Abasar An
information website in Bengali. Abasar is a unit of a non-profit
organization, Teachers' Medicare Benevolent Fund, Kolkata,
India.
Arya
Samaj Gandhidham Working for Orphans, children and
widows. The trust is working for children who became orphans
and widows during the devastating earthquake of 26-1-2001
in Gujarat (India).
Arpan Foundation A Non Profit organization, based
in Los Angeles. Arpan's mission is to serve humanity by supporting
institutions that work at the grass root levels and to distribute
100% of the collected funds.
Association
for India's Development (AID) Is a non-profit organization
that supports a wide variety of social development projects,
towards an improved life for the poor and underprivileged,
in India.
Ashrama
Shravana: To put a smile on every aging face The
home has about 50 inmates presenly. Apart from Helpage (India)
they are sponsored by donors and charitable organizations.Another
area of activity is helping aged citizens who have no means
of support. Ph (India) 91-884-372551
Ashram : Based in Florida, USA, Supports humanitarian
and charitable activities, including: Basic education of orphans
and poor children, Providing primary health care for poor,
orphans, disable and old people. Rehabilitating widows by
providing skill and education to them and counseling battered
and abused women and children.
Blind
Foundation for India (BFI) Was established in 1989
as a not-for-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization in Illinois.
The charter of BFI is to prevent and cure blindness and to
educate and rehabilitate permanently blind individuals in
India. Article: The
volunteers of the Blind Foundation of India - This Illinois-based
organization began with a chance meeting with the founder
of the National Association of the Blind in India, Dr. Rajendra
Vyas and Dr. Manu Vora.
Center
for Old in Need (COiN) - A non-profit, non-racial, non-political
and non-religious organization dedicated to health promotion,
health maintenance and disease prevention among the elderly
population. It is registered with the Govt. of West Bengal,
India. COiN works closely with existing health and community
organizations to monitor health, detect and investigate health
problems of the elderly, raise public health awareness, and
develop and advocate sound public health policies. Contact:
Dr. Somalee Datta at sdatta@coin-india.org
CRY
Child Relief and You (CRY) is a non-profit that iscommitted
to the upliftment of the deprived Indian child (CRY America
Inc, Washington DC, Phone: 703-237-1366)
Children
Walking Tall - Charity Helping Street Children and Slum
Children in Goa, India. (Registered in the UK as a Charity
and in India as a Trust.)
Daya
- A non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas. DAYA
aims to promote healthy and harmonious family relationships
in the South-Asian community by increasing awareness and providing
peer support, information and referrals to women and children
who are in crisis yet attempting to effect positive changes
in their lives.
Deepalaya
In India we have been working for last 20 years. At present
we are catering to 22000 children and their families from
62 slum locations of Delhi and 5 villages of Haryana.
Ekal
Vidyalaya - Ekalvidyalaya is a people's movement to educate
the tribal children in India. Right now it runs over 14,000
schools in tribal areas in India educating around half a million
tribal children. A dollar a day goes a long way, $365 to sponsor
a school for one year.
Forgotten
Children Educational and micro-credit projects in
Tamil Nadu. 90% of donation goes to support directly the projects.
GIVE
- Giveindia.org GIVE is a not for profit company
that promotes the culture of 'giving' by encouraging individuals
to donate to causes of their choice in a convenient manner-
through the website.
Give
Foundation is owned and operated by Give Foundation,
Inc. which is a US based non-religious and non-political,
501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization. All donations
to GIVE Foundation, Inc are tax-exempt in the US.
HelpAgeIndia Working for the last two decades in
the care & cause of the less privileged elderly in India
HelpFoundation.org Since its inception in June 1994
as a tax-exempt and not-for-profit organization, the HELP
Foundation has steadfastly focused on its mission to ameliorate
the plight of orphaned and destitute children in India. HELP
funds support of children placed in homes run by charitable
missions such as Chinmaya Mission (Andhra Pradesh), Sarada
Niketan (Orissa), Sarada Sakthi Peetham (Tamilnadu) and Balgram
Samparc (Maharashtra). The Foundation?s model of operation,
based on utilizing existing and well-established institutions
to deliver service and earmarking the entire amount of the
donors? contributions to aiding the children, has proved very
effective. Besides food, shelter, dignity and security available
in a home, the children also receive education up to the 12th
grade and/or vocational training that prepares them to be
gainfully employed in their adult lives. From a modest beginning
in 1995 when it funded support for ten children HELP has grown
to supporting more than ninety children by 2003.
Haji
Abdul Majid Trust: Provides primary healthcare for
the poor. Their services include managing dispensaries, hospitals
and outreach.
Hope
Ministry Centre's mission is to bring hope to orphaned
children through education, nutrition, shelter, faith, love,
and a clear vision of a bright future.
Indo-American
Community Service Center Formed to enhance
and enrich the lives of the Indo-American community and the
Community-at-large, by offering a rich Community resource
center for Educational, Occupational, Recreational, Cultural
and Social experiences, along with Human Care and Health Awareness
Referrals and Services.
Jain
Heart Care Foundation Heart Disease treatment
and prevention is an expensive proposition and beyond the
reach of poor and middle class people. In this regard Jain
Heart Care Foundation has dedicated itself since 1999.
Katha: Literacy, development
and translation of regional literature. Targets Women and
children in Economically underdeveloped regions.
Lebenshilfe
- A non-profitable organization, in Visakhapatnam, India.
Trains the mentally handicapped children to make them useful
contributors to the society.
Maitri Maitri is a
free, confidential, nonprofit organization based in the San
Francisco Bay Area, that helps South Asian women facing domestic
violence, emotional abuse or family conflict. We provide peer
support and referrals to legal help, emergency shelters and
counselors.
Mukti
A charitable and socio-economic development trust established
in 2003. Mukti is registered under the Government of India
Trust Act Section 64. Mukti's mission is to implement programs
for the upliftment of the underprivileged, illiterate, poor
and backward people of the Sunderban region by way of motivation
and human resource development.
MUKTI
India Provides free Upper, Lower Limbs, hands
and Calipers to physically challenged people. Its service
includes rehabilitation, vocational training and promoting
art work of physically challenged people.
Operation-shanti
A nonprofit operating programs to help destitute children
in Mysore, India.
Parivaar:
Parivaar acts as facilitating organization for small grassroots'
success stories working in the field of education that are
constrained for funds and advocacy despite proven credentials
Parivaar has been registered as full-fledged Non-Profit organization
under the Societies Act.
Samaritans of
Kolkata Organization based in Kolkata has
been helping out seniors who lives in Kolkata and surroundings
whose family members are away, for work related reasons.
Shankara
Eye Foundation: SEF, USA is a U.S. based
non-profit organization consisting entirely of volunteers.
Our mission is to support our parent organization Sankara
Eye Society (SES), in helping the visually impaired, in India
and other neighboring countries.
Saheli:
This organization aims to assist women suffering from domestic
violence and abuse. Provides emotional support, professional/legal
counseling and shelter.
Sivananda Saraswathi Sevashram
A non-profit N.G.O with the primary objective of protecting
orphans, destitute women, the physically handicapped, AIDS-affected
children, and the elderly.
TEAM (
Team for Educational Activities in Motherland)
A 100% nonprofit organization helping needy schools and children
by providing better opportunities and infrastructure. Already
helped more than 225+ schools already and donated more than
100K US dollars. Fully volunteer run organization with ZERO
running cost.
Bayarea
Action Center of Vibha a volunteer driven
non-profit organization working towards the cause of underprevileged
children.
World
Links: A DC-based international non-profit
organization that specializes in training teachers and students
in developing countries in the use of technology to improve
teaching and learning.
Causeanaffect.org Cause an Effect Foundation
is a Not-for-Profit organization focusing on Health &
Nutrition, Childcare & Education, Sustainable Livelihood,
Agriculture, Disability and Animal Care.
Hunger.org
Every time you visit this site, you help feed someone in the
world.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation: The Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation is dedicated to bringing innovations in health
and learning to the global community. A
New Era in Giving: On June 26, 2006, U.S. investor Warren
Buffett announced he would start giving his Berkshire Hathaway
fortune to philanthropic causes.
Infosys
Foundation: "Promoted by Infosys Technologies Limited,
the Foundation offers the promise of a better tomorrow, through
its projects across India."
Organizations
and volunteers are raising money for the relief efforts in
India and the third world. Please donate generously,
preferably directly to the charities and organizations listed
here in charities section or online directly to
Indian Prime Minister's Office: PM's
National Relief Fund.
