When you see on the television news stories about famines in the world, most likely WorldVision is going to be there trying to feed them.

http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/master.nsf/

Jimmy Carter is the best known Habitat volunteer. Well, guess what, I’m going to be a volunteer right here in Glendale, California! Habitat's goal is to build 100,000 homes in the next 5 years throughout the world.

http://www.habitat.org/

When disasters strike anywhere in the world, AmeriCares is there to help. With less than 2% administrative overhead, donations go a long way with this organization.

http://www.americares.org/

Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières – their humanitarian work was recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.

http://www.dwb.org/

I was reading "The Lexus and the Olive Tree." I wondered how is this wild wired web global economic system going to help those with practically nothing. Then I turned the page and found out about Planetfinance.com where the power of the internet is combined with microfinancing in developing nations.

http://www.planetfinance.org/en/donation/donaccueil.htm