Global Humanitarian and Environmental Aid Agencies for disaster relief and long-term development aid

There are now hundreds of humanitarian aid agencies working at the local, regional and global scale. Many small, locally-based agencies work are volunteer-based and work towards helping individual villages and groups of people. The larger, global agencies listed here also work at the local level ensuring that givings from “the West” are used well for helping others improve their basic standard of living.

•Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
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•UNICEF
•International Committee of the Red Cross
AU | CA | IE | IN | NZ | ZA | UK | US
•World Vision International
AU | CA | IE | IN | NZ | ZA | UK | US
•OXFAM:
AU | CA | IE | IN | NZ | UK | US
•Free the Children (Canada-based)
•SOS Children's Villages
AU | CA | IN | ZA | UK | US
•Save the Children:
AU | CA | IN | NZ | UK | US
•Care
•Medecins Sans Frontieres International
AU | CA | IE | IN | UK | US
•Engineers Without Borders International
AU | CA | IN | UK | US
•Water Aid
•Heifer International | Send-a-Cow UK
•Relief Web - UN - Up to the minute information on humanitarian efforts around the world

There are hundreds of environmental aid agencies working at the local, regional and global scale on a range of projects from protecting individual species to protecting the land base of whole habitats. these are a few of the more effective, global agencies.

The Charity Navigator – compares the quality of different charitable organizations (US-based, but still helpful)

It’s fine to study humanitarian and environmental aid programs, but how about making a real difference by getting involved!
Check out these links:

•Me to We (Canada)
•Roots & Shoots: - Find a Group
Aus | Canada | RSA | UK | USA

Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System