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Humanitarian/Service Organizations

The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization which includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the belief in the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice

Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers. The Bread for the World Institute seeks justice for hungry people by engaging in research and education on policies related to hunger and development.

Catholic Relief Services is the official international relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community, CRS is also committed to educating the people of the United States to fulfill their moral responsibilities toward our global brothers and sisters by helping the poor, working to remove the causes of poverty, and promoting social justice.

The Cuban American Alliance Education Fund, Inc. (CAAEF) is a national network of Cuban Americans that educates the public at large on issues related to hardships caused by current U.S.-Cuba relations. The Alliance is a vehicle for the development of mutually beneficial engagements which promote understanding and human compassion.

Founded in 1946, Church World Service is the relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of 36 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations.

The Disarm Education Fund promotes peace and social justice through political and social advocacy, while delivering life-saving medicine, medical supplies and medical delegations to Cuba and Central America.

Founded in 1981, under the auspices of the Society of Jesus, Jesuit Refugee Services has emerged as a major international project of the of the Jesuit social apostolate. JRS programs include pastoral care, education, health care and vocational training. In addition to these direct services, JRS personnel advocate for refugees and the internally displaced before national and international governing bodies

Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 50 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters.

The Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Washington Office is a Mennonite and Brethren in Christ presence on Capitol Hill providing and encouraging prophetic witness to the way of Christ on mattes of U.S. public policy.

Oxfam America is dedicated to finding long-term solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice around the world. We work to eliminate the root causes of social and economic inequities by challenging the structural barriers that foster conflict and human suffering and limit people from gaining the skills, resources, and power to become self-sufficient.

Peace Brigades International supports efforts for justice and human rights through nonviolent action, fielding teams of unarmed international observers to offer protective accompaniment of threatened activists in conflict areas including Colombia, Guatemala, Indonesia, and Mexico.

Project Counselling Service has worked for the past twenty years in the continuum from conflict to post-conflict in Latin America, promoting and defending human rights and developing the capacities of local actors, particularly women, to play a lead role in their country's social and political processes of building peace, justice and democracy.

Quixote Center/Quest for Peace is a faith-based social justice organization working in partnership with the Institute of John XXIII in Nicaragua to develop community based development initiatives, while also working to change those U.S. foreign policies that contribute to poverty in Latin America.

Rights Action raises funds for community development, human rights & emergency relief projects in Southern Mexico, Central America & Peru. We educate in North America about global development and human rights issues, and work to form north-south alliances of people and organizations working together to remedy endemic impoverishment, repression and racism.

SHARE supports historically impoverished and marginalized communities in El
Salvador as they construct long-term, sustainable solutions to poverty and injustice through advocacy, rural development projects and physical and moral accompaniment.

Voices on the Border promotes sustainable and equitable human development in El Salvador through long-term community based partnerships, grassroots organizing and accompaniment.