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Tibet Justice Center (TJC) is a Berkeley, California based nonprofit that advocates, through legal action and education, to promote self-determination, human rights, environmental protection and peaceful resolution of the situation in Tibet.
In 1989, Dr. Michael van Walt van Praag brought together a group of human rights lawyers in the San Francisco area to work on [...]

Arts Education International (AEI) is a nonprofit (Boulder, CO) that provides children in orphanages around the world with educational programs that encourage creative expression.
AEI was founded in 2006 by Sarah Geller and Ali Rapetti following their experiences in orphanages in the Caribbean and West Africa. AEI’s two week art camps emphasize indigenous music and art [...]

The Prizm Project (New Jersey) is a nonprofit that educates young women about human rights and gives them the resources they need to create social change. Retreats and other free programs, designed especially for young women ages 14 to 18, are held in the USA and around the world.
Goals of the Prizm Project include creating a [...]

More evidence of the globalization of American sports. The NBA (National Basketball Association) has just announced its 2008 European Tour to include preseason games at:
Oct. 9 - Paris - New Jersey Nets vs. Miami Heat (Palais Omnisport Paris Bercy)
Oct. 12 - London - New Jersey Nets vs. Miami Heat (The O2 Arena)
Oct. 14 - Berlin [...]

Many organizations mention they support the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. But what are the United Nations 8 Millennium Development Goals for the year 2015? The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)  form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.
United Nations [...]

Heal Africa USA, based in Monroe, WA, is the American fundraising organization for Heal Africa whose mission is to provide holistic care for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo through training health professionals, strengthening social activists and providing physical, spiritual and social healing.
Heal Africa was founded in 1994 with a vision to upgrade [...]

Stop Genocide Now  (SGN) is an American organization that is dedicated to protect populations in grave danger of violence, death and displacement resulting from genocide. Through education, advocacy and policy change, SGN works to change the way the world responds to genocide.
The current focus of SGN is is the African Darfur crisis in Sudan and [...]

Food For The Poor (FFTP), based in Coconut Creek, Florida, was founded in 1982 as an interdenominational ministry that serves the poorest of the poor in 16 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. Since its inception, FFTP, a registered charity, has provided more than $4.8-billion of food, medicine, housing materials and other aid, and [...]