Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ActionAid
"We are an international development agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide."
Africare
"Africare has become a leader among private, charitable U.S. organizations assisting Africa. It is
the oldest and largest African-American organization in the field."
AIDS Action
"This website was created to bring a wider audience to the different newsletters and publications
produced by Healthlink Worldwide and our partners. Originally aimed at health workers,
educators and community workers in different local regions in developing countries, these
resources provide practical information on a wide range of care, support and prevention issues
concerning HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs)."
Care International
"CARE works with poor communities in more than 70 countries around the world to find lasting
solutions to poverty."
Celebrating Children
"The Celebrating Children course is designed to equip people to work more effectively with
children living in difficult circumstances of loss, trauma and abuse around the world. This
website provides an introduction to the course and makes available for download extensive
resources to help organizations run the course."
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Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD)
"The mission of the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD) is to
improve our knowledge of the social and emotional development of young children."
ChildCareExchange.com
"For 27 years, Exchange has promoted the exchange of ideas among leaders in early childhood
programs worldwide through its magazine, books, training products, training seminars, and
international conferences."
Child Info
"On this website you will find UNICEF's key statistics databases with detailed country-specific
information that was used for the end-decade assessment, as reported in "Progress since the
World Summit for Children - a statistical review". Global and regional summary analyses and
graphic presentations of key results of progress over the decade are incorporated on the website,
as are new or revised data that have become available since the printing of the review."
Children as Partners
"Children as Partners (CAP) is a place where young people and adults from around the world
who support child participation can share what they think, what they know and helpful
information. We invite you to sign up and participate!"
Children's House
"Children's House is an interactive resource center - a meeting place for the exchange of
information that serves the well being of children. Dedicated to supporting the generation and
dissemination of knowledge about children’s issues, Children’s House facilitates the translation
of the benefits of research and programming into policy and practice."
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CRIN - ChildRights Information Network
"The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) is a global network that disseminates
information about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and child rights amongst non-
governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, inter-governmental organization
(IGOs), educational institutions, and other child rights experts."
Child-to-Child Trust
"The Child-to-Child Trust acts as the central core of a worldwide movement of health and
education workers and programs."
Childwatch International
"Childwatch International is a nonprofit, nongovernmental network of institutions engaged in
research for children. The Network seeks to strengthen child-centered research to contribute
towards real improvement in children's well-being"
Communiation Initiative
"The Communication Initiative is a partnership of development organizations seeking to support
advances in the effectiveness and scale of communication interventions for positive international
development."
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Consortium for Street Children [UK]
"The Consortium for Street Children (CSC), consists of 39 UK based organizations dedicated to
the welfare and rights of street living and working children and children at risk of taking to street
life."
ECAP Collaborative
"The Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative at the University of Illinois is home to more
than a dozen projects focused on the education, care, and parenting of young children. Located at
the Children's Research Center in a setting conducive to interdisciplinary research, teaching, and
public service, these projects share their expertise and experience, a library, and common
meeting spaces."
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ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
"The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education
Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of
journal and non-journal education literature."
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Foundation for Child Development
"The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) is a national, private philanthropy dedicated to
the principle that all families should have the social and material resources to raise their children
to be healthy, educated and productive members of their communities. The Foundation seeks to
understand children, particularly the disadvantaged, and to promote their well-being. We believe
that families, schools, nonprofit organizations, businesses and government at all levels share
complementary responsibilities in the critical task of raising new generations."
HandsOnScotland
"HandsOnScotland is an online resource for anybody working with children and young people.
The website provides practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to
children and young people's troubling behavior, build up their self-esteem and promote their
positive mental wellbeing."
HealthLink Worldwide
"Healthlink Worldwide works to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged and
vulnerable communities in developing countries."
HIV InSite
"Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and policy from
the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine."
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Human Rights Internet (HRI)
"HRI is a leader in the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community."
Idealist.org
"In this site you will find: Over 45,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries,
which you can search or browse by name, location or mission... Thousands of volunteer
opportunities... The best Nonprofit Career Center on the Web."
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development - Best Practices for Care of HIV Orphans (pdf)
"This paper provides background information on issues around programming with orphans and
other HIV/AIDS affected children and provides suggestions for best practices, which were
discussed and adopted at the ICAD Annual General Meeting and skills building workshop,
September 8 to 9, 2001. The best practices for care of AIDS orphans discussed in this paper are
based on the rights of the child as stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
the Child (CRC)."
KidSafeDirectory.com
"We provide listings focusing on children's health issues, including immunizations, nutrition,
safety, child psychology, childhood diseases, pediatrics and kid's health related information."
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Kinderstem [in Dutch]
"Méér dan ooit is het tijd om kinderen in sloppenwijken te helpen. Zonder hulp neemt het aantal
kinderen dat opgroeit in een sloppenwijk alleen maar toe. Voor een kind in een sloppenwijk is dít
de realiteit: Niet naar school kunnen. Smerig werk in een fabriek of op de vuilnisbelt. Geen
fatsoenlijk dak boven je hoofd. Elke dag vechten om te overleven. Een uitzichtloos bestaan.
Kinderstem concentreert zich volledig op structurele hulp aan kinderen in sloppenwijken over de
hele wereld."
NativeWeb
"NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using
telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information
from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world; to foster
communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving
indigenous peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring,
and services to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology."
OXFAM International
"Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together with over 3000
partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice."
Netbaz - NGO Net Portal on Women's and Children's Human Rights [Pakistan]
"...dedicated to the promotion and strengthening of the human rights of children and women in
Pakistan. The main aim of Netbaz is to facilitate networking and cooperation among the
Pakistani NGOs and provide them with useful information on a variety of human rights issues, as
these relate to women and children."
OneWorld.net
"We bring together the latest news and views from over 1,600 organizations promoting human
rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide."
PactWorld
"Pact is a networked global organization that builds the capacity of local leaders and
organizations to meet pressing social needs in dozens of countries around the world. Our work is
firmly rooted in the belief that local communities must be the driving force in ending poverty
and injustice."
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Pan American Health Organization
"The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with
100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the
Americas."
Parents as Teachers
"Parents as Teachers is an international parent education and family support program serving
parents throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten, usually age 5. The program is
designed to enhance child development and school achievement through parent education
accessible to all families. It is a universal access model benefiting families from all socio-
economic levels, and rural, urban and suburban communities."
Population Council
"The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that
conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research."
ReliefWeb
"ReliefWeb is the global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex
Emergencies and Natural Disasters."
ResilienceNet
"ResilienceNet provides the single most comprehensive world-wide source of current, reviewed
information about human resilience."
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Society for Research on Child Development
"The Society is a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit, professional association with a membership of
approximately 5,500 researchers, practitioners, and human development professionals from over
50 countries. The purposes of the Society are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field
of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other
professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings."
Source
"Source is an international information support centre designed to strengthen the management,
use and impact of information on health and disability."
Special Link
"Special Link puts researchers, policy makers, parents, early childhood educators and directors in
touch with the best inclusive practices on the frontlines of Canadian child care. SpeciaLink's goal
is to expand the quality and quantity of opportunities for inclusion in child care, recreation,
education, and other community settings, to young children with special needs and their families.
Our findings are available to EVERYONE."
SynergyAIDS
The Synergy Project provides technical assistance and services to the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) to design, evaluate, and coordinate HIV/AIDS programs
and identify and disseminate lessons learned from these programs.
UNAIDS
"The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, is the main advocate for
accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the epidemic. UNAIDS' mission is
to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to HIV and AIDS that includes preventing
transmission of HIV, providing care and support to those already living with the virus, reducing
the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV and alleviating the impact of the
epidemic."
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UNICEF - United Nations' Children's Fund
"The United Nations' Children's Fund. UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world
where the rights of every child are realized. UNICEF works in 157 countries around the world."
VBJK [Belgium]
"Expertiescentrum voor Opvoeding & Kinderopvang."
Benton Foundation
"The mission of the Benton Foundation is to articulate a public interest vision for the digital age
and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems."
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World Organization of Early Childhood Education
"OMEP is an international, non-government organization, founded in 1948 to advocate for the
education of children under the age of eight years throughout the world. OMEP is currently
established in over 70 countries and is represented at worldwide meetings of UNESCO,
UNICEF, and other international organizations with similar aims."
Council on Foundations
"The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grant making
foundations and giving programs worldwide. We provide leadership expertise, legal services and
networking opportunities - among other services - to our members and to the general public."
Ford Foundation
"Strengthen democratic values, Reduce poverty and injustice, Promote international
cooperation... We work mainly by making grants or loans that build knowledge and strengthen
organizations and networks."
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ERYICA - European Youth Information and Counseling Agency
ERYICA is the umbrella organization of national bodies, non-governmental or governmental in
the area of youth information. They promote European co-ordination and have developed a
network of youth information.
Infojeunesse / Infoyouth
The Infoyouth network was created to provide as complete a picture as possible of youth policies
throughout the world via its portal site. Designed as a network of networks, it provides users
with a tool for more local-based collection, selection and dissemination of data. The Infoyouth
network operates in conjunction with National UNESCO commissions and other youth
organizations, governmental and non-governmental institutions and data research agencies.
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