The Top 100 Ngos 2013

The Top 100 NGOs 2013.

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n the pages that follow, we are global scheme of things, why do BRAC is ultimately accountable only expanded even further in the period new developments today. As the lines have resulted in a climb up the ranking. pleased to present the second NGOs matter? to its donors – and in that regard, due since. Some may bristle at any mention between NGO, social enterprise and For others, a no doubt unwelcome slide. Oedition of The Global Journal’s to an astute foray into social business of an ‘NGO industry,’ but what cannot social business blur, the questions In either case though, we return to the Top 100 NGOs ranking. In introducing To come up with an answer, we need ventures, will only find this a less and be disputed is the critical role that of what an NGO should be, which same point as last year: despite our best the inaugural list, we began by look no further than our top-ranked less onerous burden to bear. NGOs play in the context of numerous interests it should serve and how it efforts to ensure the ranking is based asking: just what is a non-government NGO for this year, the Bangladeshi national economies around the world. should be regulated by the state, will on concrete information fed through a organization? On this, our definition giant BRAC. While undoubtedly a Turning to the sector as a whole, Profit margins may be non-existent, become more and more relevant. rigorous, objective process, there is no remains the same – an operational- deserved winner, the sheer size and the numbers continue to speak for but the influence of the financial flows science in the measuring. or advocacy-focused non-profit influence of the organization gives one themselves. A Johns Hopkins University involved is undeniable. But back to this year’s ranking. As organization active at the local, national pause for thought. This is an entity study from a decade ago revealed you will see, there have been changes We invite you to read the feature that or international level. that reaches 138 million people directly that the global non-profit sector was And, of course, this does not even afoot. We have continued to refine our follows for what it is – a fascinating through its programs, that provides estimated to be worth $1.3 trillion account for the fact the sector is in the evaluation methodology, which this global snapshot of an often-overlooked This time around, however, in a climate health care to 92 million people, that in the five largest economies alone midst of a fundamental transition – a time around focused on what we believe sector. Like last year, we hope this list of financial crisis, reduced aid budgets employs a growing staff of 122,000, and – equivalent to the total GDP of the transition catalyzed, arguably, by the are the three key criteria relevant to will inform, stimulate debate, inspire and economy-wide fiscal austerity, it is that has lent $5 billion in micro-loans to United Kingdom (or the combined earlier microfinance revolution of the the activities of any NGO – impact, and shine a light on one hundred probably more appropriate to ask a more over six million borrowers. Yet, for all GDP of the 50 low-income countries at 1970s. BRAC was part of the vanguard innovation and sustainability. For organizations worthy of your time. fundamental question: in the broader its benevolence and clear social value, the time). One can only imagine it has then, and remains at the forefront of some organizations, these changes

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BRAC 3

The agile giant of the development world HQ LOCATION: Bangladesh

fter landing at a more than but steadily, diversified into a wide catalytic social enterprises – a clear respectable fourth place suite of activities, from agriculture trend positioning the organization in A in our inaugural Top 100 and food security to education, legal an enviable position of financial and NGOs ranking, BRAC (formerly aid, climate change risk reduction, programmatic sustainability. the Bangladesh Rural Advancement livelihoods support and maternal and Yet rather than taking this as a cue Committee) – the largest non child health. Rather than spreading to rest on its laurels, BRAC has at government development organization BRAC’s resources too thin, this strategy the same time used its considerable on the planet – has claimed this has instead remained faithful to resources and in-house human capital year’s top spot. A member of the era- founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed’s vision to build an expansive and dedicated defining 1970s wave of Bangladeshi of a holistic, sustainable approach to monitoring and evaluation apparatus, microcredit and microfinance pioneers poverty reduction. Indeed, BRAC is in a with positive flow on effects for the alongside the Grameen Bank and ASA, unique position to use its microfinance entire sector. BRAC has since gone on to outpace base as a social platform to deliver its old counterparts and assume an innovative scaled up services aligned to Ultimately, BRAC has evolved into unparalleled position in the crowded a principled, rights-based philosophy. a giant of an NGO in a way that field of international development. As we noted last year, BRAC is in some could see as problematic – a many ways a microcosm of the entire non-public entity that touches the From the perspective of our ranking international development sector in lives of more than 110 million people. criteria – impact, innovation and one organization, albeit gaining in Reassuringly, however, while size is not sustainability – BRAC ticks every box. independence from donor influence often an indication of quality, BRAC While still involved in the microfinance each year as it covers almost 80 percent represents a welcome outlier and a space – to the tune of approximately $5 of its $572 million operating budget continuing force for good at the © BRAC billion – the organization has carefully, through a burgeoning portfolio of global level.

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Wikimedia Foundation 1 Acumen Fund 26

Crowd-sourcing knowledge worldwide HQ LOCATION: United States The altruistic face of venture capitalism HQ LOCATION: United States

n 11 short years, Wikimedia In practical terms, Wikimedia asset, but also an essential dimension n 2011, New York-based Acumen Partnering in projects estimated to have The greatest testament to Acumen Foundation’s flagship Foundation – which topped our in building an engaged citizenry at the Fund celebrated a decade long benefited over 86 million people to date, Fund’s influence is the trail of I initiative – ubiquitous online inaugural ranking – exists as perhaps societal level. I experiment in 21st century charitable the key to Acumen Fund’s pioneering imitators that have sprung up in encyclopaedia Wikipedia – has the most influential non-government giving. Conceived with seed capital philosophy is its application of venture its wake – more than 200 impact revolutionized the way knowledge actor in the field of education today. Ultimately, the Wikimedia Foundation from the Rockefeller Foundation, capital principles in the pursuit of social investment organizations now operate is collected and shared. By now, Operating with a shoestring staff of represents a path-breaking example Cisco Systems Foundation and value, albeit with a higher tolerance worldwide, focused on driving social most are familiar with the Wikipedia 142, the organization is responsible for of what an NGO can achieve in the three individual philanthropists, the for risk and longer time horizons than change by supporting developing model, which is based around managing the platform facilitating the Internet era. Working with relatively organization was – at last count – its for profit brethren. The result is an world entrepreneurship. With its open access for all Internet users, a largest collection of shared knowledge meagre resources and committed responsible for a diverse portfolio of innovative – and successful – sustainability assured, and its ‘patient’ commitment to multilingualism, in human history – currently 23 to a funding model based on mass over $81 million worth of approved market-based challenge to traditional approach demonstrating deepening and constant edits and updates million articles and counting. To date, private donations as opposed to large investments in 72 countries worldwide. modes of grant-driven development impact as portfolio enterprises reach carried out by an army of Wikipedia is available in 285 languages, institutional grants, the organization Firmly committed to a belief that and philanthropy. maturity, Acumen Fund looks poised to approximately 100,000 eager and is visited by more than 470 continues, through an innovative social enterprises, emerging leaders continue to redefine the possibilities of volunteers. Most striking, however, million people per month. Central to application of new technologies, to have and breakthrough ideas hold the key to To complement its angel investor role, international development as it moves in an age of multi-billion dollar Wikimedia Foundation’s future strategy a deep and abiding impact on the lives successfully tackling the challenge of the organization has also continued to into its second decade. Facebook IPOs, is the organization’s is the continued expansion of Wikipedia of millions around the world. global poverty, Acumen Fund focuses expand its Global Fellows Program, bedrock belief in the notion that in the languages of the developing on transformative loan or equity-based building a networked “corps of leaders information should never represent world, where access to information investments, recycling returns to feed a with financial skills, operational know- a profit-driven commodity. is seen to represent not only a personal growing pool of ‘patient’ capital. how, and moral imagination.”

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Danish Refugee Council 5 Partners In Health 3

SETTING THE STANDARD in complex emergencies HQ LOCATION: DENMARK Medicine through a moral lens HQ LOCATION: United States

ormed after the devastation of Council has developed an enviable As an umbrella body comprising ften linked in the public mind the economic and social burdens of disease. All fuelled by a simple credo: World War II and the European reputation for itself as a leading actor 30 members, the Danish Refugee with the critical voice of poverty that exacerbate diseases “whatever it takes.” F refugee crises triggered by the in insecure environments, including Council’s network and impact is O high-profile co-founder Paul like HIV/AIDS and multidrug- Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, through the respected conflict expansive. Perhaps more importantly, Farmer, Partners In Health has, since resistant tuberculosis. The results, in collaboration with the Danish Refugee Council has been zone work of the Danish Demining the organization’s strong commitment its beginnings as a community-based longstanding partners Harvard Medical a constant, trusted presence in the Group, the organization’s dedicated to partnership and collective action is health project in the mountainous The game-changing Partners in Health School and Brigham and Women’s humanitarian sphere for over 50 years. humanitarian mine action unit. At the symbolized in collaborative innovations Central Plateau of Haiti, come to be approach encompasses five key elements Hospital, are impressive in scope. At the Serving a dual role, the organization’s same time, consistent with the trend like the Joint IDP Profiling Service, recognized as perhaps the pre-eminent focused on addressing intractable and beginning of 2012, Partners in Health activities revolve around the protection toward increasing diversification of which has become a one-stop shop for public health NGO globally. The neglected conditions: universal access was providing direct medical care to of refugees and internally displaced activities amongst major humanitarian data-driven humanitarian planning organization is guided by the same to primary health care, ensuring health 2.4 million people in 12 countries, the persons from immediate persecution in groups, the Danish Refugee Council throughout the sector. Ultimately passion that drove those young adults and education services are free to the bulk through local community health acute emergency situations, as well as also works across a number of ‘non though, one need look no further responsible for its conception – namely poor, hiring and training community workers. Meanwhile, the dream of the promotion of lasting solutions for traditional’ recovery-focused sectors, for evidence of the Danish Refugee an overwhelming sense of solidarity, health workers, improving access to transformational change embodied in conflict-affected populations (including including: housing and small scale Council’s reputation amongst those that rather than charity, when dealing food, shelter, clean water, sanitation, the post-earthquake Stand With Haiti via targeted international advocacy). infrastructure, income generation, count than the pattern of significant with the world’s poorest and most education and economic opportunities plan was realized with the opening of food security, displacement-related law increases in institutional donor funding underserved populations. In practice, and partnering with local and national a state of the art teaching hospital in Currently operating in over 35 and information, social rehabilitation it has enjoyed in recent years. this vision is manifest in Partners in governments to guarantee the system- Mirebalais, with long-term implications countries in service of more than 1.5 and NGO networking and capacity Health’s holistic model of patient care, wide scale-up and adoption of new for the capacity of Haiti’s public health million people, the Danish Refugee development. which emphasizes the need to alleviate approaches to treating infectious system and future medical personnel.

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Ceres 20 CARE International =

Shaping the future of sustainable capitalism HQ LOCATION: United States LEADING THE Fight AGAINST global poverty HQ LOCATION: Switzerland

udging by the direction of competitive advantage promised by Just some of Ceres’ achievements to n the world of emergency relief and approach to fighting global poverty its commitment to international contemporary debate, it can appear sustainable strategies. date include the wide uptake of its international development, there are and enhancing human dignity, with a standards of accountability and J at times that the environment and Global Reporting Initiative – a de-facto I a handful of organizations that have special focus on female empowerment. institutional learning. sustainability have fallen off the edge Key to Ceres’ deep impact is the group’s international standard used by more transcended their inter-war or post- of the map as salient issues of public unique position at the nexus of the than 4,000 companies for triple bottom war roots and built a global reputation In part, CARE International is able to Looking to the future, CARE policy. All the more impressive then to business, investment and advocacy line reporting – successful advocacy for effectiveness despite a broadening deliver large-scale impact based purely International is likely to become an see how since 1989 Boston-based NGO communities. The Ceres Coalition, campaigns requiring companies mandate. Without doubt, CARE on its size and reach. To see this as the increasingly vocal presence in high-level Ceres has managed to lead a parallel which comprises more than 130 and insurers to provide climate risk International fits within this category. full story, however, would be to discount international debates around strategies normative shift in the corporate world institutions, public interest groups and disclosure in financial filings and the Originally formed in 1945 as a symbol the true scope of the organization’s to address enduring challenges like when it comes to climate change, clean investors, the Company Network, which use of the Company Network as an of American empathy for the exhausted activities. With a long-term presence maternal health, hunger, gender energy, water scarcity and supply connects over 80 leading corporations, incubator for new best practices in populations of war-torn Europe (hence, in many of the world’s most vulnerable equality and climate change mitigation chain sustainability. and the Investor Network on Climate corporate sustainability. ‘care packages’), the organization has countries, CARE International is well- and adaptation. This change-focused Risk (INCR), which includes in excess grown into a diverse confederation placed to implement a comprehensive advocacy represents an important Through an innovative and effective of 100 investors collectively managing Ultimately, Ceres stands alone in the of 12 national members working in approach, involving pre-emergency complement to the on-the-ground work approach based on leveraging the more than $11 trillion in cumulative non-profit world as an environmental 84 countries to the benefit of 122 resilience and preparedness projects, of the organization, particularly in a undeniable power of business and assets, together allow Ceres to engage NGO able to work collaboratively in million people. Still a first responder immediate relief operations and global environment where financial capital markets, the organization has in a robust dialogue with powerful partnership with the private sector to in the event of natural disasters or longer-term recovery and community crisis has exacerbated flagging interest succeeded in influencing corporate decision-makers in order to mobilize spur significant and lasting reforms. conflict, CARE International has also rehabilitation. The organization has in the Millennium Development Goals. governance practices to value the meaningful corporate commitments. shifted its mission to embody a holistic also been a sectoral leader in

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Médicins Sans Frontiéres = Cure Violence 21

Fiercely independent emergency care HQ LOCATION: Switzerland Treating the contagion of violence HQ LOCATION: United States

aunchpad for the now inescapable organization is presently active Nonetheless, never in question is the hile the tragic school shooting infectious diseases share similar strategies with an evidence-based ‘without borders’ movement, in 68 countries, with operations impact of the organization’s operations, in Connecticut has added patterns of contagion. By this logic, it method – Cure Violence has achieved L Médecins Sans Frontières has encompassing close to 32,000 staff. which range from addressing the W further fuel to the gun control becomes possible to apply a common proven results, with 16-34 percent developed, over the course of its 41-year ravages of armed conflict, to emergency debate in the United States and beyond, public health strategy: stopping reductions in shootings and killings history, an enviable – or infamous, A key factor in the ability of Médecins action to stem the spread of epidemics it has also diverted attention from an transmission at the source and altering directly attributed to its programs, depending on one’s viewpoint – Sans Frontières to “bear witness” and in situations of state incapacity. even greater tragedy – the enduring norms and behavior so fewer people and 41-73 percent overall. Already reputation for combining unparalleled take sometimes controversial ethical cost of ‘everyday’ interpersonal become ‘infected’ in the first place. In implemented in over a dozen American medical assistance in the most stands against governments and other Médecins Sans Frontières has also been violence globally. Aligned with fellow practical terms, Cure Violence achieves cities, the model has also been exported fearsome conditions with an outspoken actors is its funding model, which innovative in its approach to dealing peacebuilding NGOs in spirit, if not this goal by identifying those most successfully to deal with election commitment to principled activism in unlike most major humanitarian NGOs with operational challenges, establishing in practice, groundbreaking Chicago- at risk and treating this core group violence in Kenya, community violence the face of perceived rights violations, is predominantly based around private the ‘Access Campaign’ to reduce based organization Cure Violence via a staff of highly-trained ‘violence in South Africa and inter-tribal violence dereliction of duty by the international donations rather than institutional prices for medicines, diagnostics and (formerly CeaseFire) is focused on interrupters’ – former perpetrators in Iraq. community or threats to the neutrality grants (the former representing 89 vaccines and stimulate the development addressing this challenge through employed to disrupt conflicts of humanitarian space due to the percent of total income in 2011). This of improved treatments, setting up an innovative model developed by its before they erupt and educate the Drawing upon cutting edge research merging of civil-military missions. independence, which often extends to affiliated organization, Epicentre, to founder, epidemiologist Gary Slutkin. community about the consequences in social psychology and neuroscience a tendency to avoid collaboration in the conduct epidemiological research and of violent behavior. to refine ‘interruption’ techniques, Founded in 1971 by 13 doctors – context of its strategic interventions, has assessments, and partnering in the Key to Cure Violence’s success – Cure Violence’s ultimate aim is no less including former French Foreign at times led to criticism of a pervasive Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative. and scalability – is the notion that By reframing the fundamental problem ambitious than the end of violence as a Minister, Bernard Kouchner – the ‘lone crusader’ attitude. the trajectory of both violence and – and applying traditional mediation learned behavior.

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Mercy Corps 1

The bridge between relief and recovery HQ LOCATION: United States

ometimes you see too much effective activities across a range of to foster indigenous entrepreneurship, in this business, resulting in program areas and locations. re-building social capital and “S horror fatigue,” says Mercy stimulating markets. Corps co-founder Dan O’Neill. “But What sets the organization apart is its you use the nightmare for fuel.” The leadership in using social innovation as Convinced of the value of taking organization he first established as the an engine for sustainable development ‘responsible risks’ – backed by rigorous Save the Refugees Fund in response to – and unlike other actors focusing on monitoring and evaluation – Mercy the atrocities of Pol Pot’s Cambodian entrepreneurial strategies in ‘stable’ Corps focuses especially on engaging killing fields has certainly matched operating environments, Mercy partner communities to identify that ethos, growing into one of the Corps works in this way with affected solutions proven to work in specific pre-eminent international development communities as a means to accelerate contexts and bring these to scale. As NGOs in the world today. the process of post-disaster or post- such, the organization’s greatest collapse recovery. From helping restore impact is arguably linked to its ability Based in Portland but active in over 41 local economies in the aftermath of the to strengthen the resilience countries, Mercy Corps’ pioneering Haiti earthquake via a mobile banking of communities with a view to commitment to using relief and solution, to fighting malnutrition in future shocks, beyond the millions recovery programs to strengthen civil Indonesian slums through a micro- of lives touched through immediate society for the long-term has seen the franchise system of vendor-managed relief efforts. diversification of its high-impact, cost food carts, the NGO consistently looks

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The Top 100 NGOs: - CARE International - Danish Refugee Council - Médecins Sans Frontières - GAIN - Transparency International - Interpeace - LIBERA A Global Picture. - Geneva Call - ICJ - Diplo Foundation - Terre Des Hommes - TRIAL - IBJ - Friends of the Earth Middle East - INJAZ al-Arab - Generations For Peace - Skateistan - International Crisis Group

- Amnesty International - Riders For Health - MERLIN - Free The Children - Barefoot College - Marie Stopes - Akshaya Patra Foundation - IPPF - Wikimedia Foundation - Gram Vikas - Save The Children - Acumen Fund - Pratham - PLAN International - Partners In Health - Operation ASHA - Concern - Ceres - PlanetRead - World Vision - Cure Violence - International Alert - Mercy Corps - Born Free Foundation - BRAC - Root Capital - Dhaka Ahsania Mission - IRC - Landesa - Digital Divide Data - Ashoka - Friends-International - Fonkoze - CHAI - Krousar Thmey Cambodia - Heifer International - Human Rights Watch - Escuela Nueva - Rare - Room To Read - Saude Crianca - iDE - Tostan - Helen Keller International - Viva Rio - Ycab Foundation - Water For People - Center For Digital - Handicap International - Search For Common Ground Inclusion - PlaNet Finance - Open Society Foundations - Luz Portatil Brasil - Instituto Da Crianca - Aflatoun - IMC - Fred Hollows Foundation - WITNESS - ZOA - CYFI - CAMBIA - Common Ground - Movember Foundation - Habitat For Humanity - Greenpeace - KickStart International - Architecture For Humanity - ARC - ICTJ - CIVICUS - Rainforest Alliance - Code For America - APOPO - Asylum Access - Global Footprint Network - Akilah Institute For Women - Project WET Foundation - Send A Cow Uganda

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APOPO Root Capital Handicap International IRC

Training rats to save lives Investing in the ‘missing middle’ Protecting the dignity and rights of the disabled lifesaving assistance to refugees

15 12 9 HQ LOCATION: TANZANIA HQ LOCATION: United States = HQ LOCATION: FRANCE HQ LOCATION: United States

n the popular imagination, the link between rats and hile the global ‘credit crunch’ has shifted the magine living through the devastation and debilitating ounded in 1933 at the request of none other than Albert human well-being is a negative one, shaped by fears of playing field in recent years, there was a time when burden of conflict or natural disaster. Now imagine Einstein, the New York-based International Rescue I disease. In the hands of APOPO, however, the equation W it seemed the world was awash in easy capital. As I the same scenario through the eyes of a person with F Committee offers lifesaving care and life-changing has been reversed. Based in Morogoro, the humanitarian William Foote realized during travels in Mexico, however, disabilities. Founded on the Thai-Cambodian border in 1982 assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. organization has spent the last 15 years honing its unique small and medium-sized rural businesses in the developing as a response to landmine injuries suffered by refugees fleeing Evolving into one of the world’s leading humanitarian approach to training rats as mine detectors, and exported world were often caught in a quandary – considered too the Khmer Rouge, Handicap International provides crucial agencies providing emergency relief, rehabilitation, this ‘technology,’ despite initial skepticism, to four countries small and risky for mainstream banks, and too large for the assistance to acutely vulnerable people in dire situations of protection, resettlement services and advocacy, the in Africa and South East Asia. Cheaper, quicker and lighter burgeoning microfinance movement. Returning to Boston, poverty, exclusion, war and disaster, taking action and raising organization works in over 40 countries worldwide, as well as than conventional de-mining methods, APOPO’s African Foote went on to launch Root Capital in 1999 as a non-profit awareness to respond to their essential needs, improve their managing the Surge Protection Project in collaboration with Giant Pouched Rats – endemic to sub-Saharan Africa – have social investment fund targeting grassroots businesses in the living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. helped return more than 6 million square meters of suspected “missing middle.” fundamental rights. minefields to local populations in Mozambique alone. Though highly respected for its rapid and reliable response By the beginning of 2012, the organization had disbursed Comprising a network of eight national associations active in to crisis situations, the International Rescue Committee is The organization has also continued to innovate, diversifying over $460 million in loans to sustainable enterprises in Africa over 60 countries, the organization has been rightly lauded also committed to laying the groundwork for lasting peace into the field of public health by training the same and Latin America, reaching 2.6 million people in poor, for its deep impact on the lives of a previously underserved and economic development. For instance, the organization ‘HeroRATs’ to detect tuberculosis in human sputum samples environmentally vulnerable rural communities. Beyond constituency – from relief to demining, rehabilitation to social has been working with Japanese fishermen in the wake of the – a faster, more accurate diagnostic method capable of managing two innovative investment portfolios, Root Capital inclusion and anti discrimination – as well as its tireless and devastation left behind by the 2011 tsunami, as well as helping screening thousands of patients every month. has also multiplied its impact by delivering targeted transformative advocacy work, including as a co-founder of undercapitalized local farmers in Zimbabwe access global financial advisory services and catalyzing a wider market the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. markets through the ‘Tabasco’ initiative in partnership with in rural financing. the McIlhenny Company.

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Barefoot College Landesa Ashoka One Acre Fund

Solar mamas and barefoot professionals Transforming rural lives through land rights The social entrepreneurship evangelists sowing the seeds of improved food security

18 40 42 = HQ LOCATION: INDIA HQ LOCATION: United States HQ LOCATION: UNITED STATES HQ LOCATION: KENYA

n the recent documentary Solar Mamas, a 32-year-old, n outlier amongst the NGOs making up this ranking, hen wading through a sea of non-profit annual fter having served as a strategic consultant to Fortune tent-dwelling Jordanian mother with only five years of the Seattle-based Landesa works to secure land rights reports and press material, it can appear ‘social 500 companies, Andrew Youn decided to spend the I primary education travels to India for six months of A for the world’s poorest people – those 2.47 billion W entrepreneurship’ is the term on everybody’s lips. A summer before his second year of MBA studies as hands-on training, culminating in a return to her desert chiefly rural individuals who live on less than two dollars a How easy it is to forget, then, that back in 1981 when a 20 an intern in Kenya learning about the root causes of rural community armed with the skills to fabricate, install and day. Of this group, more than a billion lack legal rights over year-old Bill Drayton launched Ashoka as an organization poverty and chronic hunger. The experience proved to be maintain solar power technology – a journey that would seem the land they use to survive, causing entrenched poverty dedicated to supporting the dreams of social innovators transformative. A year later, in 2006, he founded One Acre scarcely believable, save for the fact it has been replicated by cycles to persist over generations. For more than 40 years, worldwide, he was walking a solitary path. Thirty years later, Fund as a means to improve livelihoods amongst subsistence others time and time again. Founded by Bunker Roy in 1972 the organization has worked to advance durable land rights to and Ashoka has evolved into an association of over 3,000 farmers using market-based methods as an alternative to provide basic services and solutions to problems in rural achieve transformational change on a large scale. fellows in more than 70 countries. to traditional food aid. From this innovative idea, the communities in his native India, Barefoot College has since organization has expanded to serve over 130,000 farming nurtured a form of grassroots social entrepreneurship that has More precisely, Landesa works with governments and other Fundamental to the Ashoka model is a tripartite approach families in Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi. won plaudits for its success in helping participants forge their local organizations to create tailored approaches to expanding identifying and investing in leading social entrepreneurs, own path out of poverty. land rights to the rural poor. In all, the NGO has helped engaging communities of entrepreneurs to develop patterns At the core of the One Acre Fund program is a ‘market bring security of tenure to more than 105 million families, of effective collaboration, and working to deliver necessary bundle’ of services – including seed and fertilizer, financing, Open only to individuals without a formal education, the representing a beneficiary pool of over 400 million people. infrastructure, such as access to social financing, bridges to education and market facilitation – that enables farmers organization’s innovative – and powerful – model employs This has included the innovative use of a scalable ‘micro-plot’ business and academia, and the frameworks for effective cross to double their income per planted acre in one year. peer-to-peer learning, grounded in practical knowledge, to – tennis-court-sized pockets of land – strategy in India, which sector partnerships. While the organization’s global reach Committed to data-driven program development and donor demystify and decentralize sophisticated technology, in the despite their small size, have been proven to boost family is incalculable, evaluation has show that over 80 percent of accountability, the organization has also pioneered a rigorous process training an army of ‘barefoot professionals’: teachers, income, enhance nutrition and provide physical security. alumni are driving systemic change at a national level within system of internal and external performance monitoring used doctors, midwives, mechanics and architects in the millions. ten years, while 96 percent of their ideas have been replicated to ensure increased scale is not pursued at the cost of quality by independent groups. of impact and sustainability.

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Top NGOs By Sector.

Education PEACEBUILDING TECHNOLOGY 1. Wikimedia Foundation 1. Cure Violence 1. FrontlineSMS 2. Barefoot College 2. APOPO 2. CAMBIA 3. Room to Read 3. Search for Common Ground 3. Code for America

Catalyzing systemic HEALTH change Ending hunger one cow at a time HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENT 1. Danish Refugee Council 1. Ceres 35 8 HQ LOCATION: UNITED STATES HQ LOCATION: United States 2. CARE International 2. Rare 3. Médecins Sans Frontières 3. Water for People © Sylvain Piraux FOR APOPO © ROOT CAPITAL

eyond local communities, the key challenge in the oved by the plight of the orphans he attended to sphere of public health has long been to address during the Spanish Civil War, Dan West realized B systemic barriers to (sustainable) progress. In 2002, M these individuals needed “a cow, not a cup” – the President Bill Clinton launched the ‘Clinton HIV/AIDS difference between temporary aid and a long-term investment HEALTH CHILDREN AND YOUTH Initiative’ under the auspices of his Clinton Foundation in overcoming poverty and hunger. Returning to the United to not only bring care and treatment to people living with States, he founded Heifer International on this principle. The 1. Partners in Health 1. Akshaya Patra Foundation the disease, but also strengthen health infrastructures in organization provides families with a ‘living loan’ – a donation resource-poor countries. Ten years later, the renamed Clinton of livestock, accompanied with training in animal husbandry, 2. CHAI 2. Aflatoun Health Access Initiative has carved a considerable niche care and sustainable grazing methods. The receiving family 3. AMREF 3. save the children for itself as a willing partner to governments committed to must “pass on the gift” by transferring their knowledge and improving in-country health systems, and as an active player donating one or more of their animal’s offspring to another in the movement to develop the market for medicines and the family. This practice ensures project sustainability, develops efficiency of health resource allocation at the global level. community and enhances self-esteem by allowing project partners to become donors. Preferring to focus on organizational and managerial factors SHELTER LAW AND JUSTICE – rather than scientific or medical – the organization pursues A highly-participatory model, Heifer International works with catalytic, ‘game-changing’ opportunities for action. Its communities to decide what types of animals and production 1. Common Ground 1. Transparency International headline achievement to date was a successful negotiation systems they want, and who should receive animals. Since its 2. Habitat for Humanity 2. International Center for Transitional Justice with companies to secure lower prices for essential HIV/AIDS inception, the organization has helped 15.5 million families retroviral drugs, resulting in more than $1 billion in cost in more than 125 countries move toward greater self-reliance, 3. Architecture for Humanity 3. International Commission of Jurists savings shared by over 4 million people. with third-party evaluations confirming a substantive impact on household incomes, assets and family nutrition.

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Demanding justice on a global scale Conservation Through Social Marketing A midday meal FOR MILLIONS The untapped power of sanitation An incubator of human capital Literacy as the vehicle of progress Human Rights Rare Akshaya Patra Gram Vikas Digital Divide Room To Read Watch Foundation Data

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fter the watershed events of ccording to Rare, conservation n July 2012, the Akshaya Patra s Joe Madiath is fond of t the vanguard of the ‘impact’ very day, over 139 million 2011, human rights did not quite ultimately comes down to people Foundation quietly reached a reminding people, “shit” is not outsourcing movement, Digital children are denied the right to A enjoy the same global exposure A – their behavior toward nature, I significant milestone – its one A a glamorous issue. At the same A Divide Data successfully E go to primary school, a figure in the year just gone. If anything, their belief about its value and their billionth midday meal served to time, the organization he founded straddles the boundary between that increases significantly during however, this only served to further ability to protect it without sacrificing schoolchildren in India. Despite these in 1979 has had a marked impact business and NGO while providing a adolescence. Founded in 1999 by highlight the crucial role played by the basic community livelihoods. Based intensive efforts, malnutrition remains in delivering and scaling a holistic proven model for future innovation. former Microsoft senior executive New York-based Human Rights Watch. on this principle, the organization has a real challenge, with an estimated 42 village development model that uses Founded by Jeremy Hockenstein in John Wood, Room to Read operates With Cold War roots stretching back to developed an innovative model in which percent of children suffering from lack entry point concerns over clean water Phnom Penh in 2001, the organization in ten countries in Africa and Asia 1978, the organization has a long track it partners with local conservationists of food. Founded in 2000 in Bangalore and sanitation as a tool to unite and provides disadvantaged youth in based on the conviction that investing record of ‘muscular’ advocacy to achieve around the world to implement – feeding 1,500 children in five schools empower communities. Requiring Cambodia, Laos and Kenya with the in childhood literacy represents the sustained, positive behavioral change behavior-changing social marketing – through constant innovations in 100 percent ‘buy-in’ as a precondition education and training necessary to best vehicle to facilitate learning and by governments, law-makers, judicial campaigns aimed at protecting preparation and distribution the for commencing new projects, Gram deliver competitively priced technology ensure participation in today’s global systems, corporations and rebel groups. biodiversity while providing new organization has continued to drive Vikas’ participatory and sustainable services to a range of global clients. society. The organization partners with Unafraid of courting controversy, unlike avenues for sustainable development. down program costs and now reaches ‘MANTRA’ approach has achieved With revenues reinvested back into the communities and local governments to mass membership movements Human Since 1988, Rare has trained more 1.3 million kids on a daily basis, impressive results – eliminating 85 enterprise as a means to fund continued promote literacy and gender equality Rights Watch focuses on targeted than 200 local conservation leaders including in otherwise neglected remote percent of water-borne diseases in expansion, Digital Divide Data can in education by establishing libraries, advocacy, insider access and deft from across the globe in its signature rural areas. Beyond the immediate participating villages, and boosting point to concrete impact on the lives of constructing classrooms, publishing utilization of media headlines to raise method – the ‘Pride’ campaign – with impact on child health, the work of school attendance from ten to 90 its ‘graduates,’ who go on to earn local-language children’s books, pressure on those in positions subsequent campaigns reaching nearly Akshaya Patra Foundation has also been percent. From its origins in remote rural more than four times the average training educators and supporting girls’ of influence. 10 million people living in 57 of the fundamental in boosting lagging school India, the model has been replicated in regional wage. education. To date, over six million world’s biodiversity hotspots. enrolment and attendance. Tanzania and Gambia. children have benefited from Room to Read’s innovative approach.

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The soul of the human rights movement Lasting health change in Africa Low cost educational interventions Harnessing irrigation technology FOR GOOD the ‘last mile’ of health care delivery Health workers on the frontline Amnesty AMREF Pratham iDE Riders for Health MERLIN International

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y now, Amnesty International seeming rarity in today’s ow the largest educational ne of the leading voices in s in many other impoverished t the age of 30, Christophe needs no introduction. crowded public health field, NGO in India, Pratham was the ‘appropriate technology’ regions, the majority of the Besse left his job treating the B Established by lawyer Peter A AMREF is an African-led NGO N founded in 1994 to address O movement, psychiatrist turned A population of sub-Saharan A rich and famous in an exclusive Benenson in 1961, the organization focused on developing indigenous teaching gaps in the slums of Mumbai. social entrepreneur Paul Polak founded Africa lives in rural areas where the best London clinic, to “do some proper has amassed more than three million solutions to African health challenges. From those humble beginnings, the iDE in 1982 as an organization devoted roads are little more than dirt tracks. work.” Founding MERLIN in 1993 supporters, members and activists Founded in 1956 as part of a plan to organization has expanded in scope and to the manufacture, marketing and Without reliable transport, the millions with two friends, the organization went in over 150 countries. The popular provide mobile medical assistance geographical coverage, teaching English distribution of affordable, scalable invested in health materials and training through a baptism of fire in war-torn touchstone of the global human rights to remote regions in the east of the and computer literacy, establishing micro-irrigation and other low-cost will be wasted. Identifying this crucial Bosnia. Twenty years later, it numbers movement, Amnesty International continent, the organization has evolved libraries, publishing books and offering water recovery systems throughout the gap, husband-and-wife team Barry and 6,000 staff reaching an average of 20 engages with governments, armed into a multifaceted institutional comprehensive learning support. Since developing world. Envisioning the rural Andrea Coleman established Riders million people per year in 17 countries, political groups, companies and other actor working on a diverse range of its inception in 2007, Pratham’s flagship poor as potential entrepreneurs and For Health in 1996. The organization including operationally challenging non-state actors, seeking to disclose health issues with over 100 poor and program, ‘Read India’ – which aims to customers rather than charity recipients, manages over 1,400 motorcycles, locations like Afghanistan, Pakistan human rights abuses and mobilize marginalized rural and urban slum catalyze existing resources at the village iDE relies on local manufacturing, ambulances and other four-wheel and the Democratic Republic of the public pressure to address both communities – from HIV/AIDS and level to train teachers and harness retailing, and maintenance resources vehicles used in the delivery of health Congo. More than a humanitarian individual cases and normative change. malaria, to water and sanitation, domestic volunteers – is active in 38,000 to make affordable technologies care in eight countries across Africa, relief actor, MERLIN stays on to assist Though less innovative in its methods surgical outreach and practitioner villages, reaching over two million available to farmers. The organization’s including local training and preventive recovery in the long-term, building the as they have become organizationally training. Committed strongly to children in 2011 alone. Similarly, emblematic success has been the vehicle maintenance. Charging partners capacity of local health care workers and entrenched over time, Amnesty building the capacity of local health the organization’s ‘Annual Status of ‘treadle pump’ – a more efficient a fee to ensure the sustainability and embedding best practices to increase the International remains an important systems, AMREF has emerged as a Education Report’ has become a crucial and user-friendly technology than scalability of the model, Riders For resilience of at-risk communities in the independent voice in the international pioneer in community-based health influence on evidence-based state traditional manual pumps. More Health has already improved access to face of future shocks. arena, speaking fearlessly to power and care, as well as a regional leader in policy planning. than 1.5 million have been sold in health care for over 12 million people. pursuing a new focus on overlooked maternal and child health. Bangladesh alone, creating $1.4 billion economic, social and cultural rights. in net additional income per year.

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An Eye Etienne Eichenberger On The Sector. Executive Director, WISE Philanthropy Advisers

in the United States. Their approach to working with disadvantaged youth is seen as standard-setting. Another example is the ‘Fight for Peace’ model developed in Brazil being exported to prisons in © Cassidy Rush © trevor snapp © water for people the United Kingdom.

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NGOs have grown more professional due to numerous factors, though the influence of limited financial resources An alternative bank for the rural poor Eradicating preventable blindness Creative and sustainable water solutions is certainly one key element. This has been caused by the diminished performance of foundations, and the financial constraints imposed on public funding. At the same time, the financial crisis has also brought new ideas and talent Fonkoze Helen Keller Water for People into the sector. In a certain way, the crisis has provided an opportunity to rethink our status quo. International What is the most innovative NGO you have worked with? NEW NEW 18 I often think we fool ourselves by equating social innovation with technical innovation. At the last European Venture © ZIYODA KURBANOVA FOR THE GLOB AL JOURNAL Philanthropy Association meeting in Dublin, a speaker suggested “social innovation is not what is new, but what HQ LOCATION: haiti HQ LOCATION: UNITED states HQ LOCATION: UNITED states works better.” I like this quote because it helps us to move What is your interest in NGOs? beyond the paradigm that only new is better. I think, however, that Arc en-Ciel in Lebanon is a very innovative I have worked with civil society for the last 15 years. In model in its context – it is very interesting to see how an hen asked why he created or much of the 20th century, very day, nearly 6,000 people the past I collaborated with the Avina Foundation in organization can create great value in a tense environment. a microfinance institution the name Helen Keller was die from water-related illnesses, Latin America in the field of social entrepreneurship, and Arc-en-Ciel began operations after the civil war with W focused on women, the F synonymous with courage in the E the vast majority children supported the Schwab Foundation while at the World wheel chairs, but today pursues six development streams, founder of Fonkoze, Father Joseph face of overwhelming odds. Left blind lacking access to safe drinking water Economic Forum. Today, I am the co-founder of a leading including medical waste management and eco-agriculture. Philippe, was clear: “women are the and deaf as a baby, she went on not only and adequate sanitation facilities. boutique philanthropy consultancy. We advise a range of Its founders have seen a weak state as an opportunity to backbone of the Haitian economy and to become a leading advocate for the Recognizing that part of the problem clients in fulfilling their philanthropic aspirations. I am also create social value. the doorway into the family unit.” blind, but also to found Helen Keller is the prevalence of good-hearted but Vice President of Sustainable Finance Geneva and a board The largest organization of its kind in International in 1915 as a premier unsustainable interventions, Water For member of several foundations. Many paths lead me to NGOs What do you think is the NGO model of the future? Haiti, serving more than 56,000 women organization dedicated to preventing People has developed an innovative as you can see. borrowers – most of whom live and work blindness and reducing malnutrition. model based on close collaboration NGOs, like businesses, are all about diversity – from in the countryside – and over 250,000 Today, Helen Keller International’s with local communities and full What do you see as the biggest trend in the sector over small and medium size enterprises to global corporations. savers, Fonkoze is committed to offering cost-effective and sustainable programs coverage across entire districts and the last 1-2 years? Their respective challenges are hardly the same, and its clients a range of services that not span 22 countries, focusing on basic regions, rather than ad hoc projects at neither are their models. Future models will depend on only recognize the different points at eye care, vision correction, vitamin the household and village level. Local There are more long-term underlying trends that remain key, numerous factors, driven by an NGO’s mission. For instance, which individuals can start their climb supplementation, food fortification, groups must be willing to not only such as accountability and related issues of transparency. an advocacy NGO will need to further strengthen its out of poverty, but also acknowledges infant and young child feeding and contribute in-kind labor and funding to However, another interesting trend is the fact that social independence, an NGO focused on service delivery will that progress is not always linear. Much community malnutrition surveillance. an entire project, but also participate in innovations in transition countries – or so-called ‘poor’ need to continue to innovate with regard to generating more than a bank, the organization also Committed to productive partnerships, planning, implementation, operations, countries – have begun to be replicated in developed revenues. But both small and large NGOs will need to be delivers critical programs in education, the organization is also active in maintenance and repair. Across economies. Let me give two examples. One of your Top 100 more accountable in terms of impact and the quality of health, insurance and client protection. conducting and sharing research ten countries, Water For People is NGOs of last year, Friends International, has been asked to their delivery. The time when NGOs had a blank check to through a vibrant network of leading transforming the lives of over 300,000 test a model – developed originally in South East Asia – “do the right thing” is gone. international institutions. people – for the long-term.

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The dollars and cents of financial literacy Mobile technology for social change Family planning on a global scale Promoting sexual and reproductive health Lasting change in children’s lives Putting children first Aflatoun FrontlineSMS Marie Stopes IPPF Save the Children PLAN International International International

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nspiring disadvantaged children to aunched in 2004, FrontlineSMS ounded in 1976 on the basis of a nternational Planned Parenthood ne of the original international elebrating 75 years of working know their rights, practice saving is the brainchild of Ken Banks. vision to make family planning Federation promotes sexual and NGOs, Save the Children for children’s rights, PLAN i and launch enterprises, Aflatoun l During his work at Kruger F available to women and men I reproductive health as well as an O International was founded in c International was established began in 1991 in Mumbai as an action National Park, Banks noticed that around the world, Marie Stopes individual’s right to make their own 1919 to assist ‘children of the enemy’ when John Langdon-Davies and Eric research project affiliated with the Tata instead of the Internet, outlying International is active in 42 countries, choices regarding family planning. following World War I. Comprising an Muggeridge sought to provide food, School of Social Studies. By leveraging a communities used mobile phones for delivering reproductive health care and Founded in 1952 in Mumbai, it has alliance of 30 national organizations, accommodation and education to large network of implementing partners all communication needs. Following maternal health services to some of the since expanded to over 180 countries, it is now a global movement active in children whose lives had been disrupted – ranging from local community groups six weeks of “recoding on the kitchen world’s poorest and most vulnerable and exerted an important influence 120 countries and reaching 125 million by the Spanish Civil War. Today, the to large international NGOs – Aflatoun table,” the FrontlineSMS interface was people. Though the organization on global reproductive policy. Striving people. In pursuit of its simple mission organization has reached more than has since provided social and financial born. With a diverse range of functions operates over 600 service centers, to stay aware of unfolding trends, – saving children’s lives and protecting 56 million children in 50 developing skills to over 1.3 million children and – including FrontlineSMS:Credit, the bulk of its work is carried out in the organization maintains a youth their rights – Save the Children countries, with the majority of its youth in more than 90 countries via which allows users to send and remote, inaccessible and underserved presence on its executive board, while International engages in diverse and operating income derived from its an innovative, activity-based program. receive mobile payments, as well as communities via a pioneering system of new initiatives like ‘Girls Decide’ effective programming, from emergency pioneering child sponsorship scheme. The organization has also worked FrontlineSMS:Radio, enabling two- clinical outreach teams. Marie Stopes focus on empowering women and girls relief (co-leading the education cluster Framed by the principle of child- effectively in an advocacy context, with way dialogue between broadcasting International has also been an innovator to take control of their own sexual under the auspices of the United centered community development – a an Aflatoun module being included companies and listeners in marginalized in using a social franchise network – health. Similarly, International Planned Nations) to nutrition, education, model that emphasizes inclusion, gender in UNICEF’s Child Friendly Schools communities – FrontlineSMS is able clinics, midwives and pharmacies – to Parenthood Federation’s research protection, poverty alleviation and equality and youth empowerment – curriculum, and its annual ‘Children to constantly evolve to match the scale up access, assure quality and partnerships ensure that patients, spirited global advocacy. A highly PLAN International has most recently & Change’ publication serving as development of mobile technology. leverage economies of scale to achieve especially those living with HIV/AIDS, respected and visible organization, Save launched the ‘Because I am a Girl’ an authoritative source of data and Validating the organization’s pricing savings for clients. receive the care they deserve. In 2011 the Children International has only campaign to tackle cultural barriers research for the broader child commitment to a free, open-source alone, the organization’s 65,000 global recently completed a sustained period of like child marriage and gender-based finance movement. platform, users downloaded the software facilities reached over 89 million people. internal transition and consolidation. violence that prevent females from 20,000 times in 2011 alone. completing a quality education.

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Community-led social transformation Reversing avoidable blindness Fighting the plague of corruption Breaking the cycle of childhood disease Switching the focus of learning Striving for tolerant and free societies Tostan Fred Hollows Transparency Saúde Criança Escuela Nueva Open Society Foundation International Foundations

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n 20 December – the same day n Australia, ophthalmologist orruption can happen anywhere, orking as a pediatrician in rawing upon her educational hen multi-billionaire hedge- the United Nations adopted a Fred Hollows was lauded for his silently exacerbating poverty, a public hospital in Rio de experiences in the region, Vicky fund manager George Soros O resolution calling for a global Icommitment to restoring sight c inequality and social instability. W Janeiro in 1991, Vera Cordeiro D Colbert returned to Colombia W decided in 1979 to invest ban on female genital mutilation – 40 to thousands living with avoidable According to the latest Corruption was shocked by the number of children in the mid-1970s to introduce Escuela his money in philanthropic activities, communities in Guinea-Bissau, where blindness in remote indigenous Perceptions Index, not one country is successfully treated for an infectious Nueva – ‘new school’ – a unique he was probably inspired by Henri Tostan delivers a number of educational communities and abroad. Established free from corruption, with the majority disease who then returned after being pedagogical model aimed at addressing Louise Bergson – the first to describe projects, declared they would abandon just before his death in 1993, the Fred scoring below 50 out of 100. There is re-infected at home. Creating Saúde the dysfunctional approach of the “open societies” based on universal harmful practices like female genital Hollows Foundation is expanding this a serious plague that must to be cured. Criança to provide low-income children conventional school system, especially principles seeking the good of all cutting and promote human rights. activity. Rather than ‘fly-in, fly-out’ For the past 18 years, Transparency and families with effective long-term in rural and low-income areas. The mankind. Encompassing a network Although ending cutting was never surgery, the organization works to build International has strived to place, and health care, the organization offers organization’s cost-effective and active in over 80 countries, Open one of Tostan’s original goals, the local skills and in the past five years keep, corruption high on the political a holistic response to address both scalable strategy includes a focus on Society Foundations operates as both a Dakar-based organization has been has trained over 38,000 eye surgeons and business agenda. By measuring and diseases and the socioeconomic factors active learning centered on student grant-making and implementing entity a major driver of change in many and clinical support staff. By building reporting on this deleterious activity, that serve to aggravate their symptoms. participation, a revamped role for supporting a variety of projects – from African villages. Rather than blaming intraocular lens factories in Eritrea and the international movement – which Saúde Criança has developed an teachers as facilitators of cooperative governance to justice reform, minority or criticizing, Tostan – Wolof for Nepal to lower the global price of lenses includes more than 100 independent innovative two-year ‘Family Action learning, more interactive materials rights, education and public health. ‘breakthrough’ – promotes community (required in cataract operations) it has national chapters and partners around Plan’ that targets specific areas of allowing for self-instruction, and a A key recent initiative has focused dialogue on a wide range of topics contributed to the production of over the world – has both raised awareness of family wellness necessary to achieve curriculum that combines life skills on eliminating discrimination and through its 30-month ‘Community five million lenses, reducing the cost of its devastating effects, as well as worked sustainable good health, such as with academic subjects. Ultimately prejudice against Europe’s Muslims. Empowerment Program,’ based on the surgery to as little as $25 and helping with governments, business leaders, education, housing and income. adopted formally at the national level The ‘At Home in Europe Projecta’ conviction that genuine democracy and to restore the sight of more than one local communities and other civil Testament to its success, the model has in Colombia, the innovative Escuela documents daily experiences to identify development must always be rooted million people. society organizations to fight for been replicated across Brazil, reaching Nueva model has since been replicated issues that residents in Europe’s urban in and emerge from existing cultural its eradication. 40,000 people per month. in 16 countries, reaching over five spaces share as common concerns. practices and local knowledge. million children.

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Mobilizing communities to eliminate tB Building capacity in unstable environments Public-private partnerships for nutrition

Operation ASHA International GAIN IMPACT INNOVATION SUSTAINABILITY Medical Corps 1. BRAC 1. Wikimedia Foundation 1. BRAC 2. Wikimedia Foundation 2. Acumen Fund 2. Partners in Health NEW 4 NEW 3. Danish Refugee Council 3. APOPO 3. Rare 4. Médecins Sans Frontières 4. BRAC 4. Amnesty International HQ LOCATION: india HQ LOCATION:United States HQ LOCATION: Switzerland 5. Acumen Fund 5. Cure Violence 5. Danish Refugee Council 6. Partners in Health 6. Ceres 6. Handicap International 7. CARE International 7. Riders for Health 7. International Rescue Committee ounded in 2005, Operation nspired by the Soviet-Afghan war, ounded in 2002, the Global ASHA has the ambitious goal Robert Simon sought to find a Alliance for Improved Nutrition 8. International Rescue Committee 8. Water for People 8. Human Rights Watch F of achieving a tuberculosis-free Iway to provide children with basic F (GAIN) is driven by a simple 9. Save the Children International 9. Partners in Health 9. Open Society Foundations India. Motivated by the inability of her health care amidst conflict. Yet he goal: to end malnutrition. In the patients to receive proper care, Shelly realized quickly that small clinics were decade since, GAIN has partnered with 10. Handicap International 10. Barefoot College 10. Wikimedia Foundation Batra partnered with Sandeep Ahuja insufficient – the real problem was governments and international agencies to develop a cost-effective treatment “how to reconstruct [an] entire medical in 30 countries, sponsoring projects now delivered by 240 clinics. Having system.” This experience shaped the involving more than 600 companies recently expanded to Cambodia, mission of International Medical Corps, and civil society organizations. Using Operation ASHA continues to grow at which focuses on the path from ‘relief population-based programs to deliver an impressive rate. The organization to self-reliance’ via sustainable health basic foods fortified with vitamins dedicates significant energy to finding interventions. The organization’s pillars and minerals, GAIN relies on a efficient medication delivery methods. of humanity, neutrality, impartiality simple strategy to reach the maximum The most successful strategy has and operational independence mean it amount of people possible. The been the ‘DOTS’ (Directly Observed is able to reach emergency zones rapidly organization’s market-based approach Therapy Short Course) program, – it was one of the first NGOs to enter also includes fostering local initiative: which increases accessibility for poor Haiti just 22 hours after the earthquake In Cote D’Ivoire, for instance, GAIN patients. More innovative is Operation hit. With 96 percent of field-based staff actively sponsors Protein Kisèe-La, an ASHA’s rigorous patient tracking and health professionals drawn from organization that provides affordable model, eCompliance. A partnership local communities, the organization and fortified cereal products for infants with Microsoft, the software represents is committed to ensuring skills and and nursing mothers. Ultimately, a key breakthrough replicable by other knowledge are passed on. GAIN’s scope is its strongest point, organizations dealing with antibiotic reaching over 610 million people. resistant diseases.

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Building foundations for peace Human rights violations on video The environment as a force for peace Open-access intellectual property A joined-up approach to homelessness Reducing violence through social inclusion Search For WITNESS Friends of the Cambia Common Ground Viva Rio Common Ground Earth Middle East

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ne of the original peacebuilding he impetus for the founding riginally founded as ‘EcoPeace’ ounded by molecular biologist perating in New York since city no stranger to violence, NGOs of the contemporary of WITNESS as a pioneering in 1994, Friends of the Earth Richard Jefferson, since 1992 1990, Common Ground aims even Rio de Janeiro residents o era, Search For Common Tadvocacy organization in 1992, O Middle East is a unique F Cambia has sought to develop O to address the needs of the Awere left shaken after the bloody Ground works to transform the way Peter Gabriel’s vision of video as a tool organization bringing together and disseminate new technologies city’s population experiencing recurrent Candelaria and Vigário Geral massacres the world deals with conflict – away for the advancement of human rights Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli and collaborative instruments while housing instability by creating high in 1993. Viva Rio was founded as a from adversarial approaches and has now become a reality. WITNESS’ environmentalists. Convinced of fostering transparency and innovation quality and affordable housing options. reaction to these and other events, towards collaborative problem solving. role is more relevant than ever – from the need to join forces to promote in the life sciences. Increasingly, The organization’s strategic framework drawing together representatives Rather than focus on key individuals partnering with Central African NGOs the integration of environmental this has meant the organization has recognizes that the chronically from various sectors of civil society. to achieve short-term gains, the to combat the use of rape as a tool considerations into the regional had a significant target in its sights homeless, especially those with special The organization is committed to organization draws upon a diverse of war, to empowering poor families development agenda, the organization – the complex and closed world of needs – such as severe and persistent promoting peace and social inclusion ‘toolbox’ aimed at deep societal change being forcibly evicted from their homes is simultaneously committed to creating international intellectual property mental illness – require more than one- through research, innovative on- – from media production to mediation ahead of the World Cup in Brazil. the necessary foundations for lasting regimes. Across a handful of key time interventions, but rather sustained the-ground projects – encompassing and facilitation, training, community Committed to supporting victims in peace. Functioning as a innovative projects, Cambia is energetically and support to enable them to maintain human security, health, education and organizing, sports, theater and music. order to transform their personal stories grass-roots actor reaching 500,000 ambitiously working to democratize housing over the long-term, lead more environment programs – and the design Presently active in 26 countries in of abuse into effective tools for justice, people as well as a dynamic policy scientific innovation, most notably normalized lives, and decrease their of effective public policies, including Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle the organization works with grassroots advocate, Friends of the Earth Middle through the ‘Patent Lens’ – an open use of expensive resources such as in collaboration with law enforcement East, Search For Common Ground is groups to bring the power of video into East’s ‘Good Water Neighbors’ project access, Gates Foundation-backed online in-patient psychiatric or medical care. officials. Following an invitation from also committed to improving methods their existing campaigns, trains activists has grown from 11 to 28 communities, facility dedicated to mapping global Salvaging historic buildings, renovating the United Nations in 2004, Viva for measuring effectiveness in the and shapes the safe and ethical use of while the ‘Jordan River Rehabilitation’ patent landscapes. While that may not them through creative financing and Rio has also exported its expertise to peacebuilding sector, establishing a video online and offline. project has been so successful in shifting seem exciting, the organic and viral partnering with other organizations to Haiti. What began as a peacekeeping specialized Institutional Learning political attitudes the Iraeli government nature of the initiative has the potential develop an integrated social program consultancy role expanded into a multi- and Research Division to develop new has agreed for the first time in 60 years to redefine the role of IP in the social model, the Common Ground approach faceted development operation in the research methodologies. to return fresh water to Jordan. use of scientific research. has been replicated nationwide. country’s most impoverished slums.

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A global network of conflict prevention Affordable housing for families in need Self-sustaining poverty alleviation Finding the hope amidst disaster Securing the futures of marginalized youth The sustainable future of design International Habitat For KickStart ZOA Friends- Architecture For Crisis Group Humanity International International Humanity

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ounded in 1995, the International merging from an interracial ickStart International began with eadquartered in Apeldoorn, but ounded in 1994 in Phnom Penh as ith exhibitions at MOMA Crisis Group was created with the Christian community just the basic premise that “a poor active throughout the world, a local outreach project for street in New York and dedicated F express purpose of being wholly E outside of Georgia, Habitat For K person’s top need is a way to make H ZOA (formerly ‘ZOA Refugee F children, Friends International W glossy monographs, independent from governments or Humanity was founded on the premise more money.” In response, its founders Care’) began as a student initiative in has rapidly expanded its operational community-focused ‘social’ design international agencies. Since then, the of “partnership housing” - building developed a cheap and sustainable 1973 offering assistance to Southeast scope to encompass the entire Southeast is everywhere. San Francisco-based Brussels-based organization has helped sustainable structures alongside irrigation pump – the ‘MoneyMaker’ – Asian refugees. The organization now Asian region, as well as Honduras, services firm Architecture For the international community to mitigate volunteers, with beneficiaries offered to support African farmers in a move operates in 15 countries providing Mexico and Egypt. Working with Humanity, however, has been leveraging and prevent large-scale deadly conflict. affordable loan terms and expected from subsistence farming to commercial relief to people affected by conflict marginalized children, their families the power of design for good since 1999, The International Crisis Group employs to contribute reciprocally with labor. agriculture. Reflecting the massive or natural disasters, and working and communities in urban areas, the and presently comprises 52 chapters a three-tiered approach of field-based Since expanding internationally in effect of a simple idea, the organization with affected communities to recover organization is dedicated to ensuring in 13 countries worldwide, directly analysis, policy prescription, and, 1973, the organization has experienced estimates that it has sold over 200,000 their livelihoods and boost future this target population becomes serving 100,000 people annually. Based finally, aggressive advocacy. Yet, it is impressive levels of growth. By 2012, pumps in Kenya, Tanzania and Mali, resilience. ZOA’s three specific fields productive and functional citizens. on a credo of inclusive design that the sheer scope of the organization’s Habitat For Humanity had successfully lifting almost 700,000 people out of expertise encompass livelihoods and ‘Friends Programs’ are focused on spurs lasting change, the organization operations that makes it stand out from built 600,000 houses globally. In lower of poverty. Beyond this innovative food security, basic education, and protection, reintegration, prevention focuses on poverty alleviation, disaster the crowd, with programs across more income countries, the organization low-cost technology, KickStart water, sanitation and hygiene. Where and capacity-building, while the mitigation and reconstruction, post- than 70 regions. This unique expertise partners with microfinance institutions International is also demonstrating a possible the organization encourages ‘ChildSafe Network’ is a joint advocacy conflict community building and has been used time and time again in to provide additional flexibility through strong commitment to refining and collaborative work with NGO partners, and service initiative educating travelers spaces meeting the needs of at-risk especially sensitive contexts, including incremental financing and group saving. improving its model. The organization and acts as the lead agency of the Dutch and reaching out directly to at-risk populations. It has also developed the crisis alerts in Ethiopia-Eritrea, Yet, Habitat For Humanity does more is partnering with the International Consortium for Rehabilitation focusing youth. As a means to offer practical groundbreaking ‘Open Architecture Darfur, Somalia and Pakistan, as well than simply build houses – initiatives in Food Policy Research Institute on a on addressing fragility in Burundi, the training opportunities to disconnected Network’ – the first open-source as behind the scenes support for peace Honduras, for instance, have included three-year study to measure the impact Democratic Republic of the Congo, youth, as well as increase overall repository of architectural plans negotiations in Sudan, Burundi and home and health education, as well as of the pump on family health, nutrition, Liberia, Uganda, Sudan and sustainability, Friends-International and drawings aimed at fostering Northern Uganda. domestic financial management. income, education and farming. South Sudan. also runs a number of social businesses. knowledge sharing.

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Most Promising New NGOs.

In the process of producing this year’s ranking, four young NGOs stood out for their out-of-the-box thinking and willingness to dream big © jennifer o’gorman/concern © center for digital inclusion © Athit Perawongmetha/ARC despite modest beginnings. While it is still too early to gauge the true impact these organizations will ultimately have, each impressed us with 63 64 65 their innovation and long-term view. Though markedly different in the thematic space they occupy, Code For America, Child & Youth Finance International, Skateistan and the Akilah Institute For Women are all Targeting extreme poverty Extending digital technology to the poor A pathway to security and self-sufficiency NGOs with a bright future. Concern Center For Digital American Refugee Inclusion Committee

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stablished in response to charity ounded in Rio de Janeiro in 1995 ike a number of NGOs on this appeals from missionaries working by ‘digital inclusion’ pioneer list, the American Refugee E in war-torn Biafra in 1968, F Rodrigo Baggio, the Center For L Committee emerged from the Akilah Institute FOR WoMEN - P89 code for america - P81 Belfast-based Concern has gone on to Digital Inclusion aims to use technology chaos that enveloped Southeast Asia work in over 50 countries, responding as a powerful medium to fight poverty, in the 1970s. Moved by the plight of to major emergencies as well as stimulate entrepreneurship and the millions affected by the conflict, implementing long-term development develop a new generation of change- Chicago businessman Neal Ball programs. Today the organization is makers. The organization’s innovative founded the organization to provide present in 25 of the world’s poorest model revolves around a decentralized medical services to individuals stranded nations, with a major operational focus network of ‘CDI Community Centers’ in refugee camps on the Thai border. on health and nutrition, education, established with local partners in the The American Refugee Committee HIV/AIDS and community livelihoods. most impoverished communities in now works with refugee communities Over time, Concern has invested the region. Three principle objectives in seven countries providing shelter, in early warning systems for slow guide the activities undertaken at these clean water and sanitation, health care, onset crises, allowing it to act fast sites: self management, sustainability skills training, microcredit education before situations deteriorate and help and a commitment to implementing the and protection. Still focused on refining communities build their resilience. In Center For Digital Inclusion’s unique its programs despite a 30-year history, this vein, the organization has played pedagogy, which encourages students the organization recently developed the a leading role in the ‘Scaling-Up to use technology as the main tool in innovative ‘I AM A STAR’ program, Nutrition’ (SUN) initiative, which completing a ‘social advocacy project’ which leverages the influence of the promotes improved nutrition during the in their local community. To date, the Somali diaspora to help shape its SKATEISTAN - P86 Child & YOUTH FINANCE international - p82 first 1,000 days of a child’s life. model has impacted almost 1.5 million response to the world’s most enduring lives across 12 countries. humanitarian crisis.

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edicated to restoring civic trust volving from its roots as a United ounded in 2000 with a view to n 1987, the Amazon was disappearing ore than half of sub-Saharan ike many buzzwords, ‘Government in fractured state institutions, Nations pilot project, Interpeace addressing the lack of international at a rate of 14,305 acres per day. African countries have not 2.0’ signifies much, but has D the International Center for E is focused on building sustainable F attention being paid to the I While other NGOs organized M reached gender parity in L delivered little of real substance. Transitional Justice helps heal and peace in conflict-ridden regions. The growing influence of non-state actors protests and boycotts, Rainforest primary education, while at a secondary The idea that the Internet could rebuild societies devastated by past organization’s peacebuilding principles in situations of violent conflict, Geneva Alliance realized the better strategy was level, gender gaps exist in most of the revolutionize conventional governance atrocities. The organization believes focus on the local – insisting that Call focuses on engaging armed groups to provide incentives for forestry, farm region’s countries. It is in this context processes, however, is worth pursuing. sustainable peace can only be achieved peace must first be locally-owned, in a constructive dialogue aimed and tourism enterprises to manage their that the Forum for African Women Washington DC-based Code For via a three-tiered approach: reformation participatory and long-term. Operating at persuading members to respect land in a sustainable way. Since then, Educationalists was founded in 1992 America is doing just that. Launched at of key institutions, engagement with in 16 countries, Interpeace partners with specific humanitarian norms. The it has worked to conserve biodiversity to promote female education in the the beginning of 2011, the organization civil society organizations and careful grassroots civil society organizations to organization is perhaps most famous and ensure sustainable livelihoods via region. Working in 32 countries, the functions on a simple premise – by analysis of recent developments develop tailored strategies, leading to for its innovative use of specially a transformation of land-use practices, organization is focused on achieving matching technology fellows with in transitional justice. Yet despite a variety of activities, including youth formulated ‘Deeds of Commitment’ business practices and consumer gender equity and equality via targeted government institutions, not only would this holistic approach, it is the programs to combat gang violence in as a means to hold guerrilla groups, behavior – expanding its original programs encouraging partnerships new efficiencies be identified, but the International Center for Transitional Latin America, platforms for dialogue liberation movements and other de mission to address the social impacts on between schools, communities, civil public sector would also be placed on Justice’s commitment to civil society to encourage reconciliation in Liberia facto authorities accountable. Currently those who depend on resource-based society and governments. Amongst a the same innovation curve as the rest organizations that remains the most and changes to agricultural policies focusing its efforts on banning the use jobs. Thanks to a partnership with the suite of projects, the Gender-Responsive of society. Two years later, this “peace innovative aspect of its work. Active in Mozambique addressing societal of anti-personnel mines, prohibiting Sustainable Agriculture Network – Pedagogy was initiated in 2005 and has corps for geeks” has led to a range partnerships with grassroots groups grievances. Perhaps its most innovative the recruitment of child soldiers, which manages the Rainforest Alliance led to an improvement in girls’ retention of innovations, from an ‘adopt a fire have resulted in an array of solutions, contribution to peacemaking, however, and ending sexual violence in armed Certified™ standard – the organization and performance, greater participation hydrant’ app allowing Boston residents including the creation of an Apartheid is the initiative ‘Constitution-making for conflict, Geneva Call has already has introduced a sustainable agriculture and improved gender relations within to keep these facilities functional during Museum in South Africa, and the Peace,’ featuring a handbook guiding secured the formal commitments of 42 model in 31 countries directly affecting schools. Over 6,600 teachers have been snow season, to a recently-launched development of a legal framework for national actors involved in the process of groups to date. over five million people. trained to date. ‘civic accelerator’ for government- gender based violence in Argentina. creating a constitution. related start-ups.

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Achieving financial inclusion for the young training refugees to rebuild their lives Empowering at-risk youth The pop culture literacy program Multi-dimensional poverty alleviation A seminal actor in human rights Child & Youth Asylum Access YCAB Foundation PlanetRead Dhaka Ahsania ICJ Finance Mission

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inety percent of young earing persecution or fleeing a oncerned with the increasing lliteracy rates in rural India are ounded in 1958 by educationist, omprised of an evolving standing people worldwide lack access crisis, refugees usually land first incidence of drug abuse amongst the world’s highest, and social reformer and spiritual leader group of 60 prominent judges N to basic financial services. F in a country near their own. c and street crime amongst i the lack of effective educational F Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Dhaka C and lawyers, the International Yet, financial inclusion and access There, they often experience further Indonesia’s youth, together with infrastructure makes it difficult to Ahsania Mission has since established Commission of Jurists focuses on is critical in developing financial hardships and marginalization. increasing high school dropout rates, address such a persistent challenge. itself as one of the largest NGOs in promoting the rule of law worldwide. literacy and building positive financial Providing legal assistance and helping Veronica Colondam established YCAB Hundreds of millions of people are Bangladesh, implementing a range of Originally funded by the CIA and behavior over time. Established by the refugees assert their rights in their Foundation in 1999 to address issues either illiterate, or ‘neo-literates’ – diverse programs in the areas of health, established as a counter-point to the founder of Aflatoun, Child & Youth first country of refuge, Asylum Access of youth development. An abbreviation possessing only rudimentary skills education, agriculture, technology, Soviet International Association of Finance International is pursuing transforms the traditional approach of of an Indonesian expression translating despite several years of primary school. human rights and climate change Democratic Lawyers, the organization an ambitious ‘spider in the web’ endless humanitarian handouts into to “loving the nation’s children,” the Realizing the situation demanded and disaster management focused on has since discarded its ideological model by bringing together a global a sustainable, empowering solution. organization’s program consists of out-of-the-box thinking, Brij Kothari improving the quality of life and social ties, instead focused on advocacy, movement of international stakeholders Refugees find grassroots assistance three connected activities: the primary devised a very simple, yet cost inclusion of the urban poor. A key policy work and technical assistance. – from financial regulators, to banks, to navigate the legal process. Asylum prevention of risky behavior, including effective (and scalable) solution using feature of the Dhaka Ahsania Mission Throughout a 60-year history, the child rights groups and academia – Access also trains refugees as translators drug abuse and HIV/AIDS, through ‘Same Language Subtitling’ (SLS) approach is its network of ‘Community International Commission of Jurists dedicated to increasing the financial and community legal advisors for other education and the adoption of a positive – the practice of subtitling television Learning Centers,’ which seek to has remained at the forefront of human empowerment and security of children refugees, delivering lasting change. To lifestyle; digital inclusion, English programs, music videos and other instill a participatory dynamic and rights standards, including a key role and youth. Simply by aligning the further scale its work, the organization literacy and vocational centers; and audiovisual content drawn from popular partnership with those benefiting from in the creation of the International efforts of existing partners, it has is developing a Refugee Rights Toolkit seed capital for youth entrepreneurship, culture in the same language as the the organization’s initiatives, and have Criminal Court. From ensuring already succeeded in reaching out to help advocates customize the Asylum including micro loans and a job audio track. This ‘karaoke’ approach to also been used as a platform to deliver women’s access to justice in Botswana to 18 million additional children – it Access model to local contexts and center for graduates. From reaching literacy provides crucial regular reading piggy-backed ‘one stop service’ points in to highlighting violations of due process is expected that this approach will launch their refugee legal aid project out to 2,000 youth per year in 1999, practice to over 200 million neo- target communities. in Sri Lanka, it also works assiduously build a global consensus on child anywhere in the world. YCAB Foundation now benefits over literates, and has prompted another 270 at the grassroots to build local capacity friendly banking services and financial 400,000 and has expanded its model million to begin reading. in the justice sector. education. internationally.

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orld Vision International ovember Foundation’s no- stablished by Jacques Attali is one of the largest relief, shave November, as well as in 1998, PlaNet Finance has W development and advocacy M its contingent of sponsored E developed into a group of affiliated organizations in the world today. ‘Mo Bros,’ have become a well-known organizations delivering a diverse set of Established in 1950 to care for orphans cultural phenomenon in recent years – services. Based in Paris, its international in Asia, it has grown to embrace Facebook is littered with budding facial network includes activities in over 80 the broader issues of community hair growth. More than a gimmick, countries, focused on improving access development and policy change, however, or mere fundraising campaign to financial services for those trapped © TRIAL © MICHELLE FERNG working at the community level to – though $124 million raised in 2011 in poverty and excluded from the help individuals overcome poverty alone is testament to the movement’s conventional banking system (including and injustice. Strongly informed by reach – the Movember Foundation’s in the banlieues of France). More than 83 84 its Christian values, World Vision mission goes some way to addressing the just a conventional microcredit lender, Ending impunity for international crimes Protecting Essential Legal Rights International has attracted criticism at societal gap regarding men’s health by the organization supports microfinance times for its child sponsorship model, its raising awareness of issues like prostate efforts by federating financial ‘gifts-in-kind’ approach and perceived and testicular cancer, and depression. intermediaries and providing them conflicts stemming from its religious Similarly, the organization’s global with operational services. It also works TRIAL International orientation. Ultimately, however, the action plan involves both an annual with banks and financial institutions, organization’s sheer scale and scope collaborative research project, as well as international agencies and governments 10 1 to experiment – for instance with a ‘Promoveo,’ a prostate cancer knowledge to facilitate the creation of a more Bridges To Justice new LMMS accountability technology exchange program. Both initiatives efficient and equitable sector. One part during the recent crisis in the Sahel – seek to encourage partnerships between of this effort was the launch of Planet reflects a level of impact still beyond the men’s health experts to inspire solutions Rating – the first microfinance HQ LOCATION: SWITZERLAND HQ LOCATION: SWITZERLAND realm of most counterparts. to common diseases. rating agency.

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The Top 100 NGOs: education humanitarian Children & youth law & justice development heaLTH human rights Shelter

A Complete List peacebuilding ENVIRONMENT technology

1. BRAC 26. Room to Read 51. search for common ground 76. Dhaka Ahsania Mission

2. Wikimedia Foundation 27. Amnesty International 52. WITNESS 77. International Commission of Jurists

3. Acumen Fund 28. AMREF 53. Friends of the Earth Middle East 78. World Vision

4. Danish Refugee Council 29. Pratham 54. CAMBIA 79. Movember Foundation

5. Partners in Health 30. iDE 55. Common Ground 80. PlaNet Finance

6. Ceres 31. Riders for Health 56. Viva Rio 81. Free the Children

7. CARE International 32. MERLIN 57. International Crisis Group 82. Terre des Hommes International Federation

8. Médecins Sans Frontières 33. Fonkoze 58. Habitat For Humanity 83. TRIAL

9. Cure Violence 34. Helen Keller International 59. KickStart International 84. International Bridges to Justice

10. Mercy Corps 35. Water for People 60. ZOA 85. Skateistan

11. APOPO 36. Aflatoun 61. Friends-International 86. International Alert

12. Root Capital 37. FrontlineSMS 62. Architecture for Humanity 87. Libera

13. Handicap International 38. Marie Stopes International 63. Concern 88. Krousar Thmey Cambodia

14. International Rescue Committee 39. International Planned Parenthood Federation 64. Center for Digital Inclusion 89. Greenpeace

15. Barefoot College 40. Save the Children International 65. American Refugee Committee 90. Global Footprint Network

16. Landesa 41. PLAN International 66. International Center for Transitional Justice 91. Luz Portatil Brasil

17. Ashoka 42. Tostan 67. Interpeace 92. INJAZ al-Arab

18. One Acre Fund 43. Fred Hollows Foundation 68. Geneva Call 93. CIVICUS

19. Clinton Health Access Initiative 44. Transparency International 69. Rainforest Alliance 94. Generations for Peace

20. Heifer International 45. Saude Crianca 70. FAWE 95. Send a Cow Uganda

21. Human Rights Watch 46. Escuela Nueva 71 .Code for America 96. Project WET Foundation

22. Rare 47. Open Society Foundations 72. Child & Youth Finance International 97. Instituto da Crianca

23. Digital Divide Data 48. Operation ASHA 73. Asylum Access 98. Diplo Foundation

24. Akshaya Patra Foundation 49. International Medical Corps 74. Ycab Foundation 99. Born Free Foundation

25. Gram Vikas 50. GAIN 75. PlanetRead 100. Akilah Institute for Women

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