Community Development Charities

Community Community development is the practice of developing the social well- being of local, regional and, sometimes, national communities. Prospero recommends projects that empower individuals and groups of people by providing them with the skills they need to break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage, and effect positive change within their communities. Initiatives that benefit the community at large include: microcredit, self-help groups, capacity building projects and vocational training schemes.

Charity Description
Child In Need Institute UK Helps poor mothers and children in India by improving their nutrition, health and education.
Entrepreneurs du Monde Works with extremely poor families in the Philippines, Vietnam, Haiti, Africa and India, using microcredit and training to support entrepreneurship and access to employment.
Friends International Supports marginalised urban children in Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to become productive, independent members of society.
Ibtada Supports impoverished communities in Alwar, one of Rajasthan’s most marginalised areas, improving living conditions through education, adult literacy and microfinance initiatives.
Link Emergency Aid and Development Provides support to some of the 2.4 million victims of Cyclone Nargis in the remotest areas of Myanmar's Irrawady Delta.
Khmer Cultural Development Institute Supports underprivileged children in Kampot, Cambodia and aims also to preserve Cambodia’s cultural heritage.
Krousary Yoeung Local Cambodian NGO addressing the needs of pre-school children in five of the country's provinces.
M'Lop Tapang Provides street-children in Sihanoukville, Cambodia with a comprehensive programme of care and support.
MondoChallenge Foundation Combines volunteer placements with development projects and strategic grants to bring long-term improvement to local communities around the world.
Pan Intercultural Arts London based arts company; working both in the UK and internationally, PAN uses performance to encourage self-expression and promote deeper understanding of evolving cultural identities.
Souvann Phoum Improves the living conditions of disadvantaged families, particularly women and children, by supporting their access to education, skills training, employment opportunitiess and microfinance in Cambodia's poorest areas.
The Haller Foundation Promotes and enables ecological community development in Kenya.
War Child Works with children held in detention in conflict and post-conflict zones, including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq and Uganda.
Zimbabwe Benefit Foundation Provides relief for the most vulnerable people in Zimbabwe in rapidly changing conditions.