FAM Members

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is an independent agency established by the Seventh-day Adventist church for the specific purposes of individual and community development, and disaster relief.  As an internationally recognized non-governmental organization, ADRA fulfills this primary directive of its charter without regard to ethnic, political, or religious association. This directive is an outgrowth of a deeply held belief that human life is infinitely valuable.

Africare works to improve the quality of life in rural Africa by responding to the requests of Africans who are working to help themselves.  Africare forms partnerships with village groups, women's cooperatives, state agencies, and rural enterprises. Africare tries to encourage sound economic development, improved health care and responsible environmental management.

ACDI/VOCA is a non-profit organization created by the consolidation of Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance. America's agricultural cooperatives and the Farm Credit System founded both organizations with the humanitarian goal of globalizing the success of American agriculture. Funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, member cooperatives, and other sources enables ACDI/VOCA to apply its 60 years of experience in 110 nations to helping emerging economies grow, providing enhanced markets for U.S. agricultural products. At the same time that ACDI/VOCA conducts economic development activities, it seeks to provide U.S. agribusiness with access to fast-growing economies abroad.  ACDI/VOCA food aid projects are based on a food systems approach that recognizes the interdependencies of local food economies and attempts to expand and stimulate private markets.

The American Red Cross is a part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement a phrase that symbolizes the unity of all Red Cross work carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), over 170 Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies around the world, and the Magen David Adom in Israel.  The mission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is to relieve human suffering, wherever it may be found; to protect life and health; to ensure respect for the human being, particularly in times of armed conflict and natural disaster; to help prevent disease; to promote health and social welfare; and to encourage voluntary service. The Fundamental Principles of the Movement are humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality. As a major part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, American Red Cross International Services supports humanitarian relief around the world.

CARE assists the world's poor in their efforts to achieve social and economic well-being. CARE's work reaches 48 million people in 66 nations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Programs include emergency relief, water and sanitation, microenterprise, natural resource management, population, AIDS prevention, girls' education, primary health care and food security. CARE also advocates for public policies that support these ends. CARE is the world's largest private relief and development organization.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was founded in 1943 by the Catholic Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and disadvantaged outside the country.  It is administered by a Board of Bishops selected by the National Council of Catholic Bishops and is staffed by men and women committed to the Catholic Church's apostolate of helping those in need. It maintains strict standards of efficiency and accountability.
The fundamental motivating force in all activities of CRS is the Gospel of Jesus Christ as it pertains to the alleviation of human suffering, the development of people and the fostering of charity and justice in the world. The policies and programs of the agency reflect and express the teaching of the Catholic Church. At the same time, Catholic Relief Services assists persons on the basis of need, not creed, race or nationality.

Since its founding in 1965 as the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific (FSP), Counterpart International's central organizational purpose - of supporting the creation and development of strong local institutions and non-governmental networks capable of meeting local and regional needs on a sustainable basis - has never changed.  Counterpart has always placed a special emphasis on vulnerable populations, as women and the disadvantaged hold a special place in the development of civil societies and equitable marketplace economies.  Whether developing organizations in the NGO sector or the financial and business sectors, Counterpart builds upon existing resources and institutions to enable communities to meet their own self-defined needs.  This flexible and culturally adaptable approach has enabled Counterpart to work effectively in diverse geographic, cultural, political and economic environments.
Counterpart's Relief & Food Security programs strive to address causes of food insecurity worldwide, such as: (1) declining food production due to the destruction of land, forests, and other natural resources; (2) poor health conditions resulting from insufficient investment in rural health facilities compounded by high population growth; (3) lack of access to income and food for vulnerable groups such as the elderly, the disabled, the chronically ill, and orphans; and (4) limited opportunities for income generation.  In particular, our assistance addresses restoration of land degraded by war, short-term professional training, local capacity building, technical assistance to local agri-businesses, and distribution to orphans and pensioners.

For over 25 years Food for the Hungry Inc. (USA) has been committed to working with the poor and food insecure to overcome hunger and poverty through integrated self-development and relief. In over 30 countries, FHI promotes a community based approach with an emphasis on empowering nationals in a variety of sectors including agriculture and agricultural extension, natural resource management, maternal/child health, child survival, and microenterprise and agricultural credit.

International Relief & Development conducts work in the following activity areas:  food aid and food security, primary health care, agriculture, capacity-building, and microenterprise and community development.  IRD designs and implements a range of food aid and food security programs. Direct feeding programs to improve the nutritional status of refugees, IDPs, women, children and the elderly are being carried out in several countries. IRD undertakes food aid monetization programs. IRD is also active in designing and implementing programs that improve nutrition.

Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps provides food, health care and economic opportunity to more than 3 million people in 24 countries. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided more than $450 million in assistance to more than 68 countries. Over 94 percent of the agency's resources are allocated directly to programs that help the poor.

OIC International (OICI) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve lives in developing countries through training and sustainable organizational development. OICI works in developing countries or emerging markets to teach appropriate, marketable skills that enable disadvantaged young men and women to become self-reliant, economically productive, and capable of improving the quality of life for themselves and their families. OIC training centers transform hopelessness into hope through job skills, human resource training and small business development. Since its inception in 1970, OIC International has assisted over 60,000 disadvantaged youths and adults, approximately half of whom are women, to earn their own livelihood through its network of 33 centers in 18 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central America.

Project Concern International (PCI) is a San Diego / USA based non-profit health organization, dedicated to saving the lives of children and mothers worldwide with basic medical care, nutritious food, clean water and health education. Stressing the education of local volunteers, Project Concern International stretches the impact of donations and ensure that our programs will continue saving lives long after its work is done.

Save the Children is an international nonprofit child-assistance organization created in the United States in 1932. Save the Children works in 40 countries worldwide, including the United States. Save the Children's mission is to make lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need.
Save the Children is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, a partnership of 25 individual country members working with children and families in more than 100 nations throughout the world.

SHARE de Guatemala (Self-Help and Resource Exchange) is a non-profit social business serving a multi-national network of organizations strengthening their communities by helping people to help themselves and others. As a social business, World SHARE generates revenue by and for the purpose of engaging people in self-help activities that improve their own lives, the lives of others and their community.