UK NGOs
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BRITISH CONSULTANCY CHARITABLE TRUST (BCCT)
www.bcct.org.uk
BCCT’s primary mission is to promote, develop and mentor sustainable enterprise and social development in emerging economies by providing micro, small and medium sized entities with access to knowledge, expertise and training through its professional volunteer advisers.
Build Africa
www.build-africa.org.uk
Build Africa is a dynamic charity working exclusively in rural areas of Uganda and Kenya to help young people escape poverty through education and business enterprise. Our vision is for every young person in Africa to fulfill their potential and to make a difference.
Developing Technologies
www.developingtechnologies.org
Developing Technologies is a UK-registered charity based at City University, London, and also working at Imperial College. Our aim is to help relieve poverty in developing countries through providing affordable technical support to organisations working in these countries.
Engineer Aid
www.engineeraid.com
EngineerAid is an international development charity, working to provide remote solutions to engineering and technology problems in the less economically developed countries by providing a platform to engineers to collaborate and solve problems.
Engineers Without Borders UK
www.ewb-uk.org
We are an international development organisation that removes barriers to development through engineering. Our programmes provide opportunities for young people to learn about technology’s role in tackling poverty. Supported by the EWB-UK community, our members can work on projects around the globe.
Freeplay Foundation
www.freeplayfoundation.org
The Freeplay Foundation is an internationally acclaimed humanitarian organisation. We transform lives through environmentally friendly technologies. Our most important objective is to provide the poorest of the poor with sustainable access to education, information and energy. Our mission is to improve the quality of lives by distributing portable solar and wind-up powered Lifeline radios and Lifelights.
People and planet
http://peopleandplanet.org/
People & Planet is the UK's leading organisation campaigning with students on world poverty, human rights and the environment. We have 40 years' experience of empowering young people to make a difference in the world; inspiring generation after generation of activists. We work with students in schools, colleges and universities. We provide skills training, events, education activities, encouragement and communications to over 25,000 people.
RedR
www.redr.org.uk
Each year millions of people around the world feel the affects of natural disaster and conflict. RedR improves the effectiveness of disaster relief, helping to save and rebuild the lives of people affected by disaster worldwide. We do this by delivering essential training and support to relief organisations and their staff, and by providing skilled professionals to humanitarian programmes worldwide.
Science and Development Network
www.scidev.net
SciDev.Net – the Science and Development Network – is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing reliable and authoritative information about science and technology for the developing world. Through our website www.scidev.net we give policymakers, researchers, the media and civil society information and a platform to explore how science and technology can reduce poverty, improve health and raise standards of living around the world.
Science Oxford
www.scienceoxford.com
Over the last 20 years Science Oxford has developed a range of innovative projects, a number of which are now delivered by others. It played a pioneering role in the development of both innovation centres for the incubation of high-tech companies and in the creation of venture angel networks such as the Oxfordshire Investment Opportunity Network. Oxford Innovation, our own spin-out company, is widely recognised as a leading provider of services to the knowledge-based economy.
Send A Cow
www.sendacow.org.uk
Send a Cow runs sustainable agricultural programmes in seven countries in Africa to help small-scale farmers overcome poverty and malnutrition. We were founded in 1988 by a group of UK farmers who sent cows to families in post-conflict Uganda. Send a Cow is a Christian charity, which treats all people equally regardless of race, gender or creed. All those we work with undertake to pass on the benefits they gain, such as livestock and skills, to another family, so our work goes on multiplying throughout communities.
Thai Children's Trust
The Thai Children's Trust is now the largest UK charity focusing on Thailand, supporting projects in Pattaya, Rayong, Nong Khai, the south and the west of Thailand. Our mission is to support the most needy children in Thailand: orphans, children with HIV and AIDS, street kids, refugee children and children with disabilities. We provide a home, education and future for over 1500 children, and reach out to thousands more through health and nutrition projects.
