Search Nonprofits

Graduate Women International (GWI), founded in 1919 as the International Federation of University (IFUW), is a worldwide, non-governmental organisation of women graduates. GWI advocates for women's rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality secondary and tertiary education and training up to the highest levels. GWI's mission is to: Promote lifelong education for women and girls; Promote international cooperation, friendship, peace and respect for human rights for all, irrespective of their age, race, nationality, religion, political opinion, gender and sexual orientation or other status; Advocate for the advancement of the status of women and girls; and Encourage and enable women and girls to apply their knowledge and skills in leadership and decision-making in all forms of public and private life.

We seek to improve the habitability conditions as well as promote resilience of indigenous, rural communities in Mexico by facilitating a sustainable self-management of the social, economic and environmental factors for rural development. We employ holistic approaches that recover traditional knowledge and improve the relationship between society and nature.

PSYDEH's current MISSION is to empower indigenous women and girls to lead the bottom-up, sustainable development of their own self-reliant communities in Mexico.

To be a model for extra-curricular education to indigenous communities in Mexico for children of all ages, using art, music and literacy in a space for learning that inspires creativity and develops critical thinking skills and self-confidence. Enabling children and their families to expand these activities into cooperative businesses for sustainability. Encouraging them to have the vision to create projects that will offer solutions to environmental, health and social justice issues in their own communities. Ojala provides a safe haven where children can gather and be guided without judgment; where their curiosity and creativity can have no limits. This kind of environment stimulates thought, imagination and the potential to find liberation from poverty, ignorance and oppression, which leads to personal pride, strength of character and the desire to build a cooperative community.

The Foundation's mission is "to create, promote and operate facilities in benefit of children, youths and adults for their development and welfare"

We are a feminist fund that mobilizes resources and accompanies women's organizations and groups to achieve gender equality in Mexico.

Friends of Humanity SA is a Geneva-based non-profit organization supporting initiatives and projects in five essential areas: - Human rights and dignity - Education and training - Healthcare and medicine (including alternative medicine) - Environmental protection and conservation - Microfinance

To help improve the quality of life of the adolescents and young people through the education of rights and values; to help to create a more inclusive social environment and to develop educational and productive projects.

CARITAS AUSTRIA is an internationally operating non-profit organisation (donations are tax-deductible Reg. Nr. SO1126; equivalent 501(c)(3) US organization) under the mission of the Austrian Catholic church and pursues solely and directly charitable and benevolent objectives. CARITAS AUSTRIA relief work addresses the needy in their entirety, taking also into consideration their physical, psychological and spiritual-religious backgrounds. CARITAS AUSTRIA commits itself to providing assistance to people in need which is done without regard to creed, ethnicity or ideology of those seeking help. In its operations CARITAS AUSTRIA is guided by respect for the dignity and self-determination of the people it serves. There are more than 1,000 places throughout Austria where CARITAS AUSTRIA helps people in need. In the areas of caregiving, supporting people with disabilities, hospices, in the social counseling centers, on assignment for families in need or for older people who cannot afford heating. CARITAS AUSTRIA - this comprises its fulltime staff, but above all, also the roughly 50.000 volunteers and each and every one of you who supports our work. CARITAS AUSTRIA's main activities are aiming at social support and advocacy for those in need. These activities are taking place in Austria and abroad, whereas the main focus is lying on national work in Austria. Inside and outside of Austria, CARITAS AUSTRIA always aims at addressing the basic needs of the vulnerable taking also into consideration their social and cultural background.

Create, train, and support a network of leaders who work collaboratively in order to positively impact the cause of social justice inside and outside of the classroom

Generate synergies between different sectors of our community to achieve a just and equitable society that allows a decent life for all.

CTF was born from the idea that the world would be a better place if we were all given the opportunity to give back. Established by a group of water women, we feel it is our calling to help others by teaming up with local organizations globally to raise awareness and address social, environmental, health and safety concerns in the places we visit. We aim to bridge the gap between the traveler and our projects enabling travelers to add a life-changing experience to their journeys and add purpose to travel.