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Top German Global Development NGOs: A Primer

By Rolf Rosenkranz on 07 June 2011
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Founded: 1959 Headquarters: Kln AGEH provides staffing services to more than 150 aid organizations operating in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The Catholic organization also helps train aid workers; every year, up to 280 AGEH experts are active in roughly 60 countries. rzte fr die Dritte Welt Founded: 1983 Headquarters: Frankfurt am Main Doctors for the Third World has sent more than 2,800 doctors on an unpaid, volunteer basis to developing countries in order to treat patients, vaccinate children, and operate clinics. AWO International Founded: 1998 Headquarters: Berlin Domestically, the Arbeiterwohlfahrt may be best known for organizing job training to professionals and vacation getaways for children. Internationally, AWO provides humanitarian aid in response to natural emergencies and crises. Bonn International Center for Conversion Founded: 1994 Headquarters: Bonn BICC promotes and facilitates peace and development around the globe by providing training, outreach and research on, for instance, the nexus between natural resources and conflict or between migration in Africa and security. Democracy Reporting International Founded: 2006 Headquarters: Berlin Through its network of governance and human rights experts, DRI promotes political participation of citizens, accountability of state bodies and the development of democratic institutions worldwide. Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevlkerung Founded: 1991 Headquarters: Hannover This foundation operates offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Berlin and Brussels, Belgium. It supports projects focused on sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and other issues. Die Johanniter Auslandshilfe Founded: 1952 (Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe) Headquarters: Berlin Die Johanniter is a Christian organization that provides emergency relief, orthopedic and other health services in more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia, including Sudan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst Founded: 1999 Headquarters: Bonn EVV is the development aid branch of Germanys protestant churches; every year, it provides technical assistance and financial support to roughly 1,500 projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, Southeast Europe and the Caucasus region. Heinrich Bll Stiftung

Founded: 1997 (previously Stiftungsverband Regenbogen) Headquarters: Berlin Named after the Nobel Prize-winning author, the Heinrich Bll Stiftung is part of the Green political movement and close to the German party Bndnis 90/Die Grnen. It promotes ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination and justice around the globe, with a particular focus on minorities, immigrants and women. HELP Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe Founded: 1981 Headquarters: Bonn HELP was founded in the refugee crisis in Afghanistan in the early 1980s. Today, HELP operates around the globe. It provides aid to needy people, regardless of their origin, religion or political affiliation. HELPs goal is to help people help themselves, and it supports projects focusing on nutrition, health, the environment, water and football Germanys most popular sport. Internationaler Hilfsfonds Founded: 1990 Headquarters: Rosbach The International Help Fund supports medical and rural development projects in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. The focus is on helping rural populations, the old and the sick, orphans, refugees, and minorities. Projects tackle, among other things, access to safe drinking water, irrigation, agriculture, vocational training for doctors, and desertification. INTERPLAST Germany Founded: 1980 Headquarters: Roxheim An association that relies on donations and volunteers to provide health services in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It has 12 offices in Germany; members include doctors and nurses eager to work abroad. Jugend dritte Welt Founded: 1980 Headquarters: Bonn Third World Youth supports young people in more than 132 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe. Activities include schooling, vocational training, and work with street children. Kindernothilfe Founded: 1959 Headquarters: Duisburg Through its partners, Kindernothilfe says it supports more than 500,000 children each year, with hundreds of projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. It focuses on child labor, child prostitution, child soldiers and children with disabilities. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Founded: 1969 Headquarters: Berlin KAS hosts more than 200 projects in 120 countries through 81 field offices to foster democracy and the rule of law, implement social and market-economic structures and promote human rights. The foundation, which is close to the Christian Democratic Union, a center-conservative political party, trains and educates young professionals and offers opportunities for cultural exchange. Malteser Hilfsdienst Founded: 1953 Headquarters: Kln Founded by the Order of Malta and the German Caritas, this is a Catholic charity that helps to provide disaster relief, first aid training and sanitation around the globe. The Malteser Hilfsdienst relies mostly on part-time

volunteers, which number around 35,000, compared to roughly 3,000 full-time staff. The group went global in 2005, when Malteser International (based in Kln) and the Order of Malta Worldwide relief Malteser International Americas (based in Washington, D.C.) were created. Today, there are 23 national chapters. Medica Monidiale Founded: 1993 Headquarters: Kln Medica Monidiale supports women and girls in war and crisis regions around the globe, providing medical, psychological and legal help to victims of sexual violence, for instance. Medico International Founded: 1968 Headquarters: Frankfurt am Main Medico adheres to the principle of context-oriented assistance, even though the media at present publicly celebrates mostly direct hands-on support that does not dwell on political issues before getting started, says the organization, which works on human rights, health, war and violence, emergency relief and psychosocial issues. The aim of our efforts is not simply targeted at alleviating humanitarian crises, but at overcoming them permanently. MISEREOR Founded: 1962 Headquarters: Aachen MISEREOR is the German Catholic Bishops Organization for Development Cooperation. It is committed to fighting poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America, helping people regardless of their religion, ethnicity or gender. Two-thirds of its funds come from the German government. Renovabis Founded: 1993 Headquarters: Freising Renovabis is a solidarity initiative of German Catholics with people living in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its establishment, Renovabis says it has executed more than 14,000 projects in 28 countries, focusing on youth, families, and people in jail, among others. Sparkassenstiftung fr internationale Kooperation Founded: 1992 Headquarters: Bonn The Sparkassenstiftung aims to share the experience of Germanys public financial institutions in developing countries, mainly through training and other capacity building initiatives. Stiftung Deutsche Welthungerhilfe Founded: 1967 Headquarters: Bonn Germanys contribution to the worldwide Freedom From Hunger campaign kick-started by Food and Agriculture Organization Secretary-General Binay Ranjan Sen, the Welthungerhilfe focuses on nutrition, food security and agricultural development as well as on humanitarian aid. It engages civil society and the youth in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Transparency International Founded: 1993 Headquarters: Berlin Transparency International operates in more than 90 countries to fight corruption through lobbying, media outreach and partnership building. The associations secretariat is based in Berlin. Weltfriedensdienst Founded: 1958

Headquarters: Berlin The World Peace Service was created after World War II to boost peace, justice and development in the Global South as well as the North. It works on human rights, the environment, women and development, HIV/AIDS and education programs, including education for the elderly, for instance. Other notable German NGOs engaged in international development work Amnesty International Deutschland Brot fr die Welt (Bread for the World) Care Deutschland Deutsche Caritas Verband Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross) Eirene Internationaler Christlicher Friedensdienst Handicap International Oxfam Germany Plan International Deutschland Rotary Deutschland Gemeindienst Swisscontact Germany World Vision Deutschland Did we forget any major aid NGO based in Germany? Please let us know by placing your comments below. Read more: German Development Aid: What You Need to Know Germanys Top Development Consultancies: A Primer In Sweeping Aid Reform, Merged German Agency Becomes Operational

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Rolf Rosenkranz As editor, Rolf oversees a talented team of journalists working out of Devex offices in Washington, Tokyo and Manila, as well as a host of freelancers and bloggers located around the globe. Before joining Devex in early 2008, Rolf was managing editor at Inside Health Policy, a subscription-based service covering health policy news and trends in the U.S. capital as well as the states. He has reported from Africa for the Johannesburg-based Star and its publisher, Independent News & Media, as well as the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, a German daily.

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