International
INTERNATIONAL charities work throughout the world to defend human rights, to promote peace and understanding among all nations, and to provide relief and development services where they are needed the most. We divided INTERNATIONAL charities in four Causes.
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Development and Relief Services (205) Development and Relief Service charities provide medical care and other human services as well as economic, educational, and agricultural development services to people around the world. |
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International Peace, Security, and Affairs (138) Charities working for International Peace, Security, and Affairs include cultural and student exchange programs; organizations promoting peace and security; human rights groups; groups promoting improved relations between particular countries; organizations providing foreign policy research and advocacy; and United Nations-related organizations. |
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Humanitarian Relief Supplies (53) Charities in Humanitarian Relief Supplies specialize in collecting donated medical, food, agriculture, and other supplies and distributing them overseas to those in need. |
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Single Country Support Organizations (122) Single Country Support Organizations raise funds for organizations in or provide aid to a single foreign country. |
Did you know?
- Undernutrition contributes to the deaths of 5.6 million children every year.
- International charitable organizations make up only two percent of organizations and two percent of revenue of the charitable nonprofit sector in the United States.
- World hunger organizations estimate that nearly 1 billion people around the world are chronically hungry.
- A child in Africa dies from malaria every 30 seconds.
- Between 2005 and 2050, eight countries -- India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Congo, Bangladesh, Uganda, the United States, Ethiopia, and China -- are likely to contribute half of the world's population increase.
- There are over 30,000 nuclear weapons in the world.
- Ninety countries are affected by landmines and unexploded ordinance, with rough estimates of 15,000 to 20,000 mine victims each year.
- There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
- Since the epidemic began, AIDS has killed more than 21.8 million people--almost three times the population of Switzerland.
- Every year more than 500,000 women die as a result of pregnancy and childbirth, with huge regional disparities.
