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Central Asia Institute
Central Asia Institute promotes literacy, women's vocational skills, and awareness of public health and environmental issues through community initiated education programs in mountain regions of Central Asia.
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Theatre Action Project
Theatre Action Project is a team of professionally trained artists and educators that work in partnership with schools and communities to lead unique and engaging arts programs which allow young people to learn critical life skills, gain tools for creative expression and have successful experiences that build self-esteem and confidence.
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Lifeworks
LifeWorks is Austin’s only non-profit organization to provide a continuum of services to youth and families, addressing critical needs to achieve lasting, positive change. Lifeworks offers offer a full continuum of support to homeless and runaway youth, including Austin’s only walk-in emergency shelter.
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.
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The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation
The Klein Foundation creates the opportunity for young people to understand the world and translate that understanding into positive action. This non-profit, public foundation promotes education which teaches tolerance and respect for others, and encourages community service focusing on ending hunger.
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Invisible Children
This organization is dedicated to ending the war in Northern Uganda where children are abducted, tortured or killed in front of their peers, or forced to fight with the rebel army as child soldiers. For fear of being hunted by the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army), these children commute on foot every night to find safe places to sleep. To date, more than 30,000 children have been abducted, tortured and killed, or forced into war.
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Care Communities
Care Communities provides compassionate, practical and emotional support for people living with AIDS and other serious illnesses and their loved ones. ICA works together in faith traditions to build a community where all people facing a difficult illness will receive loving care and support.
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House the Homeless
Universal Living Wage
The mission of HTH is Education and Advocacy surrounding the issues of homelessness. The board consists of at least 60% homeless and formerly homeless people. The Universal Living Wage is based on the premise that if a person works 40 hours a week, then he/she should be able to afford basic housing.
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iACT
The Interfaith Action of Central Texas unites faith and cultural communities to foster respect, partnership and transformation in service of the common good. AAIM envisions a respectful, caring and inclusive community where people of diverse cultures and religions are actively involved in enhancing the quality of life in the Austin area.
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Tanner Romania Mission
Tanner Romania Mission's goal is to provide for the children taken into their care for the rest of their lifetime.
The Mission seeks to give hope to these children that have both seen and experienced so much suffering, providing them with life skills to help them look after themselves within the confines of a safe, secure and supportive family environment.
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MARCH Initiative in Haiti
MARCH is a non-profit agency run by Dr. Antoine Augustin, a Haitian physician. With partial support from the Haitian Ministry of Health and a few non-governmental organizations, it provides health care to some 175,000 persons in villages in Haiti’s rural central plateau. To fully meet the health needs of this population, MARCH depends on donations from the private sector, foundation grants, and corporations.
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Heal Africa
HEAL Africa is a Christian organization whose mission is to support DOCS Africa to care for the vulnerable through physical, spiritual, and social healing by training health professionals and strengthening social activists.
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