to UN regulations and is directed by its own Council of renowned personalities with expertise in peace and security matters. This has allowed the University to move rapidly and to innovate, focusing its new, rigorous academic programme on the fundamental causes of conflict through a multidisciplinary, multicultural-oriented approach.  Continuer la lecture de « University for Peace – Universidad para la Paz »

• Preparing grounds for political, ethnic religious and different identity based groups to find the common grounds.
• KIIR organized different seminars and workshops. International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD), a Washington DC based NGO, initiated a Faith-based Reconciliation project in 2003 in Kashmir. KIIR was ICRD’s partner organization from Azad Kashmir. The objective of the project was to draw upon various faith-based traditions to promote consensus with regards to peace building at the grass root level via: …
• … (full text peace and reconciliations).

Homepage;
Human Rights: Enforces disappearances; Women rights; Custodial killings; Children; Torture; Executive Office;
Conflict resolution; Research, publications; Activities, conferences; Principles; Structure; Links;
Address: Kashmir Institute of International Relations, No. 11, 2nd Floor, Victory Tower Plaza, F-8 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan;
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About /History: Kashmir Institute of International Relations is a Non-profit, Non-partisan, Non-governmental organization established in 1993. with the motto of ‘Peace through Dialogue’, KIIR is working for a peaceful South Asia, with special emphasis on Kashmir.  Continuer la lecture de « Kashmir Institute International Relations KIIR »

The Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation is a national level multi-disciplinary research, cultural and development facilitative organisation set up by eminent area specialists, environmentalists, development experts, literateurs and cultural personalities, which has been registered as a non-governmental and non-profit body under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 … (about 1/2).

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Address: HRCF, B-6/86, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi – 110029, (India);
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About 2/2: Founded in 1989 at New Delhi, the Foundation has been initiating, coordinating and promoting the systematic and micro-study of various issues pertaining to the Himalayan and Trans-Himalayan regions in South and Central Asia or parts thereof, connected with its environment, biodiversity, regional development, human resources, history, art and culture, language and literature, social structures, economies, human rights, peace processes, geopolitics etc. Continuer la lecture de « Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation HRCF »

why are people hungry? –

• Hunger Notes is an online publication of WHES. In print for 25 years, Hunger Notes is, as of 2001, a web publication … (/about);
• World Hunger Education Service Associates WHES make Hunger Notes Online possible. Thanks to Dan Shaughnessy for being a WHES Associate;
• An online publication of the World Hunger Education Service (WHES) … (Homepage and latest news).

Learn; Help reduce; Contribute; Nutrition, Health and Population; Reviews; Editorials; be a WHES; Newsletter;
Departments: Africa, Asia, USA, Global; – WEB-Links: Africa, Asia; USA; Global;
Address: World Hunger Education Service, P.O. Box 29056, Washington, D.C. 20017, USA;
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About World Hunger Education Service WHES & Hunger Notes: Mission Statement: For the past 33 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, which:  Continuer la lecture de « Hunger Notes & World Hunger Education Service WHES Associates »

(of the RYERSON University, Canada)

• Established at Ryerson University in 1994, the Centre for Studies in Food Security (CSFS) has been working to promote food security through research, dissemination, education, community action and professional practice. We take an interdisciplinary and systemic approach to the social justice, environmental sustainability, health and socio-cultural aspects of food security. For information on recent and on-going projects supported by the Centre, click here.
• The Centre shares information and facilitates dialogue among civil society organizations, universities and governments through our web site and associated mailing lists. We have hosted several national and international conferences and we are engaged with food security initiatives at local, regional and global levels.
• (Welcome Page).

Projects; Dialogue; Food Security; Publications; Bibliographies; Resources;
Address: Centre for Studies in Food Security, KHS 348 C, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada;
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Who we are: Our Mission: Established at Ryerson University in 1994, the Centre for Studies in Food Security CSFS has been working to promote food security through research, dissemination, education, community action and professional practice.  We take an interdisciplinary and systemic approach to the social justice, environmental sustainability, health and socio-cultural aspects of food security.   Continuer la lecture de « Centre for Studies in Food Security CSFS »