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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Association Roger Riou |
1975 | Paris | France | G | ||
Association transnationale de service civique |
ATSC | 1980 | Geneva | Switzerland | F | |
Associazione New Humanity |
Milan | Italy | N | |||
Associazione Volontari Iniziative di Sviluppo Economico e Sociale |
VISES | 1987 | Rome | Italy | G | |
Assurance Services International |
ASI | 2006 | Bonn | Germany | F | |
ATD Fourth World International |
1958 | Pierrelaye | France | F | ||
Ateliers sans frontières |
2003 | Bonneuil-sur-Marne | France | G | ||
Atlantic Philanthropies |
1990 | New York NY | USA | G | f | |
Atlas Service Corps |
2006 | Washington DC | USA | G | ||
Aura Freedom International |
Toronto ON | Canada | G | |||
Australian Council for International Development |
ACFID | 1965 | Deakin ACT | Australia | G | y |
Australian Relief and Mercy Services |
ARMS | Wollongong NSW | Australia | G | ||
Avenir pour l'Enfant des Rizières |
AER | 1979 | Toulouse | France | G | |
AVI |
1961 | Fitzroy VIC | Australia | G | ||
Aviation Security Services Association - International |
ASSA-I | 2002 | Wemmel | Belgium | D | |
AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center |
1971 | Tainan | Taiwan | E | g | |
AVSI Foundation |
1972 | Milan | Italy | G | f | |
Aya Worldwide |
2010 | Chicago IL | USA | G | ||
Baitulmaal |
2004 | Irving TX | USA | G | ||
Balkan Civil Society Development Network |
BCSDN | 2003 | Skopje | North Macedonia | F | |
Band Aid Charitable Trust |
1985 | London | UK | G | ||
Banking With the Poor Network |
BWTP Network | Kenmore QLD | Australia | F | ||
Baptist World Aid |
BWAid | 1920 | Falls Church VA | USA | F | |
Baptist World Aid Australia |
1959 | North Ryde NSW | Australia | G | ||
BarefootLawyers International |
1998 | Berkeley CA | USA | G | ||
BARKA Foundation for Mutual Help |
Poznań | Poland | G | f | ||
Basic Income Earth Network |
BIEN | 1986 | London | UK | F | |
Batey Relief Alliance |
BRA | 1997 | Brooklyn NY | USA | G | |
BATIK International |
1998 | Paris | France | G | ||
Belgian Fund for Food Security |
BFFS | 1983 | Rome | Italy | G | fg |
Bénédictines Adoratrices de Bellemagny |
1851 | Bellemagny | France | R | ||
BERAS International Foundation |
2015 | Järna | Sweden | F | f | |
Bernard van Leer Foundation |
BvLF | 1949 | The Hague | Netherlands | G | f |
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation |
BRPF | 1963 | Nottingham | UK | F | f |
Bhaktivedanta Library Services asbl |
Septon-Durbuy | Belgium | G | |||
Biovision Africa Trust |
BvAT | 2009 | Nairobi | Kenya | J | |
Blessings International |
BI | 1981 | Tulsa OK | USA | G | |
Blockchain Philanthropy Foundation |
2017 | N | f | |||
Bloomberg Philanthropies |
New York NY | USA | G | |||
Blue Shield International |
BSI | 2016 | Newcastle upon Tyne | UK | F | |
blueEnergy |
Bluefields | Nicaragua | N | |||
Blumont International |
1998 | Arlington VA | USA | G | ||
Born Free Foundation |
1984 | Horsham | UK | G | f | |
Borngreat Foundation |
BGF | Round Rock TX | USA | G | f | |
Both ENDS |
1986 | Utrecht | Netherlands | F | ||
Bountifield International |
Minneapolis MN | USA | G | |||
Bread for the World Institute |
BFW Institute | 1975 | Washington DC | USA | G | j |
Breadline |
1995 | Walmer | UK | G | ||
British Association of Former United Nations Civil Servants |
BAFUNCS | 1977 | Kingham | UK | G | v |
British Overseas Aid Group |
BOAG | 1980 | Oxford | UK | G | y |