Our Members
OR.M 0144
- Pakistan, Punjab
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Bunyad Literacy And Community Council (BLCC/Bunyad) is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit NGO founded in 1994. It came into being in response to the poor situation of Female Literacy & Girl’s Education in the Country. Over the years it has expanded its operations not only geographically but also in terms of others fields of activities. It is presently active in 14 districts of Punjab.
Main areas of work
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Education in Emergencies, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Girls’ Education and Inclusion
OR.M 0089
- Cameroon, Centre
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The CEFAN derives its essence from the combined will of the Cameroonian government, national and international civil society organizations in education, following recommendations from both international and national communities.
On the international level, CEFAN is the result of the Dakar Forum in Senegal in 2000 on education, which focused on the agenda of Education For All (EFA).
The forum recommended that civil society organizations mobilize at all levels (national, regional, and global) in networks to effectively monitor the commitments made by states and governments.
This recommendation was observed in Cameroon, leading to the establishment of CEFAN on October 21, 2005.
Main areas of work
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Education Financing, Education in Emergencies, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Girls’ Education and Inclusion, Quality of Teaching and Learning, Research, Transformative Education
OR.M 0095
- Kaduna, Nigeria
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To educate girls in the classroom and beyond; by providing girls with the opportunities to acquire essential human, social, economic, health information and skills in a safe and supportive environment to make informed decisions about their lives which will enable them make healthy, safe and productive transition to adulthood.
Main areas of work
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Gender Equity & Equality, Girls’ Education and Inclusion, Quality of Teaching and Learning, Research
OR.M 0092
- India, Rajasthan
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CULP is a non-profit NGO, has been focussing to empower adolescent girls and young women of socially excluded and economically most marginalized communities through education, health (Nutrition, SRHR), and skill trainings, and it has got recognition at national and international level through awards, felicitation and part of several CSO networks.
Main areas of work
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Education Financing, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Gender Equity & Equality, Girls’ Education and Inclusion, Quality of Teaching and Learning, Research

OR.M 0122
Children Rights Defence Welfare organization
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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CRD is non-profitable, non-governmental, non-Political and non-Religion Organization which is striving for the welfare of the society in all aspects. CRD is registered under societies act XXI 1860 on 13March2000, registration # 371/5/2867, with its Head Office located in Peshawar. CRD has come into being with a purpose of reaching out to those disadvantaged people who are badly in need of basic necessities; related to health, education, protection and livelihoods for self-sustainability. Its operations that were present on a local level initially are gradually expanding through its program network and its outreach to the remotest areas and suburbs throughout the country with the firm intention to empower the communities by making them self-reliant. Realizing the CRD of the community, CRD always endeavors to plan and implement program which are closer and aligned to the requirements that can yield results in quick successions.
CRD motive is to create awareness in the community through community development and community participation to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDGs).
CRD organization also works for persons with disabilities, non-formal education, against the issue of domestic violence, child sexual abuse/corporal punishment/child labor and child trafficking.
Main areas of work
- 2SLGBTQI+, Advocacy, Capacity Building, Education in Emergencies, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Gender Equity & Equality, Girls’ Education and Inclusion, Transformative Education
- Malawi, South
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CCDO is a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) that promotes and implements rural development projects in Malawi with extensive operation base in Thyolo District. The organisation was established in 2005 and registered on 22 November 2010 in Blantyre under the Trustees Incorporation Act of 1962 within the Laws of the Government of Malawi.
Main areas of work
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Girls’ Education and Inclusion
- Afghanistan, Kabul
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COAR is an Afghan, independent, non-political, non-sectarian, non-for-profit organization established in 1989 in response to the needs of delivering humanitarian assistance to Afghans during prevailing conflicting context of Afghanistan. In spite prevailed tense situation in country, COAR has developed a long-term strategy of delivering humanitarian aids to Afghans although existing many funding challenges. During different period of outstanding internal conflict, COAR has maintained the access of beneficiaries to basic services with using the main humanitarian principles of Independence, Neutrality and Impartiality in practice. COAR is register with Ministry of Economy as legal entity and other sector authorities such as the Ministry of Women Affairs, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher education the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock and etc.
Initially COAR was operating as cross-border organization providing emergency relief in both sides Afghans in Pakistan and Afghanistan and considered as a biggest local organization operating in Afghanistan.
With using the field-tested lessons from the past, COAR has built its capacity according to the needs and added various values in term of project operation and management.
Currently COAR is widely involved in both semi-emergency and development activities such as Disaster Risk Reduction Management response, agriculture, livestock, health, infrastructural engineering, formal and informal education, vocational training, Media evaluation & monitoring, emergency shelter plus CSOs supporting programs and etc. In result of implementation of numerous projects in each sector, COAR has gained significant experiences in each field and built the capacity of its staff on each level of management.
Main areas of work
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Education in Emergencies, Gender Equity & Equality, Girls’ Education and Inclusion, Quality of Teaching and Learning
- Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
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The National Coalition for Education For All in Burkina Faso is a civil society organization established in October 2000 and legally recognized by the Ministry of Territorial Administration.
It is composed of 74 civil society organizations, including associations and national and international NGOs active in education. It is present in all 13 regions of Burkina Faso.
Main areas of work
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Education Financing, Education in Emergencies, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Gender Equity & Equality, Girls’ Education and Inclusion, Quality of Teaching and Learning, Research, Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Transformative Education
- Gambia, Kotu East
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CASD aims to mobilize and coordinate wider multi-stakeholder action for the pursuit and the realization of sustainable development and the protection and conservation of the environment.
Main areas of work
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Gender Equity & Equality, Research, Transformative Education

IN.M 0036
Collins Seymah Smith
- Accra, Ghana
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Collins is a Theatre practitioner and a Youth Worker with over 15 years’ experience. Over the years, he has focused his energies on working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, using drama to help develop awareness of their sexual and reproductive rights and health. He has worked in multiple, diverse groups, always taking care to create an environment for their self-empowerment and equipping them with advocacy skills via forum theatre. As a community development advocate, he has coordinated a series of behaviour change workshops focused on gender-based violence in communities using theatre which has benefited many young people directly and indirectly. Collins is a founding member of Act for Change and helped establish the James Town Community Theatre Centre in 2011.