Faiths Act Fellows Host Organisations
Bromley by Bow Centre with Proshanti - London UK
Website: http://www.bbbc.org.uk/The Bromley by Bow Centre is an innovative community organisation in East London. Working in one of the most deprived wards in the UK, each week they support families, young people and adults of all ages to learn new skills, improve their health and wellbeing and find employment. Proshanti links people from East London with people in Juri in Sylhet, Bangladesh. East London is home to many Bangladeshi people, most of them with family links in Sylhet.
Health Poverty Action - London UK
Website: http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/Health Poverty Action is an award-winning humanitarian aid charity that promotes and protects the health of the world’s poorest people. It specialises in providing basic, life-saving healthcare and education. It works in places where conflict, oppression and poverty are denying people their right to life and health.
International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) – Toronto, Canada
Website: http://www.idrf.ca/IDRF (International Development and Relief Foundation) is a registered Canadian non-profit organisation, dedicated to empowering the disadvantaged people of the world through emergency relief and participatory development programs based on the Islamic principles of human dignity, self-reliance and social justice.
Malaria No More - Malaria Policy Center - Washington DC, US
Website: http://www.malariapolicycenter.org/The Malaria Policy Center, a project of Malaria No More, works to raise awareness and galvanize support to address the global fight against malaria. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Center works with the global health community to engage policy leaders in the United States and in the other donor nations to advance efforts to defeat malaria worldwide.
Malaria No More UK – London, UK
Website: http://malarianomore.org.uk/Malaria No More UK is an innovative charity and part of a global movement to reach near zero deaths from malaria by 2015. We save lives through high-impact awareness and fundraising campaigns and by making strategic investments in Africa where over 90% of all malaria deaths occur.
MedShare – Atlanta, US
Website: http://www.medshare.org/MedShare is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving healthcare and the environment through the efficient recovery and redistribution of the surplus of medical supplies and equipment to those most in need.
ONE - Washington DC, US
Website: http://www.one.org/international/ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organisation that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising public awareness and pressuring political leaders to support smart and effective policies and programmes that are saving lives, helping to put children in school and improving futures.
San Francisco Interfaith Council – San Francisco, US
Website: http://interfaith-presidio.org/Born in the aftermath of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the San Francisco Interfaith Council has for 20 years brought people of different faith traditions together, bringing spiritual comfort at times of crisis, building understanding among various religious traditions, celebrating our diversity, and coordinating services to the citizens of San Francisco.
The Kutumb Foundation – New Delhi, India
The Kutumb Foundation was initiated four years ago by a group of young people who felt that there is an increasing need to develop a sense of community among urban displaced people belonging to lower income groups.
The Multi-Faith Centre, University of Toronto – Toronto, Canada
Website: http://www.multifaith.utoronto.ca/The Multi-Faith Centre for Spiritual Study and Practice is a catalyst on the University of Toronto campus for encouraging interfaith cooperation and navigating religious pluralism including secular humanism.
The Springfield Project with The Feast – Birmingham, UK
Springfield Project is a community project based at St. Christopher's Church in Springfield, south east Birmingham. The Project started in 1999 and currently provides a nursery, a play & stay group, out of school clubs, and a family support team. The primary purpose of The Springfield Project is to provide support and activities for the community.
Tzedek – London, UK
Website: http://www.tzedek.org.uk/Tzedek is the UK Jewish community's response to extreme poverty. They seek to raise awareness, educate and encourage Jews to recognise, understand and act on to their Jewish responsibilities concerning extreme poverty around the world. Tzedek aims to nurture and empower open-minded Jewish community leaders to promote the fight against extreme poverty.
UNITED SIKHS - New York City, US
Website: http://www.unitedsikhs.org/UNITED SIKHS is a UN-affiliated international non-profit, non-governmental, humanitarian relief, human development and advocacy organisation, aimed at empowering those in need, especially disadvantaged and minority communities across the world
Ve'ahavta – Toronto, Canada
Website: http://www.veahavta.org/Ve'ahavta is a Canadian humanitarian and relief organisation, motivated by the Jewish value of Tzedakah (Justice), that assists the needy at home and abroad, through volunteerism, education, and acts of kindness, while building bridges between Jews and other peoples.
