The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation. We provide assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.
NRC promotes and protects the rights of refugees and people who have been displaced within their own country. We take action during situations of armed conflict, and engage in other contexts where our competences will add value.
NRC was established in 1946 under the name Aid to Europe, to assist refugees in Europe after World War II. Today NRC is organised as an independent, private foundation. We cooperate closely with the UN and other humanitarian organisations, around the world as well as in Norway.
The Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association (OAA) is a Registered Charity, formed in 1969 with the aim of promoting the highest standards of anaesthetic practice in the care of mother and baby.
The core goals are
- Educating and training anaesthetists and other health professionals. We hold a number of regular meetings and courses throughout the year.
- Provision of accurate information to the public about obstetric anaesthesia and pain relief. Our information is freely available in over 30 languages. We also provide a free app bringing all the translations together, for health professionals working where there is no Internet access.
- Distribution via the website of useful clinical guidelines that colleagues may use in developing their own local versions - this is widely used by anaesthetists overseas
- Giving members access to the results of OAA-approved surveys, which provides an overview of national practice year-on-year.
Operation Smile and its more than 5,000 medical volunteers are working every day around the world to provide safe, effective and free cleft lip and cleft palate reconstructive surgery for children all over the world. We are an international medical humanitarian organization that works in over 60 countries that is dedicated to raising awareness of this life-threatening issue and providing lasting solutions.
Operation Smile mobilizes a world of generous hearts to heal children's smiles and transform lives across the globe...
We are the largest volunteer-based medical charity providing free cleft surgeries and related medical care for children in the developing world. We train local doctors and strengthen healthcare systems around the world, so that we can treat more children in vulnerable communities. Our goals is to increase access to safe surgery globally.
Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than 90 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. We are one of the 15 affiliates in the international confederation, Oxfam.
Oxfam France est une association de solidarité internationale qui a pour objectif de construire avec chaque citoyen un monde plus juste, où les droits humains fondamentaux sont respectés. Elle est le membre français de la confédération internationale Oxfam, composée de 15 organisations de solidarité internationale qui travaillent ensemble dans 98 pays, en collaboration avec des partenaires et des alliés dans le monde entier, pour trouver des solutions durables à la pauvreté, les injustices et les inégalités.
Oxfam is a vibrant global movement of passionate, dedicated people fighting poverty together. People power drives everything we do. From saving lives and developing projects that put poor people in charge of their lives and livelihoods, to campaigning for change that lasts. To have the biggest possible impact Oxfam concentrates on three interlinked areas of work:
* Emergency response: We save lives, swiftly delivering aid, support and protection; and we help communities develop the capacity to cope with future crises.
* Development work: We fund long-term work to fight poverty in thousands of communities worldwide.
* Campaigning for change: Poverty isn’t just about lack of resources. Oxfam campaigns hard, putting pressure on leaders for real lasting change.
The purpose of Oxfam is to help create lasting solutions to the injustice of poverty. We work directly with communities, and we seek to influence those in power to ensure that people living in poverty can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in 94 countries, as part of a global movement for change, with a secretariat that provides coordination and leadership to assist the confederation to achieving its purpose.
The purpose of Oxfam is to help create lasting solutions to the injustice of poverty. We work directly with communities, and we seek to influence those in power to ensure that people living in poverty can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in 94 countries, as part of a global movement for change, with a secretariat that provides coordination and leadership to assist the confederation to achieving its purpose.
Oxfam-Solidarité is a Belgian NGO for development and cooperation, working on a basis of solidarity and equity. As injustice has national and international dimensions, Oxfam-Solidarité seeks to develop local programs within and linked to a broader social and economic context.
Founded in 1973, Partage is a state registered charity for children, based in France. Working globally and independent of any political or religious affiliation, Partage strives to protect and promote the rights and welfare of the world’s most deprived children.
Partage supports child development programmes focusing on nutrition and education, healthcare, community development and protection against abuse and exploitation.
Partage has chosen to work in partnership with local who are experts in child welfare. Their expertise guarantees that the action undertaken matches local requirements and effectively benefits the children and their communities with full respect for their fundamental rights and opportunities. These partnerships are intended to empower civilian societies and make the actions implemented sustainable over time.