Poverty Organizations in the Yahoo! Directory

ONE
Rallying Americans to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty. Promoted by faith-based and antipoverty groups, celebrity spokespeople such as U2 lead singer Bono, corporate partnerships, and local ONE Campaign organizers.
www.one.org
World Vision International (10)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Organizations/World_Vision_International
Make Poverty History
Campaign asking for developing countries' debts to be cancelled.
www.makepovertyhistory.org
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
The country's largest grassroots organization working for the empowerment of low and moderate income people. Major issues include housing, jobs, living wages and banking.
www.acorn.org
ActionAid (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Organizations/ActionAid
Dress for Success New York
Provides career attire to low-income women seeking employment. Accepts donations of used professional clothing items and accessories that are in good condition.
www.dressforsuccess.org
Salvation Army@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Charities/Salvation_Army
Global Call to Action Against Poverty (G-CAP)
Worldwide alliance working to end poverty by pressing leaders for more and better aid, debt cancellation, and trade justice. Includes info on International White Band Day.
www.whiteband.org
Center for Community Change
Helps poor people to improve their communities, and change policies and institutions that affect their lives.
www.communitychange.org
National Center for Children in Poverty
Promoting strategies that prevent child poverty and improve the lives of low-income children and their families.
www.nccp.org
Partners in Health
Dedicated to improving health in poor communities through programs in Haiti, Latin America, and the U.S.
www.pih.org
Soles4Souls
Changing the world one pair at a time. Soles4Souls facilitates the donations of shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Shoe companies, retailers, and individuals can donate footwear, both new and used.
www.soles4souls.org
Child Poverty Action Group
Promotes action for the relief, directly or indirectly, of poverty among children and families with children.
www.cpag.org.uk
American Public Human Services Association
Nonprofit, bipartisan organization that develops, promotes, and implements public human service policies that improve the health and well-being of families, children, and adults.
www.aphsa.org
Opportunity International
Christian, nonprofit organization fighting poverty by providing loans for small businesses.
www.opportunity.org
FARM-Africa [read review]
International non-governmental organization that aims to reduce poverty through developing innovative approaches to natural resource management in Africa.
www.farmafrica.org.uk
War on Want@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Organizations/War_on_Want
National Center on Poverty Law
Comprehensive research service devoted to poverty law. Includes information on publications and services as well as access to a selection of online materials.
www.povertylaw.org
Coalition on Human Needs
Alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations.
www.chn.org
Goal
Irish relief and development agency dedicated to providing aid to street children and refugees and the poorest of the poor in the Third world.
www.goal.ie