We list here organizations that inspire us greatly with their visions, approaches, contributions and impact on this world:
WHO |
WHAT |
WHERE |
Aiducation
www.aiducation.org |
This is a non-profit that supports bright and needy students in developing countries with scholarships, thereby turning talented but poor children into empowered and active citizens. |
Malindi, Kenya |
Art of Living Foundation
www.artofliving.org |
Founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in 1981. It is a not-for-profit, educational and humanitarian NGO engaged in stress-management and service initiatives, and promoting the spirituality of Oneness. |
Worldwide in 151 countries with HQ in Bangalore, India |
Barefoot College
www.barefootcollege.org
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Established in 1972, the Barefoot College is a NGO that provides basic services and solutions to problems in rural communities, with the objective of making them self-sufficient and sustainable. These ‘Barefoot solutions’ can be broadly categorized into solar energy, water, education, health care, rural handicrafts, people’s action, communication, women’s empowerment and wasteland development. |
Tilonia, Rajesthan, India |
Children's Garden Home
www.childrensgarden.or.ke
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Founded by Moses and Sylvia Ndung'u in 2001, Children's Garden Home is home and school for orphans, destitute and street children who are rescued from the slums in Kenya. This charity home nurtures the children with love, homecare and education to help them grow from seedlings into might oaks so they can lead future transformation of the slum for a better tomorrow. |
Nairobi, Kenya |
Ecosphere
www.spitiecosphere.com |
Ecosphere is a social enterprise which is a collaborative effort of the local community of Spiti and professionals from diverse backgrounds, with a wide spectrum of skills and experience, effectively spanning the bridge from the general to the niche. |
Kaza, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India |
Little Fingy's
www.littlefingys.com
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Little Fingy's is a social enterprise creation by Alvin Yong to park all income-generating self-help projects of Children's Garden Home under this brand. We hope Little Fingy's will attract support and help from volunteers all over the world to help create sustainable income to enable Children's Garden Home to be self-reliant and provide a spectrum of social enterprise activities for the children's vocational learning. |
Nairobi, Kenya |
Grameen Bank
www.grameen-info.org |
Founded by Prof Muhammad Yunus in 1983, Grameen Bank has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral. |
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Hands Up For Kids
www.handsup4kids.org |
Founded by Monika Fauth, a Dutch lady who resides in Lamu, Kenya, Hands Up For Kids is a non-profit initiative to empower poverty-stricken children and youth to grow up as tomorrow’s Changemakers for a better world. |
Lamu, Kenya |
HORARD
www.wecanugan.com |
Hope Revival Agency for Rural Development (HORARD) is a registered Ugandan NGO/charity organization dedicated to rebuilding war-torn communities in Northern Uganda, and transforming the futures of the people in the region. |
Uganda |
Osho
www.osho.com |
Teaching of a spiritual master, Osho, on a new man, a new humanity, a new concept of being in the world. |
Pune, India |
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org |
This is a small, flexible charity, established in 1977 to honour the memory of a famous Naturalist, David Leslie William Sheldrick MBE, the founder Warden of Tsavo East National Park in Kenya. David died 6 months later but his legacy of excellence and the systems he installed for the management of Tsavo and wildlife generally in Kenya, particularly in the sphere of wildlife husbandry and ethics, lives on. |
Nairobi, Kenya |
Watoto Foundation
www.watotofoundation.nl |
Founded by Noud van Hout from the Netherlands in 2003, this foundation is a vocational training centre for street children in Arusha, Tanzania. Children who suffer from drugs, glue and alcohol addiction come here to build a new life. When they finish education at the foundation after several years they are employed and self-reliant. |
Arusha, Tanzania |
