Directory of Humanitarian Resources

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Humanitarian organizations are those dedicated to improving the human condition. This includes organizations involved in providing food, shelter, medical relief, disaster relief, training, and community development.

Subcategories

• Health
• Religious

Resources in This Category

• Boston Minstrel Company

  http://www.bostonminstrel.com/
  Group of singers performing at prisons, shelters and similar environments.

• Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Boston

  http://www.ccab.org/
  Offers over 150 social service programs, including housing and shelter, for people of all races, religions and ages; includes information on programs, employment, volunteering, donating and an event calendar.

• Community Servings

  http://www.servings.org/
  Providing free home-delivered meals to individuals and families with AIDS; volunteer and funding information with newsletter.

• Crittenton Women's Union

  http://www.liveworkthrive.org/
  Works to move low-income women out of poverty. Highlights services offered, donor form, and mailing list signup.

• Friends of the Children-Boston

  http://friendsboston.org/
  Chapter of non-profit organization that provides high-risk children with adult mentoring relationships.

• Greater Boston Food Bank

  http://www.gbfb.org/
  Non-profit clearinghouse for food donations to help the hungry. Contains donation information, news stories and hunger facts.

• Haley House

  http://www.haleyhouse.org/
  Provides a soup kitchen, housing for live-in staff, low income apartments and rental subsidies.

• Physicians For Human Rights

  http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/
  Mobilizes health professions and the public to protect the human rights of all people. A founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, PHR shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.

• Pine Street Inn

  http://www.pinestreetinn.org/
  Emergency shelter for homeless women and men.

• Project Bread

  http://www.projectbread.org/
  Organization that offers programs and activities, including an annual Walk for Hunger, to assist those in need of food.

• Project Hope

  http://www.prohope.org/
  Multi-service Dorchester-based agency that shelters families; operates programs that move families to economic stability; and advocates for systemic change to end family homelessness.

• Saturday's / Sunday's Bread

  http://www.satsunbread.org/
  Serving free hot meals to people in need every Saturday and Sunday. Site includes program history and information for volunteers.

• St. Francis House

  http://www.stfrancishouse.org/
  Shelter and rehabilitation programs for the homeless.

• Third Sector New England

  http://www.tsne.org/
  Boston-based resource center for nonprofit organizations, foundations, and others involved in voluntary activity.

• Women's Lunch Place

  http://www.womenslunchplace.org/
  Daytime refuge for women and children who are poor and homeless, located in the Back Bay.

 

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