Ruhama
IrelandWomen
Ruhama is a Dublin-based NGO which works on a national level with women affected by prostitution. Our service is comprehensive to meet the broad range of experiences of women affected by prostitution. We provide a service to women who are currently involved in on-street and off-street prostitution, women who are exiting prostitution, women who are victims of sex trafficking and women who have a history of prostitution. Ruhama (Hebrew for renewed life) regards prostitution as violence against women and a violation of women's human rights. We see prostitution and the social and cultural attitudes which sustain it as being deeply rooted in gender inequality and social marginalisation.
Rukungiri Orphan Partnership
United KingdomChildren/Education
Rukungiri Orphan Partnership was set up to assist Alice and John Tumusiime with their vision of helping orphan children in their locality to get an education. They started to build a school in 1992 and friends of theirs in the UK began a fund to help with this work. Several churches and groups, as well as individuals, either sponsor children or do fund raising events in order to help educate these youngsters.
Ruperra Conservation Trust
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
Ruperra Conservation Trust was formed in 1996, and owns Coed Craig Ruperra, a 150 acre woodland between Newport and Cardiff in South Wales. The woodland originally formed part of the large Ruperra estate and is situated to the north of the ruined Ruperra Castle. It lies in a Special Landscape Area, while the entire Ruperra Parkland is a Conservation Area and graded II on the Cadw/ICOMOS register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. Ruperra Conservation Trust received a management grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and by the end of the winter in March 2002 the woodland had been replanted with native broadleaf seedlings - ash, oak, rowan, alder and hazel. The Trust hopes to make Coed Craig Ruperra a pleasant place for quiet enjoyment and to encourage the ancient wildlife to return.
Rural Community Network
IrelandCommunity/Family
Rural Community Network is a regional voluntary organisation established by community groups from rural areas in 1991 to articulate the voice of rural communities on issues relating to poverty, disadvantage and equality. We promote fairness, equality and equity of opportunity and access, challenging discrimination (in all its forms) and we value diversity. We ensure that everyone has the right to fully participate in the decision-making processes that affect their lives, increasing access to do so, by removing barriers and creating opportunities to influence/take part.
Rural Education Access Programme
South AfricaChildren/Education
The Rural Education Access Programme assists students from poor rural communities to access tertiary education. REAP provides students with a support and development programme to enable success with their studies. It aims to develop confident young South Africans, with capacity and sound values. REAP meets this essential need in South Africa by carefully selecting rural learners who meet university requirements. In addition, a proven package of support is provided to give them the best chance of success. Without this support many of these learners would be unable to fulfil their potential, succeed with their studies, find employment and make a contribution to the development of South Africa.
Rural Institute For Development Education
IndiaResearch/Dev
RIDE was established in 1984 by a group of graduates from Madras University, including myself, to implement education and other programs that would assist in the socio-economic and cultural development in the district of Kanchipuram, with particular emphasis on issues impacting women and children. Since RIDE began its work in 1984 the organisations approach has revolved around a central concept of self-help - that people cannot be developed but that they can develop themselves.
Rural Solar Lighting
United KingdomEnvironment
Rural Solar Lighting is a registered charity in the UK. It was set up in 2007 to promote use of environmentally friendly solar charged lamps/lanterns to replace Kerosene lamps/lanterns in rural parts of the world where there is no grid electricity and household depend solely on Kerosene lamps for their lighting.Replacing Kerosene Lamps will provide the following benefits: improve education standard and reading levels, improve health and safety,enhance economic and social standards, motivates and encourage children to read and complete school home-work.
Rural Women New Zealand
New ZealandWomen
Rural Women New Zealand has been a voice for rural women since 1925. The organisation was established by women who wanted better social and economic conditions for rural people. For over eighty years we have been at the forefront of rural issues, working to strengthen rural communities. As an organisation we are constantly working to enhance our position as a respected voice of rural New Zealand families and communities. We aim to develop rural communities by valuing rural uniqueness, understanding the needs of rural communities and working with agencies and RWNZ members to develop a strong rural network.
Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund
United StatesChildren/Education
Since 1997, ROOF has been a pioneer in providing high-quality educational opportunities for children and young adults from Russian orphanages. We do not aim to conform our students to society, but to enable them to live in the world because they have found an understanding of what the world is about and they have grown into the confidence and maturity to find their own place in it. Above all, at ROOF we strongly believe that people can change and can be changed. We believe that we are all in the process of 'becoming' every moment of our lives and our decisions, actions and relationships constantly contribute to determining what we are in the process of becoming.
Rye Country Day School
United StatesChildren/Education
The unique Rye Country Day School characteristics support a community dedicated to educating the whole child, while emphasizing not only academic excellence, but broad humanistic values, as well. At the same time, we hope to introduce you to the latest curricular innovations and developments that prepare Rye Country Day School students for the exciting opportunities of the 21st century. Throughout its 138-year history, Rye Country Day's goal has always been to foster a lifelong passion for learning in its students.We expect and promote moral responsibility, and strive to develop strength of character within a respectful school community. Our goal is to foster a lifelong passion for learning, understanding, and service in an ever-changing world.
S.A.R.D.A.
South AfricaDisability
South African Riding for the Disabled Association S.A.R.D.A. was established in Cape Town in 1973 by Belinda Sampson and Joy Finlay. Today there are branches in Durban, Port Elizabeth and on the Highveld. The sensory input that the rider receives from the rhythmic movement of the horse at the walk cannot be reproduced in any other way. The movement of the horses gait stimulates the response from the rider's muscles that have often lain dormant and inactive for many hours each day. Some of these muscles are hardly ever used to there full potential. To ride a horse successfully and safely requires discipline of body and mind, the development of tact, sympathy, and patience. It is this challenge, which provides a never-ending goal for every rider disabled or able bodied.
Saacid
United StatesWomen
SAACID is an indigenous Somali, not-for-profit, non-religious, non-political, Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded and directed by Somali women, that focuses on practical measures to enhance the life-options of women, children and the poor. This organisation is highly respected, and as a result, is able to achieve success where no other organisation can. SAACID has extensive experience in key sectors; and has built up widespread networks and trust within local communities. SAACID envisions all developing countries as contexts in which all people can reach their full human potential. Where there is equitable access to food, shelter, health care, education, property rights and law and order. A country committed to peace, democracy, human rights and justice for all.
SAAF
United KingdomHealth/Medical
SAAF works throughout England and in the Southern African countries. In England, SAAF provides information focusing on HIV awareness, preventing transmission, increasing HIV testing & treatment and reducing stigmatisation, as well as providing support services to those infected or affected by the virus. In Zimbabwe and Zambia, SAAF supports children orphaned by the HIV virus through the the SAAF Orphas Programme. The work of SAAF within Southern Africa is to increase the supply of HIV medication and ARVs and to give financial resources to those infected by the virus to purchase the medication.
Saath
IndiaResearch/Dev
SAATH is a non-governmental organization registered as a public charitable trust in Gujarat, India. At SAATH, we utilize market-based strategies to create inclusive societies by empowering India's urban and rural poor. SAATH's one-stop, integrated services reach over 100,000 slum dwellers in Ahmedabad, and many more in Gujarat and Rajasthan states of India. In Gujarati the word saath means, "Together, Co-operation, a Collective or Support." Since 1989 SAATH has facilitated participatory processes that improve the quality of life for the urban and rural poor. SAATH also provides a platform for individuals, institutions and corporates to partner with Bottom-of-Pyramid communities. Together, we are creating inclusive cities.
Saathi
IndiaCommunity/Family
Saathi, registered in 1997, is a development organization in Mumbai (Bombay), India, committed to working with issues facing youth living on the streets and runaway or abandoned adolescent girls and young women. Over a decade worth of work has built an understanding of the links between the child entering the city or the institutionalized adolescent "aging out", and the youth who has been on the streets for years. In response, Saathi expanded its work to meet these children as they arrive in the city in hopes of preventing them from entering life on the street and becoming accustomed to it. In a similar extension of the organization's experience and learning, intensive work with Children's Home and work with Aftercare systems is addressed across all of Saathi's programs.
Sabin Vaccine Institute
United StatesResearch/Dev
We're scientists. We're researchers. And we're advocates for a world free of needless suffering. We develop new vaccines to combat neglected and global health threats, while simultaneously ensuring that existing and effective treatments get into the hands of people in need. We are particularly committed to saving lives in the world's areas of greatest neglect, poverty, and destitution. We build bridges between leaders in science, academia, industry and government to conduct critical research to catalyze these solutions. We're a non-profit 501c3 with generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other organizations and individuals dedicated to our mission of reducing human suffering from neglected and devastating diseases. Everyday, our work is lifting people out of poverty, improving and saving lives.
Sabre Charitable Trust
United KingdomChildren/Education
The Sabre Charitable Trust was set up to help schools and other institutions in West Africa with infrastructure improvements, resource supplies and staff training programmes. In addition to Schools, the SCT also provides support to the health and conservation sectors. Our programmes are targeted to support areas of weakness in the local education sector, particularly within kindergarten education and vocational training for young adults. Both areas are under financed and have only recently been recognised by the Ghanaian authorities as part of the formal education system.
SACDEP
KenyaResearch/Dev
SACDEP is an indigenous NGO focused on promoting sustainable agriculture as a way of enhancing and improving local community livelihoods. It supports communities experiencing limitations in access to natural and financial resources necessary for them to improve their livelihoods on a sustainable basis. This support is extended to the communities by way of fostering scientific and social cultural linkages that enables self-sustenance in food, nutrition and agro-incomes. The targeted groups for this support include farming and other vulnerable communities. The specific interventions include agricultural extension, technical training and research, networking and partnerships, advocacy, lobbying and campaigns as well as mitigation of impacts of the social economic factors.
Sadhana Village
IndiaCommunity/Family
Sadhana Village is a throbbing intentional community at the heart of Kolwan valley, 30 kms off Pune City. We strongly feel that development and education especially in rural areas are the key issues in India. Development is the enrichment of the environment in which men and women improve their lot through education. We are an ever evolving community responsive to the needs of the disabled and the under-privileged; assisting, promoting, implementing solutions based on freedom, dignity and trust of the individual; and respect for environment.
SAF-TESO
UgandaResearch/Dev
SAF-Teso (Shine Africa Foundation-Teso) is a faith based, non-profit, Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), legally registered with NGO Board, Ministry of Internal Affairs with REG NO 10050 and was established in 2006 as Shine Africa Ministries (SAM) as by a group of indigenous community members who felt compelled to respond to the needs of vulnerable and marginalized people in the local communities particularly affected by civil war and poverty. SAF-Teso main focus is to empower the local people, and create sustainable change. The organisation engages in a wide range of activities. Our program areas are public health, environmental management, education, livelihoods, and human rights and Social Justice. Other support activities where the organisation has been effective are research and advocacy. SAF-Teso also hosts international volunteers under our volunteer cooperation initiative with visitors from the UK, Kenya, France, Canada, Spain, and Switzerland visiting during 2013 and now 2014.