To eradicate poverty, it's important to address both
its effects and its root causes. This list,
in no particular order, showcases groups extending their
hands to help the underprivileged raise their economic
status for a brighter tomorrow.
First up, at # 1 we have Western
Center on Law & Poverty. This organization was
formed in 19 67 by a group of
attorneys and legal scholars, who believed that low-income
Californians deserve proper representation.
Western Center is focused on providing access to
justice, financial security, health care housing, and community
stability to impoverished families throughout California. It collaborates
with federal state, and local agencies to protect
and expand the rights of its constituents, conducts
on-site training and webinars for legal aid attorneys,
and more.
Up at # 2 is the Poverty &
Race Research Action Council, a civil rights law
and policy organization based in Washington D.C. Founded
in 19 89 it focuses on the areas
of fair housing, school diversity, and environmental justice,
and works with a national network of researchers
attorneys educators, and more.
The council engages in a range of public
education activities and promotes research-based advocacy strategies, to
help address structural inequality and disrupt the systems
that disadvantage low-income people of color.
Coming in at # 3 the Oxford Poverty
and Human Development Initiative is an economic research
and policy center that was established in 2007.
It aims to build and advance a more
systematic economic framework, focusing on the five missing
dimensions of data quality of work empowerment, physical
safety, the ability to go about without shame,
and psychological well-being.
OPHI is involved in survey design and testing,
data collection, training and mentoring, and advising. It
holds seminars workshops, and events, and collaborates with
universities, research networks governments, and international organizations, creating
tools that can be used in tackling poverty.
Next up, at # 4 is Apnalaya. Founded
in 19 72 by Tom Holland, the then
Australian Consul General in Mumbai, the charity works
with the urban poor, enabling access to basic
services healthcare education, and livelihood.
Apnalaya takes a multi-dimensional approach in teaching people
how to help themselves and ensure the provision
of civic entitlements through advocacy with the government.
The organization collaborates with like-minded groups and creates
awareness via the media.
Finally, at # 5 we have GALVmed. This
organization was incorporated in 2005 and aims to
make livestock vaccines medicines, and diagnostics accessible and
affordable to those who rely on domesticated animals
for a living.
The group is focused on developing products to
meet the needs of small-scale farm animal producers,
and passing them over to others to manufacture
and distribute. The organization's goal is to protect
livestock, in order to help improve human lives.