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International Catholic Child Bureau (ICCB/BICE)
Founded in 1948, ICCB/BICE defends children's dignity and their higher interests; it promotes their unconditional rights as persons, regardless of culture, nationality or religion. By combining research, advocacy and preventive action, in more than 35 countries ICCB/BICE helps children who are exploited sexually or by work, children in the street or in prison, children affected by war, as well as disabled children.
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70, boulevard de Magenta
75 010 Paris
France |
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Catholic Medical Mission Board
CMMB makes health care available to victims of poverty in developing and transitional countries. It provides funding for pharmaceuticals and health care supplies, placement of volunteer professional health care workers, emergency and disaster relief, and short-term health-related training. CMMB is working globally to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and provide pediatric care and treatment to children infected with AIDS.
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10 West 17th St.
New York, NY 10011
212-242-7757 |
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Catholic Relief Services
The international charity cosponsored several five-day summer camps in southern Lebanon aimed to alleviate the psychological impact of the war on its children. CRS has many other programs world wide to reduce child mortality and promote maternal and child health, including immunizations in the developing world against: measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, polio tetanus, and tuberculosis.
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PO Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203
888-277-7575 |
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Caritas for Children
Dedicated to improving the lives of those children who are either orphaned or abandoned worldwide, Caritas for Children has formed an alliance with Catholic Charities to establish an international adoption service. Programs involve sponsorship of a single child or support for many children in orphanages abroad.
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400 W. National Avenue
Milwaukee, WI, 53214
888-227-4827 |
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Holy Childhood Association
HCA is a Pontifical Mission Society – the Pope’s official agency for the distribution of the funds realized through the efforts of children for their underprivileged brothers and sisters in Third World situations. It distributes educational and fund-raising programs to school and religious education programs throughout the United States.
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366 5th Ave.
New York NY 10001
800-431-2222 |
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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc
CLINIC is a subsidiary of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, with a mission is to enhance and expand delivery of legal services to indigent and low-income immigrants principally through grassroots immigration programs. It is also working to eliminate the trafficking of migrant children.
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415 Michigan Ave. NE
Suite 150
Washington, DC 20017
202-635-2556 |
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Wheelchair Foundation
More than 100 million children, teens and adults worldwide are in need of a wheelchair but cannot afford one. For each $75 donated, the foundation can apply matching funds to deliver a wheelchair to a child, teen or adult in need of mobility and freedom.
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820 Blackhawk Road
Danville, CA 94506
877-378-3839 |
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Special Olympics
Special Olympics provides year-round physical training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
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1133 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
800-700-8585
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