International Charities
Some worthwhile charities operating Internationally (some with UK contacts). We know there are plenty more that deserve a mention here so do please contact us to pass on any you feel we should know about.
- AMPUTEE COALITION OF AMERICA
To reach out to and empower people affected by limb loss to achieve their full potential through education, support and advocacy, and to promote limb loss prevention.
Address: 900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 205, Knoxville, Tennessee 37915-2566
- AMPUTEE IRELAND
Our mission at Amputee.Ie is to empower amputees to achieve independence, participation, social and occupational integration in the life of the community.
- HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL (UK)
Handicap International is an independent international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside disabled and vulnerable people in over 60 countries worldwide. Our organisation is the recipient of the 2011 Hilton Humanitarian Prize in recognition of almost 30 years of humanitarian action.
- MAG
A neutral and impartial humanitarian organisation, MAG [pronounced "Mag"] works in current and former conflict zones to reduce the threat of death and injury from remnants of conflict.
These include anti-personnel and anti-vehicle landmines, as well as rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades, ammunition, Small Arms and Light Weapons, and many more types of deadly items.
So we don’t just carry out landmine or bomb clearance – some of our projects aren’t even about landmines.
We also educate people living, working and travelling through contaminated areas, to minimise the risks of them, their friends and families being killed or maimed.
