Directory of Development Resources

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UK-based charities and similar working in, or raising funds for development projects in developing countries and organisations raising awareness of development issues.

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Resources in This Category

• ActionAid

  http://www.actionaid.org.uk/
  Child and community development charity based in the UK to help world's poorest people.

• Adventist Development and Relief Agency

  http://adra.org.uk/
  Works in partnership with people who work together for the basic human rights of food, shelter and a reasonable quality of life.

• Afghanaid

  http://www.afghanaid.org.uk/
  An independent charity to provide assistance to Afghans in hardship and distress. Information about its programmes in Afghanistan, and its activities and organisation in UK.

• African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)

  http://www.afford-uk.org/
  An organisation in Britain, bringing together Africans from different countries and backgrounds to involve Africans abroad more directly in Africa's development. Information and news about activities, events and membership.

• African Initiatives

  http://www.african-initiatives.org.uk/
  Social justice organisation working with communities in Africa to build self-sufficiency. Information on the projects and campaigns.

• African Outreach

  http://www.african-outreach.org/
  Charity (NGO) centred around African development, capacity building and skills training in Africa.

• All We Can

  http://www.allwecan.org.uk/
  Methodist Relief and Development. UK based and supports the poorest of the poor with programmes of long-term development, humanitarian aid and development education. Includes news, stories, information on projects and appeals.

• Bombolulu School Of Promise

  http://www.bombolulu.org/
  UK based charity providing a school and education to the children living in the slums of Mombasa, Kenya.

• Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)

  http://www.cafod.org.uk/
  Development and relief organisation that works in many countries to tackle poverty and encourage development. Includes profile, campaigns and resources with news and events.

• Christian Aid

  http://www.christianaid.org.uk/
  Organisation that works in over 60 countries helping people, regardless of religion or race, to improve their own lives and tackle the causes of poverty and injustice.

• Darjeeling Railway Community Support

  http://www.drcommunitysupport.org.uk/
  A UK based charity that supports the communities living along the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in India.

• Dentaid

  http://www.dentaid.org/
  A charitable organisation that provides equipment, training, and oral health services to hospitals, clinics, and dentists in the developing world.

• Department for International Development (DFID)

  https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development
  UK Government Department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty.

• Education East Africa

  http://www.educationeastafrica.org/
  A charity improving education Tanzania and Rwanda. Information about projects, and ways to help.

• Engineers Without Borders

  http://www.ewb-uk.org/
  Facilitate human development in developing countries through Engineering. Offers short and long term education and outreach programs in the UK and in 13 countries worldwide.

• Fahamu

  http://www.fahamu.org/
  Supports progressive social change in Africa through information technology. Information on human rights training, services provided to partners in Africa, specialised newsletters and information on training sessions.

• Farm Africa

  http://www.farmafrica.org/
  Providing practical help to poor rural African farmers and herders, enabling them to produce more food for their families. Information on projects and fundraising.

• Find Your Feet

  http://www.find-your-feet.org/
  Works in partnership with groups in South Asia and Southern Africa to offer long-term sustainable solutions to poverty.

• Food for Thought Africa

  http://www.foodforthoughtafrica.org/
  Northern Ireland charity feeding Africans hungry and less privileged. Voluntary organisation providing help and feeding programs to those that really need it.

• For-ethiopia

  http://www.for-ethiopia.com/
  UK-based charity providing sustainable development projects to people in Ethiopia.

• Friends of Fajikunda

  http://faji.org.uk/
  Supporting a children's daycare centre in The Gambia. Information about their project, news, and ways to help.

• GardenAfrica Charity

  http://www.gardenafrica.org.uk/
  Charity working to establish productive organic training gardens in schools, hospitals and clinics in Southern Africa. Description of the work, the locations and the ways to get involved.

• Hazel's Footprints Trust

  http://www.hazelsfootprints.org/
  Overseas school voluntary work promotion charity with aims, a background, news and links.

• Human Relief Foundation

  http://www.hrf.org.uk/
  A Muslim-based international development and relief organisation offer information about their programmes, appeals, and structure. Also includes news and press releases.

• Islamic Aid

  http://www.islamicaid.com/
  Contact details for organisation working to provide emergency aid, food, shelter, water to people affected by poverty, war and disasters.

• Islamic Relief

  http://www.islamic-relief.org/
  A UK-registered charity which works internationally in emergency relief, development projects, support for orphans, and Waqf. Includes information about their programs and current appeals.

• Islamic Relief UK

  http://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/
  International aid and development charity striving to end poverty.

• Kandu Arts

  http://www.kandu-arts.com/
  Registered charity 1071275, focusing on sustainable development. Other work is on homelessness and the environment. Information about the organisation including history, affiliations and projects as well as contact information.

• Learning For Life

  http://www.learningforlifeuk.org/
  Works with dedicated partners in Asia to provide education to vulnerable communities - in particular girls. Information on projects supported, events listing, and details of how you can help.

• Mary Slessor Foundation

  http://www.maryslessor.org/
  Continuing the work of Mary Slessor in Nigeria. Information about their development projects, and the Scottish charity supporting it.

• Mary's Pence

  http://www.maryspence.org/
  Catholic organization which makes grants to women in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean to help overcome poverty and create justice. Offers overview, grants, ESPERA lending pools, news and donations.

• Medical Aid to Palestinians

  http://www.map-uk.org/
  Information about the organisation, its activities and programmes delivering basic healthcare to Palestinian refugees.

• Mercy Corps UK

  http://www.mercycorps.org.uk/
  Provides humanitarian community support and relief to poor countries in Africa. Works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people within local communities, assistance communities in over 100 nations.

• Mercy Ships UK

  http://www.mercyships.org.uk/
  Offers a compassionate response to crisis around the world. Offers programmes to promote health and well-being by serving the urgent surgical needs of the poor and empowering developing communities.

• Muslim Aid

  http://www.muslimaid.org/
  International relief and development organisation, working in partnership with local community-based groups. Includes information on projects, programmes, and their structure.

• PLAN International UK

  http://www.plan-uk.org/
  Humanitarian, international development organisation which is devoted to providing assistance to underprivileged children in developing countries by offering a child sponsorship service.

• Plunkett Foundation

  http://www.plunkett.co.uk/
  A charity which aims to promote self-help in rural communities in the UK and worldwide. A major focus is support for agricultural co-operatives and other forms of farmer-controlled businesses.

• Probe (Hull) Ltd

  http://www.probeltd.co.uk/
  A not for profit, community economic development organisation.

• Ripple Africa

  http://www.rippleafrica.org/
  UK based charity supporting education, environmental projects and healthcare in Malawi; information about their programme and volunteer opportunities.

• Saramek Trust

  http://www.thesaramektrust.com/
  Charity sponsoring the education of children in Saramek, Kenya. Profiles of the sponsored children.

• Send a Cow

  http://www.sendacow.org/
  Provides livestock to poor farmers of East Africa, with training and veterinary support. Information about projects, and on-line donation facility.

• Shell Foundation

  http://www.shellfoundation.org/
  Charity supports efforts worldwide to achieve sustainable development. This website includes the Foundation's main programmes and projects, its focus and rationale and information for applicants.

• Sleaford Swaziland Community Friendship

  http://www.communityfriendship.org.uk/
  Very small charity, run in the simplest possible way to improve the lives of people in rural Swaziland.

• Soar Ahead Missions

  http://www.soaraheadmissions.co.uk/
  Provides relief in Africa through children feeding programs, street parties for children, distribution of Clothes and bible distribution in Hotels.

• Tearfund

  http://www.tearfund.org/
  A relief and development charity, working in partnership with Christian agencies and churches worldwide to tackle the causes and effects of poverty.

• Techknowledgy

  http://www.tky.org.uk/
  Charity dedicated to supplying the Third World with basic computer equipment to aid educational development. FAQs and details of how you can donate either funds or equipment.

• The Commonwealth Education Trust

  http://www.cet1886.org/
  Supporting primary and secondary education, and the training and development of teachers across the Commonwealth. Includes history, organization and objectives.

• The Mashudu Projects

  http://www.mashudu.org/
  Charity provides help to the poor of the Vhembe District in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Website contains information about projects, newsletter and photo gallery.

• The Mountain Trust

  http://www.mountain-trust.org/
  Sponsoring students, building schools, assisting orphans and providing health care in Nepal. Information on the initiatives, progress reports, contact information.

• War on Want

  http://www.waronwant.org/
  Organisation campaigning for a world without poverty. Information about membership, project activities, current campaigns, and news. Includes a brief history.

• WaterAid

  http://www.wateraid.org/uk/
  International NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.

• World Vision

  http://www.worldvision.org.uk/
  Christian organisation working in 92 countries helping people in their struggle against poverty, hunger and injustice. Provides aid and emergency aid and has child sponsorship programs.

 

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