Everything that the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) does is for one purpose: to help children survive. UNICEF has been helping children for over 60 years and has saved more
children’s lives than any other organization in the world. They have the
history and the experience to overcome obstacles like politics and
poverty—even war—which can stand in the way of helping a child survive. You can get more information at http://www.unicefusa.org/
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. They
place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped
with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families
and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's
community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread
of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic
opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency
aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild
their lives. For more information on CARE you can visit http://www.care.org/.
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian
housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and
homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of
conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need. Habitat has built more than 250,000 houses around the world, providing
more than 1 million people in more than 3,000 communities with safe,
decent, affordable shelter. For more information about Habitat for Humanity check out http://www.habitat.org/.
Catholic Relief Services is the official
international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic community. CRS was founded in 1943 by the Catholic Bishops of
the United States to serve World War II survivors in Europe. Since
then, they have expanded in size to reach more than 80 million people in
more than 100 countries on five continents. They alleviate
suffering and provide assistance to people in need without regard to race, religion or nationality. For further information you can check out http://www.crs.org/.
The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife
and wild lands through careful science, international conservation,
education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban
wildlife parks. These activities change attitudes toward nature and
help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable
interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to
this work because they believe it essential to the integrity of life on
Earth. For more information you can visit http://www.wcs.org/.
Greenpeace proves every day that ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things.
It
was a group of thoughtful, committed citizens that came together in
1971 to create Greenpeace. Since that time, Greenpeace has
indeed changed the world, and they continue to make the world a better
place. They have come
together to ban commercial whaling, convince the world’s leaders to
stop nuclear testing, protect Antarctica, and much more. Today, they have grown to become an
international organization with offices in more than 30 countries. Their fight to save the
planet has grown more serious – the threat of global warming,
destruction of ancient forests, deterioration of our oceans, and the
threat of a nuclear disaster loom large. Greenpeace is actively working
to address these and other threats. To learn more about Greenpeace you can check out their site at http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/.