Development, aid and disaster relief agencies

Disaster Resource Network

DRN acts as a bridge between businesses in the engineering-construction industry, the humanitarian response sector and government agencies to improve international disaster response and preparedness in vulnerable regions of the world. Through its programs, the DRN seeks to coordinate and increase the private sector's involvement in disaster management.

The Citizens Foundation

TCF is a professionally managed, not-for-profit organization, established in August 1995 and formally incorporated in September 1996. The organization was set up by a group of citizens, concerned by the dismal state of education in Pakistan. TCF runs its network of well-managed, purpose-built schools in urban slums and rural areas across Pakistan and serves all persons and communities on a completely non-discriminatory basis. Mission: To promote mass-scale quality education at the primary and secondary levels in an environment that encourages intellectual, moral and spiritual growth.

Applied Technology Council

A Nonprofit Corporation Advancing Engineering Applications for Hazard Mitigation

NYC medics

NYC Medics is an independent emergency medical response organization that responds to disasters internationally when local resources are overwhelmed or destroyed. NYC Medics was started in October, 2005 when a group of medical professionals from New York City chose to join the relief effort in response to the South Asian Earthquake which claimed tens of thousands of lives. In less than a year, NYC Medics has deployed to Pakistan twice, bringing volunteers from all over the world together to bring medicine where needed the most.

CU Engineers without borders

Columbia University student chapter of EWB

Engineers without borders: USA

Engineers Without Borders - USA (EWB-USA) is a non-profit humanitarian organization established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life. This partnership involves the implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while involving and training internationally responsible engineers and engineering students. The activities of EWB-USA range from the construction of sustainable systems that developing communities can own and operate without external assistance, to empowering such communities by enhancing local, technical, managerial, and entrepreneurial skills. These projects are initiated by, and completed with, contributions from the host community working with our project teams.

Engineers without borders: International

Mission: facilitates links and collaboration among its member groups toward improving the quality of life of disadvantaged communities worldwide through education and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while promoting new dimensions of experience for engineers, engineering students, and similarly motivated non-engineers.

Population-Environment Research Network

The Population-Environment Research Network seeks to advance academic research on population and the environment by promoting online scientific exchange among researchers from social and natural science disciplines worldwide.

Mountain Environment and Natural Resources' Information Systems

ICIMOD is a multidisciplinary center for research and training on integrated mountain development and the chief commodity that the centre deals with is information and knowledge on mountain development. Under the overall framework of Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Programme at ICIMOD, MENRIS Division is promoting the geo-information science, technology and application for sustainable mountain development. The MENRIS Division, which is also recognised as UNEP GRID-Kathmandu was established in 1990 with an aim to bridge the data and information gaps for integrated mountain development in the HKH region and the portal in its present form is a part of UNEP's Environment Knowledge Hub (eKH) initiative. In strong strategic partnerships with key international agencies, MENRIS together with national partners is making significant contributions towards capacity building; developing mountain thematic database and delivering useful mountain-specific applications and decision support systems. The portal aims to serve as a Mountain Knowledge Hub (MKH) in the HKH region.

Group on Earth Observations, GEO

GEO is an organization dedicated to developing and instituting a Global Earth Observation System of Systems, or GEOSS. GEOSS will build on and add value to existing Earth-observation systems by coordinating their efforts, addressing critical gaps, supporting their interoperability, sharing information, reaching a common understanding of user requirements, and improving delivery of information to users.