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The Dalit Freedom Network (DFN), based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, partners with the 250-million Dalits (doll-leets), formerly called Untouchable, in their quest for religious freedom, social justice and human rights. Dalit compromise 25% of the total population of India. The Dalit are among the poorest of the world’s poor and are often referred to as [...]

Educational Praxis (EP) is a nonprofit that brings people of diverse communities together through direct educational activities to develop solidarity with learning-teaching centers around the world. EP (Putney, Vermont) works with local universities, schools and nonprofits in sponsoring lectures, training workshops, cultural events and teacher enrichment seminars. Topics addresses include critical reflection, economic equity and [...]

CRY America (Child Rights and You America) is a nonprofit (Braintree, MA) with a mission to restore basic rights to underprivileged children, especially in India. Over 1,500,000 children in India have had their lives improved by the efforts of CRY.
CRY America says 10,000 children die every single day in India … more than in any [...]

Tim and Pam Baker formed the Philip Hayden Foundation (PHF) (offices in Temecula, California and China) in 1995 to assist Chinese orphans … mainly the special needs and at-risk orphans in mainland China. Philip Hayden was an American teacher and fellow volunteer of the Bakers who died unexpectedly of a rare heart defect at age [...]

Educate the Children (ETC) is a nonprofit (Ithaca, NY and Kathmandu offices) that works to provide educational and development opportunities for children, women and communities in Nepal.
In 1989, Pamela Carson was visiting Kathmandu and noticed how many street children there were. Her conversations with three children revealed what they wanted most was to go to [...]

After spending 6 months in 1995 traversing the Himalayan range through Pakistan, India and Nepal, Scott Dimestrosky was so disturbed by the negative environmental and cultural impacts of tourism that he created Boulder, Colorado-based International Mountain Explorers Connections (IMEC) in 1996.
IMEC was founded as a registered charity to promote responsible and sustainable connections between travellers [...]

Bart and Deirdre Daniel are starting the first Charity Hospital in all of China, The Zhengzhou Morning Sun Center of Hope (MSCH).  The hospital will provide 100% free care for orphans and special needs children in China. 
In addition, MSCH is operating an infant nutrition program that serves 600 children in 12 orphanages in the Henan [...]

New York-based Healing the Divide Foundation, founded by Richard Gere in 2001, is a nonprofit that works to promote the welfare and prosperity of communities around the world.
One of their main causes is “The Heroes Project” which seeks to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in India.