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Addenbrookes Abroad
Addenbrookes Abroad
Addenbrooke’s Abroad supports staff in sharing their skills and experiences with hospitals abroad, particularly those in developing countries, and works to ensure that staff, patients and students at CUH and at overseas institutions benefit from the increased expertise and understanding that is gained from global health partnerships and links. -
African Innovation Prize
African Innovation Prize
The African Innovation Prize is UK-based registered charity, founded in 2010 to spur student innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa, through university-based business planning competitions. We are currently running competitions and trainings in three universities in Rwanda, and one in Sierra Leone.
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Afrinspire
Afrinspire
AFRINSPIRE supports indigenous African initiatives in community development and poverty reduction. Engaging in children’s education, women’s literacy, transferring technology, and income generation, AFRINSPIRE supports local community development initiatives at their own pace. People and projects are supported in Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Sudan. -
Aiducation
Aiducation
Our mission is to realize this desperately needed potential by giving our private donors (AiduMakers) the opportunity to award merit-based high school scholarships to bright and needy students in Kenya. -
Aptivate
Aptivate
We are an NGO and not-for-profit organisation that provides IT services for international development. We work on both grant funded projects and direct partnerships with NGOs. -
Bridges to Belarus
Bridges to Belarus
Supporting children and families affected by the Chernobyl disaster. -
Cambridge Fairtrade Steering Group
Cambridge Fairtrade Steering Group
Cambridge Fairtrade Steering Group promotes and encourages fairtrade. -
Cambridge to Africa
Cambridge to Africa
Providing educational and research expertise to school projects in Uganda and Uruguay. We are also strongly committed to our Itupale Online Journal of African Studies. -
Cambridge University English Language Studies for Tibetans Society (CU-ELST Society)
Cambridge University English Language Studies for Tibetans Society (CU-ELST Society)
Cambridge University ELST is a Cambridge University Society closely affiliated with the Cambridge-based charity of the same name. Our aim is to advance education among the Tibetan communities living in exile in India and other Himalayan peoples.
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Camvol
Camvol
Developing volunteer placement opportunities in India for Cambridge students. -
CBM-UK
CBM-UK
An international Christian development organisation, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in developing countries. -
Concordis International
Concordis International
Concordis International works impartially alongside those involved in or affected by armed conflict, so that through dialogue they may build relationships of mutual trust and together develop and implement policies that improve human security and lay firm foundations for lasting peace. -
CU Save the Children Society
CU Save the Children Society
Cambridge University Save the Children Society organises talks and events to increase awareness of child welfare issues, as well as coordinating fundraising for Save the Children UK. -
CUiD
CUiD
Cambridge University International Development (CUiD) aims to provide a non-partisan platform to raise awareness of international development issues and to promote open discussion. -
CUSAFE
CUSAFE
A Cambridge University society which supports college SAFE schemes. SAFE stands for Southern African Fund for Education and provides funding for projects which promote education as a tool for development. -
Education Partnerships Africa
Education Partnerships Africa
We aim to improve secondary school education for young people in rural Kenya. We are a student based organisation, working in direct partnership with schools and developing their capacity for self led growth. -
Engineers Without Borders (EWB-UK)
Engineers Without Borders (EWB-UK)
Engineers without Borders (EWB-UK) is an international development organisation that removes barriers to development through engineering. -
Engineers Without Borders Cambridge
Engineers Without Borders Cambridge
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Cambridge is the Cambridge branch of EWB-UK, an international development organisation that removes barriers to development through engineering. -
English Language Studies for Tibetans (ELST)
English Language Studies for Tibetans (ELST)
To advance education among the Tibetan communities living in exile in India and other Himalayan peoples. -
Global Poverty Project, Cambridge
Global Poverty Project, Cambridge
The Global Poverty Project seeks to invigorate the global movement to take effective concerted action on poverty. -
Global Thinking
Global Thinking
Global Thinking is a 10 year strategy to enable effective support for the global dimension in education within the East Region of England.
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Hoveraid
Hoveraid
HoverAid is a small charity with one big idea – that hovercraft can be used to overcome the very basic problem of travel to and from certain remote rural communities. -
Khandel Light
Khandel Light
Khandel light works to improve the lives of the vulnerable and disadvantaged families in Khandel and the villages surrounding it, located in the desert state of Rajasthan, India.
Working in close partnership with the local NGO, Nirman Sanstha Khandel, the Charity encourages local people to help themselves, focusing on long-term development projects including access to clean water and sanitation, better healthcare, education and housing. It also aims to raise the status of women. In this way, Khandel light hopes to make a real and lasting difference not only to families today, but also to those of tomorrow.
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LaNYT Theatre
LaNYT Theatre
LaNYT Theatre was established in October 2009 by a group of artists and international development practitioners with the aim to inspire, empower and create positive change through theatre and performing arts. LaNYT Theatre was founded with strong conviction in the power of the arts in positively influencing our society by enhancing human capability, promoting social empowerment, encouraging open dialogues, and continuing to challenge injustice in order to push forward for sustainable human and social development.
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Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB)
Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB)
The Cambridge Lawyers Without Borders Society promotes the work of its parent organisation, Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB), an international human rights NGO that works through networks of pro bono lawyers, non-profit organisations and law students on various world-wide projects to promote and enforce global human rights, advance the rule of law and protect the integrity of the legal process without regard to geographical or political borders. -
Managing4Development
Managing4Development
Managing4Development is an initiative launched by students at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School. Our goal is to build a community of management science researchers passionate about addressing global poverty challenges through their research and work.
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ManufacturingChange.org
ManufacturingChange.org
ManufacturingChange.org enables online volunteers to solve problems in developing countries for organisations that use manufacturing to create social change.
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Medsin Cambridge
Medsin Cambridge
A network of students with an interest in health, with branches at universities across the UK. Medsin’s activities aim to promote health as well as to act upon and educate students about health inequalities in our local and global communities. -
Menelik Education
Menelik Education
Menelik Education aims to provide a brighter future for people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), by educating children, promoting good health and building cohesive communities. Menelik Education works in partnership with schools, universities, community groups and health clinics in Kinshasa, DRC, and in the UK. -
Momentum Arts
Momentum Arts
Momentum Arts develops creative arts projects that engage, empower and connect people and communities. We work with socially engaged artists and diverse communities to create and deliver innovative art projects. Our dynamic approach to the arts and creative learning helps to stimulate creativity and enrich the experience of people both in the UK and internationally. -
Mountain Trust
Mountain Trust
Innovative interventions in education and health provision in Nepal.The Mountain Trust also run an internship programme for post graduate students in collaboration with the Institute for democracy and conflict resolution, University of Essex. See their IDCR website for more details.
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Nakuru Environmental & Conservation Trust (NECT)
Nakuru Environmental & Conservation Trust (NECT)
Environmental education of Children and young people below the age of 24 within Kenya and the UK. Cultural exchange by assisting in the provision of youth exchange visits. Reducing environmental footprint and promoting environmental justice. -
Oxfam Cambridge
Oxfam Cambridge
Oxfam is a movement of people working together to overcome poverty and suffering. We provide life saving aid following humanitarian crisis, we run development projects to help people work their way out of poverty and we campaign to give a voice to those who cannot be heard. -
PHG Foundation
PHG Foundation
Our aim is making science work for health. We believe in the potential of biomedical science and genomics to transform human well-being. Our mission is to enable advances in biomedicine and genomics to be responsibly translated into effective ways to prevent illness and provide healthcare that is accessible to all on the basis of their vulnerabilities and needs. -
PLoS
PLoS
We are a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization. Our mission is to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. Everything that we publish is open-access – freely available online for anyone to use. -
Rama Foundation
Rama FoundationThe object of the Rama Founation is to develop the capacities and the skills of members of socially and / or economically disadvantaged communities in all parts of the world (and particularly in India) in such a way as they are better able to identify, and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society.
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RedR Cambridge
RedR Cambridge
Organising and running evening meetings and training courses, particularly well known ‘Clare Farm’ course for those interested in working in development & disaster relief.
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Seed Project
Seed Project
To facilitate holistic community development in the socially and economically disadvantaged communities of Southern Africa. -
Shelter Centre
Shelter Centre
Shelter Centre is a non-governmental organisation registered in Switzerland which supports the sector of humanitarian operations that responds to the transitional settlement and reconstruction needs of populations affected by conflicts and natural disasters, from the emergency phase until durable solutions are reached. -
TASTE The African Science Truck Experience
TASTE The African Science Truck Experience
TASTE’s chief activity is the operation of a mobile laboratory which visits schools providing practical science experience to students. The first mobile laboratory will begin to operate in January 2013, serving approximately 3000 students at 15 schools in the Lwengo district of Uganda. -
The Eco House Initiative
The Eco House Initiative
The Eco-House Initiative is a multidisciplinary programme that aims to facilitate truly sustainable growth in the context of poverty and climate change in the developing world. The Initiative links academics, industrial partners, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and governments in the development of sustainable housing solutions and urban planning for the developing world. We research, design and build with local organisations with the aim of introducing affordable sustainable housing systems and communities for the urban poor, as well as raising awareness of the issues of sustainability and poverty in the region. -
Touch of Africa
Touch of Africa
We are a fashion business providing modern, ethically produced African clothing to western markets. We believe that fair trade has the power to bring development and prosperity to African communities, allowing them to express their creativity and rise out of poverty on their own terms.
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Transforming Business
Transforming Business
Transforming Business is a research and development project at Cambridge University focused on enterprise solutions to poverty. -
Village Ways Partnership
Village Ways Partnership
Village Ways works in partnership with rural communities to establish, develop and manage a very special kind of tourism. Sustainability is the key, with ownership in the hands of local communities and where both the tourists and the villagers are the beneficiaries.
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VSO Cambridge
VSO Cambridge
Raises awareness of and money for the work of VSO, Voluntary Services Overseas. VSO works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. -
WaterAid Cambridge
WaterAid Cambridge
The recently formed Cambridge group plans to raise funds, raise awareness and represent WaterAid at local events in the city. -
World Development Movement (WDM) Cambridge
World Development Movement (WDM) Cambridge
The World Development Movement (WDM) is a UK-based anti-poverty campaigning organisation. We have a worldwide reputation for tackling hard-hitting, controversial issues.
If you are interested in becoming one of our members either as individuals or as a Cambridge-based organisation, please visit our membership page.