Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
While global poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 2000, one in ten people in developing regions are still living with their families on less than the international poverty line of US$1.90 a day, and there are millions more who make little more than this daily amount. Significant progress has been made in many countries within Eastern and Southeastern Asia, but up to 42% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to live below the poverty line.
Poverty is more than the lack of income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making.
Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality. Social protection systems need to be implemented to help alleviate the suffering of disaster-prone countries and provide support in the face of great economic risks. These systems will help strengthen responses by afflicted populations to unexpected economic losses during disasters and will eventually help to end extreme poverty in the most impoverished areas.
Name | Acronym | Founded | City HQ | Country/Territory HQ | Type I | Type II |
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Surgicorps International |
1994 | Glenshaw PA | USA | N | ||
Susila Dharma International Association |
SDIA | 1983 | Québec QC | Canada | E | y |
Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance |
SDIA | Hamburg | Germany | J | ||
Sustainable Energy for All |
SEforALL | 2011 | Vienna | Austria | E | |
Swiss Interchurch Aid |
1946 | Zurich | Switzerland | G | ||
Synergos |
1986 | New York NY | USA | F | jv | |
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture |
SFSA | 2001 | Basel | Switzerland | G | f |
TABS International |
2008 | Bedworth | UK | G | ||
Taipei Overseas Peace Service |
TOPS | 1994 | Taipei | Taiwan | G | |
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations |
1998 | Geneva | Switzerland | T | g | |
Teachers Without Borders |
TWB | 2000 | Seattle WA | USA | G | |
TeamWork International |
Kissimmee FL | USA | N | |||
Tear |
1973 | Utrecht | Netherlands | G | f | |
TEAR Australia |
1971 | Blackburn VIC | Australia | G | ||
TEAR Fund |
1975 | Auckland | New Zealand | G | f | |
Tearfund Canada |
1944 | Markham ON | Canada | G | ||
Tearfund, Belgium |
1979 | Vilvoorde | Belgium | G | f | |
TearFund, Schweiz |
1984 | Zurich | Switzerland | G | f | |
Tearfund, UK |
1968 | Teddington | UK | G | f | |
TechnoServe |
1969 | Arlington VA | USA | F | v | |
TECHO |
1997 | Santiago | Chile | F | ||
TechSoup Global |
1987 | San Francisco CA | USA | F | ||
Terra Renaissance |
Kyoto | Japan | G | |||
Terre des hommes Foundation |
Tdh Foundation | 1960 | Lausanne | Switzerland | F | f |
Tertiaires Carmélites du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus |
1924 | Madrid | Spain | R | ||
The BulLion Foundation |
2013 | Fort Lee NJ | USA | G | ||
The Forgotten International |
TFI | 2007 | San Francisco CA | USA | G | |
The Freedom Fund |
2013 | New York NY | USA | G | ||
The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights |
GBI | 2009 | Eastbourne | UK | F | |
The International Alliance for Women |
TIAW | 1980 | Washington DC | USA | F | |
The International Conference Series on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services |
MobileHCI | S | c | |||
The Intrepid Foundation |
2002 | Melbourne VIC | Australia | J | f | |
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous |
JFR | 1986 | New York NY | USA | G | f |
The Law and Development Institute |
LDI | 2009 | C | jv | ||
The Lutheran World Federation |
LWF | 1947 | Geneva | Switzerland | B | |
The Mission to Seafarers |
1856 | London | UK | G | ||
The Other Foundation |
Saxonwold | South Africa | F | f | ||
The Reality Of Aid |
ROA | Quezon City | Philippines | F | y | |
The Rockefeller Foundation |
1913 | New York NY | USA | F | f | |
The Voice of the Martyrs |
VOM | 1969 | Bartlesville OK | USA | F | |
The World Bank Group |
Washington DC | USA | F | g | ||
Third World Center for Water Management |
1999 | Mexico City | Mexico | G | ||
Third World Network |
TWN | 1984 | Penang | Malaysia | F | |
Third World Relief Fund |
Brussels | Belgium | G | fv | ||
Tomorrow People Organization |
2002 | Belgrade | Serbia | G | ||
Tostan |
1991 | Dakar | Senegal | F | ||
Toyota Foundation |
1974 | Tokyo | Japan | G | f | |
Traditional Textile Arts Society of South East Asia |
TTASSEA | 2009 | Jakarta | Indonesia | D | |
Transaid |
1998 | London | UK | G | ||
Transatlantic Christian Council |
TCC | 2013 | Bodegraven | Netherlands | G |