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Based on 5 reviews  BAY AREA LEGAL AID(Oakland, CA) BayLegal is committed to providing equal access to the justice system and free, high quality legal assistance regardless of a client’s location, language or disability. Access to quality legal assistance and advocacy is crucial for these individuals to understand and assert their rights to create stability for themselves and their families. Without free civil legal services such as BayLegal’s, these members of our community have no recourse when their basic rights are violated or not being exercised. Over 1.2 million residents* of the San Francisco Bay Area are living in poverty, and all of them are at risk for a number of destabilizing factors that plague the working poor. These individuals and families are at high risk for lack of sufficient resources to meet basic needs like food, clothing and utilities; unfair treatment and discrimination by landlords; and lack of access to health care. For this vulnerable population, an unwarranted eviction notice, the presence of domestic violence, wrongful termination of healthcare benefits or difficulty in overcoming barriers to employment can have devastating results. Families may lose or be denied housing, employment or vital medical treatment. In the long run, the constant stress caused by these types of chronic problems can lead to family dysfunction and breakdown. There are often simple legal solutions to these kinds of problems, allowing these vulnerable residents to begin to move out of these desperate conditions. However, the many burdens of a life of poverty make it extremely difficult, if not impossible in some instances, for a family to focus on a potential legal problem in order to see if it can be resolved. In many cases, low-income families are not even aware of their legal rights. Recent studies demonstrate the difficulty low-income residents face when trying to access legal assistance - a 2002 report by the California Commission on Access to Justice stated that 72% of all low-income Californians do not have access to a lawyer when facing a serious legal issue; and on average low-income households experience at least one civil legal need per year (Legal Services Corporation). *Residents living at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. |
CHILDHOPE-ZAMBIA(Lusaka, --) -To reduce poverty,improve the living standards of rural children reduce the transition of HIV/AIDS . |
CHILDHOPE-ZAMBIA(Lusaka, --) -To reduce poverty,improve the living standards of rural children reduce the transmition of HIV/AIDS in the rural areas |
Microcredit Summit Campaign(Washington, DC) The Microcredit Summit Campaign is dedicated to reaching 175 Million of the world’s poorest families with credit for self-employment and other financial and business services, and; ensuring that 100 million families rise above the US$1 a day threshold by 2015. The Campaign brings together microcredit practitioners, advocates, educational institutions, donor agencies, international financial institutions, non-governmental organizations and others involved with microcredit to promote best practices in the field, to stimulate the interchanging of knowledge, and to work towards reaching our goals. |
Rockingham Community Action(Portsmouth, NH) Rockingham Community Action’s mission is to alleviate and prevent poverty, and to promote self-reliance. This mission is accomplished by providing people with the tools and resources to help them overcome economic hardship, through advocacy and the effective delivery of comprehensive services, and in collaboration with individuals, families, and other community partners. |
 Adelante Foundation(Englewood, CO) “Unity, Discipline, Hard Work, and Courage; This is our way of life.” Adelante’s mission is to improve the standard of living of extremely poor women living in Honduras. Since 1999, Adelante has provided small loans to very poor women so they can start and grow their own small business. Over time, the women use their profits to buy better food for their families; improve their homes; buy medicine when necessary; send children school; and plan and save for the future. In addition to providing credit, Adelante also provides business, health and human rights education. The business education helps borrowers, who have an average fourth-grade education, learn the skills necessary to make their business successful. The health education provides vital, but difficult to find, basic health information for the whole family. Adelante provides opportunity rather than charity – a hand up rather than a hand out. |