Charity organizations?

Question

Can u please tell me some reliable non-profit organizations where workers are sent to famine countries and regions battling poverty to help the poor by supplying food, medical assistance or anything to help them? Thanks

Answer 1

Here are several. From your other questions/answers it is not clear if you are in USA or Australia. This is relevant, since some respectable charities that work internationally are based in one specific country (e.g. War on Want in the UK)

1. Medecins Sans Frontieres
http://www.msf.org/
(a) In USA: Doctors Without Borders (MSF-USA)
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
(b) In Australia: Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia
http://www.msf.org.au/

2. Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org/
(a) In USA: American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/
(b) In Australia: Australian Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.au/default.asp

3. Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org/
(a) In USA: Oxfam America
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/
(b) In Australia: Oxfam Australia
http://www.oxfam.org.au/

4. Caritas
http://www.caritas.org/
(a) In USA:
(i) Catholic Charities USA
http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
(ii) Catholic Relief Services
http://crs.org/
(b) In Australia: Caritas Australia
http://www.caritas.org.au/

5. World Vision
http://www.wvi.org/wvi/home.htm
(a) In USA: World Vision USA
http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/comms2.nsf/stable/asia_child_sponsorship?Open&campaign=11551115&cmp=KNC-11551115&OVRAW=world%20vision%20usa&OVKEY=world%20vision%20usa&OVMTC=standard
(b) In Australia: World Vision Australia
http://www.worldvision.com.au/

6. United Nations
http://www.un.org/
(a) UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
http://www.unicef.org/
(b) UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
http://www.undp.org/
(c) UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/
(d) WFP (World Food Programme)
http://www.wfp.org/english/
(e) WHO (World Health Organization)
http://www.who.int/en/

7. Government - international development agencies
(a) In USA: USAID (United States Agency for International Development)
http://www.usaid.gov/
(b) In Australia: AusAID (Australian Agency for International Development)
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/

8. Here are lists of relief organisations
(a) based in USA
http://www.disastercenter.com/agency.htm
http://www.rmis.com/sites/disasrelie.php
http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/relief_agencies.htm
http://www.appleseeds.org/aid-relief-USA.htm
http://www.msa-natl.org/resources/Relief_Orgs.html
http://islam.about.com/library/weekly/aa040399.htm
b) based in Australia
http://www.anglicare.asn.au/links/links_directory.shtml

Answer 2

It is easy to compare charity organizations to the settlement house movement that emphasized social reform as the right way to deal with charity. Founded in England, the societies aimed at restricting the outdoor relief that was usually distributed by guardians of the law. A few societies were formed to restrict relief distribution to the ill, non-able bodied as well as to the elderly. Instead, they were forced to accept In House Work Test.
The organizations were also used as places where information regarding the poor was cleared. The main aim was to actually distinguish between the undeserving and deserving poor in society. They felt a need to investigate the real problems behind poverty. This was the origin of charity organizations.

Answer 3

The Board of administration for Cricket in India (BCCI), familiar at Mumbai, India, is the nationwide governing body for all cricket in India.BCCI had prevented taxes on its income, claiming exemption as a charitable company.