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China Development Brief's database of over 200
International NGOs operating in China.
The material presented here was compliled mainly on the basis of information supplied (and / or published) by the organisations profiled. We have made every effort to ensure fairness and accuracy, but should make clear to readers that these are independent portraits, not 'authorised' biographies.
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ActionAid
Mission: "To work with poor and marginalised people to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustice and inequity that cause it"
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Australian Volunteers International
Mission: "Australian Volunteers International is committed to work towards a peaceful and just world. It achieves this by providing opportunities for Australians to volunteer to live, work and learn in partnership with people of other cultures. Volunteers contribute to developing communities and bring a reciprocal benefit to Australia."
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Care for Children
Mission: "To relieve the hardship, distress and sickness of orphaned and abandoned children throughout the Peoples’ Republic of China, through the development of family-based care as an alternative to institutional care."
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Damien Foundation
Mission: "To fight leprosy and tuberculosis worldwide; to alleviate poverty due to chronic diseases; to take action in places where there is a crying need; to work almost exclusively with the citizens of the concerned countries in a transparent, independent and efficient way; to inform, educate and convince, in order to increase donations and improve results mobilising all possible means."
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Fauna and Flora International
Mission: "… To conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, are based on sound science and take into account human needs."
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Heart to Heart International
Mission: ". . .to mobilize the individual to serve the needs of the poor in their community and around the world."
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Heifer Project International
Mission: ". . . To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth."
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Hong Kong Christian Service
Mission: "To serve and not to be served for a society that is humane and just."
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Hong Kong Social Workers Association
Mission: "To foster a high standard of professional practice and ethics in social work in Hong Kong. To investigate questions affecting the professional status and welfare of social workers and to make recommendations to the authorities concerned."
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Initiative Developpement
Mission: "To act with and for the poorest . . . To act for human progress and global development . . . To work through [local] partners"
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International Crane Foundation
Mission: "To conserve cranes and the wetland and grasslands communities on which they depend . . .[by] providing experience, knowledge, and inspiration to involve people in resolving threats to these ecosystems."
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International Development Enterprises
Mission: "To alleviate rural poverty in the world's least developed countries; to enable smallholders to increase production, generate income and improve their quality of life; to develop market environments that serve the interests of the rural poor; to equip local private enterprises to meet the needs of the rural poor."
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International Fund for Animal Welfare
Mission: "To improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation of wild animals, protect wildlife habitats and assisting animals in distres"
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Keswick Foundation
Mission: "The Keswick Foundation helps to support those in need in Hong Kong and Mainland China. We assist pilot projects and/or under-funded services related to human welfare."
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Mennonite Central Committee
Mission: "To demonstrate God's love by working among people suffering from poverty, conflict, oppression and natural disaster."
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Mercy Corps International
Mission: "To alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities."
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New China Link
Mission: "Promoting integral human development in poverty situations in rural W China, with a bias towards the needs of minorities and a preference for income-generating."
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Partnerships for Community Development
Mission: "To work in partnership with disadvantaged communities and marginalized groups in China on capacity building for community-based development in a way that fosters self-reliance, reduces inequality, and respects local cultures and the environment."
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ProLiteracy Worldwide
Mission: ". . . To sponsor educational programs and services that empower individuals to acquire the literacy skills and practices they need to function more effectively in their daily lives."
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SOAR Foundation
Mission: "To help the children of needy families to continue their education"
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