Helping Others

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1. Australian Charities & Support Groups :
• ACOSS
  Council of Social Services. A support body for those less well off in Australia.
• AusAid
  The official government overseas aid agency. Find out where, what and how much.
• Auscharity
  A listing of all of Australia’s charities.
• Australian Volunteers
  Volunteering activities for people, including teachers. Reports from people who have volunteered. Listings of what they actually do.
• Caritas Australia
  ‘We help people to help themselves, regardless of race, political beliefs, gender or religion.’
• Guide Dogs Association
  [New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory]
  Developing guide dogs to aid the blind.
• Heart Foundation
  News, events and different levels of information for specific groups, e.g. schools, professionals, etc.. Also buy Xmas cards.
• Plan Australia
  ‘Child-focused, aid organisation with staff and volunteers working … to help children, their families and communities in 45 developing countries, to reach their potential.’
• Red Cross Australia
  Find out about blood donation and other aspects of their work.
• Riding for the Disabled
  Their directory, mission statement, goals and links to all the state organisations.
• TEAR Australia
  Australian aid site - details about the organisation, activities, how you can help and more.
• World Vision
  Australia’s largest aid and development agency. Make a donation, sponsor a child, link to your site.

1. General Sites & Portals :
• American Civil Liberties Union
  What they stand for and how they achieve their goals. Interesting in light of the ‘individuality’ of the nation.
• Amnesty International
  Aiming to help political prisoners around the world.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  A wealth [genuinely, at literally millions of dollars] of help in a range of areas such as health and education around the world. You have to give him credit.
• Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger
  This is a program, on three levels, to make students more aware of hunger in the world and how we go about combating this. It provides lesson structures and links to other groups seeking the same aim.
• Food First
  Takes you much further than just food. Information on topics designed to help others and so you can make better judgements about needs and ways of helping.
• Free Rice
  Donate grains of rice while improving your vocabulary [more than 196 million grains donated in one day]. Help others in this very easy, no cost way.
  Brilliant !
• Human Rights Watch
  Develops alerts, petitions and action to help protect human rights around the world.
• Hunger Site, The
  First and probably the best of the click-to-donate sites. Help people by clicking on the site. [See Quick Donations above.]
• Hunger Facts
  [Hunger Myths and Realities]
  There are myths in abundance about hunger and how it can be alleviated. Find the truth about some here. Link to other pages for more information about world hunger.
• International Volunteers
  If you have the urge, time, etc., to help.

1. More General Sites & Portals :
• Kiva
  ‘Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.’
• Medicens Sans Frontieres
  [Doctors without Borders]
  Site for both volunteers and donations.
• NetAid World Schoolhouse
  ‘Right now, 115 million kids around the world are not in school. Put on your thinking caps and help make sure all children have the chance to earn an education and reach their dreams.’
• Oxfam
  A British charity which works around the world and has links to such groups as Community Aid Abroad.
• Rainforest Site, The
  Help save the rainforest around the world. Each time you click on the site it raises funds.
• ReliefWeb
  Information on a range of humanitarian activity and groups. ‘The global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters.’
• Rough Guide to a Better World
  ‘The Rough Guide To A Better World is the essential guide to how the world can be a better place for everyone. Poverty in the developing world is well known, but less publicised are the efforts of those who combat hunger, disease and illiteracy. This guide shows how you can get involved.’ Designed for the UK, but methods apply worldwide.

1. Special Sites & Portals :
• United Nations - Humanitarian Affairs
  Link to several United Nations groups involved in humanitarian.
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  This document gives us a starting point to understand why we need to help others.