Who are Americans?

How much does it take to make an American happy? 
Too much … according to the Happy Planet Index study measuring how effectively the world’s finite resources are being consumed in comparison to their happiness in 178 countries around the world. The study was conducted by London-based New Economics Foundation.
How effectively do countries convert their environmental resources into happiness? The basic formula computes life [...]

Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) is an American nonprofit (Baltimore, Maryland) that empowers and equips young people in the USA to address global issues such as poverty, health care, climate change, peace and security through awareness raising, advocacy and action. The vision is for every young American to contribute to peaceful, healthy, fair and sustainable [...]

The World Public Opinion.Org organization just released an August 28 titled, “Muslims Positive About Globalization, Trade”.  The World Public Opinion.Org network is a consortium of research centers in 22 countries.
A segment of the article revealing their findings are shown below:
Contrary to the common assumption that Muslims view globalization as a threat to their society, a new poll of [...]

The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA), founded in 1997, is a nonprofit organization (Brooklyn, New York) that provides health care, development and humanitarian programs for people severely affected by poverty, disease and hunger in the Caribbean.
Batey unites grassroot groups, faith-based organizations, government agencies and international organizations in strategic partnerships. In 2003, the government of the Dominican [...]

Places of Hope (POH) is an American nonprofit (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) that was founded after Senior Pastor Tom and Donna Mullins led a Christ Fellowship Church trip to Romanian orphanages in 1993.
Soon after Place of Hope USA was formed as a faith-based community organization to provide residential care in the USA for children who [...]

Voices of Women (VOW) is an American (based in California) nonprofit organization that raises awareness and takes action on global issues, and advances the cause of non-military solutions to global conflicts. VOW, founded in 2001, also helps organizations around the world that help women and children in difficult conditions.
Projects include documentary films, panel discussions, dramatic theater [...]

Curamericas Global, Inc. (Curamericas), based in North Carolina, is an American nonprofit that works to improve health care programs and child survival rates in developing countries around the world.
Curamericas identifies needs and works together with local organizations in creating measureable, sustainable health care programs. The programs teach prevention and also establish health care clinics in areas [...]

Shelter for Life International (SFL), headquartered in Minnesota, USA, is a nonprofit organization with a mission to demonstrate God’s love by enabling people affected by disaster to rebuild their communities and restore their lives. SFL employs over 600 people around the world.
The original focus was on providing shelter to refugees from Afghanistan who were struggling to [...]