LINGOs NGO Members

ACCION's goal is to have a significant impact on poverty by building self-sustainable microfinance institutions (MFIs) capable of reaching millions of poor microentrepreneurs. We do this by promoting commercial microfinance, providing our network of MFIs with a broad range of technical support. ACCION International's partner microfinance institutions today are providing loans as low as $100 to poor women and men entrepreneurs in 22 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa, and in more than 30 U.S. cities and towns. Together, ACCION affiliated programs have disbursed $9.4 billion in microloans to more than 3.9 million borrowers. Ninety-seven percent of these loans have been repaid.

ACDI/VOCA is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes broad-based economic growth and the development of civil society in emerging democracies and developing countries. Offering a comprehensive range of technical assistance services, ACDI/VOCA addresses the most pressing and intractable development problems.

Action Contre la Faim is a non-governmental organisation established in France in 1979 to deliver aid in countries throughout the world. The aim of Action against Hunger is to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable children, women, and men. Action contre la Faim brings assistance either during crises through emergency interventions, or afterwards through rehabilitation and sustainable development programmes. Action contre la Faim also intervenes to prevent certain high-risk situations. The goal of all Action contre la Faim programmes is to enable beneficiaries to regain their autonomy and self-sufficiency as quickly as possible.

The Aga Khan Foundation-Afghanistan (AKF) focuses on a small number of specific development problems by forming intellectual and financial partnerships with organisations sharing its objectives. Most Foundation grants are made to grassroots organisations testing innovative approaches in the field. With a small staff, a host of cooperating agencies and thousands of volunteers, the Foundation reaches out to vulnerable populations on four continents, irrespective of their race, religion, political persuasion or gender. The Aga Khan Foundation of Afghanistan is participating in LINGOs' single-country membership pilot.

AIDS Portal Project is a joint initiative of the UK Consortium on AIDS & International Development and The International HIV/AIDS Alliance. Staff is based in Brighton, Cape Town and Nairobi. AIDS Portal's vision is a more connected equitable and effective community response to global health issues. Its mission is to use ICT to increase the effectiveness of community-based organizations. AIDS Portal seeks to serve community-based organizations that work with people who are most affected by HIV, particularly vulnerable and marginalized populations.

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Their work is based on the principles of the Religious Society of Friends, the belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. In collaboration with local communities and neighborhoods, AFSC’s programs foster understanding and reconciliation, promote economic development and food security, educate the public on issues such as nuclear disarmament and the realities of military service, and people take charge of their own destinies.

American Refugee Committee (ARC) is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 29 years. ARC works with refugee communities in 7 countries around the world, helping people regain control of their lives. The people ARC serves have lost everything to events completely beyond their control. ARC provides shelter, clean water and sanitation, health care, skills training, microcredit education, protection and whatever support we can to let people begin again.

The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation supports Asian initiatives to improve governance, law, and civil society; women's empowerment; economic reform and development; sustainable development and the environment; and international relations. Drawing on nearly 60 years of experience in Asia, the Foundation collaborates with private and public partners to support leadership and institutional development, exchanges, and policy research.

CARE works with poor communities in more than 70 countries around the world to find lasting solutions to poverty. They look at the big picture of poverty and go beyond the symptoms with a broad range of programs based on empowerment, equity and sustainability that seek to tap human potential and leverage the power of communities and individuals to unleash a vast force for progress.

CARE Canada is a global force dedicated to defending dignity and fighting poverty by empowering the world's most vulnerable and greatest resource for change: women and girls. CARE Canada's mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from its global diversity, resources and exeperience, they promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility. Facilitating lasting change by strengthening capacity for self-help; influencing policy decisions at all levels; providing economic opportunity; addressing discrimination in all its forms; delivering relief in emergencies.

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) is the official overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. CAFOD believes that all human beings have a right to dignity and respect, and that the world's resources are a gift to be shared equally by all men and women, whatever their race, nationality or religion.

Catholic Relief Services aids the poor by first providing direct assistance where needed and then encouraging the people with their own development through economic assistance programming. Together this fosters secure, sustainable and just communities. CRS is also committed to educating the people of the US to fulfill their moral responsibilities to our brothers and sisters in the developing world.

The Center for Victims of Torture works toward a future in which torture ceases to exist and its victims have hope for a new life. CVT is an international nonprofit dedicated to healing survivors of torture. CVT provides direct care for those who have been tortured, trains partners around the world who can prevent and treat torture, and advocates for human rights and an end to torture.

CHF International is an international development organization founded in 1952 that works in conflict-affected and developing countries. CHF International partners with communities around the world to help them to direct the improvement of their lives and livelihoods. CHF believes that the people best suited to decide what a community needs are the people of the community itself. CHF is a politically neutral, non-profit organization, whose mission is to be a catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping them improve their social, economic and environmental conditions.

ChildFund International is inspired and driven by the potential that is inherent in all children; the potential not only to survive but to thrive, to become leaders who bring positive change for those around them. The heart of ChildFund International remains the one-to-one connection made through child sponsorship. They work in 31 countries, assisting approximately 15.2 million children and their family members, regardless of race, creed or gender. Their distinctive approach focuses on working with children throughout their journey from birth to young adulthood, as well as with families, local organizations and communities globally to create the environments children need to thrive.

Christian Aid is the preferred development agency for 41 Christian Churches in Britain and Ireland. We work in 52 countries and our essential purpose is to expose the scandal of poverty, to help in practical ways to root it out from the world and to challenge and change the systems which favour the rich and powerful over the poor and the marginalized. We do this through a partnership approach which is at the heart of the way we do business both with our supporter base in Britain and Ireland and with our partners and alliances we work with overseas.

Compassion International Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults.

Conservation International (CI) works to ensure a healthy and productive planet for us all. Through science, policy and field work, CI applies smart solutions to protect the resources that we all depend on. CI helps communities, countries and societies protect tropical forests, lush grasslands, rivers, wetlands, abundant lakes and the sea. Only through properly valuing the essential services these ecosystems provide can we create a sustainable development path that will benefit all people for generations to come.

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. They have become a worldwide leader in the fight against pediatric AIDS by using three main strategies: funding critical research and training; launching and supporting global health initiatives to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and provide care and treatment; and advocating for children's health.

EngenderHealth is a leading international reproductive health organization working to improve the quality of health care in the world’s poorest communities. EngenderHealth empowers people to make informed choices about contraception, trains health providers to make motherhood safer, promotes gender equity, enhances the quality of HIV and AIDS services, and advocates for positive policy change. EngenderHealth works in partnership with governments, institutions, communities, and health care professionals in more than 25 countries around the world.

Episcopal Relief and Development responds to human suffering around the world. We provide emergency assistance after disasters, rebuild communities, and help children and families climb out of poverty.

FHI 360 is a global development organization with a rigorous, evidence-based approach. FHI 360's professional staff includes experts in health, nutrition, education, economic development, civil society, environment and research. FHI 360 operates from 60 offices with 4,400 staff in the U.S. and around the world. Their commitment to partnerships at every level and our multidisciplinary approach enable FHI 360 to have lasting impact on the individuals, communities and countries we serve –improving lives for millions.

Food for the Hungry is an international Christian relief and development organization working in more than 26 countries around the world. They do a bit of everything -- from disaster and emergency relief to sustainable development programs.

Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is a pan-African Non-Governmental Organization working in 32 African countries to empower girls and women through gender-responsive education. FAWE promotes gender equity and equality in education in Africa by fostering positive policies, practices and attitudes towards girls' education. Believing that through education of women and girls, livelihoods are improved for entire communities and civic education and liberties are enhanced; that educated girls become educated women who have the knowledge, skills and opportunity to play a role in governance and democratic processes and to influence the direction of their societies, FAWE works hand-in-hand with communities, schools, civil society, Non-Governmental Organizations and ministries to achieve gender equity and equality in education through targeted programmes.

GOAL Kenya is participating in LINGOs' single-country membership pilot. GOAL is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest of the poor. GOAL is a non-denominational, non-governmental and non-political organization. In Kenya since 1992, the current Kenya program is active in four sectors: education, healthcare, HIV and housing support.

GOAL Sudan is participating in LINGOs' single-country membership pilot. GOAL is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest of the poor. GOAL is a non-denominational, non-governmental and non-political organization. The current Sudan program is active in six sectors: emergency support; healthcare; infrastructure rehabilitation; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), nutrition; and non-food items support.

Grameen Foundation's mission is to enable the poor, especially the poorest, to create a world without poverty. The Foundation is a leader in the fight against poverty in Sub Saharan Africa, Asia, Middle East/North Africa, and the Americas. The Grameen Foundation’s cutting-edge programs and resources have helped millions of poor people, mostly women and children, improve their lives. Grameen Foundation collaborates with local organizations and allies around the globe to provide products and services that allow them to: 1) reach deeper into poor communities with microfinance and technology services; 2) provide access to microfinance and technology services among the poor and poorest in harder to reach areas and currently unserved/underserved areas; and 3) measure who is being reached to ensure they are moving out of poverty over time.

Habitat for Humanity International is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. Habitat seeks to eliminate poverty and homelessness throughout the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action, Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need.

Handicap International-France is an independent international solidarity organisation which works in situations of poverty or exclusion, conflict and natural disasters. Working alongside people with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations, the association takes action and speaks out in order to meet their essential needs and improve their living conditions. Handicap International is committed to campaigning to ensure their dignity is preserved and their fundamental rights upheld.

Heifer International's mission is to work with communities and families to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth. They use the gift of a source of food rather than short term relief and expect the offspring of the gift to be passed on to others in the community along with the knowledge, resources and skills to create an expanding network of hope, dignity and self-reliance.

Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is an international non-governmental organization that supports human rights learning; the training of development professionals, human rights defenders, humanitarian workers and legal professionals; and the development of educational materials and programming.

InsideNGO believes that inside every international relief or development NGO there are core professionals who provide the structure and expertise to support the reach and impact of their organization. InsideNGO is dedicated to strengthening operational teams and fostering leadership in the international non-profit sector.

The Institute of International Education (IIE) fosters mutual understanding, develops global leaders, and protects academic freedom worldwide through educational exchange and training programs that advance the vision of Opening Minds to the World®. Peace and prosperity around the world depend on increasing the capacity of people to think and work on a global and intercultural basis.

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) supports the development of preventative AIDS vaccines that are not only safe and effective, but also accessible to all people. To that end, IAVI invests the bulk of its resources in the research and clinical assessment of candidate vaccines against strains of HIV that are prevalent in the developing world, where some 95% of new HIV infections occur.

International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. Founded in 1995, the International Crisis Group represents a unique combination of field-based analysis, sharp-edged policy prescription and high-level advocacy, with key roles being played by a senior management team highly experienced in government and by a highly active Board of Trustees containing many senior statesmen and women used to making things happen.

International Justice Mission is a human rights agency that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery and oppression. A multi-national team of law enforcement professionals and legal staff conduct criminal investigations and collect evidence to rescue victims and bring perpetrators to justice. IJM then works to ensure victims have access to quality aftercare and encourages structural changes to prevent the abuse from being committed against others who are also at risk. IJM is determined to bring the church and public into increased awareness of the cases of manifest injustice that exist in the world and of the opportunities to correct these injustices by the diligent application of professional training and expertise.

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

International Partnership for Microbicides is a non-profit product development partnership (PDP) established in 2002 to prevent HIV transmission by accelerating the development and availability of a safe and effective microbicide for use by women in developing countries.

International Rescue Committee is at work in 25 countries delivering lifesaving aid in emergencies, rebuilding shattered communities, caring for war-traumatized children, rehabilitating health care, water and sanitation systems, reuniting separated families, restoring lost livelihoods, establishing schools, training teachers, strengthening the capacity of local organizations and supporting civil society and good-governance initiatives. For refugees afforded sanctuary in the United States, IRC offices across the country provide a range of assistance aimed at helping new arrivals get settled, adjust and acquire the skills to become self-sufficient.

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. It supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world and brings governments, non-government organizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communities together to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice.

IntraHealth International mobilizes local talent to create sustainable and accessible health care. Their unique strength lies in their combined expertise in three key areas of health care: improving policies and systems for a strong workforce, supporting providers to succeed and extending health services to communities.

Ipas has worked for three decades to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights and to reduce deaths and injuries of women from unsafe abortion. Ipas's global and country programs include training, research, advocacy, distribution of equipment and supplies for reproductive-health care, and information dissemination.

Islamic Relief envisages a caring world where people unite to respond to the suffering of others, empowering them to fulfil their potential. Working in over 25 countries, we promote sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities to eradicate poverty, illiteracy and disease. We also respond to disasters and emergencies, helping people in crisis. Islamic Relief provides support regardless of race, political affiliation, gender or belief, and without expecting anything in return.

Jhpiego enhances the health and saves the lives of women and families in limited-resource settings. For nearly four decades, Jhpiego has put evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice to overcome barriers to high-quality health care services for the world's most vulnerable populations. Originating as technical experts in reproductive, maternal and child health, Jhpiego has grown to embrace new challenges, including HIV/AIDS, malaria and cervical cancer prevention—reflecting the increasing interconnectedness of global health.

MAG International (Mines Advisory Group) saves and improves lives by reducing the devastating effects armed violence and remnants of conflict have on people around the world. Working in more than 40 countries since 1989, MAG releases reclaimed safe land back to the local population, enabling recovery and assisting the development of communities affected by conflict.

Management Sciences for Health is a nonprofit international health organization composed of nearly 1,300 people from more than 60 nations. Our mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with our partners, we are helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact.

Marie Stopes International delivers quality family planning and reproductive healthcare to millions of the world's poorest and most vulnerable women. MSI works in 42 countries providing people with high quality health services, including family planning; safe abortion and postabortion care; maternal and child health care, including safe delivery and obstetrics; diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infection; and HIV/AIDs prevention.

Medair responds to natural disasters, conflicts that uproot communities, and crises such as drought or disease. Medair’s core competencies are emergency relief and rehabilitation. Medair's areas of focus are Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, where it has seven country programmes, and exceptionally in Haiti. Medair’s ability to provide life-saving care is enhanced by flexible multisectoral expertise including health services, WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), and shelter and infrastructure. Headquartered in Ecublens, Switzerland, Medair’s internationally recruited staff are motivated by their Christian faith to care for people in need.

Mercy Corps alleviates suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. They provide emergency relief services, develop sustainable communities with strategies that include agriculture, health, economic development, education and infrastructure and they promote civil society initiatives in all programming encouraging non-violent conflict resolution and justice.

Merlin specialises in health, saving lives in times of crisis and helping to rebuild shattered health services. Merlin works with existing health systems to realise everyone's right to accessible, appropriate, affordable health care.

National Democratic Institute (NDI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization that responds to the worldwide quest for popular civic participation, open and competitive political systems, and representative and accountable government. NDI works on five continents with political parties, governments, parliaments and civic groups to establish and strengthen democratic institutions and practices by building political and civic organizations, safeguarding elections, and promoting citizen participation, openness and accountability in government. With staff members and volunteer political practitioners from more than 100 nations, NDI brings together individuals and groups to share ideas, knowledge, experiences and expertise. Partners receive broad exposure to best practices in international democratic development that can be adapted to the needs of their own countries. NDI’s multinational approach reinforces the message that while there is no single democratic model, certain core principles are shared by all democracies. That philosophy has been applied in more than 110 countries since NDI’s founding in 1983.

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working to protect the most ecologically important lands and waters around the world for nature and people. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

Opportunity International Opportunity International provides small business loans, savings, insurance and training to more than 2.5 million people working their way out of poverty in the developing world. Clients in over 20 countries use these financial services to start or expand a business, provide for their families, create jobs for their neighbors and build a safety net for the future. Motivated by Jesus Christ’s call to love and serve the poor, Opportunity serves all people regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or gender.

Pact's mission is to help build strong communities globally that provide people with an opportunity to earn a dignified living, raise healthy families, and participate in democratic life. Pact achieves this by strengthening the capacity of grassroots organizations, coalitions and networks and by forging linkages among government, business and the citizen sectors to achieve social, economic and environmental justice.

PATH is an international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, we help provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. PATH advances technologies for low-resource settings. Technologies must be effective, culturally acceptable, available, and affordable to the people who need them most. We strengthen health systems, because only stable systems can make use of technologies, and because all people - no matter where they live - need and deserve reliable health information and services. Additionally, we encourages healthy behaviors, working with communities to help people examine - and challenge - assumptions and traditions that may contribute to poor health.

Pathfinder International works to improve the reproductive health of adolescents, women and men in the developing world. for more than 50 years, Pathfinder has placed quality sexual and reproductive health care at the center of all that we do. We believe that access to these services is not only a fundamental human right, but can drastically change opportunities throughout life for women, men, and adolescents. Pathfinder advances women's opportunities to control their reproductive health in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, space births, and reduce the risk of death and severe illness they may face as a result of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

Plan International works to achieve lasting improvements for children living in poverty in developing countries, through a process that unites people across cultures and adds meaning and value to their lives.

Population Services International (PSI) mission is to measurably improve the health of poor and vulnerable people in the developing world, principally through social marketing of family planning and health products and services, and health communications. Social marketing engages private sector resources and uses private sector techniques to encourage healthy behavior and make markets work for the poor.

Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.

Rare Conservation works globally to equip people in the world's most threatened natural areas with the tools and motivation they need to care for their natural resources.

Relief International (RI) is a humanitarian non-profit agency that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, development assistance, and program services to vulnerable communities worldwide. RI is solely dedicated to reducing human suffering and is non-political and non-sectarian in its mission.

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Save the Children fights for children's rights and delivers immediate and lasting improvements to children's lives worldwide. Save works with families to define and solve the problems their children and communities face using a broad array of strategies to ensure self-sufficiency which is the cornerstone of all Save the Children programs.

Seattle International Foundation (SEAIF) supports worldwide poverty alleviation efforts through grant-making and other activities, with a strategic focus on Central America. SEAIF was founded as a supporting organization to The Seattle International Foundation for the purpose of increasing and enhancing international philanthropy efforts from the Pacific Northwest.

SightLife is a global leader and partner to eliminate cornea blindness. It is the world’s leading eye bank, restoring sight to people with cornea blindness in over 30 countries and with its Global Partners is restoring sight to more than 20 men, women and children each day, through the recovery and placement of eye tissue used in cornea transplants. SightLife works with local NGOs to develop and establish professional eye banks throughout the developing world, where 90 percent of the world's 10 million cornea blind people live.

Tearfund has a vision to see 50 million people released from material and spiritual poverty through a worldwide network of 100,000 local churches. Tearfund is making this vision a reality. Alongside local partner churches and church-based organisations, Tearfund supports them as they seek to lift their own communities out of poverty. Tearfund is recognised for professional expertise in development, disaster response and recovery, and advocacy.

Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI’s mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption.

United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is an offical public standards-setting authority for all prescription and over-the-counter medicines and other health care products manufactured in the United States. USP also sets widely recognized standards for food ingredients and dietary supplements. USP sets standards for the quality, purity, strength, and consistency of these products--critical to the public health. USP's standards are recognized and used in more than 130 countries around the globe.

WaterAid enables the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water and sanitation. Together with improved hygiene, these basic human rights underpin health, education and livelihoods, forming the first essential step in overcoming poverty.

Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education, and management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

World Concern provides life, opportunity and hope to suffering people around the world through disaster response and development programs. Motivated by love of Christ, World Concern brings hope and reconciliation to those they serve, so they may in turn share with others.

World Relief has a mission of empowering the local Church to serve the most vulnerable. In community with the local Church, World Relief envisions the most vulnerable people transformed economically, socially, and spiritually.

World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by Christian values, they are dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people. They serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

WWF was born into this world in 1961. It was the product of a deep concern held by a few eminent gentlemen who were worried by what they saw happening in our world at that time. Since those early days WWF has grown up to be one of the largest environmental organizations in the world. Currently there are more than 1300 WWF conservation projects underway around the world. The vast majority of these focus on local issues. They range from school nature gardens in Zambia, to initiatives that appear on the packaging in your local supermarket. From the restoration of orangutan habitats to the establishment of giant panda reserves.