Organization and Networks
Africa
Organization name | Organization link | Organization type | Located in | Current focus | Description | Compendium source | |
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350 Ghana Reducing our Carbon | 350 Ghana Reducing our Carbon | https://350groc.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Ghana | Renewables
Energy Youth empowerment Community mobilisation Networking | 350 Ghana Reducing Our Carbon (G-ROC) is a formal network of youth groups, formed with the aim of mobilizing and empowering young people in partnership with key stakeholders to actively champion the need to reduce Ghana’s carbon emissions and promote Renewable Energy systems, as a key effort in combating climate change. | |
A Girl At A Time (Freetown, Sierra Leone) | A Girl At A Time (Freetown, Sierra Leone) | http://agirlatatime.org/ | Community Group | Sierra Leone | Girl empowerment
Child protection Women's rights Girl's rights | A Girl At A Time SL advocates for the rights of women and girls by creating an enabling environment for women and girls to thrive. | |
AGE Africa (Blantyre, Malawi) | AGE Africa (Blantyre, Malawi) | http://ageafrica.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Malawi | Education
Women leadership Youh leadership Girl empowerment | AGE Africa provides life-changing opportunities to young women in Malawi through targeted initiatives in education, mentoring and leadership development. AGE Africa's vision is that all girls in Africa will have equal access to secondary education, and that young scholars will be empowered to finish school, leverage their educations into viable opportunities for earned income, and have the tools they need to self-advocate for their own life choices. | |
AGRA Africa Green Revolution Alliance (Nairobi, Kenya) | AGRA Africa Green Revolution Alliance (Nairobi, Kenya) | https://agra.org/ | Social Movement Organization (SMO) | Kenya | Farming
Community empowerment Hunger Poverty Climate action Sustainable development Energy Food security Farmers' rights | SokoFresh was incorporated in 2019 following a successful issue analysis conducted by Enviu on post-harvest loss in Kenya. To provide smallholder farmers across Africa with climate-smart solutions through innovative business models that empower their livelihoods. | |
AHEZA IWACU (Bujumbura, Burundi) | AHEZA IWACU (Bujumbura, Burundi) | http://ahezaiwacu.com/ | Social Movement Organisation (SMO) | Burundi | Waste
Recycling Compost | AHEZA IWACU is transforming waste into valuable resources through collection, composting and recycling. | |
AJOAGO (Mozambique) | AJOAGO (Mozambique) | https://www.facebook.com/ajoago/ | Non-profit | Mozambique | Economic justice
Law Policy Community empowerment Environmental rights | AJOAGO is a non-profit, private legal entity for the socio-economic promotion and development of vulnerable rural communities. (FB page) | Signatory of the People's’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
APED-TOGO | APED-TOGO | https://www.facebook.com/Aped-Togo-289611787767932/ | NGO | Togo | Youth
Community empowerment Community mobilisation Education Human rights | APED-TOGO aims to promote, through education for development, human rights and solidarity, the participation of all in the management of the city. (FB Page) | The participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
ASAAL | ASAAL | http://sasal.org | Non-governmental organisation (NGO) | Kenya | Climate action
Resilience building Advocacy Environmental protection | SASAL Works through collaborating with the pastoral communities in the ASALs of Kenya, fostering innovative solutions that strengthen climate resilience, protect livelihoods, and promote sustainable development with a vision of a thriving and resilient future for these communities disproportionately affected by the climate crisis. | |
Abibimman Foundation | Abibimman Foundation | https://abibimanfoundation.org/ | NGO | Ghana | Biodiversity
Ecosystems Sustainable development Land use Water Agriculture Mining Climate change Livelihood improvement Peacebuilding | Abibiman foundation is a not-for-profit non-governmental organisation dedicated to identifying, promoting and empowering grassroots to foster growth and sustainable development in Ghana and Africa. | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN West and Central Africa (CANWA) |
Acades (Lilongwe, Malawi) | Acades (Lilongwe, Malawi) | https://acadesmw.com/ | Social Movement Organization (SMO) | Malawi | Agricultural
Markets Skill building Employment | Acades invests in thousands of small-scale farmers increasing their income earnings and creating employment opportunities for people in extremely rural areas. | |
Action for Environmental Sustainaability | Action for Environmental Sustainability | http://www.afesmw.org | Indigenous Led, Non-governmental organisation (NGO) | Malawi | Agroecology Awareness raising Food sovereignty Gender equality Natural Resource Management Disaster response and preparation Environmental Justice Livelihood Improvement Territorial Management | Action for Environmental Sustainability is a national NGO working with the mission to address environmental degradation and poverty in communities of Malawi. Our activities are implemented in the thematic areas of; Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity conservation, Climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience, agriculture, nutrition and food security. | |
Action for Environmental Sustainability (AfES) | Action for Environmental Sustainability (AfES) | https://afesmw.org/ | NGO | Malawi | Natural resource management
Biodiversity Conservation Climate Change Mitigation Agriculture Nutrition Food security Water Sanitation Hygiene Energy Water Livelihood improvement Disaster Risk Reduction Community empowerment | Action for Environmental Sustainability (AfES) was established in February 2007 and is registered by The NGO Board of Malawi, The Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA) and the government of Malawi as a non-governmental organization under the trustee's Incorporation act. AfES works to address poverty and environmental degradation. | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node Southern African Region CAN (SARCAN) |
Action for Fundamental Change and Development AFFCAD (Kampala, Uganda) | Action for Fundamental Change and Development AFFCAD (Kampala, Uganda) | http://affcad.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) Youth Led | Uganda | Education
Economic justice Community empowerment Health Skill building Advocacy Youth empowerment Women empowerment Child empowerment | AFFCAD is a youth-founded and youth-led organization working to transform the lives of other youth, women and children from low-income communities by empowering them with vocational skills, quality education, access to better health care and services and advocacy. | |
Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association AISDA | Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association AISDA | https://aisda.org/ | NGO | Ethiopia | Health
Nutrition Sexual health and reproductive rights HIV Education Agriculture Livestock Crop production Resilience building Livelihood improvement Water Sanitation Hygiene Humanitarian response Research Dissemination of information | AISDA is an international award-winning local NGO with deep roots in Afar regional state with its headquarters in Addis Ababa. The organization has an excellent working relationship and reputation with donors, local government partners and different stakeholders.
(website) (FB page) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Eastern Africa (CANEA) |
Action for Rational Environmental Management in Mauritania AGREEM | Action for Rational Environmental Management in Mauritania AGREEM | https://www.unccd.int/cso/action-pour-une-gestion-rationnelle-de-lenvironnement-en-mauritanie | NGO | Mauritania | Environmental education
Natural Resource Management Conservation Pollution | Organizes awareness-raising campaigns and meetings on ways of combating desertification and preventing environmental pollution. Undertakes Convention sensitization campaigns in the northern zone of Mauritania. Encourages the community to have a sense of responsibility towards the use of natural resources. | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Arab World (CANAW) |
Action for Rural Women’s Empowerment (ARUWE) | Action for Rural Women’s Empowerment (ARUWE) | https://www.aruweug.org/ | NGO | Uganda | Health
Climate change Adaptation Education Community empowerment Community mobilisation Women empowerment Socioeconomic development Advocacy | ARUWE is a non-profit NGO working with marginalised groups of people especially the rural women, youth and children that operates in the Central and West- Nile Regions. Their mission is to empower women to initiate and manage their social-economic development processes through strengthening community participation, advocacy and service provision. (website) | Devex database of organisations working towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
ActionAid SUPIA | ActionAid SUPIA | https://www.facebook.com/SUPIAActionAid/ | NGO | Nigeria | Agriculture
Farmers' rights Women Rural development | The ActionAid SUPIA Project is aimed at promoting and scaling up public investment in agriculture- both political and budget commitment (FB page) | |
Actions Communautaires pour le Développement Intégral (Community Action for Integrated Development) | Actions Communautaires pour le Développement Intégral (Community Action for Integrated Development) | http://climatdeveloppement.org/lercd/acdi-rdc/#:~:text=Actions Communautaires pour le Développement Intégral (ACDI/ONGD) est,Congo le 10 Juin 2005. | NGO | Nigeria | Agriculture
Mitigation Sustainable development Awareness raising Community development Fish farming Indigenous traditions Indigenous rights Biodiversity Environmental protection Environmental education | Actions Communautaires pour le Développement Intégral (ACDI/ONGD) is a national non-governmental organization for capacity building in the areas of sustainable development in the Democratic Republic of Congo | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN West and Central Africa (CANWA) |
Actions en faveur de l'homme et de la nature Ivory Coast (AFHON) | Actions en faveur de l'homme et de la nature Ivory Coast (AFHON) | https://www.facebook.com/AFHON Côte-Divoire-577578548940631/ | NGO | Côte d’Ivoire | Climate change
Gender equality Equity Sustainable development Environmental education Agriculture Food security Health | AFHON is a non-governmental organization that fights against climate change and contributes to the preservation of the environment. (AFHON_Côte d'Ivoire) is a youth organization made up of a team committed to the cause of the environment and sustainable development. Its goal is to fight for the preservation of the environment and to improve the socio-economic conditions of the populations for a sustainable development. AFHON_Côte d'Ivoire 's mission is to initiate actions aimed at improving the living environment and livelihoods of vulnerable populations (children, women, and rural communities) and to raise awareness for taking account of environmental and social issues in all development processes. | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN West and Central Africa (CANWA) |
Aerobotics ( Cape Town, South Africa ) | Aerobotics ( Cape Town, South Africa ) | https://www.aerobotics.com/ | Social Movement Organization (SMO) | South Africa | Hunger
Food Agriculture | Aerobotics is a data analytics company using aerial imagery and machine learning algorithms to optimize crop performance for farmers who can interact with the data through mobile or web applications. | |
Africa Hope Fund (Zambia) | Africa Hope Fund (Zambia) | http://africahopefund.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Zambia | Wildlife
Education Health Conservation | Africa Hope Fund is dedicated to helping the people of Africa live productive and healthy lives and educating them on the value of preserving their wildlife. | |
Africa Unveil | Africa Unveil | https://instagram.com/africaunveil?utm source=qr&igshid=OGIxMTE0OTdkZA== | <translate> Non-governmental organisation (NGO)</translate>, <translate> Non-profit organisation (NPO)</translate>, <translate> Youth Led</translate> | Tanzania | <translate> Awareness raising</translate> <translate> Environmental justice</translate> <translate> Health</translate> <translate> Inclusion</translate> | The mission of the organisation is to give a platform for youth to volunteer in impacting the community and showcase their skills in social aspects such as health, education and environment. | |
African Center for Trade and Development | African Center for Trade and Development | http://actade.org | <translate> Non-governmental organisation (NGO)</translate>, <translate> BIPOC Led</translate>, <translate> Women Led</translate> | Uganda | <translate> Awareness raising</translate> <translate> Agroecology</translate> <translate> Environmental justice</translate> <translate> Economic justice</translate> <translate> Gender equality</translate> <translate> Livelihood improvement</translate> <translate> Social justice</translate> | African Center for Trade and Development (ACTADE) was initially established in November 2000 as a technical discussion group for trade related issues. Over time, ACTADE developed core competencies relation to issues around trade, climate change action, policy and development issues. ACTADE has focused on strengthening stakeholders’ capacity to influence trade, citizen participation in national budget processes and related policies at Llcal, national and regional levels for sustainable development and improved livelihoods in Uganda. We also work to influence the promotion and enjoyment of social, political and economic rights by all and advise government on a) priority setting for the national budget and monitor its implementation in selected sectors and districts; b) climate change adaptation measures that support communities to anticipate and build resilience to impacts of climate change; c) ensure that no one is left behind, especially not the women, youths, nor persons with disability.
Our mission is to support communities to influence policy for socio-economic development. Our Vision is an empowered society promoting good governance and sustainable development. To realize this, we are collaborating with international and national organizations. Currently, we are engaging in projects around climate change education, knowledge brokering for locally-led adaptation as well as acting as an interim fund manager for the Least Developed Countries initiative for effective adaptation and resilience in Uganda. | |
African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) | African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) | https://www.acbio.org.za/ | CSO | South Africa | Biosafety
Fighting GMOs Seed systems Agricultural biodiversity | ACB is a research and advocacy organisation working towards food sovereignty and agroecology in Africa. Their focus is on dismantling inequalities and resisting corporate-industrial expansion in Africa's food and agriculture systems. The ACB provides legal, scientific and policy support to network partners on the continent, to build public awareness and the capacity to respond to and stave off, the uptake and/or further expansion of GM technologies. (website) | Devex database of organisations working towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) | African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) | https://africanclimatealliance.org/ | Think tank | Kenya | Agriculture
Food Security Nutrition Security Climate Resilient Economies STI Policy Advocacy | ACTS' mission is to strenghthen the capacity and policies of African countries and institutions to harness science, technology and innovations for sustainable development. (website) | Devex database of organisations working towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
African Climate Alliance | African Climate Alliance | https://africanclimatealliance.org/ | Grassroots organisation | South Africa | Education
Climate Advocacy Protest Activism | The African Climate Alliance are a youth-led grassroots organisation acting and advocating for Afrocentric climate justice, climate literacy and social inclusion. They have a particular focus on inclusively building up and amplifying youth voices across sectors of society in order to create intergenerational organising potential with youth at the centre. | |
African Climate Reality Project (ACRP) | African Climate Reality Project (ACRP) | https://climatereality.co.za/ | Network | South Africa | Net Zero
Emissions Plastics Pollution Forests | The African Climate Reality Project works with African Climate Reality Leaders, governments, NGOs, and scientists across the continent to create tools and resources to support a network of African leaders who mobilise communities from Algeria to Zimbabwe to find solutions to climate change and call on world leaders for more ambitious action. Their activities include research whereby they can collect and share African climate change data. The ACRP facilitates networking and communication among African Climate Leaders to enable them to promote climate change action, awareness, events and solutions. (website) | 350 .org ally |
African Coalition for Sustainable Energy and Access (ACTS) | African Coalition for Sustainable Energy and Access (ACTS) | https://www.acsea54.org/ | CSO | Cameroon | Access to power
Climate change Sustainable energy | Africa Coalition for Sustainable Energy & Access (ACSEA) is an alliance of various organizations drawn from the Civil Society (CSOs), Business/Private sector, academia and research institutions promoting renewable energy, energy transformation and access in the continent of Africa. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
African Coalition on Green Growth | African Coalition on Green Growth | http://AfricanCoalitionGreenGrowth23ZW | BIPOC Led, Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Indigenous Led, Women Led, Youth Led, People with Disability Led | AfricaWide | Agroecology Awareness raising Disability rights Extractivism Food sovereignty Gender based violence Gender equality Health Human rights Inclusion Indigenous rights Movement building Natural Resource Management Youth empowerment Disaster response and preparation Economic Justice Environmental Justice Intergenerational Justice Land Use Livelihood Improvement Social Justice Women’s rights Youth Leadership | "The African Coalition on Green Growth established in 2016, is the officially registered voluntary co-ordinating body of organizations concerned with environmental resilience and climate change within the context of pursuing inclusive and sustianbel socio-political and economic development of the people of Africa.
We envision an NGO sector that will increasingly converge and develop a unified voice in the quest to influence policies, laws, regulations, and funding practices that have a bearing on the CSO operating environment in the country. We aspire to better connect, convene, generate and co-create ideas and knowledge largely based on own knowledge and experiences in relevant fields,and coordinate diverse groups of NGOs operating in Africa through the creation of spaces and platforms for experience sharing, mutual learning, all-stakeholder engagement, linking networks, and alliances as well as strengthening civic voices. ACGG Vision’s is: Achieving inclusive green development in Africa. The coalition’s mission is to: Promote inclusive and sustained green economic and industrial development in Africa. Focus Areas: Human mobility in the context of climate-induced loss and damage Livelihoods & entrepreneurship for resilience building Youth & women empowerment and youth & women led action Agriculture, Forestry and land use management Natural Resources Governance Non-economic and cultural loss and damage Evidence based research Eco-tourism Industrialisation and the Environment Disaster education and response Building Climate Change Resilience Ecosystem based climate change adaptation Gender justice,environmental justice and climate justice Early warning systems and climate prediction Innovation and industrialization Climate Finance Response measures and just transitions Adaptation and renewable energy Environment and Biodiversity resilience Environmental Contamination and the Ecological Health | |
African Community Center for Social Sustainability ACCESS (Nakaseke, Uganda) | African Community Center for Social Sustainability ACCESS (Nakaseke, Uganda) | http://accessuganda.org/ | Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) | Uganda | Health
Education Poverty Socioeconomic justice | ACCESS is dedicated to working with vulnerable groups in resource-limited settings through medical care, education and economic development. | |
African Forest (Nakuru, Kenya) | African Forest (Nakuru, Kenya) | https://african-forest.net/ | Social Movement Organization (SMO) | Kenya | Agroforestry
Forests Sustainable development Biodiversity Seeds | African Forest is a social enterprise that strongly focuses on reducing carbon emissions, water stress and toxic emissions, helping corporations achieve a "green" status by building sustainable forests and offering training on environmental social governance (ESG) compliance. | |
African Institute For Culture And Ecology AFRICE | African Institute For Culture And Ecology AFRICA | http://africeug.org/ | NGO | Uganda | Ecology
Seeds Culture Knowledge sharing Ecosystems Conservation Advocacy Research Capacity building Livelihood improvement | The Mission of AFRICE Is to Promote Indigenous Knowledge in Livelihoods Improvement and Ecosystems Conservation, among Communities, Socio-Cultural Institutions and Local and National Governments through Capacity Strengthening, Research and Advocacy. (website) | A Member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature |
African Union Model | African Union Model | https://www.facebook.com/modeleunionafricaine/ | NGO | Tunisia | Education
Health Economic justice Security Human rights Governance Democracy Social justice | Modèle de l’Union Africaine is a non-governmental, apolitical and non-profit organization.
Model African Union is the Youth and Pan African version of the African Union. Its activities affect all sectors with a view to global development (education, health, economy, security, free movement, human rights, good governance, democracy and social justice, etc.) and this through micro-projects, conferences , forums and training, and above all its main annual activity: the Simulation of the work of the African Union, which is an activity that is intended to rotate throughout the continent. (FB page) (Youtube) | Member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Arab World (CANAW) |
African Youth Fellowship | African Youth Fellowship | https://cleancooking.org/sector-directory/africa-youth-fellowship/ | Non-profit | Burundi | Adaptation
Capacity Building Environment Gender equality Women empowerment Monitoring Evaluation Youth leadership | Our main mission is raise future young leaders of integrity as we believe that the best future is prepared beforehand and the best promoters are we young people. The organization is mostly involved in planting trees to fight against drought and to teach people by use of the Youth who volunteer on how to keep the climate cool. | A Member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Eastern Africa (CANEA) |
African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) | African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) | https://www.ayicc.org/ | Network | Kenya | Climate
Empowerment Tree planting Ecological restoration Renewable Energy Youth in Agribusiness Recycling | AYICC is an umbrella youth network centred around youth-based organisations, university groups, rural youth groups, community-based youth associations, and like-minded individuals who are committed to fighting against climate change and biodiversity loss. (website) | 350.org ally |
African Youth, Women Emancipation, Children & Community Alliance AYOWECCA (Uganda) | African Youth, Women Emancipation, Children & Community Alliance AYOWECCA (Uganda) | http://ayoweccauganda.org/ | Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) | Uganda | Sustainable development Environmental protection | AYOWECCA focuses on human, climate and environmental protection. | |
African youth climate time | African youth climate time | https://africanyouthclimatetime.org/ | BIPOC Led, Grassroots, Indigenous Led, Youth Led, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO | Botswana | Awareness raising Disaster response and preparation Environmental Justice Human rights Indigenous rights Inclusion Migration Youth empowerment Youth Leadership | "
AFRICAN CLIMATE YOUTH TIME. It is a nonprofit youth organization based in Botswana with chapters in various countries. It allows grassroots youths to be involved in Climate justice in Africa a better now and the next generation. Climate justice is the process of finding solutions to address the climate crisis but this should be done in a way that promotes justice and equality. We advocate for a just and equal society and our Youth organization is accessible to everyone. Each member country is going to have its National focal point which is a chapter and these are the people who will be running the national project. African Climate Youth Time is an organization that is going to collaborate with high schools and primary schools in Climate change programs. " | |
Agenda Participation Initiative | Agenda Participation Initiative | http://www.api.or.tz | Coalition, Indigenous Led | Zimbabwe | Agroecology Awareness raising Disaster response and preparation Economic Justice Environmental Justice Extractivism Food sovereignty Gender equality Indigenous rights Livelihood Improvement Movement building Natural Resource Management Youth empowerment | Coalition of organisations working to address climate impacts in Zimbabwe. We do: advocacy on sustainable development, implement agroecology projects, afforestation, capacity building and training, budget tracking and policy analysis, research and documentation | |
Agri Thamani Foundation (Bukoba, Tanzania) | Agri Thamani Foundation (Bukoba, Tanzania) | https://web.facebook.com/AgriThamani | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Tanzania | Environmental education
Agriculture Nutrition Education Advocacy | Agri Thamani Foundation is focused on ending malnutrition through education, nutrition, sensitive agriculture, school nutrition, adolescent nutrition, elderly nutrition and nutrition advocacy. | |
Agrico (Nakuru, Kenya) | Agrico (Nakuru, Kenya) | https://www.agrico.co.ke/ | Social Movement Organisation (SMO) | Kenya | Food security | Agrico is solving the biggest bottleneck in potato cultivation in Kenya; poor quality of seed potatoes. Agrico connects farmers to offer high-quality seed potatoes certified by Kephis that resulting in a significant increase in yields and profits. | |
Agrihouse Foundation (Dzorwulu, Ghana) | Agrihouse Foundation (Dzorwulu, Ghana) | http://agrihousefoundation.com/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Ghana | Food security
Agriculture Socioeconomic justice | Agrihouse Foundation works to ensure every project they embark on influences and has a socio-economic impact on the overall agricultural agenda in Ghana. | |
Agsol (Kenya) | Agsol (Kenya) | https://agsol.com/ | Social Movement Organization (SMO) | Kenya | Agriculture
Energy Farming Community empowerment | Agsol is committed to providing agricultural and energy access solutions to off-grid farming communities in Africa. | |
Aid for Rural Education Accss Inititative AREAi (Abuja, Nigeria) | Aid for Rural Education Accss Inititative AREAi (Abuja, Nigeria) | http://areai4africa.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Nigeria | Education
Youth Digital rights Equity | AREAi works for and in under-resourced schools and marginalized communities, providing technical and infrastructural support to scale learning outcomes and drive tangible academic achievement for poor and vulnerable children and youth from low-income families. | |
Akamba Aid Fund (Kitui, Kenya) | Akamba Aid Fund (Kitui, Kenya) | http://akambaaidfund.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Kenya | Rural development
Education Water Health | Akamba Aid Fund offers access to education, clean water and health care to the vulnerable Akamba community of Eastern Kenya. | |
Akili Dada (Nairobi, Kenya) | Akili Dada (Nairobi, Kenya) | http://akilidada.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Kenya | Women empowerment
Girl empowerment Gender equality | Akili Dada envisions a world in which African women become leaders and are actively participating in key decision-making processes across sectors including climate movements. | |
Al-Haq | Al-Haq | https://www.alhaq.org/ | NGO | Palestine | Human rights
Advocacy Human rights violations Monitoring Reporting | Al-Haq is an independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organisation based in Ramallah, West Bank.
Al-Haq documents violations of the individual and collective rights of Palestinians in the OPT, irrespective of the identity of the perpetrator, and seeks to end such breaches by way of advocacy before national and international mechanisms and by holding the violators accountable. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Alashanek Ya Balady Association for Sustainable Development (AYB-SD) | Alashanek Ya Balady Association for Sustainable Development (AYB-SD) | http://www.ayb-sd.org/ | NGO | Egypt | Livelihood improvement
Socioeconomic development Inclusion Youth engagement Women empowerment Community empowerment Capacity building Skill building Human rights Employment Entrepreneurship | Alashanek ya Balady Association for Sustainable Development (AYB) is an Egyptian NGO run primarily by youth, first established as a student club at the American University in Cairo in 2oo2, then registered officially as an NGO in 2005. Founded by a group of young Egyptians who believed in the power of social and economic development, AYB works on solving the problem of unemployment and on the alleviation of poverty all over Egypt. (FB page) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Arab World (CANAW) |
Alfajiri Street Kids Art (Nairobi, Kenya) | Alfajiri Street Kids Art (Nairobi, Kenya) | http://alfajiri.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Kenya | Youth empowerment
Education Socioeconomic justice Hunger | Alfajiri Sreet Kids Art reaches out to street children and at-risk children, youth and families through art creation by providing rescue, reintegration, education and empowerment programs that foster economic opportunities and development for them. | |
All-Africa Students Union | All-Africa Students Union | http://aasuonline.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Ghana | Environmental education
Climate Justice Sustainable Development | AASU is the largest student movement in Africa and a very dominant force on the Continent and beyond. The All-Africa Students Union (AASU) organizes all students in Africa – from the basic level to Institutions of higher learning; in essence, the Union is the umbrella organization for all students of Africa. Since its inception in 1972, AASU now has a presence in 54 Countries in Africa. As the Continent’s largest student group, AASU played an important role in the struggle against colonialism and the ending of apartheid. | |
Alliance Nationale des Consomateurs et de l'environnement (ANCE-TOGO) | Alliance Nationale des Consommateurs et de l'environnement (ANCE-TOGO) | https://www.facebook.com/ANCETOGO/ | NGO | Togo | Criminalization
Transparency Capacity building Women Youth Monitoring Lobbying Advocacy Policy Networking Governance Health | To achieve its strategic objectives, ANCE-Togo carries out the following activities: (1) Data collection and analysis; (2) Networking of stakeholders; (3) Lobbying/Advocacy and policy development; (4) Capacity building of various stakeholders (state agencies, civil society, media, women and youth organizations); (5) Monitoring of public policies. | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN West and Central Africa (CANWA) Global coalition for the Framework Convention (UNCAC-COALITION), Transparency International and Coordinator of the West Africa Hub of Transparency International |
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Latin America & The Caribbean
Organization name | Organization link | Organization type | Located in | Current focus | Description | Compendium source | |
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ACICAFOC | ACICAFOC | https://www.acicafoc.org/ | Non-profit | Costa Rica | Indigenous rights
Natural resource management Community empowerment Capacity building Agrobiodiversity Biodiversity | We are a non-profit organization that works to open political spaces in recognition of indigenous and peasant communities and the search for resources for the development of local organizations. At ACICAFOC we facilitate processes that allow access, use and responsible management of natural resources and thus contribute to the socio-productive development of indigenous peoples and local communities. | |
AJMUN | AJMUN | https://m.facebook.com/101311175042373 | Non-profit Organization (NPO) Youth Led | Bolivia | Youth leadership
Youth empowerment Volunteering Policy | World Youth Action - AJMUN is a non-profit, non-partisan youth organization. Focused on strengthening leadership of young people between 18 and 30 years of age throughout Bolivia, in order to influence publicly or politically. | |
AO Latinoamérica | AO Latinoamérica | https://www.instagram.com/ao.latinoamerica/?hl=es | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Mexico | Policy
Oceans Mining Fishing Climate Justice | Promote the development of an Oceanic Culture in Latin American countries. | |
AS-PTA | AS-PTA | https://aspta.org.br/ | Non-profit | Brazil | Agriculture
Sustainability Rural development Policy Markets Agrobiodiversity Agroforestry Knowledge sharing Livestock Climate finance Child rights Youth Water Soil Monitoring Women Agroecology Health Food | AS-PTA Agricultura Familiar e Agroecologia is a non-profit civil law association that, since 1983, works to strengthen family agriculture and promote sustainable rural development in Brazil.
AS-PTA participated in the constitution and works in several civil society networks aimed at promoting sustainable rural development. At the same time that they constitute spaces for collective learning, these networks provide articulated actions of organizations and movements of society to influence the elaboration, implementation and monitoring of public policies. (website) | |
Acción Ecológica de Chile | Acción Ecológica de Chile | http://accion-ecologica.cl/#quienes somos | NGO | Chile | Climate justice
Social justice Environmental litigation | We are a citizen organization created in 1999 to fight for the preservation of the Earth. Our way of acting is through direct action and social mobilization, influencing decision-makers and environmental litigation. (website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Latin America (CANLA) |
Acción Juvenil Mundial | Acción Juvenil Mundial | https://www.instagram.com/ajmun tarija | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Bolivia | Policy
Training Socioeconomic justice Youth empowerment Communication Climate Justice | It seeks to generate political and public advocacy, and train leaders who are necessary agents of change. | |
Accíon Ecológica | Accíon Ecológica | https://www.accionecologica.org/quienes-somos/ | NGO | Ecuador | Indigenous rights
Farmers' rights Land use Environmental rights Climate justice Social justice Ecofeminism Gender equality | Acción Eccológica has been working with indigenous and peasant organizations since 1986 in defence of their collective rights and in support of local organizations that face socio-environmental conflicts. These organizations, anchored in the land and territories, demanded respect for their rights and more democratic policies. This is how proposals such as food and energy sovereignty were born, and thinking of a post-oil Ecuador. Acción Ecológica also addresses issues such as resistance to mining hand in hand with ecofeminism. (webiste) | A member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature |
ActionAid Brasil | ActionAid Brasil | https://actionaid.org.br/ | Civil Society Organization (CSO) | Brazil | Racial justice
Social justice Climate justice Gender equality Poverty Agroecology Agriculture | We are an international organization that works for social justice, gender and ethnic-racial equity and the end of poverty. We were founded in 1972 and are present in 43 countries, reaching more than 15 million people worldwide. In Brazil since 1999, we operate in more than 2,400 communities and benefit more than 300,000 people. We work in partnership with local communities and organizations on education, agroecology and climate, gender equality and participation and democracy projects. | |
ActionLAC - Accion Climatica Latino Americana | ActionLAC - Accion Climatica Latino Americana | http://www.actionlac.net/ | Project developed by Avina Foundation | Argentina | Capacity building
Networking Alliance building Climate action | ActionLAC is a platform whose goal is to accerate climate action in Latin America. | |
Actitud Misionerista | Actitud Misionerista | https://www.instagram.com/actitudmisionerista/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Argentina | Education
Training Ecology Socioeconomic justice Youth empowerment Communication Climate Justice | Combat the advance of climate change in the province of Misiones, training leaders in climate matters. | |
Agora | Agora | https://agora2030.org/ | Non-profit organisation | New York | Economic justice
Ecosystems Climate finance Inclusion Resilience building | Agora is a regional non-profit organization that works to create inclusive prosperity across Latin America by
Accelerating the growth of purpose-driven entrepreneurs through access to knowledge, networks and capital >Promoting social innovation in traditional small and growing businesses towards greater economic, social and environmental sustainability >Cultivating entrepreneurial ecosystems grounded in collaborative action and impact (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival Porticus Grantees List |
Agrupación Nacional de Empleados Fiscales (ANEF) | Agrupación Nacional de Empleados Fiscales (ANEF) | http://anef.cl/ | Non-profit | Chile | Labour rights
Social justice Gender equality | National Association of Fiscal Employees -ANEF | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Alerta Isla Riesco | Alerta Isla Riesco | https://www.alertaislariesco.cl/ | Non-profit | Chile | Mining
Energy Environmental protection Ecosystems Industry Farming | SLA RIESCO ALERT emerges as a citizen group, made up of people of different ages, professions and trades, who came together in 2010 with the purpose of PROTECTING ISLA RIESCO from mega-open-pit coal mining.
Mainly we are moved by love for the land, the deep conviction that Isla Riesco must be protected and conserved for future generations and the awakening of citizens to the understanding that today it becomes more urgent every day to be ALERT-ACTIVE towards the care of the environment. the environment around us. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Alianza Basura Cero Chile | Alianza Basura Cero Chile | https://alianzabasuracero.cl/ | Network | Chile | Waste
Sustainability Urbanism | The Alianza Basura Cero Chile is a network of organizations, whose members are natural persons, autonomous and independent social and community organizations of any private profit, and universities that aim to promote, promote and work for the sustainable management of urban solid waste, to build better, fairer and more sustainable cities at different levels and territorial, social and political spheres. Our interest is to promote and actively work for the sustainable management of urban solid waste, under the Zero Waste approach. (website) | |
Alianza Mexicana contra el Fracking | Alianza Mexicana contra el Fracking | https://nofrackingmexico.org/ | CSO | Mexico | Fracking
Environmental rights Water Territorial management Pollution | The Mexican Alliance against Fracking is a group of more than 40 civil and social organizations in various states of the country that since 2013 have sought to prohibit the use of hydraulic fracturing or fracking, defending water and territory. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Alianza por los Derechos de la Madre Tierra | Alianza por los Derechos de la Madre Tierra | https://www.minganet.org/places/alianza-por-los-derechos-de-la-madre-tierra-colombia/ | NGO | Chile | Environmental justice
Community mobilisation Waste Pollution Sustainable development Community empowerment | Our network is built on the deeply-rooted community knowledge of our members and the local expertise of our regional communities. Operating from a place of connectivity and trust, we are able to exchange the cross-border knowledge and tools needed to create a truly global movement that puts an end to waste pollution.
GAIA’s mission is to catalyze a global shift towards environmental justice by strengthening grassroots social movements that advance solutions to waste and pollution. We envision a just, zero-waste world built on respect for ecological limits and community rights, where people are free from the burden of toxic pollution, and resources are sustainably conserved, not burned or dumped. (website) | |
Alianza x el Clima Argentina | Alianza x el Clima Argentina | https://www.instagram.com/alianzaxelclima/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Argentina | Education
Dissemination of information Intergenerational justice Youth empowerment Youth leadership Climate Justice | We work to promote the structural transformations that make us transition towards a new model of development that is fairer, more equal and sustainable. | |
Alma Preta Jornalismo | Alma Preta Jornalismo | https://almapreta.com.br/ | Media | Brazil | Journalism
Racial justice Gender equality | Alma Preta is a journalism agency specializing in racial issues. Our mission is to inform society from a black and peripheral racial perspective and respond to the desires of the public with multimedia news. | |
Ambiente y Sociedad | Ambiente y Sociedad | https://www.ambienteysociedad.org.co/eng-home/ | NGO | Colombia | Climate finance
Social justice Environmental protection Sustainable development Climate Justice Territorial management Environmental rights Democracy Women Youth | Environment and Society is an NGO that seeks to generate positive changes in regulation, policies, decision-making and practices in environmental matters. To this end, it promotes the full application of the rights of participation and access to information of civil society and the transparency of public and private entities and works with affected communities and with groups of young people and women. | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Latin America (CANLA) |
Amigos del Viento | Amigos del Viento | https://www.amigosdelviento.org/ | Non-profit | Uruguay | Policy
Research Monitoring Climate change Disaster risk management | Amigos del Viento is a multidisciplinary, technical and professional group dedicated to the study of relevant environmental issues for the mitigation and adaptation of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, in a multidisciplinary manner, incorporating participatory concepts and practices in education, human development, communication and environmental citizenship. | Member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Latin America (CANLA) |
Amnistía Internacional las Américas | Amnistía Internacional las Américas | https://www.amnesty.org/es/location/americas/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Mexico | Human Rights
Climate justice Indigenous rights Human rights Gender equality Health | Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who take injustice personally. They work for a world in which all people can enjoy their human rights. Amnesty’s Regional Office for the Americas based in Mexico, carries out research and campaigns relating to the climate crisis and human rights, focusing on the phasing out of fossil fuels, just transition, and supporting and connecting different movements working on climate justice (especially youth, Indigenous and Afro-descent peoples). Amnesty Americas recently launched a climate justice campaign raising the voices of indigenous peoples as living solutions to the climate crisis. | |
Asociación Caminos de la Memoria | Asociación Caminos de la Memoria | https://sitiosdememoria.org/en/institucion/asociacion-caminos-de-la-memoria en-2/ | Non-profit | Peru | Education Human Rights | The Caminos de la Memoria Association carries out educational, cultural, commemorative and reflection activities on human rights and tolerance around the “El Ojo que Llora” memorial, a site that it manages and that has become a symbolic space of reference at the international and national level. (alternative website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Asociación Chilena de Voluntario (ACHV) | Asociación Chilena de Voluntario (ACHV) | https://voluntarios.cl/ | NGO | Chile | Socioeconomic development Community empowerment | We are a non-profit Corporation, whose purposes are oriented to the promotion and development of the Citizen Volunteer Service. (FB page) | |
Asociación Civil Centro de Cultura Popular Labor | Asociación Civil Centro de Cultura Popular Labor | https://labor.org.pe/ | Community Group | Peru | Capacity building
Water Sanitation Environmental justice Climate change Adaptation Waste Territorial management Environmental rights Gender equality Disaster Risk Management Natural Resource Management | Labour is a development promotion organization with experience in incorporating environmental management into local, regional and national development processes.
In our beginnings, we achieved access to social and environmental justice for the population of Ilo, which led to a process of citizen empowerment and local development of that province. By extending our intervention to other cities in the south of the country, we were pioneers in promoting environmental management projects for adaptation to climate change, management of coastal zones, solid waste management and management of socio-environmental conflicts. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) | Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) | https://aida-americas.org/ | NGO | Colombia | Human rights
Ecosystems Environmental protection Natural resource management Fisheries Water Mining Extractives Energy Pollution Indigenous rights Law Advocacy | AIDA uses the law and science to protect the environment and communities suffering from environmental harm, primarily in Latin America. AIDA is the only regional organization of environmental legal experts who are both from and in Latin America. We use the power of international law to create sustainable solutions throughout the region.
AIDA combines legal advocacy with education and alliance-building initiatives. We prioritize high-need, high-impact cases that can set replicable precedents. We propose feasible paths of action, provide legal language officials can adopt, and disseminate information on pending proposals. We also support our partners’ efforts by injecting arguments based on international law into advocacy and litigation. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival
Porticus Grantees List A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Latin America (CANLA) |
Asociación Paz y Esperanza | Asociación Paz y Esperanza | https://www.pazyesperanza.org/pe/ | Human rights organisation | Peru | Human rights
Child protection Indigenous rights Disaster risk management Gender-based violence Conflict resolution Environmental rights Gender equality Equity | Paz y Esperanza is a human rights organization. We are committed to accompanying indigenous peoples, children in vulnerable situations, migrants and people with disabilities in the Andean, Amazonian and Coastal zone of Peru in the exercise and defense of their rights. | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Asociación Servicios Educativos Rurales (SER) | Asociación Servicios Educativos Rurales (SER) | https://ser.org.pe/ | CSO | Peru | Human rights
Environmental protection Gender equality Equity Ecology conservation Territorial management Environmental rights Women's rights Youth Youth empowerment Indigenous rights | SER is a private association of national scope created in 1980 by a group of professionals who decided to support the efforts made by peasant organizations and local promotion teams in defence of their rights.
Throughout its 37 years of existence, SER has developed multiple projects that included training activities, advice, social and productive promotion, and defence of the fundamental rights of citizens. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Asociación para la Educación y el Desarrollo | Asociación para la Educación y el Desarrollo | http://asedegt.org/Inicio.php | NGO | Guatemala | Human rights
Equity Rural development Community empowerment Livelihood improvement Climate change | ASEDE is an organization specialized in development processes at the municipal level, with an emphasis on community health care, support for the academic level of the members, strengthening of security processes and alternative production, with a focus on equality Equity , transparency, respect for interculturality and care for the environment. At ASEDE we promote and strengthen training and organizational processes, poor rural communities, which improve people's quality of life and the exercise of their rights. | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN Latin America (CANLA) |
Associação de Jovens Engajamundo | Associação de Jovens Engajamundo | https://www.engajamundo.org/ | Non-profit organisation Youth Led BIPOC Led Women Led | Brazil | Youth
Environmental justice Biodiversity Cities Climate change Sustainable development Gender equality Equity Land use Environmental rights | Engajamundo is a Brazilian youth-led organization whose mission is to make young people aware that by changing themselves, their surroundings and engaging politically, they can transform their realities. Therefore, we aim to be a channel of effective participation of young people in social and environmental agendas on a local, national and international level of discussions that affect our present and our future. | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival CJRF Grantees List |
Balam's | Balam's | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Mexico | Education
Economy Training Communication Ecology | Promote access to quality education for children and youth through Environmental Education. | ||
Barranquilla+20 | Barranquilla+20 | https://barranquillamas20.com/en/home/ | Non-governmental organisation (NGO) Youth Led | Colombia | Women empowerment
Climate change Awareness raising Resilience building Education Gender equality Governance Biodiversity Water | Barraquilla+20 is a youth-led NGO based in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia and legally registered in the country. We have organized initiatives since 2012 working in the strategic lines of climate change, biodiversity and water, and the mainstreaming lines of education, empowerment, governance and planning. We are driven by the rescue of local knowledge and intergenerational equity to build cities and residential areas low in greenhouse gas emissions. Our initiatives span regions like the Orinoquía, Caribbean and Southern Pacific coastal regions of Colombia | |
Bicionarios | Bicionarios | https://bicionarios.com/ | Campaign Non-profit | Colombia | Social justice Arts and Culture | A group of socially and environmentally committed visionaries who have pedalled +7000 km in 5 countries and visited 26 transformative projects. We work hand in hand with their leaders and document their inspiring stories that invite us to rethink and transform our reality. Traveling by bicycle in search of visionary people from this region allows us to find expressions of hope that we harmonize with moments along the way: landscapes, characters, textures and colors. (website) | |
Bicitekas A.C. | Bicitekas A.C. | https://avanza.bicitekas.org/ | NGO | Mexico | Transport
Sustainable development Policy Research Cities Urbanism | Our organization was born in 1998, with the aim of promoting sustainable mobility projects with an impact on the well-being of society. We were established as a non-profit civil association in 2001. We have more than 20 years of experience in sustainable mobility and transportation, urban planning, evaluation of public policies and road safety. The contributions of different professional disciplines and both theoretical and practical knowledge are our basis for designing projects that help society face the complexity of the urban, social and environmental transformations that our cities are experiencing. (website) | Signatory of the People's’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Black Indigenous Liberation Movement | Black Indigenous Liberation Movement | https://www.blackindigenousliberation.com/ | Coalition | Ecuador | Racial justice
Indigenous rights Indigenous knowledge and traditions Social justice Reparations Awareness raising Movement building | We are a coalition of collectives, peoples, grassroots organizations and social movements from all over America that was born in 2020, to support the struggles against racism, discrimination, violence, colonialism and the ravages of racial capitalism.
Our network of members and allies is made up of 134 organizations, grassroots communities, collectives, and social movements from 22 countries in the Americas and 5 continental and global networks. We are a growing family whose common goal is the self-determination of African and indigenous peoples. Uniting Black and Indigenous People in the Caribbean, South America and North America | |
Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP) | Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP) | https://cebrap.org.br/home-en/ | Research Centre | Brazil | Research
Democracy Cities Urbanism Gender equality Health Education Human Rights Gender equality Racial justice Religion | Cebrap is a global research center which establishes partnerships with institutions, development agencies and civil associations from different countries around the world, such as UK, USA, Germany, France, India, China, Mexico, South Africa, among others. Recognized as the 40th best public policy think tank in the world, according to the University of Pennsylvania ranking (2018), Cebrap carries out impact research both by subsidizing the formulation of new policies and by contributing to the monitoring and evaluation of public actions. | Porticus Grantees List |
Bridges-puentes (Colombia) | Bridges-puentes (Colombia) | https://www.bridges-puentes.org/copia-de-home | Cultural hub | Colombia | Human rights
Gender equality Networking Alliance building | Bridges is a hub for strategic progressive initiatives dedicated to exploring innovative tactics to engage diverse audiences, foster strategic thinking, and encourage alignment across movements, geographies, and disciplines.
We envision a world where advocates for human rights and gender justice perform like the best jazz band, playing excellent music without a director or sheet music and inspiring diverse audiences to follow our beat by working in harmonic, strategic, and responsive ways. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Brota no Clima | Brota no Clima | https://engajamundo.org/campanhas/brota-no-clima/ | Collective Youth Led BIPOC Led Women Led LGBTIQ+ Led | Brazil | Education
Youth leadership Training Climate change Women leadership LGBTIQ+ Dissemination of information | Brota no Clima is a training program idealized and coordinated by the Local Nucleus of Rio de Janeiro, which aims to disseminate and democratize the themes of climate change, environment and sustainability for about 25 young people aged 15 to 29 years old from the metropolitan region of Rio, especially women, black, non-binary and LGBTQIA+. The project is financed by Samambaia: Filantropias. And it has a partnership with Casa Fluminense, Perifa Connection and Bemglô. | |
CEDENMA | CEDENMA | https://www.cedenma.org/ | NGO | Ecuador | Conservation
Education Environmental justice Natural resource management | The Ecuadorian Coordinator of Organizations for the Defense of Nature and the Environment -CEDENMA-, is a private, non-profit organization, which acquired its Legal Status through Ministerial Agreement No. 7022, of August 5, 1988, issued by the Ministry of Education. Of national structure, it is a third-degree organization that is constituted with the purpose of politically representing the expression or collective opinion of the set of Ecuadorian organizations and networks dedicated to the conservation of Nature and the environment, the projection of the environmental dimension and, the promotion and achievement of the respectful and sustainable use of natural resources. (website) | A member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature |
CEDENPA – Centro de Estudos e Defesa do Negro do Pará | CEDENPA – Centro de Estudos e Defesa do Negro do Pará | http://cedenpa.org.br/ | Research Centre | Brazil | Racial justice
Community empowerment Movement building Education Poverty Gender equality Socioeconomic justice | CEDENPA was founded in 1980 with objectives directly linked to the fight against racism, and socio-racial and gender inequalities. It operates at the municipal, state, national and, to a lesser extent, international level, through forums, councils and others. Currently, it is linked to different networks, among them: Bragantina Solidarity Economy Network, Fulanas Network; AMNB; Black Coalition for Rights, ABONG and Eastern Amazon Forum. | |
CEMDA | CEMDA | http://cemda.org.mx | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Mexico | Litigation
Human rights Land use Awareness raising Research Natural Resource Management Law | The Mexican Center for Environmental Law, AC (CEMDA) works from the legal front to defend the environment and natural resources, they push local governments to fulfil their climate agreements and meet international targets, but also support local communities in cases against big polluters | |
CHIRAPAQ Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú | CHIRAPAQ Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú | http://chirapaq.org.pe/es/ | Community Group | Peru | Indigenous rights
Women's rights Food security Food sovereignty Water Land use Environmental rights Advocacy Community empowerment Child empowerment Youth empowerment | We are an indigenous association made up of Andeans and Amazonians, who work for the affirmation of cultural identity and the recognition of the rights of our peoples. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
CODEFF | CODEFF | https://codeff.cl/ | NGO | Chile | Environmental protection
Conservation Sustainable development Wildlife Rehabilitation Climate change Education Awareness raising | We are a non-governmental, citizen, national, participatory and non-profit organization; whose objective is to encourage the conservation of nature, and the environment and sustainable development. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
CODESDI | CODESDI | https://instagram.com/codesdi.ug?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Mexico | Education
Economy Communication Climate Justice Community mobilisation Youth leadership Youth empowerment | Promote the creation of their own criteria in university students about the current environmental situation and encourage them to take responsibility for environmental problems, as well as offer solutions to these problems. | |
COLECTIVO DE VOLUNTARIOS LA THOJPA | COLECTIVO DE VOLUNTARIOS LA THOJPA | https://www.instagram.com/lathojpa | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Bolivia | Youth leadership
Youth empowerment Volunteering Policy Socioeconomic justice Climate Justice | To contribute to the constructive transformation of society by making youth and their worldviews visible, enhancing their capacities and opportunities, and valuing their contributions to the materialization of the common good. | |
CONGCOOP (Guatemala) | CONGCOOP (Guatemala) | http://congcoop.org.gt/ | NGO | Guatemala | Sustainable development
Equity Democracy Social justice Policy Law | We are a coordination of NGOs and Cooperatives, strengthened in its internal articulation as a social actor that contributes to the construction of a country where the four peoples (Maya, Garifuna, Xinca and Mestizo), women, the popular and social movement, assume in a positive way, dynamic and collective protagonism in the construction of a society, where collective and individual human rights are respected and decent living conditions prevail. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Campana Octuber Azul | Campana Octubre Azul | http://octubreazulbolivia.blogspot.com/ | Campaign | Bolivia | Water
Human rights Climate justice Food sovereignty Toxins Pollution Extractivism Climate change | Blue October is an international campaign that seeks to defend water as a human right and for life, questioning corporate control and its commodification. Since 2006, we have been carrying out informative, awareness-raising and advocacy actions in four areas that have to do with water problems: human rights, contamination by extractive industries, climate change and food sovereignty. (website) | Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
Campaña Mesoamericana para la Justicia Climática | Campaña Mesoamericana para la Justicia Climática | https://www.facebook.com/justicia.climaticaya/ | NGO | El Salvador | Climate justice
Environmental rights Forests Conservation Ecosystems Agro fuels | The Mesoamerican Climate Justice Campaign is an effort by organizations and people to protect ecosystems. (FB page) | Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) | Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) | https://www.caribbeanclimate.bz/ | Regional institution | Belize | Ecosystems
Adaptation Community empowerment Sustainable development | Through its role as a Center of Excellence, the Centre will support the people of the Caribbean as they address the impact of climate variability and change on all aspects of economic development through the provision of timely forecasts and analysis of potentially hazardous impacts of both natural and man-induced climatic changes of the environment, and the development of special programmes which create opportunities for sustainable development | |
Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) | Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) | http://www.canari.org/ | Non-profit organisation | Trinidad & Tobago | Forests
Livelihood improvement Governance Coastal protection Marine protection Climate Change Disaster Risk Reduction Rural development | CANARI promotes and facilitates equitable participation and effective collaboration in the management of natural resources critical to development in the Caribbean Islands so that people will have a better quality of life and natural resources will be conserved, through action learning and research, capacity building, communication and fostering partnerships. | |
Caritas Chile | Caritas Chile | http://www.caritaschile.org/ | Religious network | Chile | Agroforestry
Sustainable development Environmental education Forests Disaster risk reduction Climate change Human rights Emergency response | The Alianza Basura Cero Chile is a network of organizations, whose members are individuals, autonomous and independent social and community organizations of any private profit, and universities that aim to promote, promote and work for the sustainable management of urban solid waste. To build better, fairer and more sustainable cities at different levels and territorial, social and political spheres. Our interest is to promote and actively work for the sustainable management of urban solid waste, under the Zero Waste approach. (website) | |
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Organization name | Organization link | Organization type | Located in | Current focus | Description | Compendium source | |
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350 Indonesia | 350 Indonesia | https://350.org/indonesia/ | International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) | Indonesia | Climate justice | The national branch of 350.org in Indonesia. | |
350 Pacific | 350 Pacific | https://350.org/pacific/ | Network Youth Led | Fiji | Climate Justice
Education Youth Climate change | 350 Pacific is a youth-led grassroots network working with communities to fight climate change from the Pacific Islands and diaspora. 350 Pacific is the Pacific arm of 350.org that supports frontline communities affected by the climate crisis throughout the Pacific region and Diaspora communities in Australia, New Zealand, and the US. (website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node Pacific Islands CAN (PICAN) |
350 Vanuatu | 350 Vanuatu | https://www.facebook.com/vanuatu350 | NGO Indigenous Led Youth Led | Vanuatu | Climate
Advocacy Disaster Risk Management Humanitarian response Disaster Risk Reduction | 350 Vanuatu is an indigenous, youth-led organisation who have been leading the climate movement in Vanuatu. As Tropical Cyclone Pam approached, they began mobilising their volunteer base to help communities get prepared and in the aftermath 350 Vanuatu has been helping lead the relief and recovery efforts. They’ve done this with minimal money, but massive amounts of passion, care and amazing grassroots leadership. (website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node Pacific Islands CAN (PICAN) |
AKSI Indonesia | AKSI Indonesia | https://aksiforjustice.org/ | NGO | Indonesia | Gender equality
Social justice Ecology Climate justice Human rights Women's rights Climate change Policy | Aksi! for gender, social and ecological justice is financing for development and for climate change monitoring organisations. It critically engages in development and climate change policy debates and discourses to ensure the protection and promotion of women’s human rights and the rights of affected peoples, as well as supporting actions of grassroots women for gender, social and ecological justice. (website) | The participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
ARTH Art for Humanity | ARTH Art for Humanity | http://instagram.com/arth art for humanity/?hl=en | Non-governmental organisation (NGO) Youth Led | India | Art and Culture Awareness raising | A non-governmental organisation committed to using social design for the great good. Primarily focused on environment, art, and culture. | |
Accountability Lab | Accountability Lab | https://accountabilitylab.org/about-us/country-office-pakistan/ | <translate> Non-governmental organisation (NGO)</translate>, <translate> Coalition</translate>, <translate> Non-profit organisation (NPO)</translate>, <translate> Youth Led</translate> | Pakistan | <translate> Awareness raising</translate> <translate> Disability rights</translate> <translate> Disaster response and preparation</translate> <translate> Economic justice</translate> <translate> Environmental justice</translate> <translate> Inclusion</translate> <translate> Social justice</translate> <translate> Women's rights</translate> <translate> Youth empowerment</translate> <translate> Youth leadership</translate> | The Accountability Lab Pakistan was founded in late 2015 as an effort to work with young people to develop new ideas for accountability, transparency, justice, and open government. Our vision is a world in which citizens are active, leaders are responsible and institutions are accountable. It is a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives. Our mission is, therefore, to make governance work for people through supporting active citizens, responsible leaders and accountable institutions. | |
Action for Food Protection (AFPRO) | Action for Food Protection (AFPRO) | https://afpro.org/ | Community Based Organisation | India | Gender equality
Equity Sustainable development Natural Resource Management Capacity Building Knowledge sharing Water Sanitation Hygiene Watersheds Livelihood improvement Agriculture | Action for Food Production (AFPRO) is an “Organization of National Importance” duly notified by the Government of India; committed to transforming the lives of poor and marginalized communities in rural India since 1966. We provide socio-technical services in the areas of Water, Sanitation, Watershed Management, Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture, Livelihood Diversification, and Climate Change for effective management of natural resources. (website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
ActionAid Bangladesh | ActionAid Bangladesh | https://www.facebook.com/actionaidbangladesh/ | NGO | Bangladesh | Women's rights
Gender equality Equity Resilience building Climate Justice Governance Democracy Governance Youth | To achieve social justice, gender equality, and poverty eradication by working with people living in poverty and exclusion, their communities, people’s organisations, activities, social movements and supporters. (Fb Page) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
Adarsha Samajik Progoti Sangstha | Adarsha Samajik Progoti Sangstha | https://en-gb.facebook.com/aspsbd18/ | NGO | Bangladesh | Poverty
Gender equality Equity Rural development | Adarsha Samajik Progoti Sangstha (ASPS) is a registered District Non-Governmental organization (NGO) working in the field of rural disadvantaged people’s development and empowering them in the local power structure through capacity building of disadvantaged rural people in Netrakona District since 1990 and registered with the department of social service Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. (Fb page) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
Adivasi Post | Adivasi Post | https://www.instagram.com/theadivasipost/ | Network Collective Youth Led | India | Displacement
Racial justice Indigenous rights | This page hopes to create a space for dialogue on Adivasis and tribal issues across the country, such as land dispossession, displacement, cultural assimilation, religious imposition and racism among others. Come join us in the conversation. Hul Johar! | |
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Vanuatu | Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Vanuatu | https://adra.org.vu/ | NGO | Vanuatu | Livelihood improvement
Community empowerment Food security Water Sanitation Hygiene Gender-based violence Emergency relief Poverty | We are the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, working with those in poverty and distress to create just and positive change. ADRA Vanuatu is part if the global ADRA network, which is made up of supporting and implementing offices in 130 countries around the world. ADRA Vanuatu works on the ground with communities across Vanuatu. (website) | A Member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node Pacific Islands CAN (PICAN) |
Afghanistan Environmental Experts Society | Afghanistan Environmental Experts Society | https://cansouthasia.net/afghanistan-environmental-experts-society/ | Civil Society Organisation | Afghanistan | Climate change
Natural resource management Disaster risk management Sustainable development Environment Governance | Afghanistan Environment Experts Association is a Civil Society Organization currently active in Kabul Afghanistan. We are committed to contributing toward a healthy, sustainable and well-protected environment supporting sustainable development nationally and globally. (alternative website) (Fb Page) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
Afghanistan Youth Empowerment and Peace-building Organization (AYEPO) | Afghanistan Youth Empowerment and Peace-building Organization (AYEPO) | https://ayepo.org/ | NGO Youth Led | Afghanistan | Peacebuilding
Conflict resolution Capacity building Youth leadership Community empowerment | The Afghanistan Youth Empowerment and Peace-building Organization (AYEPO) is an Afghan youth-led non-profit and non-governmental organization that promotes youth empowerment and peace-building. AYEPO empowers Afghan youth through capacity development programs in leadership, mediation, conflict resolution/ transformation and peace-building activities. AYEPO is committed to supporting the young generation by providing dynamic platforms and opportunities for them to develop the knowledge, skills and vision to become agents of change in their communities | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN West and Central Africa (CANWA) |
Agency of Consultancy for Training (ACT) (Afghanistan) | Agency of Consultancy for Training (ACT) (Afghanistan) | https://cansouthasia.net/members-afghanistan-agency-of-consultancy-for-training-act/ | NGO | Afghanistan | Disaster risk reduction
Energy Technology Capacity building Sustainable development | ACT is a Non-Governmental, Non- for profit and Non- Political Organisation working for the reconstruction and sustainable development of Afghanistan and for the welfare of war-affected and vulnerable societies as well as returnees and IDPs in the country. (alternative website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
Ahetaha Water Conservation Assoication | Ahetaha Water Conservation Assoication | https://www.developmentaid.org/organizations/view/229973/ahetaha-water-conservation-association/general | NGO | Solomon Islands | Marine Protection
Conservation Land use Environmental rights Natural Resource Management Women Empowerment | Ahetaha Water Conservation Association brings together all landowners to work collaboratively towards the conservation of the Ahetaha fresh water source, terrestrial and endangered marine species; represents and defends the collective interests and rights of landowners in any development project in the future; administers, manages, and controls the interest of landowners through a legally recognised entity with legal standing. (alternative website) | A Member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node Pacific Islands CAN (PICAN) |
Aksi Ekologi & Emansipasi Rakyat (Ecological Action and People's Emancipation, AEER) | Aksi Ekologi & Emansipasi Rakyat (Ecological Action and People's Emancipation, AEER) | https://aeer.info/en/homepage-en/ | Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) | Indonesia | Coal
Biodiversity Climate finance Energy Just Transition Transport | ||
Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (Indigenous Peoples Alliance afor the Archipelago, AMAN) | Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (Indigenous Peoples Alliance afor the Archipelago, AMAN) | https://www.aman.or.id/ | Coalition | Indonesia | Indigenous rights Community empowerment | AMAN is an independent community organization with a vision to create a just and prosperous life for all Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia. | |
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) | All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) | http://www.aidmi.org/index.aspx | Community Based Organisation | India | Disaster Risk Reduction
Youth Safety Disaster Risk Management Research Policy | The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) is a registered public charitable trust based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is a community-based action planning, action research and policy support organization, working towards bridging the gap between policy, practice and research related to disaster mitigation and climate change adaptation as laid out in the National Disaster Management Plan of the Government of India of 2019. (website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
All Nepal Peasant Federation (ANPFA) | All Nepal Peasant Federation (ANPFA) | https://viacampesina.org/en/nepal-all-nepal-peasants-federation-anpfa-wins-the-2020-food-sovereignty-prize/ | Network | Nepal | Democracy
Peasant Rights Land use Food Sovereignty Food Climate Justice Agriculture Women Policy Advocacy | The ANWA are an association that works on campaign and policy advocacy on women’s issues at the local, national and regional levels providing crucial recommendations in asserting rural and indigenous women’s rights. With a particular focus on working with women in agriculture. (alternative website) | The participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
All Nepal Women Association (ANWA) | All Nepal Women Association (ANWA) | https://www.wocan.org/organization/all-nepal-womens-alliance-anwa/ | NGO | Nepal | Gender equality
Indigenous rights Women's rights Workers' rights Agriculture Rural development Livelihood improvement | The ANWA are an association that works on campaign and policy advocacy on women’s issues at the local, national and regional levels providing crucial recommendations in asserting rural and indigenous women’s rights. With a particular focus on working with women in agriculture. (alternative website) | The participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
All-China Environment Federation (ACEF) | All-China Environment Federation (ACEF) | http://www.acef.com.cn/en/ | Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) | China | Environmental protection
Litigation Sustainable development | A nationwide NGO supported by the government. ACEF aims to promote environmental protection and sustainable development in China. It has worked on public interest litigations. | |
Alliance for Future Generations | Alliance for Future Generations | https://twitter.com/afgfiji?ref src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author | NGO | Fiji | Education
Environmental justice Health Livelihood improvement | Alliance for Future Generations champions the voice and meaningful participation of young people in sustainable development for a sustainable future for all. They aim to do this through mobilizing, engaging, educating, empowering and inspiring young people in becoming protagonists and agents of change, in their individual lives, homes, communities and nation. Also undertaking strategic projects/activities/campaigns that win, and that create a ripple of benefits for all people, including the marginalized in society. (alternative website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node Pacific Islands CAN (PICAN) |
Alliance for Future Generations (Fiji) | Alliance for Future Generations (Fiji) | https://twitter.com/afgfiji | NGO | Fiji | Sustainable development
Education Youth engagement Environmental justice | A young people-led network on sustainable development. Building a fairer, equitable & sustainable future for all. (Twitter bio) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) | Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) | https://www.tni.org/en/network/alliance-progressive-labor-apl | Network | Philippines | Labour rights Worker's rights | The Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) is a “national labour centre”. Consistent with its belief in social movement unionism, APL has built itself as a “multi-form centre”, drawing into its fold various forms of labour organizations and not just trade unions. (alternative website) | The participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma) | Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma) | https://www.altsean.org/ | Network | Burma | Advocacy
Capacity building Human rights Democracy Migrant rights Displacement Women empowerment Women leadership Women's rights Rule of law LGBTIQ+ rights | ALTSEAN-Burma (Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma) was formed in October 1996 by a diverse network of organizations and individuals at the Alternative ASEAN Meeting on Burma, held in Bangkok.
Our mission is to develop and strengthen strategic relationships among key networks and organizations from Burma, Southeast Asia, and the international community; support cooperation and partnership among activists, particularly women, youth, ethnic groups, LGBTQ+, displaced people, migrants, and other marginalized communities; implement innovative strategies that are responsive to emerging needs and urgent developments; and produce practical resources for these purposes. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Alternative Futures (India) | Alternative Futures (India) | https://www.alternativefutures.org.in/ | Development and Research | India | Climate change
Adaptation Ecology Social Justice Science Sustainable development Communication Indigenous knowledge and traditions | Alternative Futures is a development research and communication group working on creative and meaningful policy, social and technological alternatives and innovations for development and social change. We look at the change in a holistic manner, even while working on various specialized issues. We focus on innovative efforts for sustainable development, social transformation and democratic, transparent and accountable governance in all sectors of society. (website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) | Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) | https://www.alyansatigilmina.net/ | Network | Philippines | Mining | Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) is a coalition of organizations and groups who have decided to collectively challenge the aggressive promotion of large-scale mining in the Philippines. Composed of Non-Government Organizations, People’s Organizations, Church groups and academic institutions, the ATM is both an advocacy group and a people’s movement, working in solidarity to protect Filipino communities and natural resources that are threatened by large-scale mining operations. (website) | The participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
An Organization for Socio-Economic Development (AOSED) | An Organization for Socio-Economic Development (AOSED) | https://aosed.org/ | NGO | Bangladesh | Water
Food security Agriculture Environment Climate change Health Hygiene Disaster risk management | AOSED is committed to the development of the grassroots population by tackling the environment-friendly ecosystem of Southwestern Bangladesh and tackling the harmful effects of climate change and establishing the rights of local people in natural resources. Our vision is to develop a just, prosperous and environment-friendly Society in which there will be no discrimination on the basis of race, caste, creed, gender or occupation whatsoever. (website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
Anglican Church of Melanesia | Anglican Church of Melanesia | https://www.facebook.com/ACOM2020/ | Religious | Solomon Islands | Environment
Education Coastal protection Community empowerment Displacement | A Member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node Pacific Islands CAN (PICAN) | |
Anglican Church of Melanesia Vanuatu | Anglican Church of Melanesia Vanuatu | https://anglicanoverseasaid.org.au/our-work/who-we-work-with/anglican-church-of-melanesia-vanuatu/ | Religious | Vanuatu | Water
Sanitation Hygiene Gender equality Climate Change Disaster Risk Reduction | The Anglican Church of Melanesia has a range of activities as an active church in the Pacific. These include ministry and mission, social and community development, and strengthening the capacity of the organisation. (alternative website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node Pacific Islands CAN (PICAN) |
Aniban ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (AMA) | Aniban ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (AMA) | https://wiser.directory/organization/aniban-ng-mga-manggagawa-sa-agrikultura-ama/ | NGO | Philippines | Agriculture
Policy Farming Agriculture Workers' rights Livelihood improvement Farmers' rights | AMA is a nationwide farmers’ organization with chapters in several regions and provinces. Its history as a farmer's organisation date back to the 1930s. They have been involved both in promoting agricultural development and in advocating for the rights and welfare of farmers. It had experience managing livelihood projects in the cultivation and marketing of tilapia fingerlings and in the production of organic fertilisers from chicken manure and its marketing. (alternative website) | The participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
Anjuman Muzareen Punjab | Anjuman Muzareen Punjab | https://sites.google.com/site/anjumanmuzareenpunjabpakistan/a-moment-of-tenants-muzareen-struggle-on-the-land-rights-province-of-punjab-pakistan?authuser=0 | NGO | Pakistan | Peasant rights
Land use Environmental rights Education Poverty Health Agriculture Employment | Anjuman Muzareen Punjab is a movement of 1 million landless tenants based in villages stretching over 10 districts of Punjab. They are fighting for the land they have lived on for generations against the government and its allowance of land companies and the military to use the land despite its illegality. Some of the objectives of their movement include: ensuring the rights of ownership of agriculture and residential land for the tenants of Punjab; universal and free education and health care and the elimination of poverty, unemployment, inflation and ignorance. (website) | |
Aravalli Bachao | Aravalli Bachao | https://aravallibachao.wordpress.com/what-we-do/ | Network Collective Youth Led | India | Awareness raising
Mining Conservation Waste Environmental protection Forests Education Community empowerment | Though most of our work is concentrated on raising issues about Aravallis in Haryana, our group’s overarching demand is for the entire 700 km Aravalli range in the 4 North Indian states – Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat to be declared a biosphere reserve | |
Arjon Foundation (Bangladesh) | Arjon Foundation (Bangladesh) | https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/our-partnership/member-directory/arjon-foundation/ | NGO | Bangladesh | Sustainability
Human rights Justice Health Education | Arjon Foundation is a non-political, non-profit and non-governmental organisation operating in the Satkhira district in Bangladesh since 2006. Arjon Foundation is committed to promoting national development by elevating the socio-economic conditions of the disadvantaged and underprivileged groups in society. (alternative website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
Armanshahr OPEN ASIA | Armanshahr OPEN ASIA | https://openasia.org/en/ | Non-profit | Afghanistan | Human rights
Gender-based violence Gender equality Just Transition Peacebuilding Women's rights Women empowerment Environmental rights | Armanshahr Foundation /OPEN ASIA: Independent citizens bringing together progressive minds and action benefiting a culture of human rights, democratic values, women’s empowerment and justice. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) | Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)v | https://www.atree.org/about | Non-profit Organisation (NPO) Research Centre | India | Climate Change
Biodiversity Conservation Sustainability Policy Research Advocacy Education | Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) is a non-profit organisation which generates interdisciplinary knowledge to inform policy and practice towards conservation and sustainability. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) is a non-profit organisation which generates interdisciplinary knowledge to inform policy and practice towards conservation and sustainability.
For over two decades, ATREE has worked on social-environmental issues at local policy levels. ATREE envisions a society committed to environmental conservation and sustainable and socially just development.ATREE's mission is to generate rigorous interdisciplinary knowledge for achieving environmental conservation and sustainable development in a socially just manner, to enable the use of this knowledge by policymakers and society, and to train the next generation of scholars and leaders. | |
Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD) | Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD) | https://apwld.org/ | NGO | Thailand | Human rights
Women's rights Climate justice Women empowerment Gender equality Law Policy Feminism Climate Justice Labour rights Migration | APWLD is the leading network of feminist organisations and individual activists in Asia and the Pacific. Our 265 members represent groups of diverse women from 30 countries in Asia and the Pacific. Over the past 34 years, APWLD has actively worked towards advancing women's human rights and development justice. They are an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organisation and hold consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. APWLD fosters feminist movements in the Asia Pacific to influence laws, policies and practices at the local, national, regional and international levels. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) | Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) | https://www.forum-asia.org/ | Network | Thailand | Capacity building
Human rights Transparency Accountability Inclusion Safeguarding Wellbeing Advocacy | The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is a network of 85 member organisations across 23 countries, mainly in Asia. Founded in 1991, FORUM-ASIA works to strengthen movements for human rights and sustainable development through research, advocacy, capacity development and solidarity actions in Asia and beyond.
FORUM-ASIA is committed to building a peaceful, just, equitable and ecologically sustainable community of peoples and societies in Asia, where all human rights of all individuals, groups and peoples – in particular, the poor, marginalised and discriminated – are fully respected and realised in accordance with internationally accepted human rights norms and standards. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Asian Regional Exchanges for New Alternatives (ARENA) | Asian Regional Exchanges for New Alternatives (ARENA) | http://arena-council.org/arenac/en/ | Network | Hong Kong | Equity
Livelihood improvement Poverty Indigenous knowledge and traditions Ecology Awareness raising Social justice | ARENA is a regional network of concerned Asian Scholars - academics, intellectuals, activists, researchers, writers and artists - which aims to contribute to a process of awakening towards meaningful and people-oriented social change. They focus on the concerned Asian scholars as its immediate constituency, believing that this sector can play a vital role in the process of social transformation.
ARENA draws its members from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, Australia, United States, among others. (website) | Participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice |
Association for Promotion Sustainable Development (APSD) | Association for Promotion Sustainable Development (APSD) | NGO | India | Water
Sanitation Climate action Gender equality Health Wellbeing Poverty Peacebuilding Education Equality Consumption | The Association for Promotion of Sustainable Development has a special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
We work towards increasing opportunities and giving voice to marginalised communities through people's participation and awareness campaigns. (alternative website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival | |
Association of Voluntary Actions for Society (AVAS) (Bangladesh) | Association of Voluntary Actions for Society (AVAS) (Bangladesh) | https://www.avas.org.bd/ | NGO | Bangladesh | Poverty
Livelihood improvement Health Sanitation Nutrition Gender equality Women's rights Governance Agriculture Biodiversity Education Community empowerment Technology Climate Change Disaster Risk Reduction Humanitarian response Youth empowerment | AVAS is working with the marginalized, pro-poor, handicapped, socially excluded and deprived people to establish their livelihood rights, gender equality and dignity through participatory and sharing ways. In order to achieve an environmentally friendly, gender-sensitive, fair, and self-dependent plural society. (website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
Auriga | Auriga | https://auriga.or.id/ | Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) | Indonesia | Conservation
Environmental protection Natural Resource Management Governance Advocacy | Auriga is an Indonesian non-governmental organization that engages to conserve Indonesian natural resources and the environment to improve the quality of life of humankind. It carries out investigative research, encourages policy changes for better natural resources and environmental governance, as well as does advocacy through legal mechanisms. | |
Australian Student Christian Movement (Australia) | Australian Student Christian Movement (Australia) | https://www.facebook.com/AustralianSCM/ | Religious organisation | Australia | The Australian Student Christian Movement (ASCM) is an ecumenical movement of tertiary students, university faculty and senior friends with a history in Australia dating back over a hundred years. (FB page) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival | |
Awaz Foundation Pakistan: Centre for Development Services | Awaz Foundation Pakistan: Centre for Development Services | https://awazcds.org.pk/ | NGO | Pakistan | Women's rights
Girl's rights Education Poverty Human rights Gender equality Capacity building Poverty | AwazCDS-Pakistan is striving for the socio-economic development and political empowerment of marginalized communities especially women and young people across Pakistan since 1995. AwazCDS-Pakistan follows rights-based approaches for sustainable development, poverty alleviation and achieving SDGs. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
BBP Pariwar | Boudha Bahanupati Project (BBP - Pariwar) | http://theshareinstitute.org/boudha-bahanupati-project-pariwar-nepal | NGO | Nepal | Gender equality Economic justice | Boudha Bahanupati Project (BBP) Pariwar is a non-profit organisation that functions in rural areas of Nepal. Their mission is to raise the economic status of women in the region by offering micro-credit loans, enabling women to start long-term, self-run businesses. (alternative website) | |
BRAC | BRAC | http://www.brac.net/ | NGO | Bangladesh | Poverty
Climate Change Disaster Risk Management Gender equality Water Sanitation Hygiene | Brac's mission is to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease and social injustice. Our interventions aim to achieve large-scale, positive changes through economic and social programmes that enable women and men to realise their potential. (website) | A member organisation of the Climate Action Network Regional Node CAN South Asia (CANSA) |
Balay Alternative Legal Advocates for Development in Mindanaw, Inc. (BALAOD Mindanaw) | Balay Alternative Legal Advocates for Development in Mindanaw, Inc. (BALAOD Mindanaw) | https://balaod.org/ | Non-profit | Philippines | Gender equality
Natural resource management Human rights Legal support Policy Litigation Child rights Child protection Law Gender-based violence Peacebuilding | BALAOD Mindanaw, or simply BALAOD, is a non-stock and non-profit legal resource institution that provides capacity-building and legal services to its partner communities on resource tenure and other social justice issues primarily in Mindanao.
We, as BALAOD, believe in the legal empowerment of marginalized groups and communities as a way of advancing their access to justice, gender equality, and legal improvement in the ownership and use of natural resources (resource tenure) within the context of people actively participating in governance. (website) | Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival |
Bali Children's Project (Bali, Indonesia) | Bali Children's Project (Bali, Indonesia) | http://balichildrensproject.org/ | Non-profit Organization (NPO) | Indonesia | Education
Child protection Poverty | Bali Children's Project is dedicated to helping children in Bali escape poverty through education. | |
Bali Legal Aid Foundation | Bali Legal Aid Foundation | https://www.lbhbali.or.id/ | Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) | Indonesia | Legal support Law | A legal aid organization in Bali, Indonesia that works on, but not limited to environmental law related activities. | |
Bandung Legal Aid (LBH Bandung) | Bandung Legal Aid (LBH Bandung) | http://www.lbhbandung.or.id/ | Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) | Indonesia | Legal support Law | A legal aid organization in Bandung, Indonesia that works on, but is not limited to environmental law-related activities. | |
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