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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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Canadian Co-operative Association
Mission: "To promote the growth and development of the co-operative sector for the economic and social betterment of communities and people in Canada and internationally . . . Through the provision of three core services: co-operative development, government affairs and public policy, and providing a common table for members to come together around issues unique to them."
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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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Christian Education, Development and Relief (CEDAR) Fund
Mission: "To relieve poverty and suffering and to promote measures of health among the most needy peoples, to reach sustainable development."
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Cyrus Tang Foundation
Mission: "To serve society, spreading care and empathy from generation to generation"
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Environmental Defense
Mission: "Dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are clean air, clean water, healthy food and flourishing ecosystems.” "致力于为人类社会创造可持续发展的现在和未来。涉及的领域涵括了保护水、大气、人类健康及食品，以及生物多样性等诸多方面。"
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Hanns Seidel Foundation
Mission:"In the service of democracy, peace and development . . . . [the foundation works] to strengthen the economic and social structures in less developed regions in China through education, vocational training and knowledge transfer."
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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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Medecins Sans Frontieres - Hong Kong (MSF-HK)
Mission: "MSF is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people we help."
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Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium
Mission: "To offer assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation."
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OISCA International
Mission: "OISCA-International contributes to Humanity's environmentally sustainable development through a holistic approach emphasizing the interconnectedness of agriculture, ecological integrity, and the human spirit. To accomplish this, we implement and advocate hands-on experiential programs for world citizens of all ages, transmitting knowledge and skills, and cultivating such spiritual qualities as dedication, self-reliance, and universal brother-sisterhood"
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The Salvation Army
Mission: "To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination."
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Wildlife Conservation Society
Mission: "The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands . . . Through careful science, international conservation, education and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks . . . Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale."
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