Red Cross / Red Crescent: An international organization,

founded under the terms of the first Geneva Convention. Its original
duty was to care for those who were wounded, sick, or homeless in
wartime. Today, it also attends to victims of natural disasters.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/red-cross--international

Doctors Without Borders: An international h umanitarian

non-governmental organization (NGO) best known for its projects in

war-torn regions and developing countries affected by endemic
diseases.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8
res

GreenPeace: Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability

of the Earth to nurture life in all its d
iversity and focuses its
campaigning on worldwide issues such as c limate change,
deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering,
and anti-nuclear issues. It uses direct action, lobbying, research, and
ecotage to achieve its goals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace

YWCA/YMCA: It was founded on 6 June 1844 by G

eorge

Williams in London and aims to put C

hristian principles into practice
by developing a healthy "body, mind, and spirit." These three angles
are reflected by the different sides of the (red) trianglepart of all
YMCA logos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA

Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD): A non-partisan,

citizen action group that emerged in December 1996 to oppose

provincially-imposed municipal amalgamation of seven Toronto-area
municipalities. C4LD was also involved in a wide range of other
issues, notably provincial initiatives to radically restructure the
education and health systems of
Ontario.https://gencat4.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/request/Action
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CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence): CAVEAT is a

grass-roots charitable organization serving as a non-partisan voice
for all Canadians, working together for safety, peace, and justice.
http://www.caveat.org/

Goodwill Industries: An American nonprofit 501 organization

that provides job training, employment placement services, and other

community-based programs for people who have barriers preventing
them from otherwise obtaining a job.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_Industries

Street Kids International: A Canadian-based

non-governmental organization founded by P
eter Dalglish and Frank
O'Dea in 1988. The organization focuses on providing street youth
with the opportunity to lead safer and better lives through three main
programme avenues: street health, street work and street rights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Kids_International

National Association for the Advancement of Colored

People (NAACP): An African-American civil rights organization

in the United States, formed in 1909 by M

oorfield Storey, Mary White
[3]
Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois. Its mission is "to ensure the
political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all
persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancem
ent_of_Colored_People

Oxfam: An international confederation of c haritable organizations

focused on the alleviation of global p

overty. Oxfam was founded at 17
Broad Street in Oxford, Oxfordshire, in 1942 as the Oxford
Committee for Famine Relief by a group of Quakers, social
activists, and Oxford academics their mission was to persuade the
British government to allow food relief through the A
llied blockade for

the starving citizens of occupied Greece.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam

International PEN: PEN International (known as International

PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in
London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation
among writers everywhere. The association has autonomous
International PEN centers in over 100 countries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEN_International

Amnesty International (Video): Amnesty International

(commonly known as Amnesty and AI) is a non-governmental
organisation focused on h
uman rights with over 7 million members
and supporters around the world. The stated objective of the
organisation is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent
and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for
those whose rights have been violated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International