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Charities/Ethical Investment
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Trocaire is a Catholic Church-founded aid agency. It is currently running a
campaign highlighting the enslavement of 20 million bonded labourers’
world-wide. Look at its Press pages for information on a wide range of world
issues including appropriate rural development . www.trocaire.org
Survival for Tribal Peoples,
as the name suggests, lobbies to protect indigenous people in their
ancestral lands. www.survival-international.org
Landmines. Heather Mills has done enormously
good charity work in the area of clearing minefields and supplying artificial
limbs to amputees. For more information including a video go to www.landmines.org.uk.
Email, info@landmines.org.uk or tel.
020 7265 4945.
Oxfam America, very good on
sustainable development, did a recent report on Cuba (August 2001). It can be
downloaded in full (pdf) from their site; www.oxfamamerica.org
. Email info@oxfamamerica.org and
press office; asmith@oxfamamerica.org.
War on Want, founded in 1951 by Labour politician, Harold Wilson and
publisher, Victor Gollancz, campaigns against the root causes of poverty.
"The need is for solidarity, not charity; for a hand-up not a
hand-out". Initiated the campaign against dried powder baby’s milk.
Advocates the Tobin Tax on currency trading (0.25% levy on turn-over) which
could yield $250 billion for aid - five times the present total. www.waronwant.org
Land Heritage Trust (UK) promotes the advantages of organic food and farming,
acquires land through bequests and rents to suitable family tenants. Its booklet
style Manifesto is an elegant introduction to the history and present state of
farming. Publishes other booklets too supporting organic farming. www.landheritage.org
ITDG uses the ideas and technology of intermediate or appropriate technology
e.g. a steel-shod plough hauled by a donkey in Sudan as against previous
hand-work, to improve people’s ability to feed themselves. Donations to ITDG,
The Schumacher Centre for Technology and Development, Bourton-on-Dunsmore,
Rugby, Warwickshire, CV 23 9QZ . www.itdg.org.uk
Email; news@itdg.org.uk
Concern is a secular, Irish-based agency working to "eliminate poverty
in least-developed countries". Has created Alliance 2015 with European
partners to focus their efforts. E-contacts; info@concern.net
and www.concern.net
www.thehungersite.com
One-click donations to a very worthy cause.
Goal is an Irish third world aid organisation based in Dublin which can be
contacted by phone; 01 2809779 and email; goal@indigo.ie
Oxfam
is dedicated to fight poverty and related injustice. Aims
to achieve sustainable livelihood for impoverished farmers. www.oxfam.org
Christian Aid campaigns against patenting of natural plants, GM
food and fights to establish food security. www.christianaid.org.uk
Sustain: The
alliance for better food and farming (formerly the National Food Alliance and
the Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Environment (SAFE) Alliance) advocates
food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare
of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich
society and culture and promote equity. They represent over 100 national
public interest organisations working at international, national, regional and
local level. Also publish quarterly magazine, Digest. www.sustainweb.org
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. One might not agree with everything it does e.g supporting vaccination, and
indirectly, GM technology as a global hunger solution, but through its huge
budget does an enormous amount of good too. www.gatesfoundation.com
Ethical Investment
Ethical Financial, Ireland. Email: ethicalfinancial@broker.assurelink.ie
The Ethical Investment Co-Operative, email; greeninvest@gn.apc.org.
www.ecology.co.uk
The Ecology Building Society.
Kingswood Consultants UK, whose logo is
"Profit with a conscience" can be contacted at www.kingswoodconsultants.com
Triodos Bank. Europe's leading ethical bank, " delivering social and
environmental benefits" now has an Irish representative, Kieron
Brennan. He can be contacted by email: kieron.brennan@triodos.ie
and by mobile, 086 8399358. www.triodos.ie
Ethical Investors Group, can be phoned at 01242 604550.
Barchester Green (UK) are specialists in ethical investment. Tel. 01722
331241.
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