Holistic Relief & Development Organizations
Prepared by Stephen Bauman
Adventist
Development & Relief Agency (ADRA)
Mr. Ralph
S. Watts, President
12501 Old
Columbia Pike
Silver Spring,
MD 20904
E-mail
Tel:
(301) 680-6366
Fax: (301) 680-6370
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), formed in 1984, is an independent,
humanitarian agency established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church with the
specific purpose of individual and community development and disaster relief.
American
Leprosy Mission (ALM)
One ALM Way
Greenville,
SC 29601
E-mail
Tel:
(864) 271-7040
Fax: (864) 271-7062
Founded in 1906, American Leprosy Missions (ALM) provides care to people around the world with leprosy and related disabilities. ALM is a non-denominational Christian ministry of hope and restoration for those suffering with this disease.
Baptist
World Aid (BWA)
6733 Curran Street
McLean, Va 22101-6005, USA
E-mail
Tel: 1 703 790 8980
Fax 1 703 893 5160
For 80 years BWA have been working to entrust, empower, and enable the indigenous
Baptist leadership to carry out programs of emergency relief, sustainable development,
and fellowship assistance.
Blessings
International (BI)
P.O. Box
35292
5881 S. Garnet
(74146-6812)
Tulsa, OK
74153-0202
E-mail
Tel:
(918) 250-8101
Fax: (918) 250-1281
Board
of World Mission of the Moravian Church (BWM)
1021 Center Street
Bethlehem , PA 18018 USA
E-mail
Tel: (610) 868-1732
Fax: (610) 866-9223
BWM represents the Moravian Church in overseas ministries in medical projects,
education, and development.
Bright
Hope International (BHI)
2060 Stonington
Avenue
Hoffman Estates, IL 60195
E-mail
Tel:
(847) 519-0012
Fax: (847) 519-0024
Bright Hope International works through local churches in 42 countries to provide food, jobs and eternal hope to the world's poorest people.
Call
to Action
4419
N. Kedzie
Chicago, IL 60625
E-mail
Tel: (773) 604-0400
Fax: (773) 604-4719
Call To Action USA (CTA) is an independent national organization of over 22,000 people and 40 local organizations who believe the Spirit of God is at work in the whole church, not just in its appointed leaders. We believe the entire Catholic church has the obligation of responding to the needs of the world and taking initiative in programs of peace and justice.
Catholic
Relief Services
209 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-3443
E-mail
Tel: 410.625.2220
Fax 410.685.1635
CRS provides direct aid to the poor, and involves people in their own development, helping them to realize their potential. And CRS educates the people of the United States to fulfill their moral responsibilities toward our brothers and sisters around the world by helping the poor, working to remove the causes of poverty, and promoting social justice
Childcare
International (CCI)
P.O. Box
W
3350 Airport
Dr., Ste. 200 (98226)
Bellingham,
WA 98225
E-mail
Tel:
(360) 647-2283
Fax: (360) 647-2392
Meeting the needs of the poor, with emphasis on the children, through a social, medical and spiritual ministry based upon the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Childcare International's primary objective is to care for children in need. They are the ones who suffer the most in any emergency crisis. Through our programs, children are effectively being helped through feeding programs, education, medical treatment, child-focused self-help projects and evangelism
Children’s
Medical Ministries
P.O. Box
3382
Crofton, MD 21114
Tel: (301) 261-3211
Fax: (410) 721-4647
Children’s
Survival Fund (CSF)
P.O. Box
3127
Carbondale,
IL 62902
E-mail
Tel:
(618) 549-7873
Fax:
(618) 549-8320
Christ
for the City International
8941"J" Street
Omaha, NE 68127
E-mail
Tel: (402) 592-8332
Fax: (402) 592-8312
Christian
Children’s Fund
2821
Emerywood Parkway
Box 26484
Richmond,VA 23261-5066
Tel: 800-776-6767
Christian Children's Fund creates an environment of hope and respect for needy children of all cultures and beliefs in which they have opportunities to achieve their full potential, and provides practical tools for positive change - to children, families and communities.
Christian
Environmental Association (CEA)
1650
Zanker Road, Suite 150
San Jose, CA 95112
E-mail
Tel:
(408) 441-1571
Fax: (408) 441-0247
The
Christian Environmental Association administers various programs, including
retreats, short term mission opportunities, training, and research. The CEA
also publishes Target Earth magazine.
Christian
Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
2850 Kalamazoo
Ave., S.E.
Grand Rapids,
MI 49560-0600
E-mail
Tel:
(616) 224-0740
Fax:
(616) 224-0806
Working with the poor and their communities for sustainable change through church-based programs in development, relief and justice education.
Christian
Society of the Green Cross
10 Lancaster Avenue
Wynnewood, PA 19096-3495
E-mail
Tel: (610) 645-9393
Fax: (610) 649-8090
The Christian Society of the Green Cross seeks to translate biblically-based
environmental ethics and theology into action. Green Cross published a quarterly
newsletter called Good News for God’s World and a quarterly magazine
called Green Cross.
Church
World Service (CWS)
475 Riverside
Drive, Suite 678
New York,
NY 10115-0059 USA
Tel: (212)
870-2257
Fax: (212)
870-3523
Born in the aftermath of World War II, today Church World Service is 36 Protestant, Anglican, and Orthodox communions in the U.S., cooperating worldwide in programs of long-term development, emergency response, and assistance to refugees.
Congregation
of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
3200 McCullough
San Antonio, Texas 78212-3009
E-mail
Tel: (210) 734 8310
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word serve in four main areas: Health Care, Education, Social Services, Development of Arts and Spirituality
Compassion
International (CI)
3955 Cragwood
Dr.
P.O. Box
7000
Colorado
Springs, CO 80933
E-mail
Tel:
(719) 594-9900
Fax:
(719) 260-6271
In
response to the Great Commission, Compassion International exists as an advocate
for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social, and physical
poverty and enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults.
Covenant
World Relief
5101 North Francisco Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625-3611 USA
E-mail
Tel:
(773) 784-3000
Fax: (773) 784-4366
The relief and development arm of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
ECHO,
Inc.
17391
Durrance Rd.,
North Fort Myers, FL 33917
E-mail
Tel:
(941) 543-3246
Fax:
(941) 543-5317
ECHO—Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization— is a non-profit, Christian organization actively involved in networking global hunger solutions. Our primary mandate is to strengthen the ministries of missionaries and national churches as they work with small rural farmers and urban gardeners in the Third World. Assistance is also offered to development organizations and Peace Corps workers doing similar work. ECHO is a growing network for sharing information, ideas, seeds for plants, training, techniques, books, and solutions to problems
ELCA
Division of Global Mission
8765
W. Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631
E-mail
Tel. 1-800-638-3522, ext. 2650 (U.S. only) or +1 773-380-2650
Fax. +1 773-380-2410
The Division for Global Mission (DGM) is the channel through which the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America expresses itself in mission throughout the world. It sees itself to be an interdependent part of the whole church's mission in the world. With this, DGM engages the members and resources of the ELCA in mission around the world through involvement in evangelism, witness, education, promotion of justice, service, relief and development.
Enterprise
Development International (EDI)
10395 Democracy Lane, Suite B
Fairfax, VA 22030
E-mail
Tel: (703) 277-3360
Fax: (703) 277-3348
Enterprise Development International follows God’s call to enable the poor to free themselves from poverty. This mission is accomplished by offering business training to low-income persons who have the potential and the desire to become self-supporting; providing small loans to poor entrepreneurs who have viable business ideas but need capital; and mentoring participants through ongoing personal and professional encouragement
Evangelical
Environmental Network (EEN)
10 East Lancaster
Avenue
Wynnewood,
PA 19096-3495
E-mail
Tel:
(610) 645-9392
Fax: (610) 649-8090
This unique evangelical ministry was initiated by World Vision and Evangelicals for Social Action as part of a growing movement among Christians to respond faithfully to our biblical mandate for caring stewardship of God's creation. EEN was formed because we recognize many environmental problems are fundamentally spiritual problems.
Farms
International, Inc. (FI)
P.O. Box
270
Knife River,
MN 55609
E-mail
Tel:
(218) 834-2676
Fax:
(218) 834-2676
FARMS International is a Christian ministry that serves the church by equipping families in poverty with the means for self-support. Working through the local church, FARMS provides loans, technical support for income generating projects and spiritual training for families.
Feed
the Children (FTC)
Larry Jones,
President
P.O. Box
36
Oklahoma
City, OK 73101
E-mail
Tel:
(405) 942-0228
Fax:
(405) 945-4177
Feed The Children is a nonprofit, Christian, charitable organization providing physical, spiritual, educational, vocational/technical, psychological, economic and medical assistance and other necessary aid to children, families, and persons in need in the United States and internationally.
Floresta
USA, Inc. (FUSAI)
4903 Morena
Blvd.
Suite 1215
San Diego,
CA 92117
E-mail
Tel:
(619) 274-3718
Fax:
(619) 274-3728
Floresta, a Christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty in the world, by transforming the lives of the rural poor.
Food
for the Hungry, Inc. (FH, Inc.)
7729 Greenway
Road
Scottsdale,
AZ 85260
E-mail
Tel:
(480) 998-3100
Fax: (480) 998-4806
Food for the Hungry is an international organization of Christian motivation, committed to working with poor people to overcome hunger and poverty through integrated self-development and relief programs. Relief efforts include famines in Africa, typhoons in Southeast Asia, floods in the United States, and earthquakes in Central America.
Food
for the Poor (FFP)
550 SW 12th Ave
Deerfield Beach, Florida 3442
E-mail
Tel: 954-427-2222
Food for the Poor raises funds and provides direct relief assistance to the poor, usually by purchasing specifically requested materials and distributing them through the churches and charity organizations already operating in areas of need. In this way, the organization serves the poor with dignity and ensures the most appropriate use of donors' funds.
Friends
in the West (FITW) / The African Children’s Choir
Rev. Raymond
Barnett, Founder and President
17800 Jordan
Road
Arlington,
WA 98223
E-mail
Tel:
(360) 435-8983
Fax: (360) 435-6334
The African Children's Choir™ supports thousands of children, many of whom have suffered due to wars and famine. The Choir raises funds to build and staff schools in large cities and in villages in the bush in an effort to provide education to children even in the remotest most conflict ridden areas of the country.
Harvest
Foundation
1979 E. Broadway
Road, #2
Tempe, AZ
85282
Tel:
(602) 968-2600
Fax: (602) 894-6599
Health
Care Ministries (HCM)
521 W. Lynn
St.
Springfield,
MO 65802
E-mail
or webmaster
Tel:
(417) 866-6311
Fax: (417) 866-4711
HealthCare Ministries (HCM) is the Assemblies of God
Worldwide Medical Missions Outreach, a ministry of the Assemblies of God Foreign
Missions.
Heifer
Project International
P.O. Box 8058
Little Rock, AR/USA 72203
E-mail
Tel.: 501-907-2600 or (800)
422-0474
Heifer Project animals (and training in their care) offer hungry families around the world a way to feed themselves and become self-reliant. Children receive nutritious milk or eggs; families earn income for school, health care and better housing; communities go beyond meeting immediate needs to fulfilling dreams. Farmers learn sustainable, environmentally sound agricultural techniques.
Hope
Haven
1800 19th
Street
Rock Valley,
Iowa 51247-1098
E-mail: (none)
Tel:
(712) 476-2737
Fax: (712) 476-5346
Parent Organization:
Society of Hope Haven
Hope
International Development Agency (HIDA)
210 Sixth
Street
New Westminster,
BC
V3L 3A2
Canada
E-mail
Tel:
(604) 525-5481
Fax: (604) 525-3471
HOPE International Development Agency is a Canadian-based international development agency. HOPE's mandate is to provide alternative technological and educational support to people in developing countries where environmental, economic, and/or social circumstances have interfered with the ability of local communities to sustain themselves by using traditional methods. Every project we do is initiated by requests from local representatives
International
Aid Inc. (IAI)
17011 West
Hickory
Spring Lake,
MI 49456
E-mail
Tel:
(616) 846-7490
Fax: (616) 846-3842
International Aid links caring people and organizations with
Christian partners worldwide,
changing lives through the power of compassion.
International
Christian Aid Canada (ICAC)
P.O. Box
5090
4401 Harvester
Road
Burlington, ON L7R 4G5
Canada
E-mail
Tel:
(905) 632-5703
Fax: (905) 632-5176
International
Justice Mission (IJM)
P.O. Box
58147
Washington,
DC 20037-8147
E-mail
Tel:
(703) 536-3730
Fax: (703) 536-3790
The International Justice Mission is a Christian ministry, led by human rights professionals, that helps people suffering injustice and oppression who cannot rely on local authorities for relief. The ministry documents and monitors conditions of abuse and oppression, educates the church and public about the abuses, and mobilizes intervention on behalf of the victims.
Lutheran
World Relief
700 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
E-mail
Tel: 410-230-2700
Fax: 410-230-2882
Lutheran World Relief works in overseas development and relief on behalf of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.
MAP
International
P.O. Box
215000
Brunswick,
GA 31521-5000
E-mail
or E-mail
Tel:
(912) 265-6010
(800) 225-8550
Fax: (912) 265-6170
MAP International is a nonprofit Christian relief and development organization. Our mission is to promote the total health of people living in the world's poorest communities. MAP envisions a world in which individuals, families and communities have the hope and capacity to build conditions that promote Total Health
Medical
Ambassadors International
P.O. Box
576645
Modesto,
CA 95357-6645
E-mail
Tel:
(209) 524-0600
Fax: (209) 571-3538
Mennonite
Board of Missions
Box 370
Elkhart IN 46515-0370
E-mail
Tel: 219/294-7523
Mennonite Board of Missions extends the whole gospel to a broken world by building holistic communities of faith in 46 countries.
Mennonite
Central Committee
21 South 12th Street
Akron, PA
17501-0500 USA
E-mail
Tel: (717)
859-1151
Fax: (717) 859-2171
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a relief, service, and peace agency of the North American Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. MCC reflects the biblical call to care for the hungry and thirsty, the stranger, the sick and those in prison.
Mercy
Ships
P.O. Box
2020
Garden Valley,
TX 75771-2020
E-mail
Tel:
(903) 882-0887
Fax:
(903) 882-0336
Mercy Ships utilizes ocean-going vessels to bring hope and healing to the poor and needy in port areas around the world. The organization encourages societal change by following Christ's example, mobilizing volunteers to serve others through medical care, relief, community development, and training.
Mission
Aviation Fellowship (MAF)
P.O. Box
3202
1849 Wabash
Avenue
Redlands,
CA 92373-0998
E-mail
Tel:
(909) 794-1151
Fax: (909) 794-3016
Mission Aviation Fellowship is helping to fulfill the Great Commission with a fleet of 81 aircraft on 41 bases flying in remote and isolated regions of 19 countries worldwide, telecommunications servicing 32 countries: electronic mail, electronic conferencing, Web site hosting, satellite phones and HF/VHF radio, and warehousing, shipping, and demographic mapping services for Christian agencies worldwide.
Mission
of Mercy
15475 Gleneagle
Drive
Colorado
Springs, CO 80921
Tel:
(719) 481-0400
Fax:
(719) 481-4649
E-mail: (none)
Jenny Svenby,
Office Administrator
Parent Organization: Bethesda Outreach Ministries
Mission:
Moving Mountains (M:MM)
P.O. Box
1168
Burnsville,
MN 55337-1168
E-mail
Tel:
(612) 440-9100
Fax: (612) 440-9104
Mission: Moving Mountains is a Minnesota-based international Christian mission organization. We are inter-denominational and evangelical, with more than 40 missionaries based in countries in East and West Africa.
Nazarene
Compassionate Ministries (NCM)
6401 The
Paseo
P.O. Box
24837
Kansas City,
MO 64131-1213
E-mail
Tel: (816) 333-7000 Ext. 2713
Fax:
(816) 363-3100 – or –
(816) 333-2948
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, as part of the Church of the Nazarene, is dedicated to facilitating the practice of Christian compassion by responding to pressing human needs and addressing the root cause of problems confronting the poor and the powerless.
Northwest
Medical Teams International (NWMTI)
P.O. Box
10
Portland,
OR 97207-0010
E-mail
Tel:
(503) 624-1000
Fax: (503) 624-1001
Northwest Medical Teams is a non-profit, humanitarian aid relief/development organization whose mission is to demonstrate the love of Christ to those in crisis by sending volunteer response teams, distributing humanitarian aid and by providing community development and children's ministry programs
Operation
Blessing International (OBI)
977 Centerville
Turnpike
Virginia
Beach, VA 23463
E-mail: Bob Fanning or Jodie
Nelson
Tel: (757)-226-3400
Fax: (757)-226-3411
Operation Blessing demonstrates God's love by alleviating human need and suffering in the United States and around the world. In efforts to relieve human suffering Operation Blessing combats hunger, deprivation and physical affliction with the provision of food, clothing, shelter, medical care and other basic necessities of life. Operation Blessing also help facilitate the development of healthy, vibrant and self-sustaining communities by addressing larger issues of education, food security, potable water, employment, community health, and disaster mitigation projects.
Opportunity
International (OI)
360 W. Butterfield
Road
Suite 225
Elmhurst,
IL 60126
P.O. Box
3695
Oak Brook,
IL 60522
E-mail
Tel:
(630) 279-9300
Fax: (630) 279-3107
Opportunity International provides opportunities for people in chronic poverty to transform their lives. It’s strategy is to create jobs, stimulate small business, and strengthen communities among the poor. its method is to work through indigenous partner organizations that provide small business loans, training, and counsel. Opportunity’s commitment is motivated by Jesus Christ's call to serve the poor.
Presbyterian
Hunger Program
Section
300
Louisville, KY 40289
E-mail
Tel: 502/569-5834
For over thirty years, the PHP has provided a channel through which Presbyterians can be engaged in the fight against hunger -- in the United States and around the World. The work of the PHP is guided by the General Assembly adopted Common Affirmation on Global Hunger.
Reach the
Children Relief & Development (RTCRD)
39456 Country
Lane
Novi, MI
48375-4590
E-mail
Tel:
(248) 380-7580
Fax: (248) 380-7560
Reformed
Church World Service (RCWS)
4500 60th Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512 USA
E-mail
Tel: (616) 698-7071
Fax: (616) 698-6606
The relief and development program for the Reformed Church in America, RCWS
works through mission personnel and partners around the world to provide emergency
relief to disaster victims and development as a long-term solution to overcome
hunger and poverty.
Salvation
Army World Service Office (SAWSO)
P.O. Box
269
Alexandria,
VA 22313
E-mail
Tel:
(703) 684-5528
Fax: (703) 684-5536
Samaritan’s
Purse, Inc. (SP)
P.O. Box
3000
Route 4,
Bamboo Road
Boone, NC
28607
E-mail
Tel:
(704) 262-1980
Fax: (704) 262-1796
Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His son, Jesus Christ.
Shelter
Now International (SNI)
P.O.
Box 1306
502 E. New
York Ave.
Oshkosh,
WI 54901-1306
E-mail
Tel:
(920) 426-1207
Fax: (920) 426-4321
United
Board for World Ministries (UCBWM)
475
Riverside Drive, Floor 16
New York, NY 10115 USA
E-mail
Tel:
(212) 870-2637
Fax: (212) 932-1236
UCBWM is the vehicle of the United Church of Christ for the planning and conduct of its program of global missions, development, and emergency relief.
United
Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
475
Riverside Drive, Room 330
New York, NY 10115
E-mail
Tel: (212) 870-3816
Formed in 1940 in response to the suffering of WWII. UMCOR has expanded its ministry into more than 70 countries to minister with compassion through programs and services which provide immediate relief and long-term attention to the root causes of their need.
Viva
Network
PO Box 633
Oxford UK
OX2 0XZ
E-mail
Tel: +44(0)1865 450800
Fax: +44(0)1865 203567
Viva Network is an international family of networks set up to link Christians working with 'children at risk' world-wide.
World
Concern (WC)
19303 Fremont
Avenue, North
Seattle,
WA 98133
E-mail
Tel:
(206) 546-7201
Fax: (206) 546-7269
World Concern is an international Christian relief and development organization serving more than four million people in 27 countries each year. Founded in 1955, World Concern is strengthening families and helping people become self-reliant through food and work programs
World
Emergency Relief (WER)
2270 Camino
Vida Roble, Ste. D
P.O. Box
131570
Carlsbad,
CA 92013
E-mail
Tel:
(760) 930-8001
Fax: (760) 930-9085
World
Hope International, Inc. (WHI)
PO Box 2815
8136 Old Keene Mill Rd Suite 209A
Springfield VA 22152
E-mail
Tel:
(703) 923-9414
Fax: (703) 923 9418
Motivated by Jesus’ demonstration to serve the poor and needy, World Hope International integrates spiritual and physical ministry by assisting people in more than 27 nations to become self-sufficient through economic projects, microenterprise, agricultural development, infrastructure improvement (well digging, sewage systems, etc.), education projects, literacy training, child sponsorship, and leadership development.
World
Relief Corporation (WRC)
P.O. Box
WRC
Wheaton,
IL 60189
E-mail
Tel:
(630) 665-0235
Fax: (630) 665-4473
For more than fifty years, World Relief -- the international assistance and refugee resettlement arm of the National Association of Evangelicals -- has enabled U.S. Churches to be a lifeline to evangelical churches around the world. Since its inception in 1944, World Relief has concentrated on agriculture and food production; disaster and emergency relief; micro enterprise development, cooperatives and credit; migration and refugee services; and public health, nutrition and child survival.
World
Vision (WV)
220 I St.,
NE, Suite 270
Washington,
DC 20002
E-mail
Tel:
(202) 547-3743
Fax: (202) 547-4834
World Vision is an international Christian relief and development organization working to promote the well being of all people - especially children. Established in 1950 to care for orphans in Asia, World Vision has grow to embrace the larger issues of community development and advocacy for the poor in its mission to help children and their families build sustainable futures. Working on six continents, World Vision is one of the largest Christian relief and development organizations in the world.