Partners


FORGE appreciates the support of its many partners in the field and in the States.

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.UNHCR.org
UNHCR is the United Nations agency mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees.
IOM International Organization for Migration
http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
An intergovernmental organization established in 1951, IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
ONE ONE
http://www.ONE.org
The ONE Campaign seeks to raise public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts to fight such problems in developing countries.
USCRI The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
http://www.refugees.org
To address the needs and rights of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide by advancing fair and humane public policy, facilitating and providing direct professional services, and promoting the full participation of migrants in community life.
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
World Vision World Vision
http://www.worldvision.org
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty.
FACE AIDS FACE AIDS
http://www.faceaids.org
FACE AIDS believes that with a broad-based social commitment, they have the ability to address the tragedy of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to close the gap between what we are capable of accomplishing medically, and what we have thus far accomplished socially. To build this broad-based commitment, they engage young people by connecting them with individuals affected by the pandemic, and with opportunities that exist to fight it.
Right to Play Right to Play
http://www.righttoplay.com
Right To Play uses specially-designed sport and play programmes to improve health, build life skills, and foster peace for children and communities affected by war, poverty, disease. Working in both the humanitarian and development contexts, Right To Play has projects in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Grassroot Soccer Grassroot Soccer
http://www.grassrootsoccer.org
Using the power of soccer in the fight against AIDS, Grassroot Soccer provides African youth with the knowledge, skills and support to live HIV free.
AAH Aktion Afrika Hilfe
http://www.aktion-afrika-hilfe.org
Aktion Afrika Hilfe (AAH) is a German NGO that works with people in need in Africa. AAH works primarily with women and children in rural communities to promote self-help through projects that focus on food security, health, education and self-government.
Flip Flop Foundation Flip Flop Foundation
http://www.flipflopfoundation.com/
The mission of the Flip Flop Foundation is to provide flip flops, shoes, clothing, food, health & hygiene supplies, blankets & bedsheets, school supplies, toys, sporting equipment, and other basic necessities to disadvantaged children in Zambia.
Operation USA Operation USA
http://www.opusa.org/
Operation USA helps communities alleviate the effects of disasters, disease and endemic poverty throughout the world by providing privately-funded relief, reconstruction and development aid. We provide material and financial assistance to grassroots organizations that promote sustainable development, leadership and capacity building, income generating activities, provide education and health services, and advocate on behalf of vulnerable people.
CGI Clinton Global Initiative
http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org
Building on President Clinton’s lifetime in public service, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) reflects his belief that governments need collaboration from the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and other global leaders to effectively confront the world’s most pressing problems. After attending thousands of meetings during his career in which urgent needs were discussed but no action was taken to solve them, President Clinton saw a need to establish a new kind of meeting with an emphasis on results.
Samasource Samasource
http://www.samasource.org/
Samasource enables marginalized people, from refugees in Kenya to women in rural Pakistan, to receive life-changing work opportunities via the Internet. The core of this concept is microwork - little bits of labor that can be performed anytime and anywhere that add up to a real livelihood for our partners. In parallel, we enable socially responsible companies, small businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs in the US to contribute to economic development by buying services from our workforce at fair prices.