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  2. Comic Relief USA - Wikipedia

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    Comic Relief USA was a non-profit charity organization whose mission was to raise funds to help those in need—particularly America's homeless.It has raised and distributed nearly US$50 million toward providing assistance—including health care services—to homeless people throughout the United States.

  3. Relief International - Wikipedia

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    Relief International is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change, and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience, and promote long-term health and wellbeing. Relief International is a global alliance of four organizations: Relief International Inc, Relief ...

  4. Adventist Development and Relief Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA or ADRA International) is a humanitarian agency operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the purpose of providing individual and community development and disaster relief. It was founded in 1956, and it is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.

  5. Poor relief - Wikipedia

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    The 1782 poor relief law proposed by Thomas Gilbert aimed to organise poor relief on a county basis, counties being organised into parishes which could set up workhouses between them. However, these workhouses were intended to help only the elderly, sick and orphaned, not the able-bodied poor .

  6. United Methodist Committee on Relief - Wikipedia

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    One UMCOR program supplies pastor care to children affected by disasters. UMCOR's disaster response efforts helped hurricane disasters in the United States, the December 26, 2004, tsunami in South East Asia, earthquakes in Turkey and Pakistan , political upheaval in Kosovo , famines in Southern and Eastern Africa, and a volcano in the ...

  7. United Mission for Relief & Development - Wikipedia

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    United Mission for Relief and Development, formerly United Muslim Relief, [1] and abbreviated as UMR, is an international nonprofit organization that specializes in human and recovery services. [ 2 ]

  8. Buddhist Global Relief - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist Global Relief is an organization of socially engaged Buddhists [1] with a mission to "combat chronic hunger and malnutrition". [2] It was founded by Bhikkhu Bodhi in 2008. [ 1 ] [ 3 ]

  9. Outdoor relief - Wikipedia

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    Outdoor relief, an obsolete term originating with the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), was a programme of social welfare and poor relief. Assistance was given in the form of money, food, clothing or goods to alleviate poverty without the requirement that the recipient enter an institution. [ 1 ]