Links - Medical Aid Abroad New Zealand MAANZ

... a non-profit voluntary organisation seeking to assist health work in developing countries through supplying surplus
medical and dental supplies and equipment as well as providing backup support where appropriate.

Samaritans Purse www.samaritan.org Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Development Employment www.dev-zone.org/jobs/Health/index.html

Water for Survival New Zealand www.lawas.co.nz/watersurv Runs projects through the British charity WaterAid, but also have two independent programmes, one in the Eastern Highlands province Papua New Guinea and the other in Himachal Pradesh, North India. Both involve health education. The PNG programme is to provide sanitation and health education in community schools.

RedR ... The Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief. www.redrnz.org.nz There are RedR organisations in UK, Australia and NZ, all of whom maintain registers of specialist people, not only engineers but also medical people who are available for emergency situations.

International Health Exchange www.ihe.org.uk IHE identifies health workers from their international register and networks for organisations recruiting for developing countries. They also provide training, information and advice to health workers working in international health

Echo International Health Services Email: cs@echohealth.org.uk

Book Aid International www.bookaid.org Book Aid International works in partnership with organisations in developing countries to support their work Email: info@bookaid.org

Action Medeor www.medeor.org AM supplies ongoing essential drugs and equipment to health centres and in case of crises and emergencies.

Wemos Foundation Drug donations site www.drugdonations.org This site has information about drug and medical equipment donations - standards etc.

Heart to Heart International www.hearttoheart.org A US-based medical aid organisation

Institute of Child Health, University College Hospital, London www.cich.ich.ucl.ac.uk Public health courses for maternal and child health in developing countries

International Medical Corps www.imc-la.org A global, humanitarian organisation with focus on medical training and relief programmes

Idealist www.idealist.org This site is the doorway to a database of thousands of volunteer organisations worldwide

MEND (Mobility Equipment for the Needs of the Disabled) www.voyager.co.nz/~mend/index.html A NZ-based registered charity that designs, manufactures and supplies mobility equipment to disabled people in Africa and the Pacific.

Medecins Sans Frontieres www.msf.org An international medical aid and relief organisation working in over 80 countries

Overseas Pharmaceutical Aid for Life -Return Unwanted Medicines www.opal.org.au An Australian organisation that supplies pharmaceuticals for medical work in developing countries

Development Resource Centre NZ www.drc.org.nz An independent organisation providing information, education and training on development and global issues.

VSA NZ www.vsa.org.nz Volunteer Service Abroad

Australian Volunteers International www.ozvol.org.au Overseas volunteer agency

Global Volunteer Network www.volunteer.org.nz A non profit organisation which places people in community projects. . We currently provide volunteer programs through our partner organizations in Alaska, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Vietnam
Our vision is to support the work of local community organizations in developing countries through the placement of international volunteers. We believe that local communities are in the best position to determine their needs, and we provide volunteers to help them achieve their goals. Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational and community aid programs. Volunteers can be involved in teaching, health/medical/HIV awareness, working with orphans and community development. There are environmental and conservation programs, animal related work, maintenance and construction – there is something for everyone.

World wide Humanitarian Assistance www.srichinmoy.org/html/service/oneness_heart_tears_and_smiles.html

www.goodworks.co.nz Jobs with a purpose

Other NZ non-profit sites www.not-for-profit.org.nz