Links
General
AIDS and Health
Conflict
Environmental Issues
Hunger
Population, Urbanization, and Migration
Responsible Living
GENERAL
AERDO Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Organizations
http://www.aerdo.net
A World Connected Globalization stories, articles, etc.
www.aworldconnected.org
BBC News Probably the best source for world news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
BBC’s Panorama Website on Rwanda
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/rwanda/default.stm
Center for Global Development Commitment to Development Index (CDI)
http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/cdi/_maps/
First8.org A cool interactive site
http://www.first8.org/first8.html
Globalization Index 2003
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/wwwboard/g-index.php
Globalization Website Debates, theories, issues, organizations, news, etc.
http://www.emory.edu/SOC/globalization/
Hands On Magazine Resources and issues concerning social justice
http://campus.northpark.edu/umin/ho/index.html
Poverty Studies "Linking Religious Scholarship with Community Action"
http://www.povertystudies.org
Tearfund "Christian Action with the World's Poor"
http://www.tearfund.org/
United Nations Development Program Human development reports, stats, etc.
http://www.undp.org
USAID
www.usaid.gov
World Bank
www.worldbank.org
Worldwatch Institute Helpful research library and other resources
http://www.worldwatch.org/
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AIDS AND HEALTH
AIDS Care Now (Sponsored by MCC)
www.aidscarenow.org
KaiserNetwork.org Daily HIV/AIDS Report
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/Daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm
Pan American Health Organization Promoting health in the Americas
www.paho.org
PlusNews.org AIDS news service (Integrated Regional Information Networks)
www.plusnews.org
UNAIDS Joint United Nations program on HIV/AIDS
www.unaids.org/en/
World Health Organization Resources on HIV—articles, reports, news, events
www.who.int/topics/hiv_infections/en/
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
www.whoafr.org
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CONFLICT
Faith-based organizations working on Darfur policy
http://www.savedarfur.org/content
Invisible Children
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php
Outside the Dream
http://www.outsidethedream.org
Ploughshares An organization of churches committed to stopping violence
www.ploughshares.ca
Statistics on Youth Abductions in Uganda
http://www.sway-uganda.org/SWAY.RBrief.1.pdf
Wikipedia Article on Peace Talks in Uganda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juba_talks
Wikipedia Article on Lord’s Resistance Army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
AISRED (African Institute for Scientific Research and Development)
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/Science-Technology%20Ministry/AISREID.html
A Rocha
http://en.arocha.org/home/
Au Sable Institute Education about Christian environmental stewardship
http://www.ausable.org/au.main.cfm
CACE Climate Change Initiative (Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College)
http://www.wheaton.edu/CACE/resources/onlinearticles/EvangelicalClimateInitiative.htm
EarthTrends (World Resources Institute) Huge searchable database
http://earthtrends.wri.org/index.php
EarthTrends Poverty Resource
http://earthtrends.wri.org/povlinks/
ECHO (Educational Concerns Hunger Organization)
http://www.echonet.org/
Evangelical Environmental Network (Covenant and Creation Care magazine)
http://www.creationcare.org/
Judeo-Christian Environmental Organizations (Links)
http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/environment/theology/orgs.html
National Climatic Data Center (NOAA Satellite and Information Service)
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
Running Dry? The humanitarian impact of the global water crisis
http://www.irinnews.org/webspecials/runningdry/default.asp
Target Earth
http://www.targetearth.org/
World Conservation Union The world’s largest conservation network
http://iucn.org/
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HUNGER
Bread for the World National Christian citizens’ movement against hunger
www.bread.org
Food and Agriculture Organization Hunger hotspots, food emergencies, etc.
http://www.fao.org
The Hunger Site
www.thehungersite.com
World Food Programme United Nations agency that fights hunger
www.wfp.org
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POPULATION, URBANIZATION, AND MIGRATION
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Resources and information about migration
http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
Population Reference Bureau
www.prb.org
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Resources on poverty, development, population issues
http://www.unfpa.org/pds/index.htm
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RESPONSIBLE LIVING
Co-op America “Economic Action for a Just Planet”
http://www.coopamerica.org/
CorpWatch Investigates and exposes human rights abuses
www.corpwatch.org
EcoSandals Really cool shoes, really cool purpose
http://www.ecosandals.com/index.php
Ethical Consumerism Guide
http://salt.claretianpubs.org/issues/ethiccons/shop.html
No Logo Globalization and Justice
www.nologo.org
Relational Tithe "Attempting to live out God's economy of abundance and generosity"
http://www.relationaltithe.com/
Sweatshops
http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/sweatshops/
Transnationale Comprehensive information on thousands of companies
www.transnationale.org
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